Nepal vs Scotland - 39th Match of the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League Two 2023-27, at Grand Prairie Stadium, Texas
Weather Forecast
Mostly Sunny - 29°C
1. TOURNAMENT STATS AND INFO
(i) Points Table Scenario
NEP - 9 - 1w/7l/1nr (7th)
SCO - 8 - 5w/2l/1nr (4th)
(ii) Toss Based Analysis
Nepal (NEP)
1. Kushal Bhurtel
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0(1), 18(16)&3w, 66(93)&0w, 11(28)&4w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 28(11)&4w, 1(10)
2. Aasif Sheikh
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 4(11), 58(64), 17(27), 11(28), 2(12), 52(53)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 54(45)*, 20(30)
3. Rohit Kumar Paudel
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1(13)&1w, 0(9)&1w, 16(40)&0w, 60(72), 4(11), 96(75)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 5(5)&1w
4. Aarif Sheikh
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 22(50), 35(88)&1w, 10(33)&0w, 37(45)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
5. Bhim Sharki
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 44(86), 26(36), 0(8), 11(32), 4(8)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 18(30)
6. Kushal Malla
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 15(22)&0w, 36(52)&1w, 2(9)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 12(41)&0w
7. Dipendra Singh Airee
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 6(18)&1w, 1(11)&1w, 13(17)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 8(10)&0w
8. Sompal Kami
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2(6)&3w, 4(3)&0w, 20(8)&0w, 21(48)&0w, 2(4)&2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 6(25)&2w
9. Dev Khanal
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0(5)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
10. KC Karan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 16(38)&0w, 12(12)&0w, 26(27)&0w, 1(3)&2w, 24(28)&1w, 3(3)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 27(24)&0w
11. Arjun Saud
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 5(12), 10(27)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
12. Sandeep Lamichhane
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 11(15)*&1w, 49(48)&2w, 5(11)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 22(16)&1w
13. Lalit Rajbanshi
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w, 2w
14. Gulsan Jha
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 21(31)&0w, 5(17), 53(35)&5w, 34(56)&1w, 1(3)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 15(27)&1w
15. Anil Kumar Sah
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 8(6), 0(2), 7(11), 3(9), 1(4), 56(62)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 57(36)*
16. Pawan Sarraf
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 12(22)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
Scotland (SCO)
1. Michael English
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 107(122)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
2. Matthew Cross
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 30(41), 17(31), 3(16), 7(7)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
3. George Munsey
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 68(101), 36(47), 91(62)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 37(26), 47(34), 23(26)
4. Richie Berrington (C)
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2(15), 30(46), 79(81), 89(81)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2(4)*, 2(2)*, 24(28)*
5. Brandon McMullen
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 19(29), 33(29), 37(53)&1w, 15(18)&2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 39(44), 1(7)&2w, 37(43)*&1w, 3w
6. Michael Leask
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 40(44)&0w, 2(7)&0w, 6(10)&4w, 9(15)&2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 0w, 0w
7. Chris Greaves
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 4(11)*&1w, 11(16), 31(24)*
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w
8. Charlie Tear
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 18(36), 12(20), 16(20)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 54(68)*, 39(32)*, 4(7), 43(70)*
9. Mark Watt
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 21(28)&1w, 9(29)&0w, 1(6)&2w, 10(13)*&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 2w, 1w
10. Jasper Davidson
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 4w
11. Charlie Cassell
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 7w
12. Safyaan Sharif
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 0(1)&1w, 23(33)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 0w
13. Andrew Umeed
