Nepal players in whites, playing an official 3-day First-Class match at Tribhuvan University ground in Kirtipur will be forever etched in the memories of their fans, as Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) Legacy Tour brought back the format to the country, in which Nepal last played a game a whopping 14-years ago.
MCC’s first of the three part Legacy Tour also included 50-over games against Nepal’s senior national men’s squad and U19 squad at TU ground, which will host it’s maiden ODI matches come Feb 2020 in the ICC CWC League 2 Championship. This series thus was a crucial one for Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) to showcase their hosting prowess to ICC to perhaps get more hosting opportunities in the coming future.
MCC play their final two games of the tour at Pokhara Rangasala Cricket Ground against Pokhara Invitational XI and Chief Minister’s XI on 11th & 12th Nov 2019, in the T20 format of the game.
Brief Scores
MCC 334/7 in 50 overs (Will Rhodes 93, Tom Westley 65, Miles Hammond 65, Ed Young 45 n.o, Sher Malla 2/53, Sagar Dhakal 2/60, Kushal Malla 1/50) beat Nepal U19 296/9 in 50 overs (Hari Chauhan 52, Rit Gautam 45, Arun Airee 30, Aakash Chand 30, Sher Malla 28 n.o, Chris Wright 3/51, Tom Westley 2/28, Miles Hammond 2/53) by 38 runs
MCC 201 all out in 39.5 overs (Will Rhodes 54, Billy Godleman 52, William Vanderspar 36, Pawan Sarraf 4/31, Lalit Rajbanshi 4/40, Abinash Bohara 1/20) lost to Nepal 205/5 in 37.3 overs (Binod Bhandari 52 n.o, Pawan Sarraf 38 n.o, Sharad Vesawkar 24, Yasir Arafat 3/43, Alex Thompson 2/59) by 5 wickets
First-Class Match (3-Day) MCC 1st Innings 364 all out in 102 overs (Will Rhodes 73, Yasir Arafat 65 n.o, William Vanderspar 53, Miles Hammond 52, Alex Thompson 30, Karan KC 3/67, Sandeep Lamichhane 3/84, Sharad Vesawkar 2/35) & 2nd Innings 181/6 declared in 36 overs (Billy Godleman 39, Tom Westley 34, Ed Young 31, Karan KC 3/45, Sompal Kami 1/41) beat Nepal 1st Innings 153 all out in 45 overs (Sandeep Lamichhane 39 n.o, Binod Bhandari 36, Yasir Arafat 3/15, Alex Thompson 3/51, Oliver Hannon-Dalby 2/18) & 2nd Innings 184 all out in 40.4 overs (Sompal Kami 51, Raju Rijal 31, Oliver Hannon-Dalby 5/11, Alex Thompson 3/54) by 208 runs
(T20) MCC 189/7 in 20 overs (Billy Godleman 54, Ed Young 42, Miles Hammond 33, Rasid Khan 3/28, Sushan Bhari 1/15) beat Nepal Mixed National Side/U19 76 all out in 13.1 overs (Rasid Khan 18, Ed Young 3/18, Alex Thompson 2/7, Oliver Hannon-Dalby 2/15, Chris Wright 1/17) by 113 runs
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