{"id":48782,"date":"2024-02-21T15:13:07","date_gmt":"2024-02-21T09:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nepallivetoday.com\/?p=48782"},"modified":"2024-02-21T15:13:22","modified_gmt":"2024-02-21T09:28:22","slug":"namibia-defeat-nepal-by-three-wickets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nepallivetoday.com\/2024\/02\/21\/namibia-defeat-nepal-by-three-wickets\/","title":{"rendered":"Namibia defeat Nepal by two wickets"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Kathmandu: <\/strong>In a thrilling encounter at the TU Cricket Ground in Kirtipur, Namibia secured a hard-fought victory over Nepal by two wickets in the ongoing ICC Men\u2019s Cricket World Cup League 2 match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The visitors chased a target of 169 runs posted by Nepal with 10 overs to spare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Losing the toss, Nepal bat first but struggled to build momentum, posting a total of 168 runs before being bowled out in 37.1 overs. Despite a valiant effort from opener Kushal Bhurtel, who managed to score 18 runs off 16 balls, Nepal&#8217;s innings faltered as Anil Kumar Sah and Dev Khanal were dismissed for ducks early on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wicketkeeper Aasif Sheikh emerged as the top scorer for Nepal, smashing 58 runs off 64 balls, including eight boundaries and a six. Kushal Malla contributed 36 runs off 52 balls before being dismissed by Gerhard Erasmus. However, the rest of the batting lineup struggled against Namibia&#8217;s disciplined bowling attack, with only Bhim Sharki (26) and Karan KC (12) managing to reach double figures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Namibia&#8217;s bowlers delivered an impressive performance, with Bernard Scholtz and Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton claiming four wickets each, while Jack Brusell and Gerhard Erasmus also made crucial breakthroughs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the chase, Namibia skipper Gerhard Erasmus showcased his class with the bat, scoring a brilliant 52 runs off 56 balls, adorned with 8 fours and 2 sixes. JJ Smit provided steady support, remaining unbeaten on 34 runs off 66 balls, including one four and two sixes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kathmandu: In a thrilling encounter at the TU Cricket Ground in Kirtipur, Namibia secured a hard-fought victory over Nepal by two wickets in the ongoing ICC Men\u2019s Cricket World Cup League 2 match. The visitors chased a target of 169 runs posted by Nepal with 10 overs to spare. Losing the toss, Nepal bat first [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":48783,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","category-top-stories"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nepallivetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Nepal-cricket-2.jpg?fit=1000%2C559&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcWLTd-cGO","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nepallivetoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48782","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nepallivetoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nepallivetoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nepallivetoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nepallivetoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48782"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.nepallivetoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48782\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48785,"href":"https:\/\/www.nepallivetoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48782\/revisions\/48785"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nepallivetoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nepallivetoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nepallivetoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nepallivetoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}