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Nepal vs West Indies Scorecard, Match 9, ICC Men's Cricket World Cup Qualifier
Result · Jun 22 2023, Thu - 12:30 PM (IST)
WEST INDIES339/7
NEPAL238
West Indies won by 101 runs
CRR:4.79
Player Of The Match
Match Info
| Series: | ICC Men's Cricket World Cup Qualifier |
| Date: | Jun 22 2023, Thu - 12:30 PM (IST) |
| Country: | Zimbabwe |
| City: | Harare |
| Venue: | Harare Sports Club |
| Toss: | Nepal won the toss and elected to bowl. |
| West Indies Playing XI: | Kyle Mayers, Brandon King, Johnson Charles, Shai Hope (c) (wk), Nicholas Pooran, Jason Holder, Rovman Powell, Roston Chase, Keemo Paul, Akeal Hosein, Alzarri Joseph |
| Nepal Playing XI: | Kushal Bhurtel, Aasif Sheikh (wk), Bhim Sharki, Rohit Paudel (c), Kushal Malla, Aarif Sheikh, Dipendra Singh Airee, Gulshan Jha, Karan KC, Sandeep Lamichhane, Lalit Rajbanshi |
- This will be the first meeting between Nepal and West Indies in any form of international cricket; in fact, Nepal have played just one men’s ODI against a full-member side prior to this – a eight-wicket loss against Zimbabwe (18 June 2023).
- West Indies have won each of their last four men’s ODIs on the bounce, including a 39-run victory against USA in the ongoing World Cup qualifiers; the last time the Windies were on a longer winning streak was a stretch of six games between March and April 2010.
- Nepal have won nine of their last 10 men’s ODIs (L1), including a six-wicket win against USA in their most recent such fixture; however, they are yet to register a win against a full-member side in any form of international cricket (when their opposition has been a full-member side on the day).
- West Indies have a win rate of 67% in men’s ODIs played at the Harare Sports Club (P15 W10 L5), their third highest among all the grounds away from home where they have played at least 10 ODIs.
- West Indies’ pace bowlers have logged a bowling dot ball rate of 60.2% in men’s ODIs since the start of 2023, second to only India (61.7%) during the same timeframe.
- West Indies have maintained a bowling average of 30.7 during the Powerplay phase in men’s ODIs in 2023, third to only Bangladesh (21.7) and India (30.1) among full-member sides to have played at least four matches so far this year.
- Alzarri Joseph (95) is five wickets away from becoming the 18th West Indies bowler to record 100 wickets in men’s ODIs; however, he has taken five wickets in an innings in the format only once before – 5/56 against England (27 September 2017).
- Sandeep Lamichhane has maintained a bowling strike rate of 23.5 in men’s ODIs, the lowest by any Nepal bowler to have bowled in at least 20 innings; however, he has failed to take a wicket in each of his last two matches – doing so for the first time in the format.
- Kushal Bhurtel (911 runs) is 89 away from becoming the third Nepal batter to score 1,000 runs in men’s ODIs; in fact, the last time he scored more than 50 runs in an innings was a 99-run knock against Zimbabwe (18 June 2023) during the ongoing World Cup qualifiers.
- Shai Hope (474) is 19 runs away from becoming the second highest run getter among West Indies batters in matches played in Zimbabwe (Chris Gayle – 805 runs & Marlon Samuels – 492 runs); he is also 26 runs away from becoming the 14th visiting batter overall to score 500 runs in the format in matches played in Zimbabwe.