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Namibia vs Nepal : Probable Playing XI

July 11, 2022 | SportsGuff Team

Nepal is set to face Namibia in the Cricket World Cup League 2 on Monday. The game will start at 3:15 pm Nepali time. This is Nepal's fifth series in League 2, which is the basis for the 2023 World Cup qualifiers.

In League 2, Nepal will face Namibia and Scotland for the first time. After today's match against Namibia, Nepal will face Scotland on Wednesday, Namibia on Saturday and Scotland on Sunday. Scotland beat Namibia by 77 runs in the first day's play on Monday.

As per the results, Nepal and Namibia are at almost the same level. Namibia have lost four of their last five games. Nepal has lost three out of five games and won one. Last month, Nepal drew a historic tie against the United States.

Nepal is in the fifth position of the seven-nation participating league with 15 points in 16 games. Namibia are sixth with 14 points from 15 games. Papua New Guinea are bottom with just one win in 20 games.

After playing the same 36 games, the top three teams in League 2 will advance to the World Cup qualifiers in Zimbabwe in June-July 2023. Along with the top three, the fourth and fifth-ranked teams in League 2 will maintain their ODI status for the next four years.

The Nepali team has reached Scotland after visiting Canada. Though Nepal was scheduled to play two 50-over matches in Canada, only one match was possible due to rain.

Head to Head Agasint Namibia

Nepal has won the last four 50 overs match against Namibia. Nepal and Namibia met for the first time in the 2001 ICC Trophy (World Cup qualifiers). Namibia won the match against Nepal in Canada and played a long distance in the ODI World Cup in 2003.

Nepal had won both the matches against Namibia in the 2016 World Cricket League Championship. Nepali captain Sandeep Lamichhane's debut match was won by Nepal with Sharad Veshwakar's unbeaten half century in which Nepal defeated Namibia by 5 wickets in the first match. In the second match, Sharad's unbeaten 74 and Paras Khadka's 103 helped Nepal reach the target of 240 runs with one ball to spare.

Nepal and Namibia are set to meet for the first time in an One Day Internationals. Nepal can use three medium pacers in the green grass field. Kishor Mahato is expected to help Sompal Kami and Karan KC in medium speed bowling.