Shai Hope 132 and Pooran 115 power West Indies defeated Nepal by a big margin of 101 runs.

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The Group A 9th Match of the ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifiers 2023 was played today between West Indies vs Nepal at Harare Sports Club, Harare. In which West Indies defeated Nepal by a big margin of 101 runs.

Nepal won the toss and invited West Indies to bat first, West Indies batted first, started the inning very poorly lost 2 wickets just in 9 runs, Brandon King and Kyle Mayers came to start the inning, the first wicket has dismissed just for 2 runs in 1.3 over, Kyle Mayers dismissed just for 1 run in 4 balls, next batsman Johnson Charles came to bat and he also dismissed very quickly without scoring in 6 balls as second wicket in first ball of the 5th over, followed by Shai Hope came to bat and handled the inning with Brandon King, the third wicket has dismissed for 55 runs in 15.3 over, Brandon King dismissed after playing a brilliant inning of 32 runs with the help of 2 sixes and 2 boundaries in 42 balls, next batsman Nicholas Pooran came to bat handled the inning and played a very brilliant double-century partnership of 214 runs with Shai Hope, the fourth wicket has dismissed for 271 runs in last ball of the 44th over, Nicholas Pooran dismissed after playing a very brilliant quick century inning of 115 runs with the help of 4 sixes and 10 boundaires in just 94 balls, next batsman Rovman Powell came to bat and played well with Shai Hope, the fifth wicket has dismissed for 310 runs in first ball of the 48th over, Rovman Powell dismissed after playing a brilliant quick inning of 29 runs with the help of 1 six and 3 boundaries in just 14 balls, followed by Jason Holder came to bat and he good strike rotate with Shai Hope, the sixth wicket has dismissed for 335 runs in second ball of the final over, Shai Hope dismissed after playing a very brilliant super century inning of 132 runs with the help of 3 sixes and 10 boundaries in just 129 balls, followed by Keemo Paul came to bat, the seventh wicket has dismissed for 339 runs in final ball of the inning, Jason Holder dismissed for 16 runs in 10 balls, and Keemo Paul remians unbeaten for 1 run in 2 balls. In this way, West Indies scored 339 runs after losing 6 wickets in the stipulated 50 overs and set a strong target of 340 runs for Nepal.

Nepal bowlers Lalit Rajbanshi took 3 wickets for 52 runs in his spell, Karan KC 1 wicket for 81 runs in his spell, Sandeep Lamichhane 1 wicket for 50 runs in his spell, Gulsan Jha 1 wicket for 64 runs in 8 overs, Dipendra Singh 1 wicket for 45 runs in 7 overs, Aarif Sheikh was wicketless for 33 runs in 4 overs, and Kushal Malla also wicketless for 8 runs in 1 over.

Nepal chasing 340 runs in the second inning, the entire team dismissed just for 238 runs in the fourth ball of the final over and lost the match by 101 runs. Nepal started the inning not very well, Kushal Bhurtel and Aasif Sheikh came to start the inning, the first wicket has dismissed for 5 runs in 1.4 over, Kushal Bhurtel dismissed for 5 runs in 6 balls, next batsman Bhim Sharki came to bat and he good strike rotate for a while with Aasif Sheikh, the second wicket has dismissed for 23 runs in 4.2 over, Bhim Sharki dismissed just for 2 runs in 7 balls, next batsman Rohit Paudel came to bat and played well with Aasif Sheikh, the third wicket has dismissed for 48 runs in last ball of the 12th over, Aasif Sheikh dismissed after scoring 28 runs with the help of 3 boundaires in 36 balls, next batsman Aarif Sheikh came to bat and handled the inning with Rohit Paudel, the fourth wicket has dismissed for 81 runs in 19.4 over, Rohit Paudel dismissed after scoring 30 runs with the help of 3 boundaires in 43 balls, followed by Kushal Malla came to bat and he was dismissed just for 2 runs in 6 balls as fifth wicket in first ball of the 23rd over, the team score was 92 runs, next batsman Dipendra Singh Airee came to bat and played well with Aarif Sheikh, the sixth wicket has dismissed for 129 runs in first ball of the 29th over, Dipendra Singh Airee dismissed after scoring 23 runs with the help of 1 six and 2 boundaries in just 20 balls, followed by Gulsan Jha came to bat handled the inning and played a very brilliant half-century partnership of 68 runs with Aarif Sheikh, the seventh wicket has dismissed for 197 runs in 43.3 over, Gulsan Jha dismissed after playing a brilliant inning of 43 runs with the help of 1 six and 5 boundiares in 58 balls, next batsman Sandeep Lamichhane came to bat and he was dismissed just for 1 run in 4 balls as 8th wicket in 44.3 over, the team score was 204 runs, next batsman Karan KC came to bat, after a moments the 9th wicket also dismissed for 212 runs, Aarif Sheikh dismissed after playing a very brilliant half-century inning of 63 runs with the help of 1 six and 4 boundaries in 93 balls, followed by Lalit Rajbanshi came to bat and he was dismissed just in 1 ball without scoring as 10th and final wicket in fourth ball of the final over, the team score was 238 runs, and Karan KC played an unbeaten inning of 28 runs with the help of 1 six and 4 boundaires in just 27 balls. In this way, continuously wickets failed one after another, and end of the result the entire team was all-out just for 49.4 overs and lost the match by a big margin of 101 runs.

West Indies bowlers performed very brilliant bowling, Jason Holder took 3 wickets just for 34 runs in his spell, Alzarri Joseph 2 wickets for 45 runs in his spell, Akeal Hosein 2 wickets for 49 runs in his spell, Keemo Paul 2 wickets for 63 runs in his spell, Kyle Mayers 1 wicket for 37 runs in 6.4 overs, and Roston Chase was wicketless for 9 runs in 3 overs.

West Indies batsman Shai Hope was selected as the best player of the match, he played a very brilliant super century inning of 132 runs with the help of 3 sixes and 10 boundaries in just 129 balls.

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