ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier 2011 (13-23rd March 2011)
Number of Teams:16
Venue: United Arab Emirates
Nepal finished 7th among the 16 Qualifiers. Nepal was in Group A along side Hong Kong, Denmark, PNG, Afghanistan, Bermuda, Netherlands, Canada.
Number of Matches Played: 9(5W, 4L)
Form : W W L L W L L W W
Squad: Paras Khadka(c), Meheaboob Alam, Pradeep Airee, Prithu Baskota, Amrit Bhattarai, Shakti Gauchan, Krishna Karki, Paresh Lohani, Gyanendra Malla, Anil Mandal, Basanta Regmi, Sanjam Regmi, Chandra Sawad, Sharad Vesawkar
Match 1
Venue: ICC Cricket Academy Ground No.2, Dubai
Nepal 130/6(#P. Khadka 68/62b, G. Malla 26/34b; Munir Dar 3/15) beat Hong Kong 102/9 (Nizakat Khan 32/27b, Asif Khan 17/11b; Sawad 4/24) by 28 runs
Match 2
Venue: ICC Cricket Academy Ground, Dubai
Nepal 85/1 in 12.4(P. Airee 65/43b, S.Vesawkar 13/28b; Anjum 1/14) beat Denmark (M.Pedresen 13/13b, F. Klokker 21/27b; #Gauchan 4/20) by 9 wickets
note:Shakti Gauchan took a hat-trick in the 13th over(Rizwan Mahood, Aftab Ahmed, Kamran Mahmood)
Match 3
Venue:Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah
PNG 137/8 (#C. Amini 38/32b, G. Jones 32/35b; Gauchan 2/22) beat Nepal 102/8 (P. Baskota 36/36b, Vesawkar 14/23b; #C. Amini 2/20) by 35 runs
Match 4
Venue: Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah
Afghanistan 157/6 (#K. Sadiq 52/39b, M.Shahzad 52/43b; Sawad 3/30) beat Nepal 123/6 (A. Mandal 50/49b, Khadka 24/20b; D. Zadran 2/16) by 34 runs
Match 5
Venue: Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi
Nepal 151/6(#P. Khadka 65/48b, S. Vesawkar 44/37b; Stovell 4/25) beat Bermuda 127/5 (J. Tucker 32/27b, D. Hemp 26/36b; Gauchan 3/17) by 24 runs
Match 6
Venue: ICC Cricket Academy Ground, Dubai
Netherland 86/4 in 13.5 overs (#Swart 16/26b, T. Cooper 18/15b; B.Regmi 3/32) beat Nepal 85/7 (G. Malla 32/49b, B. Regmi 20/17b; #Swart 2/13) by 6 wickets
Match 7
Venue:Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah
Canada 101/8 (A. Hansara 29/34b, R. Cheema 15/10b; Khadka 2/15) beat Nepal 83/10 in 18.3 overs ( S. Vesawkar 28/35b, A. Mandal 15/14b; #Siddiqui 3/13) by 18 runs
Match 8 -7th Place Play Off Semi Final
Venue : ICC Cricket Academy Ground, Dubai
Nepal 141/5 in 19.4 overs(#P.Airee 45/38b, A. Mandal 32/36b; Ngoche 3/23) beat Kenya 139/4 (C. Obuya 52/42b, D. Allan 32/42b; B. Regmi 3/23) by 5 wickets
Match 9- 7th Place Final
Venue: ICC Cricket Academy Ground, Dubai
Nepal 133/5 in 19.5 overs (#P. Khadka 62/43b P. Baskota 26/25b; Amini 1/6) beat PNG (V. Morea 34/39b, C. Kent 22/32b; Gauchan 2/20) by 5 wickets
“#” denotes player of the match
RECORDS
Highest Team Toal 151/6 against Bermuda
Highest Run: Paras Khadka-254 runs(Avg:50.80 SR:118.13 3 Fifties) followed by P. Airee-165(Avg- 20.62 Fifties-1 SR: 122.22)
Most Sixes: Pradeep Airee-6 followed by P. Khadka-3
Highest Individual Score: Paras Khadka 68 against Hong Kong
Highest Wicket Taker: Shakti Gauchan-16 wickets (Best 4/20 Avg: 11.18 Strike Rate 13.11) followed by Basanta and Sawad with 11 Wickets each.
Best Bowling Figures: 4/20 by Gauchan and 4/24 by Chandra Sawad
