Ireland Wolves cricket team in Nepal in 2023–24

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

Ireland Wolves	Nepal A		Nepal
List A & T20s [2]	List A [5]	T20s [6]	T20s [7]
Neil Rock (c, wk) Ross Adair Cade Carmichael Gareth Delany Stephen Doheny (wk) Matthew Foster Fionn Hand Gavin Hoey Matthew Humphreys Tom Mayes Liam McCarthy James McCollum PJ Moor Morgan Topping Ben White	Binod Bhandari (c, wk) Basir Ahamad Bikash Aagri Kamal Singh Airee Shahab Alam Naren Bhatta Mousom Dhakal Rijan Dhakal Arjun Kumal Dev Khanal Ranjit Kumar Aarif Sheikh Arjun Saud (wk) Bhim Sharki Rupesh Singh	Binod Bhandari (c, wk) Basir Ahamad Bikash Aagri Kamal Singh Airee Lokesh Bam Hemant Dhami Sagar Dhakal Arjun Gharti Bipin Khatri Dev Khanal Rashid Khan Narayan Joshi Aarif Sheikh Pawan Sarraf Kiran Thagunna	Rohit Paudel (c) Dipendra Singh Airee Abinash Bohara Kushal Bhurtel Aakash Chand Pratis GC Gulsan Jha Sundeep Jora Karan KC Kushal Malla Sompal Kami Lalit Rajbanshi Aasif Sheikh (wk) Anil Sah (wk) Bibek Yadav

Nepal v Ireland Wolves series

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

1st T20

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

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 won the toss and elected to bat.
• Sompal Kami (Nep) took his first hat-trick in T20s. ^[8]

Nepal A v Ireland Wolves series

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

1st T20

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)

• Nepal A won the toss and elected to field.
• Hemant Dhami, Arjun Gharti, Dev Khanal and Kiran Thagunna (Nepal A) all made their T20 debuts.
• Lokesh Bam (Nepal A) scored his first century in T20s. ^[9]

2nd T20

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

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

1st List A match

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)

• Ireland Wolves won the toss and elected to bat.
• Shahab Alam and Arjun Kumal (Nepal A) both made their List A debuts.
• Kamal Singh Airee (Nepal A) took his first hat-trick in List A cricket. ^[10]
• Matthew Humphreys (Ireland Wolves) took his first five-wicket haul in List A cricket. ^[11]

2nd List A match

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

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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4. "Ireland A to tour Nepal". Cricnepal. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
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8. "T20 series win against Ireland Wolves a welcome boost for Nepal". The Kathmandu Post. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
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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.
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External links

• Series home at ESPNcricinfo