2018 MCC Tri-Nation Series
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| Date | 29 July 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location |  England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Result |  Nepal and  Netherlands shared the series | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2018 MCC Tri-nation series was a cricket tournament that was held on 29 July 2018 at Lord's in England.[1] The series featured Nepal, Netherlands and Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), with the matches played as Twenty20 fixtures.[2] The third fixture, between Nepal and the Netherlands, was given full Twenty20 International (T20I) status by the International Cricket Council (ICC).[3]
Rain affected all three matches. The first two fixtures were both reduced to six overs per side.[4] In the third and final match, only 16.4 overs of play was possible, with the game ending in a no result.[5] Nepal and the Netherlands shared the series.[6]
Squads
[edit]| MCC[7] | Nepal[8]
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Netherlands[9]
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Points table
[edit]| Team | P | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
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| Nepal
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2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | +2.652 |
| Netherlands
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2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | +1.667 |
| MCC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –2.365 |
T20 series
[edit]1st T20
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MCC
62/2 (6 overs) | |
- Marylebone Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field.
- The match was reduced to 6 overs per side due to rain.
- Kashif Ali, Daniel Douthwaite (MCC), Hidde Overdijk and Antonius Staal (Ned) all made their T20 debuts.
2nd T20
[edit]MCC
40/4 (6 overs) |
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- Nepal won the toss and elected to field.
- The match was reduced to 6 overs per side due to rain.
- Tom Smith (MCC), Lalit Bhandari, Rohit Paudel, Anil Sah and Aarif Sheikh (Nep) all made their T20 debuts.
3rd T20
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- Nepal won the toss and elected to field.
- No further play was possible due to rain.
- This was a full T20I match.[3]
- Dipendra Singh Airee, Lalit Rajbanshi, Anil Sah, Aarif Sheikh (Nep) and Hidde Overdijk (Ned) all made their T20I debuts.
- Sandeep Lamichhane made his T20I debut for Nepal.[10] He had previously made his T20I debut for the ICC Rest of the World XI team in the Hurricane Relief T20 Challenge match in May 2018.[11]
References
[edit]- ^ "Nepal to face Netherlands and MCC in tri-series at Lord's". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
- ^ "Nepal & Netherlands to play MCC in tournament at Lord's". Lords. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
- ^ a b "Lord's set to play host to Nepal's first T20I since 2015". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
- ^ "Netherlands, Nepal share honours in rain-hit tri-series". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
- ^ "Netherlands' batting cuts loose but rain has the final say". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
- ^ "Weather prevents triangular tournament winner at Lord's". Lords. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
- ^ "Compton added to MCC squad for triangular tournament". Lords. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
- ^ "Nepal spinner Shakti Gauchan to retire after Netherlands tour". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
- ^ "Selecties Nederlands XI voor Lord's en Nepal". KNCB. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
- ^ "Nepal T20I Caps". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
- ^ "ICC World XI tour of England at London, May 31 2018". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
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