Nepal back to giant killing form

Paras Khadka and Amrit Bhattarai took six wickets in opening spells as Nepal bowled out Zimbabwe in 59 runs for a 99-run victory in the Plate Quarterfinal of the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup. With the win, Nepal entered Plate Semifinal where it meets Namibia (again!), who defeated Malaysia by 9 wickets. It is also confirmed with the win that Nepal now finishes at least at 12th ranking among 16 participating nations. Nepalese batting failed one more time. But this was the bowlers who save them from the race. Nepal haven't learnt to bat yet in this tournament. They can't score 200 in this tournament. This failure is not new. Because even our senior team have the same problem. But Nepal has continued its speciality of defeating a test nation. Congratulation Nepal and all the best for rest of the match. In the plate championchip only West Indies is another test playing nation left. Paras Khadka win the Man of the match for his allround performence with bat (22) and with ball (3 for 13) scorecard Youth ODI no. 620 ICC Under-19 World Cup - 9th Place Playoff Quarter Final Nepal Under-19s v Zimbabwe Under-19s 2007/08 season Played at Institute Perguruan Temenggong Ibrahim, Johor (neutral venue), on 24 February 2008 (50-over match) Result Nepal Under-19s won by 99 runs Nepal Under-19s innings (50 overs maximum) R B 4s 6s SR MK Chhetri c Masvaure b Jaure 16 48 0 0 33.33 AK Mandal lbw b Masvaure 1 5 0 0 20.00 G Malla b Jarvis 0 7 0 0 0.00 P Khadka c Masvaure b Jaure 20 33 1 1 60.60 S Khadka lbw b Matsika 2 19 0 0 10.52 AK Gupta c Gaisford b Matsika 9 15 2 0 60.00 RK Vishvakarma c Gaisford b Matsika 0 3 0 0 0.00 P Thapa run out (Mire) 40 49 3 1 81.63 Raj Shrestha c Masvaure b Jaure 19 71 3 0 26.76 A Rana c Masvaure b Dinembira 2 10 0 0 20.00 A Bhattarai not out 9 14 0 0 64.28 Extras (b 4, lb 7, w 28, nb 1) 40 Total (all out; 45.1 overs) 158 (3.49 runs per over) Fall of wickets1-12 (Mandal, 1.2 ov), 2-13 (Malla, 2.6 ov), 3-52 (P Khadka, 14.2 ov), 4-56 (Chhetri, 16.3 ov), 5-58 (S Khadka, 19.3 ov), 6-59 (Vishvakarma, 19.6 ov), 7-79 (Gupta, 23.3 ov), 8-132 (Thapa, 35.6 ov), 9-137 (Rana, 37.2 ov), 10-158 (Raj Shrestha, 45.1 ov) Bowling O M R W Econ KM Jarvis 10 2 30 1 3.00 (1nb, 8w) P Masvaure 9 1 28 1 3.11 (3w) ES Jaure 8.1 1 34 3 4.16 (7w) S Matsika 10 1 34 3 3.40 (2w) T Chitongo 7 0 15 0 2.14 (2w) H Dinembira 1 0 6 1 6.00 Zimbabwe Under-19s innings (target: 159 runs from 50 overs) R B 4s 6s SR H Dinembira c Chhetri b Bhattarai 1 17 0 0 5.88 T Mashonganyika c Malla b P Khadka 0 11 0 0 0.00 PJ Moor c Chhetri b Bhattarai 4 11 0 0 36.36 T Chitongo c Chhetri b P Khadka 1 8 0 0 12.50 P Masvaure lbw b P Khadka 0 7 0 0 0.00 T Chimbambo st Chhetri b Vishvakarma 20 34 3 0 58.82 JWM Gaisford lbw b Bhattarai 3 6 0 0 50.00 SF Mire not out 16 50 1 0 32.00 ES Jaure lbw b Raj Shrestha 0 9 0 0 0.00 S Matsika b Raj Shrestha 1 11 0 0 9.09 KM Jarvis st Chhetri b Raj Shrestha 0 1 0 0 0.00 Extras (lb 5, w 8) 13 Total (all out; 27.2 overs) 59 (2.15 runs per over) Fall of wickets1-5 (Mashonganyika, 3.5 ov), 2-10 (Moor, 6.1 ov), 3-13 (Chitongo, 7.4 ov), 4-13 (Dinembira, 8.1 ov), 5-15 (Masvaure, 9.5 ov), 6-24 (Gaisford, 12.4 ov), 7-52 (Chimbambo, 20.6 ov), 8-56 (Jaure, 23.6 ov), 9-58 (Matsika, 27.1 ov), 10-59 (Jarvis, 27.2 ov) Bowling O M R W Econ A Bhattarai 8 0 14 3 1.75 (4w) P Khadka 7 2 13 3 1.85 (1w) Raj Shrestha 6.2 1 16 3 2.52 (3w) A Rana 2 0 8 0 4.00 RK Vishvakarma 4 2 3 1 0.75 Toss Zimbabwe Under-19s, who chose to field first Series Nepal Under-19s advanced Player of the match P Khadka (Nepal Under-19s) Umpires CR Duncan (West Indies) and L Oala (Papua New Guinea) Match referee MJ Procter (South Africa) Reserve umpire SS Prasad (Singapore) Match notes 4th Official: R Dill (Bmda)