Ireland Wolves cricket team in Nepal in 2023–24
The Ireland Wolves cricket team toured Nepal in March and April 2024 to play three List A and three Twenty20 (T20) matches against a Nepal A side.[1] Before those matches, the team played a two-match T20 series against the senior Nepal men's side.[2] This was the first tour to Nepal by an Irish representative team.[3] The tour also marked the first-ever T20 series played by Nepal A.[4]
Squads
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| List A & T20s[2] | List A[5] | T20s[6] | T20s[7] |
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Nepal v Ireland Wolves series
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| Nepal | Ireland Wolves | ||
| Dates | 25 – 26 March 2024 | ||
| Captains | Rohit Paudel | Neil Rock | |
| Twenty20 International series | |||
| Results | Nepal won the 2-match series 2–0 | ||
| Most runs | Kushal Bhurtel (62) | Stephen Doheny (72) | |
| Most wickets | Kushal Malla (4) | Ben White (3) | |
T20 series
[edit]1st T20
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- Ireland Wolves won the toss and elected to bat.
2nd T20
[edit]Nepal A v Ireland Wolves series
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| Nepal A | Ireland Wolves | ||
| Dates | 29 March – 7 April 2024 | ||
| Captains | Binod Bhandari | Neil Rock | |
| Twenty20 International series | |||
| Results | Ireland Wolves won the 3-match series 2–1 | ||
| Most runs | Aarif Sheikh (156) | PJ Moor (127) | |
| Most wickets | Kamal Singh Airee (5) | Fionn Hand (7) | |
| Player of the series | Fionn Hand (Ireland Wolves) | ||
| LA series | |||
| Result | Ireland Wolves won the 3-match series 3–0 | ||
| Most runs | Arjun Kumal (111) | Stephen Doheny (121) | |
| Most wickets | Rijan Dhakal (7) | Matthew Humphreys (11) | |
| Player of the series | Matthew Humphreys (Ireland Wolves) | ||
T20 series
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- Nepal A won the toss and elected to field.
- Hemant Dhami, Arjun Gharti, Dev Khanal and Kiran Thagunna (Nepal A) all made their T20 debuts.
- Lokesh Bam (Nepal A) scored his first century in T20s.[9]
2nd T20
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- Nepal A won the toss and elected to field.
- Bipin Khatri (Nepal A) made his T20 debut.
3rd T20
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Gareth Delany 68 (37)
Bipin Khatri 3/23 (4 overs) |
- Ireland Wolves won the toss and elected to field.
- Narayan Joshi (Nepal A) made his T20 debut.
List A series
[edit]1st List A match
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Cade Carmichael 51 (77)
Kamal Singh Airee 4/21 (6.3 overs) |
- Ireland Wolves won the toss and elected to bat.
- Shahab Alam and Arjun Kumal (Nepal A) both made their List A debuts.
- Kamal Singh Airee (Nepal A) took his first hat-trick in List A cricket.[10]
- Matthew Humphreys (Ireland Wolves) took his first five-wicket haul in List A cricket.[11]
2nd List A match
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- Nepal A won the toss and elected to field.
- Naren Bhatta (Nepal A) made his List A debut.
- Neil Rock (Ireland Wolves) scored his 1,000th run in List A cricket.
3rd List A match
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Stephen Doheny 107 (129)
Ranjit Kumar 3/51 (10 overs) |
Arjun Kumal 102 (118)
Ben White 5/62 (10 overs) |
- Ireland Wolves won the toss and elected to bat.
- Bikash Aagri, Ranjit Kumar and Rupesh Singh (Nepal A) all made their List A debuts.
- Stephen Doheny (Ireland Wolves) scored his first century in List A cricket.[12]
- Arjun Kumal (Nepal A) scored his first century in List A cricket.[13]
- Ben White (Ireland Wolves) took his first five-wicket haul in List A cricket.[14]
References
[edit]- ^ "Wolves end exile with Nepal tour". CricketEurope. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
- ^ a b "Ireland Wolves will travel for an eight-match white ball tour of Nepal". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
- ^ "Cricket Nepal to host Ireland Wolves team for OD/T20 series in March 2024". Czarsportz. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
- ^ "Ireland A to tour Nepal". Cricnepal. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
- ^ "CAN announces Nepal 'A' squad for series against Ireland Wolves". Khabarhub. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
- ^ "Nepal A squad announced for series against Ireland Wolves". Cricnepal. 24 March 2024. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
- ^ "Nepali Cricket Squad for Friendship Cup, Ireland 'A' match revealed". The Himalayan Times. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
- ^ "T20 series win against Ireland Wolves a welcome boost for Nepal". The Kathmandu Post. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
- ^ "Lokesh Bam scores century against Ireland Wolves". Khabarhub. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
- ^ "ODI series: Ireland 'A' sets a target of 158 runs for Nepal 'A'". Khabarhub. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
- ^ "Ireland 'A' defeats Nepal 'A'". The Himalayan Times. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
- ^ "With Doheny's century, Ireland Wolves set 285-run target for Nepal 'A'". Republica. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
- ^ "अर्जुनको शतकका बाबजुद नेपाल ए पराजित" [Nepal A lost in spite of Arjun's century]. Onlinekhabar (in Nepali). Retrieved 7 April 2024.
- ^ "Nepal A suffers defeat against Ireland Wolves". Khabarhub. Retrieved 7 April 2024.