Oman and Nepal finish on a high in 5th round in CWC League 2

Host’s Nepal and Oman finished their campaign’s in emphatic style in the 5th round in CWC League 2 Championship at Tribhuvan University ground in Kirtipur, as both registered comprehensive wins over United States of America, as the latter remained winless on the tour, while Oman took a firm grip at the top of the points table in the Championship.

While USA were humbled by dual-century show put up by Oman’s batsmen in Zeeshan Maqsood and Aqib Ilyas, they were reduced to the joint lowest ODI team total ever by the dual show by Nepal’s Sandeep Lamichhane and Sushan Bhari in the final two games in the 5th round. Aqib’s consecutive century in two games along with wickets also keeps him along with an elite group of people, who have achieved the same in ODI cricket.

USA’s massive shortcomings in handling spin bowling were exposed by spinners from both Oman and Nepal camps. Coming into the 5th round, USA were on top of the points table, but with losses in all the four games will dent their confidence levels a lot. However, they go back home to host the 6th round in Florida and will look forward to getting back to winning ways in familiar conditions. Nepal, too have lot of work on their hand to sort their own batting troubles, as only one total above 200 will not help their cause in the remainder of the matches in the League 2 Championship, specially when they will be travelling overseas for the next 12 ODI matches in the next 3-4 months.

Oman and Nepal will now focus their attention to T20 cricket, as both will take part in their respective regional qualifiers for 2020 ACC Asia Cup. While Oman will host the Western region qualifiers, Nepal will travel to Thailand for the Eastern region qualifiers.

CWC League 2 (5th Round) Schedule

05th Feb 2020: Oman vs Nepal (Scorecard)

06th Feb 2020: USA vs Oman (Scorecard)

08th Feb 2020: Nepal vs USA (Scorecard)

09th Feb 2020: Oman vs Nepal (Scorecard)

11th Feb 2020: USA vs Oman (Scorecard)

12th Feb 2020: Nepal vs USA (Scorecard)