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Namibia managed to collect 130 runs in 28 overs. But they lost 5 wickets. Batsmen are not able to play big innings. Opener Louwrens scored 52 runs and Gerhard's collection was 43 runs. Besides, no other batsman was able to make any contribution. If Green and France at the crease cannot form a good pair, Namibia has no chance of winning. They still need 92 runs to win. 92 runs in 22 overs is not a tough task if the Namibian batsmen can stay at the crease.

Namibia's  Bowling performance was not as bad as I was thought about. Even though one of their good batsmen is currently out, I still think Namibia have a good chance of catching the fever.  And just to post another wicket fell to them.  I think Namibia should now play small shots instead of big shots. A rapid fall of wickets like this will win Scotland despite an unexpected batting performance.

Scotland's unexpected batting in today's match. Scotland scored 221 runs in 48.4 overs for the loss of all wickets. In ODI matches, 221 runs is a moderate score. With this score, Scotland win the match is absolutely risky. The bowlers of the Namibian cricket team, bowled brilliantly. It remains to be seen how well the Namibian cricket team can perform with the bat in the second innings

Scotland scored 221 which is not a good score for an ODI match.  Because Scotland played 48.4 overs which is equal to 292 balls.  This means they could not even score 1 run per ball on average.  Namibia have now scored 29 runs off 42 balls and have lost one wicket in overtime. Namibia also did not play very well.  So for them too I doubt they can win the match. Namibia are not able to play well in the beginning of the game now let's see what they can do in the last phase of the game

Scotland's batsmen managed to collect 221 runs. The pitch was not bowling-friendly. So if Scotland's batsmen could have batted a little better they would have been able to score at least 260+. I would not say that the Namibian team is strong. Still, they have a high chance of winning this match. A target of 222 runs is not a big target. If the top-order batsmen bat responsibly and stay at the crease, Namibia has a chance to win this match. However, Namibia's players are not experienced enough. It will be very difficult for them to survive in the creek. No wonder if they lost quite a few wickets in the first 10 overs.

Scottish Ended up scoring 221 runs and lost all wickets. Christopher McBride missed his fifty for three runs only. He could have batted more patiently. But, His innings ended scoring 47 runs. Berrington and Tomas Mackintosh also batted really good. Tomas Mackintosh scored 34 runs from 48 balls and Berrington scored 32 runs from 55 balls. Still there were not able to score 250 due failure of other batters. Namibia played 2.2 Overs so far (while I am writing) and scored 14 runs. Required run rate is not so high. They should bat patiently if they want to win the match.

Today the Namibia bowlers were doing well as the run rate of Scotland is found around 4.5 runs. In specific Ruben Trumpelmann and Scholtz have bowled well with the economy down to 3rpo. This is really good in ODI, and the score within 250 runs will increase the winning chance of Namibia.

I know Namibia's bowling line-up is not experienced enough. There are very few experienced players in their squad. However, the performance of Namibia's bowlers in today's match is quite good. Namibia won the toss and elected to field. And Scotland's first wicket was taken by the Namibian bowlers for just 1 run. Scotland scored 137 runs in 32.1 overs losing 5 wickets. My guess is Scotland will be able to give a target of 210 today. Namibian bowlers Ruben and Bernard Scholtz are bowling well today. Ruben conceded just 16 runs in 7 overs and took 2 wickets. Bernard Scholtz gave only 19 runs in 8 overs. Namibia has a chance to win today's match if the performance of their batsmen is stable.

Of course Namibia team performed well but again due less source of funds this team can not make practice much. But a great zeal can make this team a good team. They are trying much hope so they will achieve the goals and can get an good position in the cricket teams. Just like Nepal. By the way these matches are really interesting.

Namibia team have improved much, but they lack bowling. Need to make themselves strong with bowling, only then it is possible to win matches. In the recent matches it used to score good runs, but the target is being easily reached by the opponent. If the bowling unit had performed better those matches would've been a win for Namibia. Scotland is ahead, still we can expect some good cricket.

Scotland vs Namibia the match is gonna start at 9:15 IST (3:45 GMT) .
According to the statistics Scotland is ahead from Namibia in every sector. Head to head Scotland have won 4 of their last 5 matches against Namibia while Namibia have won only one. And Namibia also in pressure for loosing three match continuously. Their batsmen and bowlers also failed in 2 consecutive matches against Nepal.
So it can be said that in terms of confidence, they will be behind from Scotland. There are about 6 hours left to the start the match, and still I will put Scotland ahead in terms of win provability.

