NEPAL'S WINNING FORM CONTINUES

Nepal entered the semifinals of the World Cricket League Division 5 tournament beating Vanuatu by 137 runs at the Victoria College Ground on Tuesday to record its fourth straight victory. Opener Mahesh Chhetri made 65 as Nepal made 220/9 in 46 overs in the rain-curtailed match and Nepal then bowled out Vanuatu for 83 runs. Nepal plays USA at Les Quennevais 1 ground Wednesday to decide the group winner. Chhetri played a patient innings of 65 from 112 balls while Mehboob Alam made attacking 34 off 19 coming in at No 5 to lay the foundation for a commanding total after Nepal was sent in to bat first. Opener Paresh Lohani made 28 off 34 while No 3 Sharad Vesawkar made 20 off 46. Basanta Regmi made unbeaten 19 off 22 while Gyanendra Malla (12 off 17) and Paras Khadka (11 0ff 6) also made useful contributions. M Nimoho took 3/53 for Vanuatu. Chasing a formidable target for victory, Vanuatu never looked to be going for victory and was behind the required rate right from the beginning. Left arm spinner Basanta Regmi took two wickets for Nepal while Mehboob, Paras, Binod Das, Dhirendra Chand and Sanjam Regmi took one each while one batsman was run out. SCORECARD Nepal Vs Vanuatu 1-Innings Match Played At Victoria College, 27-May-2008, ICC WCL Division 5 Nepal Win by 137 runs Toss won by Vanuatu Umpires M Hawthorne (Ireland) & E Ruchtie (Netherlands) Scorers Sue Drunkwater & Drew Livingston Comment ICC World Cricket League Jersey 2008 - Group A Match reduced to 46 overs a side Points Awarded Nepal 2, Vanuatu 0 Nepal 1st Innings 220/9 Closed (Overs 46) Batsman Fieldsman Bowler Runs Min Bls 4s 6s PP Lohani c SH Obed b PK Matuataava 28 40 34 5 0 MK Chhetri+ b M Nimoho 65 139 112 5 1 S Vesawkar c PK Matuataava b A Mansale 20 56 46 1 0 SP Gauchan c E Mansale b A Mansale 5 18 13 0 0 M Alam c AJ John b M Nimoho 34 26 19 1 4 P Khadka c SH Obed b PK Matuataava 11 9 6 1 1 G Malla c A Mansale b M Nimoho 12 17 12 1 0 B Regmi not out 19 32 22 2 0 BK Das* c SH Obed b K Natapei 1 6 3 0 0 D Chand c PK Matuataava b K Natapei 4 10 8 0 0 S Regmi not out 1 4 2 0 0 extras (b2 lb4 w13 nb1) 20 TOTAL 9 wickets for 220 FOW 1-58(PP Lohani) 2-103(S Vesawkar) 3-122(SP Gauchan) 4-169(MK Chhetri) 5-170(M Alam) 6-186(P Khadka) 7-199(G Malla) 8-207(BK Das) 9-214(D Chand) Bowler O M R W wd nb K Natapei 7 0 31 2 7 1 M Nimoho 9 0 53 3 1 - PK Matuataava 9 1 29 2 3 - P Chilia 10 1 30 0 2 - A Mansale 7 0 36 2 - - SH Obed 3 0 29 0 - - AJ John 1 0 6 0 - - Vanuatu 1st Innings 83/10 All Out (Overs 32.1) Batsman Fieldsman Bowler Runs Min Bls 4s 6s SJ Garae c P Khadka b M Alam 3 26 28 0 0 E Mansale run out 3 53 26 0 0 A Mansale* c SP Gauchan b BK Das 5 19 17 0 0 R Tatwin b P Khadka 23 24 37 3 1 AJ John b P Khadka 6 24 17 1 0 T Langa+ c S Vesawkar b P Khadka 12 39 26 1 0 SH Obed c MK Chhetri b D Chand 3 10 7 0 0 PK Matuataava st MK Chhetri b B Regmi 6 19 13 1 0 M Nimoho c BK Das b B Regmi 6 20 11 0 0 K Natapei lbw b S Regmi 1 11 8 0 0 P Chilia not out 2 4 5 0 0 extras (b0 lb3 w10 nb0) 13 TOTAL 10 wickets for 83 FOW 1-7(SJ Garae) 2-15(A Mansale) 3-16(E Mansale) 4-40(AJ John) 5-55(R Tatwin) 6-65(SH Obed) 7-65(T Langa) 8-76(PK Matuataava) 9-81(M Nimoho) 10-83(K Natapei) Bowler O M R W wd nb M Alam 5 1 5 1 - - BK Das 7 3 12 1 4 - SP Gauchan 4 0 16 0 - - D Chand 7 1 13 1 2 - P Khadka 7 2 26 3 1 - B Regmi 2 0 8 2 3 - S Regmi .1 0 0 1 - -