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 8(23)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 98(79)*
14. Scott Currie
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 5(8)&1w, 5(10)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w
15. Jack Jarvis
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0(2)&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w
16. Brad Wheal
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 24(37)&2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w
17. Brad Currie
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 8(13)*&1w, 3w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 3w, 1w, 4w
18. Gavin Main
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 3w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w
19. Chris Sole
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w
2. VENUE AND PITCH INFO
Venue - Grand Prairie Stadium, Texas
(i) Total Matches - ODIs
Overall - 2
Avg 1st Innings - 215
Avg 2nd Innings - 218
Highest total - 291/7 (United States of America vs Nepal - 27th October'2024)
Times won Batting First - 0
Times won Batting Second - 2
(ii) Performance of both teams on this ground
NEP - 1 - 0w/1l
SCO - 1 - 1w/0l
(iii) Recent Matches on this venue
1) Nepal vs United States of America - 27th October'2024
286/10 vs 291/7 (USA won by 3 wkts)
Pacers - 4w+2w=6w
Spinners - 5w+5w=10w
2) United States of America vs Scotland - 25th October'2024
144/10 vs 145/0 (SCO won by 10 wkts)
Pacers - 9w+0w=9w
Spinners - 1w+0w=1w
(iv) Toss Based Analysis on this venue
Nepal (NEP)
1. Kushal Bhurtel
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 11(28)&4w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
2. Aasif Sheikh
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 52(53)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
3. Rohit Kumar Paudel (C)
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 96(75)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
4. Aarif Sheikh
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 37(45)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
5. Bhim Sharki
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
6. Kushal Malla
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
7. Dipendra Singh Airee
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 13(17)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
8. Sompal Kami
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2(4)&2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
9. Anil Kumar Sah
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 56(62)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
10. KC Karan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 3(3)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
11. Arjun Saud
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
12. Sandeep Lamichhane
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 5(11)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
13. Gulsan Jha
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1(3)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
14. Dev Khanal
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
15. Lalit Rajbanshi
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
16. Rijan Dhakal
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
17. Sagar Dhakal
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
Scotland (SCO)
1. Michael English
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
2. Michael Jones
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
3. Charlie Tear
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 43(70)*
4. Brandon McMullen
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 3w
5. Richie Berrington (C)
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
6. Matthew Cross
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
7. Michael Leask
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w
8. Chris Greaves
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
9. Mark Watt
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w
10. Jack Jarvis
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
11. Scott Currie
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
12. Brad Wheal
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w
13. Brad Currie
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 4w
14. Oliver Davidson
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
15. Andrew Umeed
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 98(79)*
16. Chris Sole
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w
3. HEAD TO HEAD
(i) Overall
6 - 3w/3l (Tied)
(ii) Last 5 Matches
5 - 3w/2l (In favor of SCO)
(iii) On This Venue
Not Played Yet
(iv) Recent Head to Head Matches