Sithara007, I know that Nepal is not a very rich country. But I think as a government, they should realize Nepal has some great talent. If the government does decide to fund Nepal at least decently, they will be able to get good money out of it. I don't know about others. But I believe that the ROI is going to be good.

MusaPk, I really wanted to think of a reason why the BCCI might actually not help Nepal. But I could not think of any reason for it. It is very easy for a cricket board like that to help Nepal with a good amount of money. Yes, they will be noticed now because they have beaten two good teams.

Compared to Nepal team's performance in the previous years, there is a big change. I think Nepal too have got their own T-20 league. These days players are getting improvement through these kind of leagues played within the country. If I'm not wrong the league too a reason for such performance coming from Nepal while chasing targets, because it can be seen that the players never take pressure.

Nepal cricket has made great progress. I regularly enjoyed their game scores. There has been a major change in their batting. Nepal vs Namibia In the 4th match, Nepal won again by chasing 274 runs with 2 overs remaining. They have produced some reliable batsmen and have the ability to perform in any negative condition. If Nepal can do this performance with a good team then they will be able to come to the front line like Afghanistan.

Is true that winning three matches in a row it's a good signal for Nepal cricket board. Although statistically they still have more losses than wins, but if they can perform well in the next matches like this it will help them a lot to move their cricket board forward. As they have been able to beat strong opponents like Scotland and Namibia, I think they will be also capable of beating others as well. Their batting line-up is also not as weak as before as they have made improvements in this sector. Hope the upcoming matches will be good for them. Good luck for Nepal cricket team.

BCCI is a billion dollar board and its sad to see that they are not helping Nepal in making it to main ICC events. PCB despite financial problems have helped Afghanistan in the past and its good to see they are assisting Nepal also.

There are some good news for Nepal, after beating Scotland, they have now also beaten Namibia in ICC MEN'S CRICKET WORLD CUP LEAGUE 2. Both Scotland and Namibia are occupying top slots in point's table. Below is Table of ICC MEN'S CRICKET WORLD CUP LEAGUE 2. These victories are positive sign but they came very late in the league I guess.

Nepal is not a very rich country and therefore the players can't expect a lot of fund from the government. Nepal, like most of the other associate nations are heavily dependent on funding from the ICC. But the problem is that ICC funding for Associate nations got reduced by around 80% in 2015, due to the big-3 formula. In case of Nepal, the decrease was even steeper, because they lost some matches to teams like Oman and UAE. It was like a chain reaction. Players were forced to retire due to lack of funds, and as a result they lose crucial matches. And when they lose matches, their funding goes down even more.

And although the BCCI has refused to support Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) till now, they are receiving some support from the PCB. A few days back, Mohammad Rizwan met the CAN officials, and some of the Nepal players including Lamichhane.

Now coming to the issue between Sandeep Lamichhane and Scotland players, I believe that it could have been avoided. Of all the teams, I am surprised that it is Scotland who are over-reacting here. Scotland Cricket is under investigation for 22 allegations of racism, directed against players of Asian origin. This issue was first raised by their ex-player Majid Haq. An investigation recently found Scotland Cricket to be institutionally racist.

Yes of course this is a good move from Nepal cricket team and I really appreciate the progress of this team just like you I also think that soon we can see the Nepal team in the top cricket teams(its really hard but those can achieve goal who tries best). If the government will decide to give a handsome budget to the cricket board so we can see more improvement in this team. By the way this an opinion, what will happen no one knows.

The location is right and the country can have good training sessions. Recently the performance have improved much from Nepal. Earlier it is very hard to see such kind of chase as well first batting score from Nepal. Most of the time the the score won't cross 200 runs. As an user suggested, the consistency in performance over the matches will make big changes in the Nepal cricket team.

I was actually surprised to see that match against Scotland, Nepal batted very well against a big opposition like Scotland especially when their top order batsmen failed their last order batsmen took up the responsibility and successfully won the match.
But I like more that they have arranged their batting line-up based on performance with Scotland for the game against Namibia.  And this batting line-up of theirs has worked successfully to won against Namibia today. Congratulations to Nepal for the b2b winning