West Indies proceed their wonderful run of type with a dominating 101-run win over Nepal in their second ICC ODI World Cup Qualifier 2023 match at Harare Sports Club on Thursday, June 22. Captain Shahi Hope and star wicketkeeper batter Nicholas Pooran registered centuries to assist West Indies rating an enormous whole whereas batting first. Then all-rounder Jason Holder picked three wickets to bowl out Nepal on simply 238 runs to document a simple win.
Shai Hope led by instance once more after West Indies misplaced their first three wickets on simply 55 runs. He registered a 200-plus stand with Pooran for the fourth wicket as each gamers smashed centuries to information West Indies to a complete of 339/7. Lalit Rajbanshi took three wickets for 52 for Nepal however it was a disappointing effort from the Asian facet at Harare.
Alzarri Joseph gave the Caribbean facet a promising begin with the early wicket of in-form Kushal Bhurtel. Then Jason Holder ended his poor run of type with three wickets to bowl out Nepal on 238 runs in 49.4 overs. For Nepal, Aarif Sheikh top-scored with 63 runs off 93 balls however he lacked impactful help from his teammates.
This was the fifteenth ODI hundred for Shai Hope and the second for Pooran. Hope bagged the Player of the Match award as he additionally took two catches behind the stumps. He praised Pooran’s fast hundred and mentioned that it made his job as an anchor a lot simpler on the different finish.
“I believe the rhythm was a bit off. I am just happy that I came good for the team,” Shai Hope mentioned in the course of the post-match presentation. “We have been placed on the backfoot there…pleased to get the workforce over the road right this moment. The key was absorbing as a lot stress as doable and then discovering a method to switch that stress to the again finish. Pooran made it quite a bit simpler for me. The intention was to take it as deep as doable and give us the most effective probability in direction of the tip.
“I don’t think I hit the targets where I wanted to but happy to just bat as deep as I possibly could there. The team really needed me. They bowled well, must commend their bowlers, especially their spinners, as they stuck to their task well. We batted well in that period to overcome their spin threat. There’s obviously room for improvement, so we need to make sure we are ticking those boxes going into the next game.”Â
In the opposite World Cup Qualifier sport on June 22, Netherlands beat United States of America by 5 wickets. USA at the moment are struggling on the backside of the Group A desk with three defeats whereas West Indies regained a prime spot with two wins in their opening two matches.