1) Scotland vs Nepal - 21st February'2023
212/10 vs 213/8 (NEP won by 2 wkts)
Matthew Cross - 42(63)
Brandon McMullen - 31(48) & 1w
Mark Watt - 3w
Chris Greaves - 2w
Michael Leask - 1w
Rohit Kumar Paudel - 95(101)*
KC Karan - 31(37)* & 3w
Sandeep Lamichhane - 4w
Lalit Rajbanshi - 1w
Kushal Malla - 1w
2) Scotland vs Nepal - 17th February'2023
274/9 vs 275/7 (NEP won by 3 wkts)
Michael Leask - 107(85)* & 1w
Jack Jarvis - 26(38)
Brandon McMullen - 22(26)
Mark Watt - 20(31) & 3w
Chris Sole - 3w
Dipendra Singh Airee - 85(116)* & 1w
Kushal Malla - 81(67) & 2w
Sompal Kami - 24(32) & 1w
Sandeep Lamichhane - 3w
Kushal Bhurtel - 1w
3) Nepal vs Scotland - 8th December'2022
119/10 vs 121/2 (SCO won by 8 wkts)
Rohit Kumar Paudel - 47(57)
Dipendra Singh Airee - 1w
Gulsan Jha - 1w
Mark Watt - 2w
Brandon McMullen - 2w
Chris Greaves - 1w
Chris Sole - 1w
4) Nepal vs Scotland - 4th December'2022
137/10 vs 143/7 (SCO won by 3 wkts)
Gulsan Jha - 29(29) & 2w
Lalit Rajbanshi - 2w
Sagar Dhakal - 2w
Dipendra Singh Airee - 1w
Brandon McMullen - 32(34)* & 1w
Michael Leask - 22(29) & 1w
Chris Sole - 3w
Mark Watt - 2w
(v) Toss Based Analysis (H2H)
Nepal (NEP)
1. Kushal Bhurtel
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 3(16), 0(1)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 27(28), 16(8)&1w, 1(4)
2. Aasif Sheikh
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 40(58), 7(5), 1(9)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 71(62), 9(14), 12(23)
3. Anil Kumar Sah
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
4. Rohit Kumar Paudel (C)
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 10(16), 17(43), 47(57)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 34(31)*, 6(10), 95(101)*
5. Kushal Malla
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 81(67)&2w, 17(28)&1w
6. Aarif Sheikh
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0(2), 10(14)&0w, 6(16)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1(9)
7. Dipendra Singh Airee
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 7(13)&0w, 9(22)&1w, 14(21)&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 3(6)&1w, 85(116)*&1w, 7(16)&0w
8. Gulsan Jha
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 29(29)&2w, 5(17)&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 17(28)&0w
9. Sandeep Lamichhane
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 22(27)&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w, 3w, 9(13)&4w
10. Lalit Rajbanshi
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 3(19)&2w, 11(15)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w
11. Sompal Kami
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 7(24)&1w, 16(51)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 3w, 24(32)*&1w, 2(7)&0w
12. KC Karan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 7(4)&0w, 8(18)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 0w, 31(37)*&3w
13. Arjun Saud
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 18(44), 0(3)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
14. Dev Khanal
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 10(25)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 4(16)
15. Bhim Sharki
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
16. Sagar Dhakal
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 4(8)*&2w, 1(4)*&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
17. Rijan Dhakal
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
Scotland (SCO)
1. Michael English
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
2. Charlie Tear
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
3. Michael Jones
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
4. Richie Berrington (C)
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 3(12)&1w, 19(25), 0(1)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 4(8)*, 3(10), 12(20)*
5. Matthew Cross
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2(8), 2(13), 42(63)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 13(34)
6. Brandon McMullen
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 22(26)&0w, 31(48)&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 32(34)*&1w, 2w
7. Michael Leask
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 4(10), 107(85)*&1w, 0(2)&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 22(29)&1w, 0w
8. Chris Greaves
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 16(22)&0w, 7(13)&2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w
9. Mark Watt
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 17(46)&0w, 20(31)&3w, 8(15)&3w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 3w, 4(7)&2w, 2w
10. Jack Jarvis
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 26(38)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
