Nepal Begins With Victory.......

 

A sparkling half-century by Nepal captain Paras Khadka turned out to be the cornerstone of his side's 30 runs victory against Hong Kong in a Group A match in the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier UAE 2012 at the ICC GCA, Oval 2, Dubai Sports City, on Tuesday.

Khadka clubbed seven fours in a 62-ball 68 as Nepal collected 130-6 after electing to bat first after winning the toss. In turn, Hong Kong was restricted to 100 for nine with only Nizakat Khan offering some kind of a resistance while scoring 31 that included three four and a six from 27 balls.


Khadka, who won the man of the match award, featured in two useful partnerships that helped his side to a defendable score. He dominated a 56-run fourth wicket stand off 47 balls with Gyanendra Malla (26) while for the fifth wicket with Mahaboob Alam (13), the captain put on 34 runs from 19 balls.

The destroyer-in-chief of Hong Kong batting was fast bowler Chandra Sawad who returned impressive figures of 4-0-23-4. He was well supported by Shakti Gauchan (2-11) and Basant Regmi (2-18).

Khadka later said: "The boys put up a really good show on the field. Chandra Sawad, playing his first match for the team, was absolutely fantastic with the new ball.

"To lead from the front is very important to me, but we still have six more very important matches still to go and there is plenty of competition around. This is a very good start for us and hopefully we can carry forward the momentum and move ahead.

"We know that Hong Kong is a good side, but we play each other a lot, and so we had our game plan, and everything worked in our favour. Hats off to the boys for coordinating the plans on the field of play.

"This sets the platform for the rest of the tournament. We are here to compete against the best teams and it all comes down to how we can handle the pressure situations."
Scores in brief

Nepal 130-6, 20 overs (Paras Khadka 68, Gyanendra Malla 26; Muniro Dar 3-15)

Hong Kong 100-9, 20 overs (Nizakat Khan 31; Chandra Sawad 4-23, Shakti Gauchan 2-11, Basant Regmi 2-18)

Result Nepal won by 30 runs

Man of the match Paras Khadka

Full score card                                                                                                                                          

Nepal 130/6 (20/20 ov)

Hong Kong 102/9 (20.0/20 ov)

Nepal won by 28 runs

• ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier - 7th match, Group A
• Twenty20 match | 2011/12 season
• Played at ICC Global Cricket Academy Ground No 2, Dubai (neutral venue)
• 13 March 2012 (20-over match)

	Nepal innings (20 overs maximum)		R	B	4s	6s	SR
	PP Lohani	st †Waqas Barkat b Nizakat Khan	12	12	1	0	100.00
	P Airee	c †Waqas Barkat b Daljeet Singh	0	1	0	0	0.00
	0.3 caught †Waqas Barkat 2/1
	S Vesawkar	b Munir Dar	2	6	0	0	33.33
	1.4 bowled 12/2
	P Khadka*	st †Waqas Barkat b Munir Dar	68	62	7	0	109.67
	15.6 stumped †Waqas Barkat 93/3
	G Malla†	c Asif Khan b Aizaz Khan	26	24	2	1	108.33
	M Alam	c Nizakat Khan b Munir Dar	13	15	0	0	86.66
	B Regmi	not out	2	3	0	0	66.66
	P Baskota	not out	0	1	0	0	0.00
	Extras	(lb 1, w 6)	7
	Total	(6 wickets; 20 overs)	130	(6.50 runs per over)

Did not bat S Regmi, SP Gauchan, C Sawad

Fall of wickets 1-2 (Airee, 0.3 ov), 2-12 (Vesawkar, 1.4 ov), 3-38 (Lohani, 8.1 ov), 4-94 (Malla, 15.6 ov), 5-128 (Alam, 19.1 ov), 6-129 (Khadka, 19.4 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	Daljeet Singh	2	0	20	1	10.00	(4w)
	0.3 to Airee, caught †Waqas Barkat 2/1
	Munir Dar	4	0	15	3	3.75
	1.4 to Vesawkar, bowled 12/2
	Irfan Ahmed	4	0	31	0	7.75	(1w)
	Asif Khan	4	0	23	0	5.75
	Nizakat Khan	4	0	21	1	5.25	(1w)
	JPR Lamsam	1	0	11	0	11.00
	Aizaz Khan	1	0	8	1	8.00
	15.6 to Khadka, stumped †Waqas Barkat 93/3

