Although at times I thought Nepal would lose all wickets before 200. But your guess is somewhat correct. Nepal was defeated by a margin of 101 runs. This is not a bad result for Nepal. At least I think so. This team is not very old in cricket. They have little experience playing against big teams. Still, they put up a good fight. Had the bowlers been able to perform a bit better, today's match would have been much more competitive. My expectations from Nepal will be a bit higher in the next Asia Cup.
Not a bad result. But at the same time, not a great result as well. They had West Indies struggling at 9/2 after 4 overs, but then allowed Shai Hope and Nicholas Pooran to rebuild the innings. And in the last 15-20 overs, their bowlers looked as if they have given up. The Nepali bowlers were conceding 10-12 runs per over. With a bit more discipline they could have restricted West Indies to somewhere around 300. And given the fact that they managed to get to 238, it could have been a close match if they had done so. Anyway, the big challenge for Nepal would come when they will face India and Pakistan during the Asia Cup later this year.
West Indies was struggling at 55/3. Shai Hope was really good for West Indies after that. His performance alone took West Indies to a great total. I almost forgot about Pooran as well. Both of them have scored centuries each. Let’s be honest, 339 was never going to be chased down by Nepal. Only two bowlers from Nepal, Sandeep Lamichhane, and Rajbanshi performed well in the first innings for Nepal. The others almost didn’t do anything, to be honest.
On the other hand, Nepal was not able to get a move on at all. Whenever they were trying to do anything they lost wickets. I thought they should have got a little more compared to what they did. But in the end, they were not even able to play out the whole 50 overs.