The 2020 Nepal Tri-Nation Series was the fifth round of the 2019–2023 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 cricket tournament and took place in Nepal in February 2020.[1][2] It was a tri-nation series between Nepal, Oman and the United States cricket teams,[3] with the matches played as One Day International (ODI) fixtures.[1] The ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 formed part of the qualification pathway to the 2023 Cricket World Cup.[4][5] The matches were the first ODIs to be played in Nepal.[6][7] On 20 January 2020, the United States confirmed their squad for the series, with Steven Taylor stripped of his vice-captaincy role for disciplinary issues, but being retained in the squad.[8]
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| Date | 5–12 February 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Nepal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Oman won their first three matches.[9] In the last fixture of the series, the United States were bowled out for 35 runs, the joint-lowest total in an ODI match.[10]
Squads edit
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In the first match, Nepal's Sharad Vesawkar suffered an injury and was ruled out of the rest of the series, with Subash Khakurel replacing him.[14]
Fixtures edit
1st ODI edit
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- Nepal won the toss and elected to field.
- Sushan Bhari, Abinash Bohara (Nep) and Badal Singh (Oma) all made their ODI debuts.
- This was the first ODI match to be played at this ground.[15]
2nd ODI edit
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- Oman won the toss and elected to field.
3rd ODI edit
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- United States won the toss and elected to field.
- Kushal Malla (Nep) made his ODI debut, and at the age of 15 years and 340 days, became the youngest male cricketer to score an international half-century.[16]
4th ODI edit
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- Oman won the toss and elected to field.
- Kamal Singh Airee (Nep) made his ODI debut.
- Aqib Ilyas scored the first century for Oman in ODIs.[17]
5th ODI edit
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- United States won the toss and elected to field.
- Zeeshan Maqsood (Oma) scored his first century in ODIs.[18]
6th ODI edit
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- Nepal won the toss and elected to field.
- Sandeep Lamichhane (Nep) took his first five-wicket haul in ODIs.[19]
- United States' score of 35 was the joint-lowest total in ODIs.[20]
- This was also the shortest innings by a team in ODIs, in terms of the number of balls played in an innings (72).[21] It was also the shortest match in ODIs, in terms of the number of balls faced (104).[22]
References edit
- ^ a b "ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 2 series announced". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
- ^ "Men's CWC League 2 Series in Nepal begins this week". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
- ^ "Complete schedule of Nepal cricket team in 2020 including a first home ODI series". The National. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
- ^ "Namibia crowned ICC World Cricket League Division 2 champions with victory over Oman". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
- ^ "Associates pathway to 2023 World Cup undergoes major revamp". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
- ^ "CWC League 2 Round 5 preview, Nepal host USA & Oman". Emerging Cricket. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
- ^ "'Have a dream to play Test cricket for Nepal' - Sandeep Lamichhane". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
- ^ "Steven Taylor stripped of USA vice-captaincy for disciplinary reasons". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
- ^ "Aqib Ilyas hauls Oman to top of League 2 table, as Nepal uncover a gem". Emerging Cricket. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
- ^ "Lamichhane takes six as Nepal bundle USA out for record 35". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
- ^ "Kamal gets first call-up, Kushal prepares for ODI debut". Cricketing Nepal. Archived from the original on 3 February 2020. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
- ^ "Oman names unchanged side for Tri-Series against Nepal and USA". Times of Oman. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
- ^ "Team USA name Unchanged Men's Squad for ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 series in Nepal". USA Cricket. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
- ^ "Sharad Veswakar ruled out of ICC WC League 2 following injury". Khabarhub. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
- ^ "WCL2: Nepal lose first ever home ODI by 18 runs against Oman". The National. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
- ^ "Nepal batsman Kushal Malla tops Sachin Tendulkar and Shahid Afridi as he breaks record". The National. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
- ^ "All-round Ilyas takes Oman to top of table". Cricket Europe. Archived from the original on 25 May 2020. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
- ^ "Ilyas stars again as Oman beat USA". Cricket Europe. Archived from the original on 27 February 2020. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
- ^ "Lamichhane 6-fer rattles USA for 35". BD Crictime. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
- ^ "Nepal bowl USA out for joint-lowest total in ODI history after Lamichhane career-best haul". India Today. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
- ^ "35 all out in 12 overs: USA slump to joint lowest score in one-day history against Nepal". The National. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
- ^ "Stats: Nepal bowls out USA to joint-lowest total in Men's ODI cricket". Crictracker. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
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