NEPAL vs ZIM, ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier 2023, 1st Match, Group A at Harare, June 18, 2023

43.1 thaw RK Paudel, Edged and taken! That’s a scorching delivery banged into the pitch and it lifted insanely off the deck swirling away in the channel, he went for the hook looking a bit ungainly, edge fountained straight up and fell into the keeper’s mitts. That was some serious pace and he was rushed into playing the hook shot. A timely scalp for Zimbabwe. 246/3

46.6 thaw Aarif Sheikh, Another one bites the dust! Ngarava has the last laugh but wait, umpires are checking if the height of the delivery is alright. It was a high full-toss. There is no problem with the foot, well behind the line, batter was out of his crease and the on-field umpires signals out as Aarif starts to take the long walk back into the pavilion, his ebullience lasted 11 deliveries. Simple catch at mid-off for Ryan Burl. 271/5

48.2 thaw Gulsan Jha, What a comeback, that’s a tremendous riposte from Ngarava, you just can’t keep him out of action, livewire in the field and delivering the goods with the ball at death. Slams it on a shorter length, ball rising steeply as he goes for the pull but finds the fielder stationed perfectly for this false shot at deep midwicket, Williams charges in from deep and hangs onto it brilliantly. Wickets are tumbling. 283/6

48.3 thaw B Sharkey, Wickets continue to tumble for Nepal as they try to get to 300! Sharki succumbs to short-pitch stuff and lobs it in the air, regulation catch for the keeper and Ngarava is on a hat-trick!. 283/7