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Ireland Wolves cricket team in Nepal in 2023–24

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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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Ireland Wolves Nepal A    Nepal
List A & T20s[2] List A[5] T20s[6] T20s[7]

Nepal v Ireland Wolves series

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Ireland Wolves cricket team in Nepal in 2023–24
 
  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

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1st T20

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25 March 2024
13:00
Scorecard
Ireland Wolves
121 (20 overs)
v
   Nepal
122/4 (16.1 overs)
Stephen Doheny 46 (39)
Kushal Bhurtel 2/17 (3 overs)
Kushal Bhurtel 37* (32)
Gareth Delany 2/28 (4 overs)
Nepal won by 6 wickets
Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur
Umpires: Vinay Kumar Jha (Nep) and Durga Subedi (Nep)
Player of the match: Kushal Bhurtel (Nep)
  • Ireland Wolves won the toss and elected to bat.

2nd T20

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26 March 2024
13:00
Scorecard
Nepal   
198/7 (20 overs)
v
Ireland Wolves
127 (18.3 overs)
Gulsan Jha 46 (32)
Matthew Foster 3/42 (4 overs)
Stephen Doheny 26 (13)
Kushal Malla 3/15 (3 overs)
Nepal won by 71 runs
Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur
Umpires: Vinay Kumar Jha (Nep) and Durga Subedi (Nep)
Player of the match: Kushal Malla (Nep)

Nepal A v Ireland Wolves series

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Ireland Wolves cricket team in Nepal in 2023–24
 
  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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1st T20

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29 March 2024
13:00
Scorecard
Ireland Wolves
222/5 (20 overs)
v
Nepal A
201 (19.3 overs)
PJ Moor 49 (32)
Kamal Singh Airee 3/39 (4 overs)
Lokesh Bam 106 (56)
Matthew Humphreys 3/26 (3 overs)
Ireland Wolves won by 21 runs
Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur
Umpires: Basu Karn (Nep) and Adhip Pradhan (Nep)
Player of the match: Lokesh Bam (Nepal A)

2nd T20

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30 March 2024
13:00
Scorecard
Ireland Wolves
224/6 (20 overs)
v
Nepal A
184 (17.5 overs)
Neil Rock 71* (34)
Sagar Dhakal 3/33 (4 overs)
Dev Khanal 47 (25)
Ben White 3/29 (4 overs)
Ireland Wolves won by 40 runs
Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur
Umpires: Basu Karn (Nep) and Adhip Pradhan (Nep)
Player of the match: Neil Rock (Ireland Wolves)
  • Nepal A won the toss and elected to field.
  • Bipin Khatri (Nepal A) made his T20 debut.

3rd T20

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1 April 2024
13:00
Scorecard
Nepal A
213/7 (20 overs)
v
Ireland Wolves
210/7 (20 overs)
Aarif Sheikh 93* (48)
Fionn Hand 2/41 (4 overs)
Gareth Delany 68 (37)
Bipin Khatri 3/23 (4 overs)
Nepal A won by 3 runs
Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur
Umpires: Basu Karn (Nep) and Adhip Pradhan (Nep)
Player of the match: Aarif Sheikh (Nepal A)
  • Ireland Wolves won the toss and elected to field.
  • Narayan Joshi (Nepal A) made his T20 debut.

List A series

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1st List A match

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3 April 2024
09:30
Scorecard
Ireland Wolves
157 (38.3 overs)
v
Nepal A
136 (25.3 overs)
Cade Carmichael 51 (77)
Kamal Singh Airee 4/21 (6.3 overs)
Shahab Alam 37 (34)
Matthew Humphreys 5/32 (10 overs)
Ireland Wolves won by 21 runs
Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur
Umpires: Himal Giri (Nep) and Ram Pandey (Nep)
Player of the match: Matthew Humphreys (Ireland Wolves)

2nd List A match

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5 April 2024
09:30
Scorecard
Ireland Wolves
174 (38.4 overs)
v
Nepal A
60 (16.5 overs)
Gavin Hoey 50 (59)
Shahab Alam 3/35 (10 overs)
Bhim Sharki 17 (21)
Matthew Humphreys 6/8 (4.5 overs)
Ireland Wolves won by 114 runs
Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur
Umpires: Ram Pandey (Nep) and Ujjwal Regmi (Nep)
Player of the match: Matthew Humphreys (Ireland Wolves)
  • 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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7 April 2024
09:30
Scorecard
Ireland Wolves
284/9 (50 overs)
v
Nepal A
215 (39.4 overs)
Stephen Doheny 107 (129)
Ranjit Kumar 3/51 (10 overs)
Arjun Kumal 102 (118)
Ben White 5/62 (10 overs)
Ireland Wolves won by 69 runs
Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur
Umpires: Himal Giri (Nep) and Ujjwal Regmi (Nep)
Player of the match: Stephen Doheny (Ireland Wolves)
  • 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

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  1. ^ "Wolves end exile with Nepal tour". CricketEurope. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Ireland Wolves will travel for an eight-match white ball tour of Nepal". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
  3. ^ "Cricket Nepal to host Ireland Wolves team for OD/T20 series in March 2024". Czarsportz. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  4. ^ "Ireland A to tour Nepal". Cricnepal. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  5. ^ "CAN announces Nepal 'A' squad for series against Ireland Wolves". Khabarhub. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
  6. ^ "Nepal A squad announced for series against Ireland Wolves". Cricnepal. 24 March 2024. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
  7. ^ "Nepali Cricket Squad for Friendship Cup, Ireland 'A' match revealed". The Himalayan Times. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
  8. ^ "T20 series win against Ireland Wolves a welcome boost for Nepal". The Kathmandu Post. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
  9. ^ "Lokesh Bam scores century against Ireland Wolves". Khabarhub. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  10. ^ "ODI series: Ireland 'A' sets a target of 158 runs for Nepal 'A'". Khabarhub. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
  11. ^ "Ireland 'A' defeats Nepal 'A'". The Himalayan Times. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
  12. ^ "With Doheny's century, Ireland Wolves set 285-run target for Nepal 'A'". Republica. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
  13. ^ "अर्जुनको शतकका बाबजुद नेपाल ए पराजित" [Nepal A lost in spite of Arjun's century]. Onlinekhabar (in Nepali). Retrieved 7 April 2024.
  14. ^ "Nepal A suffers defeat against Ireland Wolves". Khabarhub. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
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