Netherlands v Nepal

ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 2116th Match

Result

Netherlands4/15844.1/50 ov, target 158

Nepal157

Netherlands won by 6 wickets (35 balls left)

Commentary

Netherlands innings
1. Over 451 run
  158/4
2. 44.244.2, 1 wide
  Lamichhane to Edwards, 1 wide
3. 44.144.1, dot ball
  Lamichhane to Edwards, no run
1. End of over 444 runs
  157/4Kami 10-1-41-1Croes 34 (59) · Edwards 61 (88)
2. 43.643.6, dot ball
  Sompal Kami to Croes, no run
3. 43.543.5, 1 run
  Sompal Kami to Edwards, 1 run
4. 43.443.4, 1 run
  Sompal Kami to Croes, 1 run
5. 43.443.4, 1 wide
  Sompal Kami to Croes, 1 wide
6. 43.343.3, 1 run
  Sompal Kami to Edwards, 1 run
7. 43.243.2, dot ball
  Sompal Kami to Edwards, no run
8. 43.143.1, dot ball
  Sompal Kami to Edwards, no run
1. End of over 435 runs
  153/4Lamichhane 8-0-35-0Croes 33 (57) · Edwards 59 (84)
2. 42.642.6, dot ball
  Lamichhane to Croes, no run
3. 42.542.5, dot ball
  Lamichhane to Croes, no run
4. 42.442.4, dot ball
  Lamichhane to Croes, no run
5. 42.342.3, 1 run
  Lamichhane to Edwards, 1 run
6. 42.242.2, 2 runs
  Lamichhane to Edwards, 2 runs
7. 42.142.1, 2 runs
  Lamichhane to Edwards, 2 runs
1. End of over 424 runs
  148/4Kami 9-1-37-1Croes 33 (54) · Edwards 54 (81)
2. 41.641.6, dot ball
  Sompal Kami to Croes, no run
3. 41.541.5, 1 run
  Sompal Kami to Edwards, 1 run
4. 41.441.4, dot ball
  Sompal Kami to Edwards, no run
5. 41.341.3, 2 runs
  Sompal Kami to Edwards, 2 runs
6. 41.241.2, dot ball
  Sompal Kami to Edwards, no run
7. 41.141.1, 1 run
  Sompal Kami to Croes, 1 run
1. End of over 414 runs
  144/4Lamichhane 7-0-30-0Edwards 51 (77) · Croes 32 (52)
2. 40.640.6, dot ball
  Lamichhane to Edwards, no run
3. 40.540.5, 1 run
  Lamichhane to Croes, 1 run
4. 40.440.4, dot ball
  Lamichhane to Croes, no run
5. 40.340.3, 2 runs
  Lamichhane to Croes, 2 runs
6. 40.240.2, dot ball
  Lamichhane to Croes, no run
7. 40.140.1, 1 run
  Lamichhane to Edwards, 1 run

Match events

Toss: Netherlands won the toss and chose to field first
Netherlands innings: 4/158 (44.1 ov)

Fall of wickets

: Nepal innings

1-25Aasif Sheikh5.5
2-25K Bhurtel6.1
3-31RK Paudel9.1
4-42I Pandey11.6
5-75DS Airee22.4
6-123Gulsan Jha35.3
7-140Sompal Kami39.2
8-156Aarif Sheikh43.6
9-157S Lamichhane44.3
10-157LN Rajbanshi44.4

: Netherlands innings

1-15MP O'Dowd5.2
2-46C de Lange14.3
3-47

Scorecard

Nepal157

Nepal innings157

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
K Bhurtellbw b Klein	9	20	1	0	45
Aasif Sheikhc Croes b Roy	14	17	2	0	82.35
I Pandeyc †Edwards b Roy	4	10	0	0	40
RK Paudellbw b Roy	3	12	0	0	25
DS Aireec Dutt b van Beek	21	42	0	0	50
Aarif Sheikhc sub (Vikramjit Singh) b van Beek	41	90	4

Overs

Nepal 157/10 (44.4)
Netherlands 158/4 (44.1)
Wicket

Runs per over

Partnerships

Nepal157/10

1st wkt25 (35)
Bhurtel 9(19)14(17) Sheikh
2nd wkt0 (2)
Bhurtel 0(1)0(1) Pandey
3rd wkt6 (18)
Pandey 2(6)3

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Match details

Date: Thursday 23 July 2026
Started: 7:00 pm Sydney time
Venue: Sportpark Maarschalkerweerd, Utrecht
Competition: ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 2, 116th Match
Toss: Netherlands won the toss and chose to field first
Officials: Rizwan Akram (umpire), Roly Black (umpire), Neeyamur Rashid (referee), Nitin Bathi (reserve umpire)

