Ireland vs Nepal Match Stats

SIX! Short and wide, Dipendra Singh Airee dances down the track and slashes it hard and gets it all the way over the cover fence. Nepal need more of these.

Fuller, around off. Pushed towards cover.

A length ball, on off. Airee drives it towards cover for a single.

Fullish ball, angling into middle and leg. Malla whips it straight to square leg.

On off, worked towards point for a single.

Full, on middle. Flicked away to deep square leg for a single.

A fuller delivery on off. Airee drives it to long off for a single.

Malla takes a single and brings Airee on strike. A slower delivery on middle. Malla pushes it to mid-wicket for a single.

A fuller delivery on off. Airee drives it to covers.

FOUR! Airee with another supeb shot! A fuller delivery on off. Airee reverse-sweeps it towards backward point for a boundary.

Slightly shorter on length on off. Airee looks to pull but gets the bottom of his blade and  a single is taken towards backward point.

A single now! 42 needed from 24 balls. A flatter delivery on middle. Malla pushes it towards point for a single.

A length delivery outside off. Malla cuts it to deep cover for a single.

WIDE! Shorter and down the leg side. Airee looks to pulls it but misses.

OUT! CAUGHT! Is this the game for Ireland? A length delivery on off. Airee looks to slap it over long on. He gets good timing on that but not enough to clear the long fielder. Adair there runs to his right and takes a fine catch near the ropes. A big wicket this and Barry McCarthy provides the breakthrough.

On a length, on middle. Singh slams it to long on for just a single.

Back of a length, on middle. Malla works it to square leg for a single.

FOUR! Crucial boundary this! A low full toss, outside off. Singh throws his bat at that one. The ball catches the bottom of his blade and races towards the third man fence for a boundary. That shot has broken the bottom of his blade.

Back of a length, around leg. Singh looks to clip it but misses. The ball hits him on the body and a leg bye is taken towards the leg side. 33 needed now from 18 balls.

Dot ball! A length delivery around leg. Singh swings across the line but misses.

A fuller delivery on off. Singh hits it to long off for just a single.

Wide! This is fuller and wider outside off. Malla goes chasing for it but misses.

A shorter delivery outside off. Malla cuts it to deep cover for a single.

A slower short ball this time on middle. Singh looks to pull but misses. The ball hits his shoulder and goes towards the off side.

Another short ball on middle, this time a pacy one. Singh goes for the pull-shot again but misses. The ball hits him on the grill of his helmet.

SIX! Ohh.what a shot under pressure! 24 needed now from 12 balls! A low full toss around leg. Singh just whips this off his legs over deep square leg for a biggie. Superb shot.

Shorter and around leg. Malla pulls it to short fine leg for a single.

Tossed up outside off and turning away. Singh only manages to hit it towards long off for a single.

OUT! CAUGHT! Malla departs now and more importantly it's a dot ball! A shorter length delivery on middle. Malla pulls it but fails to get the middle of his blade. The ball goes towards long on and the fielder there Barry McCarthy runs ahead to take a good catch.

OUT! CAUGHT! Two in two for Simi Singh! A fuller delivery on middle. It's a leg spinner again. Kamal Singh looks to launch it straight down the ground but fails to get enough distance. The fielder at long on Mark Adair takes an easy catch and things are falling apart for Nepal now. Sandeep Lamichhane is the next man in.

A tossed up delivery on off. Sandeep Lamichhane goes for a big heave across the line but gets a top edge towards short third man for a single.

A fuller delivery on off. Bohara pushes it to covers for a single.

A very full delivery on off. Bohara drives it to deep cover for a single.

OUT! CAUGHT! The skipper departs now and Ireland have pulled off a very good bowling performance here. Short delivery on off this time by Adair. Sandeep Lamichhane pull this but fails to get enough distance and finds Shane Getkate at deep square leg. An inspired bowling performance by Ireland and Nepal after playing so well are falling short here.

A yorker outside off. Bohara digs it out.

A fuller delivery on off. Bohara drills it to long on for a single.

  A fuller delivery on middle. Jitendra Mukhiya pushes it back to the bowler.

A length delivery on off. Jitendra Mukhiya heaves it towards deep square leg for a single. So a very good bowling performance by Ireland and they have defeneded a very low total here. Ireland win by 16 runs.