2020 Nepal Tri-Nation Series
Part of 2019–2023 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2
Date5–12 February 2020
LocationNepal
Teams
   Nepal  Oman  United States
Captains
Gyanendra Malla Zeeshan Maqsood Saurabh Netravalkar
Most runs
Binod Bhandari (120) Aqib Ilyas (302) Ian Holland (168)
Most wickets
Sushan Bhari (11) Aqib Ilyas (10) Saurabh Netravalkar (6)
Rusty Theron (6)

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]

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

   Nepal[11]  Oman[12]  United States[13]

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

1st ODI

5 February 2020
09:30
Scorecard
Oman 
197/9 (50 overs)
v
   Nepal
179 (46.5 overs)
Mohammad Nadeem 69* (96)
Karan KC 4/47 (9 overs)
Sharad Vesawkar 55 (108)
Zeeshan Maqsood 3/30 (10 overs)
Oman won by 18 runs
Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur
Umpires: Buddhi Pradhan (Nep) and Chettithody Shamshuddin (Ind)
Player of the match: Mohammad Nadeem (Oma)

2nd ODI

6 February 2020
09:30
Scorecard
United States 
213 (50 overs)
v
 Oman
214/4 (49.3 overs)
Ian Holland 65 (78)
Mohammad Nadeem 3/43 (8 overs)
Aqib Ilyas 72 (110)
Steven Taylor 1/34 (6 overs)
Oman won by 6 wickets
Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur
Umpires: Buddhi Pradhan (Nep) and Durga Subedi (Nep)
Player of the match: Mohammad Nadeem (Oma)
  • Oman won the toss and elected to field.

3rd ODI

8 February 2020
09:30
Scorecard
Nepal   
190 (49.2 overs)
v
 United States
155 (44.1 overs)
Binod Bhandari 59 (79)
Cameron Stevenson 3/30 (10 overs)
Ian Holland 75 (111)
Karan KC 4/15 (7.1 overs)
Nepal won by 35 runs
Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur
Umpires: Buddhi Pradhan (Nep) and Chettithody Shamshuddin (Ind)
Player of the match: Karan KC (Nep)
  • 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

9 February 2020
09:30
Scorecard
Nepal   
249/8 (50 overs)
v
 Oman
250/2 (47.2 overs)
Gyanendra Malla 56 (76)
Aqib Ilyas 4/36 (10 overs)
Aqib Ilyas 109* (108)
Kushal Malla 1/29 (9 overs)
Oman won by 8 wickets
Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur
Umpires: Chettithody Shamshuddin (Ind) and Durga Subedi (Nep)
Player of the match: Aqib Ilyas (Oma)

5th ODI

11 February 2020
09:30
Scorecard
Oman 
276/6 (50 overs)
v
 United States
184 (39.1 overs)
Zeeshan Maqsood 109 (109)
Saurabh Netravalkar 3/37 (10 overs)
Nisarg Patel 52 (36)
Aqib Ilyas 3/14 (5 overs)
Oman won by 92 runs
Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur
Umpires: Buddhi Pradhan (Nep) and Durga Subedi (Nep)
Player of the match: Aqib Ilyas (Oma)
  • United States won the toss and elected to field.
  • Zeeshan Maqsood (Oma) scored his first century in ODIs.[18]

6th ODI

12 February 2020
09:30
Scorecard
United States 
35 (12 overs)
v
   Nepal
36/2 (5.2 overs)
Xavier Marshall 16 (22)
Sandeep Lamichhane 6/16 (6 overs)
Paras Khadka 20* (12)
Nosthush Kenjige 2/15 (2.2 overs)
Nepal won by 8 wickets
Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur
Umpires: Chettithody Shamshuddin (Ind) and Durga Subedi (Nep)
Player of the match: Sandeep Lamichhane (Nep)
  • 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

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  2. ↑ "Men's CWC League 2 Series in Nepal begins this week". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
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  6. ↑ "CWC League 2 Round 5 preview, Nepal host USA & Oman". Emerging Cricket. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  7. ↑ "'Have a dream to play Test cricket for Nepal' - Sandeep Lamichhane". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  8. ↑ "Steven Taylor stripped of USA vice-captaincy for disciplinary reasons". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
  9. ↑ "Aqib Ilyas hauls Oman to top of League 2 table, as Nepal uncover a gem". Emerging Cricket. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  10. ↑ "Lamichhane takes six as Nepal bundle USA out for record 35". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
  11. ↑ "Kamal gets first call-up, Kushal prepares for ODI debut". Cricketing Nepal. Archived from the original on 3 February 2020. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
  12. ↑ "Oman names unchanged side for Tri-Series against Nepal and USA". Times of Oman. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
  13. ↑ "Team USA name Unchanged Men's Squad for ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 series in Nepal". USA Cricket. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
  14. ↑ "Sharad Veswakar ruled out of ICC WC League 2 following injury". Khabarhub. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
  15. ↑ "WCL2: Nepal lose first ever home ODI by 18 runs against Oman". The National. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  16. ↑ "Nepal batsman Kushal Malla tops Sachin Tendulkar and Shahid Afridi as he breaks record". The National. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
  17. ↑ "All-round Ilyas takes Oman to top of table". Cricket Europe. Archived from the original on 25 May 2020. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  18. ↑ "Ilyas stars again as Oman beat USA". Cricket Europe. Archived from the original on 27 February 2020. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  19. ↑ "Lamichhane 6-fer rattles USA for 35". BD Crictime. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
  20. ↑ "Nepal bowl USA out for joint-lowest total in ODI history after Lamichhane career-best haul". India Today. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
  21. ↑ "35 all out in 12 overs: USA slump to joint lowest score in one-day history against Nepal". The National. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
  22. ↑ "Stats: Nepal bowls out USA to joint-lowest total in Men's ODI cricket". Crictracker. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
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