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Netherlands

Updated 10 Nov, 10:11 pm

4-73ZB Lion-Cachet22.4

Nepal 1st innings

5.5ovWicket: Aasif Sheikh14 (17)c Croes b Roy1/25
6.1ovWicket: K Bhurtel9 (20)lbw b Klein2/25
9.1ovWicket: RK Paudel3 (12)lbw b Roy3/31
11.6ovWicket: I Pandey4 (10)c †Edwards b Roy4/42
22.4ovWicket: DS Airee21 (42)c Dutt b van Beek5/75
35.3ovWicket: Gulsan Jha29 (42)c & b van der Merwe6/123
39.2ovWicket: Sompal Kami10 (15)lbw b van der Merwe7/140
43.6ovWicket: Aarif Sheikh41 (90)c sub (Vikramjit Singh) b van Beek8/156
44.3ovWicket: S Lamichhane0 (2)run out (Lion-Cachet/†Edwards)9/157
44.4ovWicket: LN Rajbanshi0 (1)lbw b van der Merwe157
Innings break15744.4 ov

Netherlands 1st innings

5.2ovWicket: MP O'Dowd9 (11)b Sompal Kami1/15
14.3ovWicket: C de Lange21 (51)c †Aasif Sheikh b Airee2/46
15.4ovWicket: BFW de Leede1 (6)b Rajbanshi3/47
22.4ovWicket: ZB Lion-Cachet21 (49)run out (Karan KC/†Aasif Sheikh)4/73
FiftySA Edwards reaches 50 off 75 balls (2 fours, 1 six)

BowlerNetherlands	O	M	R	W	Econ
ZB Lion-Cachet	1	0	5	0	5
BFW de Leede	4	0	27	0	6.75
RE van der Merwe	6.4	0	15	3	2.25
LV van Beek	7	1	21	2	3
K Klein	8	0	35	1	4.37
A Dutt	10	2	29	0	2.9
A Roy	8	1	24	3	3

Netherlands4/158

Netherlands innings4/158

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
C de Langec †Aasif Sheikh b Airee	21	51	2	0	41.17
MP O'Dowdb Sompal Kami	9	11	1	0	81.81
ZB Lion-Cachetrun out (Karan KC/†Aasif Sheikh)	21	49	2	0	42.85
BFW de Leedeb Rajbanshi	1	6	0	0	16.66
SA EdwardsBattingnot out	61	89	2	1	68.53
NRJ CroesBattingnot out	34	59	1	0	57.62

BowlerNepal	O	M	R	W	Econ
DS Airee	4	1	8	1	2
Gulsan Jha	4	0	23	0	5.75
Sompal Kami	10	1	41	1	4.1
Karan KC	8	0	26	0	3.25
S Lamichhane	8.1	0	36	0	4.4
LN Rajbanshi	10	3	22	1	2.2

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Nepal
Overs	Runs	Wickets	Score
Over 1	2	0	2/0
Over 2	3	0	5/0
Over 3	7	0	12/0
Over 4	1	0	13/0
Over 5	7	0	20/0
Over 6	5	1	25/1
Over 7	3	1	28/2
Over 8	1	0	29/2
Over 9	2	0	31/2
Over 10	2	1	33/3
Over 11	6	0	39/3
Over 12	3	1	42/4
Over 13	0	0	42/4
Over 14	1	0	43/4
Over 15	7	0	50/4
Over 16	9	0	59/4
Over 17	2	0	61/4
Over 18	3	0	64/4
Over 19	2	0	66/4
Over 20	2	0	68/4
Over 21	2	0	70/4
Over 22	1	0	71/4
Over 23	5	1	76/5
Over 24	7	0	83/5
Over 25	3	0	86/5
Over 26	1	0	87/5
Over 27	0	0	87/5
Over 28	2	0	89/5
Over 29	1	0	90/5
Over 30	0	0	90/5
Over 31	7	0	97/5
Over 32	1	0	98/5
Over 33	4	0	102/5
Over 34	7	0	109/5
Over 35	10	0	119/5
Over 36	5	1	124/6
Over 37	6	0	130/6
Over 38	3	0	133/6
Over 39	6	0	139/6
Over 40	2	1	141/7
Over 41	2	0	143/7
Over 42	1	0	144/7
Over 43	5	0	149/7
Over 44	7	1	156/8
Over 45	1	2	157/10

