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. Before those matches, the team played a two-match T20 series against the senior Nepal men's side. This was the first tour to Nepal by an Irish representative team. The tour also marked the first-ever T20 series played by Nepal A.
Squads
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| List A & T20s | List A | T20s | T20s |
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Nepal v Ireland Wolves series
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| 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.
Nepal A v Ireland Wolves series
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| 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) | ||
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| 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.
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.
- Matthew Humphreys (Ireland Wolves) took his first five-wicket haul in List A cricket.
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.
- Arjun Kumal (Nepal A) scored his first century in List A cricket.
- Ben White (Ireland Wolves) took his first five-wicket haul in List A cricket.
References
- "Wolves end exile with Nepal tour". CricketEurope. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
- ^ "Ireland Wolves will travel for an eight-match white ball tour of Nepal". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
- "Cricket Nepal to host Ireland Wolves team for OD/T20 series in March 2024". Czarsportz. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
- "Ireland A to tour Nepal". Cricnepal. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
- "CAN announces Nepal 'A' squad for series against Ireland Wolves". Khabarhub. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
- "Nepal A squad announced for series against Ireland Wolves". Cricnepal. 24 March 2024. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
- "Nepali Cricket Squad for Friendship Cup, Ireland 'A' match revealed". The Himalayan Times. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
- "T20 series win against Ireland Wolves a welcome boost for Nepal". The Kathmandu Post. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
- "Lokesh Bam scores century against Ireland Wolves". Khabarhub. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
- "ODI series: Ireland 'A' sets a target of 158 runs for Nepal 'A'". Khabarhub. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
- "Ireland 'A' defeats Nepal 'A'". The Himalayan Times. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
- "With Doheny's century, Ireland Wolves set 285-run target for Nepal 'A'". Republica. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
- "अर्जुनको शतकका बाबजुद नेपाल ए पराजित" [Nepal A lost in spite of Arjun's century]. Onlinekhabar (in Nepali). Retrieved 7 April 2024.
- "Nepal A suffers defeat against Ireland Wolves". Khabarhub. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
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