Cricket series
| 2023 Nepal Tri-Nation Series | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Part of 2019–2023 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date | 9–16 March 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Nepal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ← UAE 2023 → | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2023 Nepal Tri-Nation Series was the 21st, and last, round of the 2019–2023 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 cricket tournament took place in Nepal in March 2023. It was a tri-nation series between Nepal, Papua New Guinea and the United Arab Emirates cricket teams, with the matches played as One Day International (ODI) fixtures. The ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 formed part of the qualification pathway to the 2023 Cricket World Cup. Going into the final series of the League 2 tournament, Nepal required four wins from four games to claim the third and final automatic place in the 2023 Cricket World Cup Qualifier, at the expense of Namibia.
Squads
 Nepal
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 Papua New Guinea
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 United Arab Emirates
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Nepal named Kamal Singh Airee, Mousom Dhakal, Sundeep Jora and Arjun Saud as reserves in their squad.
Fixtures
1st ODI
| 9 March 2023 09:30 Scorecard |
| Nepal 297 (49.1 overs) |
v | Papua New Guinea 245 (47.1 overs) |
| Aasif Sheikh 110 (110) Semo Kamea 5/38 (9.1 overs) |
Norman Vanua 60 (55) Sandeep Lamichhane 4/37 (10 overs) |
| Nepal won by 52 runs Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur Umpires: Vinay Kumar Jha (Nep) and Raveendra Wimalasiri (SL) Player of the match: Aasif Sheikh (Nep) |
- Papua New Guinea won the toss and elected to field.
- Aasif Sheikh (Nep) scored his first century in ODIs, and also passed 1,000 runs in ODIs.
- Semo Kamea (PNG) took his first five-wicket haul in ODIs.
- Nepal's score of 297 was their highest total in ODIs.
2nd ODI
| 10 March 2023 09:30 Scorecard |
| Papua New Guinea 246/9 (50 overs) |
v | United Arab Emirates 190 (42.2 overs) |
| Sese Bau 81* (106) Aayan Afzal Khan 3/34 (10 overs) |
Aryan Lakra 51 (72) Riley Hekure 3/16 (7.2 overs) |
| Papua New Guinea won by 56 runs Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur Umpires: Vinay Kumar Jha (Nep) and Buddhi Pradhan (Nep) Player of the match: Sese Bau (PNG) |
- United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to field.
3rd ODI
| 12 March 2023 09:30 Scorecard |
| Nepal 248 (49.2 overs) |
v | United Arab Emirates 71 (22.5 overs) |
| Rohit Paudel 77 (112) Zawar Farid 2/9 (3 overs) |
Aayan Afzal Khan 29 (33) Lalit Rajbanshi 5/20 (7.5 overs) |
| Nepal won by 177 runs Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur Umpires: Buddhi Pradhan (Nep) and Raveendra Wimalasiri (SL) Player of the match: Rohit Paudel (Nep) |
- Nepal won the toss and elected to bat.
- Ashwanth Valthapa (UAE) made his ODI debut.
- Lalit Rajbanshi (Nep) took his first five-wicket haul in ODIs.
- United Arab Emirates' score of 71 was their lowest total in ODIs.
4th ODI
| 13 March 2023 09:30 Scorecard |
| Papua New Guinea 95 (32 overs) |
v | Nepal 100/1 (7.4 overs) |
| Assad Vala 20 (31) Sandeep Lamichhane 5/25 (10 overs) |
Aasif Sheikh 53* (21) Chad Soper 1/30 (2.4 overs) |
| Nepal won by 9 wickets Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur Umpires: Vinay Kumar Jha (Nep) and Raveendra Wimalasiri (SL) Player of the match: Sandeep Lamichhane (Nep) |
- Nepal won the toss and elected to field.
5th ODI
| 15 March 2023 09:30 Scorecard |
| Papua New Guinea 234/7 (50 overs) |
v | United Arab Emirates 236/4 (38.4 overs) |
| Assad Vala 65 (92) Hazrat Bilal 4/47 (10 overs) |
Muhammad Waseem 119 (76) Riley Hekure 2/24 (7 overs) |
| United Arab Emirates won by 6 wickets Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur Umpires: Vinay Kumar Jha (Nep) and Buddhi Pradhan (Nep) Player of the match: Muhammad Waseem (UAE) |
- Papua New Guinea won the toss and elected to bat.
- John Kariko (PNG) made his ODI debut.
- Muhammad Waseem (UAE) scored his first century in ODIs.
6th ODI
| 16 March 2023 09:30 Scorecard |
| United Arab Emirates 310/6 (50 overs) |
v | Nepal 269/6 (44 overs) |
| Asif Khan 101* (42) Dipendra Singh Airee 2/19 (8 overs) |
Bhim Sharki 67 (76) Junaid Siddique 3/51 (10 overs) |
| Nepal won by 9 runs (DLS method) Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur Umpires: Buddhi Pradhan (Nep) and Raveendra Wimalasiri (SL) Player of the match: Asif Khan (UAE) |
- United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to bat.
- No further play was possible due to bad light.
- Asif Khan (UAE) scored his first century in ODIs.
- Asif Khan scored the fastest century by a player from an associate nation, and the fourth fastest overall in terms of number of balls faced in an ODI (41).
References
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- "Nepal retains ODI status with a record win over UAE". Cricnepal. 12 March 2023. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
- "Rohit Paudel leads from front as Nepal clinch ODI status after UAE collapse in Kathmandu". The National. 12 March 2023. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
- "UAE's Muhammad Waseem warms up for epic finale against Nepal with record-breaking blitz". The National. 15 March 2023. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
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- "UAE set a target of 311 in Nepal's must win match". Cricnepal. 16 March 2023. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
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