Nepal out of Intercontinental Cup

March 27, 2006
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Nepal is out of the ICC Intercontinental Cup after it could only muster a draw against Namibia at Windhoek.

Chasing a victory target of 369 in 40 overs, Nepal were 70/3 in 24 overs before the match ended. Namibia, needing only a draw to qualify to the only first-class cricket for associate countries, declared its second innings at 239/6 made off 62 overs.

In the first innings, they had scored 272 while Nepal managed just 143.

Chasing almost impossible target, Nepal lost opener Kaniska Chaugai for just 14 runs. Paresh Lohani and Sharad Vesawkar showed a little patience before both fell to AJ Burger. Paresh made 16 while Sharad made 11 runs. At the end of the play, Gyanendra Malla (16) and Shakti Gauchan (9) were at the crease.

Earlier, Binod Das and leg-spinner Raj Kumar Pradhan each took two wickets while Aamir Akhtar and Shakti Gauchan claimed one each but the play was dominated by Namibian batsmen.

Namibia now joins Scotland, Ireland and United Arab Emirates for the ICC InterContinental Cup. The other four teams are Kenya, Netherlands, Canada and Bermuda.

ICC Intercontinental Cup, 2006
Namibia v Nepal
Wanderers Cricket Ground, Windhoek
23,24,25,26 March 2006 (4-day match)

Result: Match Drawn

Toss: Nepal
Umpires: M Gajjar (SA) and RB Tiffin (Zim)

Close of Play:
Day 1: No Play (rain)
Day 2: Namibia 245/6 (DB Kotze 90*, BL Kotze 28*; 104 overs)
Day 3: Namibia 272, Nepal 143, Namibia 10/0
(AJ Burger 6*, Botha 2*; 6.2 ov)

Namibia 1st innings R B 4 6
AJ Burger c Alam b Regmi 43 83 4 1
DH Botha c Katuwal b Akhtar 10 39 1 0
SF Burger c Katuwal b Akhtar 0 3 0 0
LJ Burger c Katuwal b Regmi 5 28 0 0
*DB Kotze c Gauchan b Das 94 270 6 1
G Snyman lbw b Das 60 95 4 2
SJ Swanepoel b Das 4 19 0 0
BL Kotze lbw b Das 32 127 4 0
+H Ludik not out 4 26 0 0
KB Burger c Gauchan b Das 13 10 2 0
MC van Zyl lbw b Das 2 6 0 0
Extras (lb 2, w 1, nb 2) 5
Total (all out, 116.2 overs) 272

FoW: 1-28, 2-32, 3-60, 4-60, 5-157, 6-175, 7-251, 8-254, 9-270, 10-272.

Bowling O M R W
Alam 18 6 30 0 (1nb, 1w)
Das 30.2 7 80 6
Akhtar 7 1 37 2 (1nb)
Gauchan 14 5 20 0
Regmi 23 4 51 2
Pradhan 17 0 39 0
Vesawkar 6 0 10 0
Malla 1 0 3 0

Nepal 1st innings R B 4 6
PP Lohani c Ludik b Snyman 34 74 3 0
K Chaugai c BL Kotze b KB Burger 14 30 3 0
S Vesawkar b Snyman 5 32 0 0
SP Gauchan c Ludik b BL Kotze 11 51 2 0
G Malla c Ludik b van Zyl 7 30 1 0
M Alam c Ludik b van Zyl 13 19 3 0
*BK Das c Snyman b KB Burger 0 10 0 0
B Regmi c AJ Burger b SF Burger 5 57 0 0
A Akhtar run out (Snyman) 18 82 3 0
+M Katuwal not out 16 56 1 0
RK Pradhan lbw b DB Kotze 5 12 1 0
Extras (lb 12, w 3) 15
Total (all out, 75.4 overs) 143

FoW: 1-45, 2-55, 3-56, 4-75, 5-87, 6-91, 7-91, 8-115, 9-131, 10-143.

Bowling O M R W
KB Burger 14 3 42 2 (2w)
Snyman 13 6 14 2 (1w)
SF Burger 16 6 20 1
van Zyl 14 5 29 2
BL Kotze 6 4 12 1
DB Kotze 12.4 7 14 1

Namibia 2nd innings R B 4 6
AJ Burger lbw b Akhtar 18 53 3 0
DH Botha c Das b Pradhan 18 98 0 0
SF Burger c Lohani b Das 8 34 0 0
LJ Burger st Katuwal b Gauchan 58 81 1 4
*DB Kotze b Pradhan 16 32 2 0
G Snyman not out 78 62 3 4
KB Burger b Das 31 13 0 4
SJ Swanepoel not out 2 4 0 0
Extras (b 2, lb 1, w 4, nb 3) 10
Total (6 wickets declared, 62 overs) 239

DNB: +H Ludik, BL Kotze, MC van Zyl.

FoW: 1-30, 2-43, 3-56, 4-88, 5-164, 6-207.

Bowling O M R W
Das 19 6 55 2
Alam 0.1 0 2 0 (1w)
Akhtar 11.5 1 57 1 (3nb, 2w)
Gauchan 10 6 34 1
Pradhan 17 1 77 2
Regmi 4 1 11 0

Nepal 2nd innings (target: 369 runs) R B 4 6
PP Lohani c KB Burger b AJ Burger 16 40 3 0
K Chaugai b SF Burger 10 17 1 0
S Vesawkar c & b AJ Burger 11 32 1 0
SP Gauchan not out 9 28 0 0
G Malla not out 16 25 2 0
Extras (b 3, lb 4, w 1) 8
Total (3 wickets, 24 overs) 70

DNB: RK Pradhan, A Akhtar, B Regmi, +M Katuwal, *BK Das, M Alam.

FoW: 1-14, 2-39, 3-46.

Bowling O M R W
KB Burger 1 0 1 0
Snyman 1 0 7 0
van Zyl 7 1 26 0
SF Burger 5 1 4 1 (1w)
AJ Burger 7 2 12 2
LJ Burger 3 0 13 0