Published: Aug 13, 2016, 01:35 PM (IST)
Edited: Aug 30, 2016, 07:06 PM (IST)
Greetings everyone! Welcome to CricketCountry’s live match coverage of the One-Day International (ODI) match between Netherlands and Nepal. This will be the 25th match of the ICC World Cricket League Championship. The match will be played at the VRA Cricket Ground in Amstelveen. Netherlands are currently placed at No.1 on the Points Table with 10 points from 6 games, having won four of them. Nepal are currently at the 6th position, having won just 2 games out of six. Its a must-win game for the Paras Khadka led-outfit to keep their hopes alive of qualifying for the ICC World Cup 2019. It won’t be an easy game for them though. Stay tuned as we bring you live updates.
The match offers plenty of excitement as their will many key battles to watch out. Dutch opening batsman Stephan Myburgh has a good record against Nepal. The contest between Myburgh who is sure to the open the innings for Netherlands and Sompal Kami, will be exciting to watch. Eyes will also be on Nepal skipper Paras Khadka and how he leads his bunch.
Netherlands started their campaign on a good note as they registered easy wins over Papua New Guinea and the UAE in both matches of the first and third rounds. Their match against Scotland in the second round, scheduled for September last year was a wash out as they shared points. On the other hand, Nepal’s didn’t begin too well but they have got back on track after third round matches against Namibia at home. Against Namibia in April, Nepal won their first win of the championship. Looking at the past records both teams have won a match each in 50-over meetings. Nepal’s coach Jagata Tamata is hopeful of beating Netherlands. Khadka also believes it is time for his team to deliver. Meanwhile, according to the weather forecast heavy rain is expected to play spoilsport.
Squads Nepal: Paras Khadka (c), Gyanendra Malla, Sharad Vesawkar, Anil Mandal, Raju Rijal, Binod Bhandari, Sagar Pun, Rajesh Pulami, Sunil Dhamala, Basanta Regmi, Shakti Gauchan, Sandeep Lamichhane, Sompal Kami, Karan KC, Bikram Sob
Netherlands: Peter Borren(c),Wesley Barresi (wk), Mudassar Bukhari, Ben Cooper, Tim Gruijters, Timm van der Gugten, Vivian Kingma, Ahsan Malik, Paul van Meekeren, Roelof van der Merwe, Stephan Myburgh, Michael Rippon, Pieter Seelaar, Shane Snater, Sikander Zulfiqar, Max O’Dowd
