NEP vs SCT 73rd Match Prediction

NEP vs SCT Team Previews

Nepal

Nepal played its last game against Namibia yesterday at this same venue. Namibia defeated Nepal by a big margin of 86 runs in the game. Batting first Namibia scored 275 runs for the loss of 7 wickets. This was a big score on this ground. This total was attained by Namibia thanks largely to the efforts of Michael van Lingen, the skipper Gerhard Erasmus, and Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton. Michael van Lingen played a superb inning for Namibia hitting a hundred in this game. He scored 119 runs from 111 balls with 15 fours and 1 six.

Gerhard Erasmus also scored 53 runs from 76 balls with 2 sixes and 1 four for Namibia. Towards the end of the innings when quick runs were required, Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton came to the party with a 40 from 32 balls with 4 fours and one six. Lalit Rajbanshi was the pick of the bowlers for Nepal with 4 scalps from his 10 overs giving away just 36 runs. Other bowlers that contributed to the Nepal bowling efforts were Sompat Kami with 2 wickets, and Sagar Dhakal with one wicket. Dipendra Singh Airee was also economical in his spell although he failed to pick up any wickets.

In their retort to this target, the Nepal team lost their way early in the chase with a couple of wickets going down upfront. There were a few noteworthy contributions from players such as Arjun Saud who made 29 runs, Gyanendra Malla who scored 30 runs, and Rohit Paudel the skipper who contributed the top score of 44 runs from 61 balls with 3 fours. Dipendra Singh Airee scored 34 runs from 41 balls to help the scoring rate along, but it was well short of what was required for achieving a successful chase.

Scotland

Scotland also played their last game against Namibia and lost it by a margin of 3 wickets with 36 balls remaining. Batting first, Scotland scored a decent total of 208 runs all out from their quota of 50 overs. Some of the more notable contributions to the total came from the likes of Brandon McMullen with 56 runs from 70 balls with 7 fours and one six and George Munsey who scored 51 runs from 75 balls with 6 fours and one six. None of the other batters for Scotland could make any noteworthy contributions to the total.

The pick of the bowlers for Namibia in this game was Ruben Trumpelmann who bowled 10 overs for 37 runs and picked up 4 wickets during the spell. All the other Namibian bowlers contributed to the team's cause by being among the wickets in the Scotland innings. Tangeni Lungameni and Bernard Schultz were also among the wickets picking up 2 wickets each. Both these bowlers were also economical in their efforts giving away just 35 and 34 runs respectively. JJ Smit and Pikky Ya France were the other successful bowlers with a wicket apiece.

Scotland made a spirited start to their defense of the score by picking up early wickets in the Namibian innings. But the Namibian side is a good one and has won several matches in the recent past and that too for a reason. They staged a comeback in the match with an unbeaten partnership between Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton and Pikky Ya France in the lower middle order. The pick of the bowlers for Scotland was Mark Watt with 3 wickets for 28 runs from his 9 overs. Other Scottish bowlers that were among the wickets were Brandon McMullen and Safyann Sharif who picked up 2 and 1 wickets respectively.