11. Brad Wheal
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
12. Brad Currie
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
13. Scott Currie
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
14. Andrew Umeed
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
15. Oliver Davidson
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
16. Chris Sole
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 3w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 3w, 1w
4. SQUAD INFO WITH DETAILING
A) NEPAL (NEP) SQUAD:
Probable XI
1) Anil Kumar Sah - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 56, 13, 25, 27, 11, 41, 27, 9, 1
2) Aasif Sheikh - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 52, 50, 1, 27, 16, 30, 27, 8, 2, 11
3) Kushal Bhurtel - RHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 11r 4w, 40*, 92*, 10r 0w, 11r 3w, 13, 20r 2w, 7, 1
4) Rohit Paudel - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 96r 0w, 18, 49, 56r 2w, 4, 2, 37, 4, 60
5) Aarif Sheikh - RHB, RM
Last 10 - 37r 0w, 0w, 1, 0, 10r 0w, 35r 1w, 3, 12, 0, 0
6) Dipendra Singh Airee - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 13r 0w, 0w, 2r 1w, 28r 3w, 1r 0w, 12r 0w, 18r 1w, 6r 1w, 8r 0w
7) Gulsan Jha - LHB, RFM
Last 10 - 1r 0w, 0w, 19r 0w, 11r 1w, 2r 0w, 23*, 40r 2w, 34r 1w, 53r 5w
8) Sompal Kami - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 2w, 3w, 2w, 2r 0w, 0w, 1w, 3w, 21r 0w, 20r 0w
9) Sandeep Lamichhane - RHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 5r 0w, 2w, 2w, 1w, 10r 3w, 49r 2w, 11r 1w, 22r 1w, 2w
10) KC Karan - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 3r 0w, 6r 3w, 0r 1w, 8r 0w, 3w, 5r 0w, 24r 1w, 1r 2w, 27r 0w
11) Lalit Rajbanshi - RHB, LAO
Last 10 - 1w, 1w, 2w, 1w, 0w, 2w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 0w
BENCH
12) Rijan Dhakal - RHB, LFM
Last 10 - 1w, 0w, 1w, 2w, 1w, 1w, 5r 0w, 14r 0w, 2w, 3r 2w
13) Arjun Saud - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 10, 5, 36, 5, 4, 36, 32, 24, 44*, 2*
14) Bhim Sharki - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 4, 11, 18, 0, 50, 1r 2w, 0, 41, 8r 2w, 30
15) Dev Khanal - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 18, 2, 11, 8r 1w, 10r 3w, 0r 2w, 45r 2w, 51r 2w, 23r 0w, 18
16) Kushal Malla - LHB, LAO
Last 10 - 44r 0w, 19, 4, 30, 12, 12r 0w, 27, 1r 0w, 9
17) Sagar Dhakal - RHB, LAO
Last 10 - 1w, 0w, 0w, 5r 1w, 3w, 1w, 2w, 0w, 3w
Safe C/VC Choices
Kushal Bhurtel, Gulsan Jha
B) SCOTLAND (SCO) SQUAD:
Probable XI
1) Andrew Umeed - RHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 98*, 0, 5, 45, 0, 4, 0, 28r 0w, 0, 38r 1w, 57, 22, 44, 63
2) Charlie Tear - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 43*, 19, 54, 5, 29, 137, 0, 5, 22, 6, 43, 16
3) Brandon McMullen - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 3w, 56r 0w, 59r 0w, 19r 1w, 12, 18, 11, 0
4) Richie Berrington - RHB, RM
Last 10 - 8, 5, 23, 17, 52, 38*, 89, 24*
5) Matthew Cross - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 7, 27, 5, 1*
6) Michael Jones - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 1, 37*, 116, 28, 25, 12, 10, 9, 0
7) Michael Leask - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 0w, 13, 7, 7, 9r 2w, 6r 2w, 25r 0w, 2w, 0w, 2r 1w
8) Mark Watt - LHB, LAO
Last 10 - 1w, 18r 0w, 4r 0w, 16r 2w, 10r 0w, 2w, 2w, 2w, 1w
9) Chris Sole - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 0w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 2w, 15r 1w, 0w, 1w, 1w
10) Brad Wheal - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 2w, 2w, 61r 2w, 5r 0w, 8r 0w, 2w, 1w, 13r 0w, 1w, 2w, 3w
11) Brad Currie - LHB, LFM
Last 10 - 4w, 1w, 2w, 3w, 2w, 2w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 1w
BENCH
12) Oliver Davidson - LHB, LAO
Last 10 - 0w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 5r 0w, 10r 0w, 0w, 1w, 2w, 4w, 1w, 2w, 38r 5w
13) Scott Currie - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 2w, 120r 0w, 0w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 2w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 26r 1w
14) Michael English - RHB, RM
Last 10 - 107, 18, 4, 11r 0w, 28, 23, 13, 64*, 20, 13, 3, 12
15) Jack Jarvis - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 3r 1w, 10r 0w, 19r 1w, 12r 1w, 1w, 1r 0w, 12r 1w, 1r 2w, 0w
16) Chris Greaves - LHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 6r 0w, 31*, 11, 9r 0w, 1w, 4r 1w, 10r 1w
Safe C/VC Choices
Brandon McMullen, Mark Watt
Differential GL C/VC choices
NEP - Sandeep Lamichhane, Rohit Paudel, Dipendra Singh Airee
SCO - Brad Currie, Richie Berrington, Michael Leask
*Important*
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