Kathmandu, November 5
Nepal’s U-19 women’s cricket team has recorded its second win in the Belt and Road Series being played in Jiangsu, China.
Nepal beat Hong Kong by a wide margin of 92 runs in Thursday’s match.
Nepal lost the toss and batted first. They were bowled out for 146 in 19.5 overs. Captain Sony Pakhrin top-scored with 44 off 28 balls, hitting five fours and three sixes. Opener Sabitri Dhami added 36 off 26 balls, with eight fours and four sixes.
Trishna BK scored 12 and Rachana Chaudhary 11, while Angela Pathak remained not out on 13. Hong Kong’s Storm Park took three wickets.
Chasing a stiff target of 147, Hong Kong struggled against tight bowling and were bowled out for just 54 in 18 overs. Wang Tun So and Man Kei Leung scored 12 each, and no other player reached double figures.
Manisha Chaudhary and Rachana Chaudhary took three wickets each to bowl out Hong Kong. Sakshi Yadav took two.
Captain Pakhrin was named player of the match.
Nepal had earlier beaten Thailand in their first match. Their second match, against China, was abandoned because of rain.
Four teams are taking part in the series, and each team will play the others twice. Nepal will face Thailand in their fourth match on Friday.
