Needing a win Bermuda won the toss and sent Nepal to bat in the sixth match of the ICC World Cup Twenty20 Qualifiers at the ICC Global Cricket Academy Oval Number One in Dubai.
Bermuda restricted Nepal to 148/8 in their allotted 20 overs, Gyanendra Malla was their top scorer with 39, while youngster Kamal Bashir led the Bermuda bowling attack returning figures of 2-0-16-2, Malachi Jones bowled 4-0-18-2. Allan Douglas Jr. bowled 3-0-22-2.
In reply captain Janeiro Tucker scored 48 off 31 deliveries hitting five fours and two sixes, but Bermuda fell short of their target by 21 runs. Tre Manders added 19, while Allan Douglas Jr scored 14 and the only other Bermuda batsman to reach double figures was Kamau Leverock with 12.
Nepal Inning
..35 (35) Subash Khakurel c David Hemp b Allan Douglas II ..19 (20) Sagar Pun c Allan Douglas II b Dion Stovell ..22 (16) Pradeep Airee c Dion Stovell b Allan Douglas II ..07 (08) Paras Khadka c Tre Manders b Jacobi Robinson ..13 (08) Binod Bhandari c sub (Terryn Fray) b Kamal Bashir ..39 (22) Gyanendra Malla c Janeiro Tucker b Malachi Jones ..07 (08) Sharad Vesawkar b Kamal Bashir ..01 (02) Basant Regmi c Allan Douglas II b Malachi Jones ..01 (01) Shakti Gauchan Not Out ..00 (00) Jitendra Mukhiya Not Out ..04 Extras (1w-3lb) 148 Total for 8 wickets after 20 overs
Fall of Wickets: 1-37 (Pun), 2-73 (Airee), 3-86 (Khakurel), 4-87 (Khadka), 5-116 (Bhandari), 6-145 (Vesawkar), 7-147 (Malla), 8-147 (Regmi)
Bermuda Bowlers
4.0-0-18-2 Malachi Jones 4.0-0-42-0 Janeiro Tucker 4.0-0-27-1 Dion Stovell 3.0-0-20-1 Jacobi Robinson 3.0-0-22-2 Allan Douglas Jr. 2.0-0-16-2 Kamal Bashir
Bermuda’s Inning
..02 (05) Dion Stovell c Subash Khakurel b Jitendra Mukhiya ..00 (02) Kwame Tucker b Avinash Karn ..01 (06) Lionel Cann c Gyanendra Malla b Avinash Karn ..08 (04) David Hemp c Binod Bhandari b Jitendra Mukhiya ..48 (31) Janeiro Tucker b Sagar Pun ..14 (18) Allan Douglas II LBW Basant Regmi ..19 (24) Tre Manders b Paras Khadka ..12 (11) Kamau Leverock c Sharad Vesawkar b Paras Khadka ..07 (05) Malachi Jones c Binod Bhandari b Jitendra Mukhiya ..01 (02) Jacobi Robinson Run Out ..00 (00) Kamal Bashir Not Out ..04 Extras (1w-3lb) 110 Total All Out after 19.2 overs