Netherlands
Overs	Runs	Wickets	Score
Over 1	1	0	1/0
Over 2	1	0	2/0
Over 3	2	0	4/0
Over 4	4	0	8/0
Over 5	3	0	11/0
Over 6	4	1	15/1
Over 7	5	0	20/1
Over 8	0	0	20/1
Over 9	6	0	26/1
Over 10	10	0	36/1
Over 11	1	0	37/1
Over 12	9	0	46/1
Over 13	0	0	46/1
Over 14	0	0	46/1
Over 15	1	1	47/2
Over 16	1	1	48/3
Over 17	2	0	50/3
Over 18	0	0	50/3
Over 19	9	0	59/3
Over 20	3	0	62/3
Over 21	1	0	63/3
Over 22	4	0	67/3
Over 23	6	1	73/4
Over 24	1	0	74/4
Over 25	3	0	77/4
Over 26	0	0	77/4
Over 27	4	0	81/4
Over 28	9	0	90/4
Over 29	10	0	100/4
Over 30	3	0	103/4
Over 31	2	0	105/4
Over 32	5	0	110/4
Over 33	1	0

4th wkt11 (17)

Pandey 2(3)9(14) Airee

5th wkt33 (64)

Airee 12(28)15(38) Sheikh

6th wkt48 (77)

Sheikh 16(35)29(42) Jha

7th wkt17 (23)

Sheikh 6(8)10(15) Kami

8th wkt16 (28)

Sheikh 4(9)12(19) KC

9th wkt1 (3)

KC 1(1)0(2) Lamichhane

10th wkt0 (1)

KC 0(0)0(1) Rajbanshi

By phase

Powerplay 1-1033/3RR 3.30 · 3×4 0×6 · 45 dots

Middle 11-40108/4RR 3.60 · 6×4 2×6 · 121 dots

Death 41-5016/3RR 3.43 · 1×4 0×6 · 16 dots

Batter (SR)	PP	Middle	Death
Kushal Bhurtel	9(20) 45	–	–
Aasif Sheikh	14(17) 82	–	–
Ishan Pandey	3(8) 38	1(2) 50	–
Rohit Paudel	3(12) 25	–	–
Dipendra Singh Airee	1(4) 25	20(38) 53	–
Aarif Sheikh	–	37(83) 45	4(7) 57
Gulsan Jha	–	29(42) 69	–
Sompal Kami	–	10(15) 67	–
Karan KC	–	1(2) 50	12(18) 67
Sandeep Lamichhane	–	–	0(2) 0
Lalit Rajbanshi	–	–	0(1) 0

Bowling spells

Bowler	Overs	O	M	R	W	Econ
Kyle Klein	1–11	6	0	27	1	4.50
Alex Roy	2–16	8	1	24	3	3.00
Aryan Dutt	13–19	4	1	11	0	2.75
Logan van Beek	18	1	0	3	0	3.00
Roelof van der Merwe	20–22	2	0	3	0	1.50
Logan van Beek	21–29	5	1	11	1	2.20
Aryan Dutt	24–34	6	1	18	0	3.00
Bas de Leede	31–37	4	0	27	0	6.75
Roelof van der Merwe	36–42	4	0	11	2	2.75
Kyle Klein	39–41	2	0	8	0	4.00
Zach Lion-Cachet	43	1	0	5	0	5.00
Logan van Beek	44	1	0	7	1	7.00
Roelof van der Merwe	45	0.4	0	1	1	1.50

Netherlands158/4

1st wkt15 (32)
Lange 5(21)9(11) O'Dowd
2nd wkt31 (55)
Lange 16(30)11(25) Lion-Cachet
3rd wkt1 (7)
Lion-Cachet 0(1)1(6) Leede
4th wkt26 (42)
Lion-Cachet 10(23)16(19) Edwards
5th wkt85* (129)
Edwards 45(70)34(59) Croes

By phase

Powerplay 1-1036/1RR 3.60 · 4×4 0×6 · 44 dots

Middle 11-40104/3RR 3.47 · 4×4 1×6 · 115 dots

Death 41-5018/0RR 4.32 · 0×4 0×6 · 13 dots

Batter (SR)	PP	Middle	Death
Cedric de Lange	16(37) 43	5(14) 36	–
Max O'Dowd	9(11) 82	–	–
Zach Lion-Cachet	7(12) 58	14(37) 38	–
Bas de Leede	–	1(6) 17	–
Scott Edwards	–	50(75) 67	11(14) 79

Bowling spells

Bowler	Overs	O	M	R	W	Econ
Karan KC	1–7	4	0	11	0	2.75
Sompal Kami	2–10	5	1	19	1	3.80
Dipendra Singh Airee	9–15	4	1	8	1	2.00
Lalit Rajbanshi	12–26	8	3	18	1	2.25
Sandeep Lamichhane	17–21	3	0	12	0	4.00
Gulsan Jha	23–29	4	0	23	0	5.75
Sandeep Lamichhane	28–30	2	0	12	0	6.00
Karan KC	31–37	4	0	15	0	3.75
Lalit Rajbanshi

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