League 2 World Cup: Scotland lose five wickets against Nepal in Glasgow
League 2 World Cup: Scotland lose five wickets against Nepal in Glasgow
ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 2, Titwood, GlasgowScotland 144 (42.5 overs): Main 64*; Aadil Alam 3-31, Kami 3-40 Nepal 146-5 (25.1 overs): Sheikh 71, Paudel 34*; Hand 3-46Nepal win by five wicketsScorecard
The hosts, who beat Namibia by 77 points on Sunday, were teetering at 33-5 after the top order failed.< /p>
Gavin Main set an international career high with 64 not eliminated, but Scotland were sent off for a very disappointing 144 with 7.1 overs remaining.< /p>
Aasif Sheikh led the way for Nepal with 71 so as the visitors hit 146-5 at 26 at Titwood in Glasgow.
Opener Kushal Bhurtel made 27 before Main took the first of three wickets, while Rohit Paudel hit the winner to end the day on 34.
Ex-Durham bowler Main previously saved t the Scot is on the verge of complete collapse, with his 64 unbeaten from 59 balls and including seven fours and one six.
Fellow bowlers Mark Watt (17) and Safyaan Sharif (16) offered some resistance after Sompal Kami (3-40) and Mohammad Aadil Alam (3-31) tore Scotland's batters apart in short order. Calum MacLeod (13) was the only one of the first six to reach double figures.
Scotland meet again Namibia at Titwood on Thursday and face Nepal for the second time on the same ground on Sunday.
ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 2, Titwood, GlasgowScotland 144 (42.5 overs): Main 64*; Aadil Alam 3-31, Kami 3-40 Nepal 146-5 (25.1 overs): Sheikh 71, Paudel 34*; Hand 3-46Nepal win by five wicketsScorecard
The hosts, who beat Namibia by 77 points on Sunday, were teetering at 33-5 after the top order failed.< /p>
Gavin Main set an international career high with 64 not eliminated, but Scotland were sent off for a very disappointing 144 with 7.1 overs remaining.< /p>
Aasif Sheikh led the way for Nepal with 71 so as the visitors hit 146-5 at 26 at Titwood in Glasgow.
Opener Kushal Bhurtel made 27 before Main took the first of three wickets, while Rohit Paudel hit the winner to end the day on 34.
Ex-Durham bowler Main previously saved t the Scot is on the verge of complete collapse, with his 64 unbeaten from 59 balls and including seven fours and one six.
Fellow bowlers Mark Watt (17) and Safyaan Sharif (16) offered some resistance after Sompal Kami (3-40) and Mohammad Aadil Alam (3-31) tore Scotland's batters apart in short order. Calum MacLeod (13) was the only one of the first six to reach double figures.
Scotland meet again Namibia at Titwood on Thursday and face Nepal for the second time on the same ground on Sunday.