	Hong Kong innings (target: 131 runs from 20 overs)		R	B	4s	6s	SR
	Irfan Ahmed	c Vesawkar b Sawad	4	2	1	0	200.00
	0.2 caught Vesawkar 4/1
	B Hayat	c Khadka b Sawad	2	4	0	0	50.00
	2.5 caught Khadka 21/4
	JJ Atkinson*	lbw b Gauchan	14	8	3	0	175.00
	1.6 lbw 19/2
	Munir Dar	c Airee b Sawad	0	1	0	0	0.00
	2.2 caught Airee 20/3
	CK Kruger	c Airee b Sawad	2	7	0	0	28.57
	4.5 caught Airee 28/5
	Nizakat Khan	c Gauchan b S Regmi	32	27	3	1	118.51
	12.3 caught Gauchan 64/7
	JPR Lamsam	c Sawad b S Regmi	5	21	0	0	23.80
	10.5 caught Sawad 53/6
	Waqas Barkat†	c B Regmi b Gauchan	15	15	1	0	100.00
	15.4 caught B Regmi 78/9
	Aizaz Khan	run out (B Regmi)	2	8	0	0	25.00
	14.3 from B Regmi, run out (B Regmi) 72/8
	Daljeet Singh	not out	7	17	0	0	41.17
	Asif Khan	not out	17	11	2	0	154.54
	Extras	(lb 1, w 1)	2
	Total	(9 wickets; 20 overs)	102	(5.10 runs per over)

Fall of wickets 1-4 (Irfan Ahmed, 0.2 ov), 2-19 (Atkinson, 1.6 ov), 3-20 (Munir Dar, 2.2 ov), 4-21 (Hayat, 2.5 ov), 5-28 (Kruger, 4.5 ov), 6-53 (Lamsam, 10.5 ov), 7-64 (Nizakat Khan, 12.3 ov), 8-72 (Aizaz Khan, 14.3 ov), 9-78 (Waqas Barkat, 15.4 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	C Sawad	4	0	24	4	6.00
	0.2 to Irfan Ahmed, caught Vesawkar 4/1 2.2 to Munir Dar, caught Airee 20/3 2.5 to Hayat, caught Khadka 21/4 4.5 to Kruger, caught Airee 28/5
	SP Gauchan	4	1	11	2	2.75
	1.6 to Atkinson, lbw 19/2 15.4 to Waqas Barkat, caught B Regmi 78/9
	P Khadka	3	0	18	0	6.00
	S Regmi	4	0	18	2	4.50
	B Regmi	4	0	21	0	5.25
	10.5 to Lamsam, caught Sawad 53/6 12.3 to Nizakat Khan, caught Gauchan 64/7
	M Alam	1	0	9	0	9.00

Match details

Toss Nepal, who chose to bat Points Nepal 2, Hong Kong 0

Twenty20 debuts Aizaz Khan, Asif Khan, JJ Atkinson, Daljeet Singh, B Hayat, Irfan Ahmed, CK Kruger, JPR Lamsam, Munir Dar, Nizakat Khan and Waqas Barkat (Hong Kong); P Airee, M Alam, P Baskota, SP Gauchan, P Khadka, PP Lohani, G Malla, B Regmi, S Regmi, C Sawad and S Vesawkar (Nepal) Player of the match P Khadka (Nepal)

Umpires JD Cloete (South Africa) and CB Gaffaney (New Zealand) Match referee D Govindjee (South Africa) Reserve umpire IN Ramage (Scotland)