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But West Indies is a very strong team in T20 cricket.While Chris Gayle, Darren Sammy, Andre Russell, Darren Brabo, Pollard played regularly in the national team.West Indies have achieved the distinction of being the best in the world twice in T20.However, the team has become relatively weak due to the retirement of some of their best players.

West Indies rarely perform well in any of the formats nowadays. First of all, it is rare for their senior players to appear for the national team. I don't even remember when was the last time player such as Sunil Narine and Kieron Pollard turned out for West Indies. These guys prefer franchise cricket over international duty (which is not necessarily a bad thing). And as you pointed out, they are struggling to replace their retiring players. Younger players like Pooran, Riefer and Gayle, Sammy and Bravo.

West Indies is not paying the players as much as they should. Actually, they cannot pay those players as much as the players are getting paid from different T20 franchises. Moreover, when they ask for more salary from the West Indies cricket board, they suddenly have issues with the cricket board.

So it is better for the players to play in different T20 leagues instead of hoping for things to get better in West Indies with the West Indies cricket board.

Yes, that is not good for West Indies. But the players are having good pay. But if this continues, eventually there will not be good enough players being produced from West Indies to play in T20 leagues all across the world.

That's the reason many strong players preference is other leagues and franchises where they are paid more according to their skills rather than playing for their home teams as they are valued less there .
This is basic human nature you always prefer the place where you are valued more.  Just talking about associate teams.

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[Sithara007]

Nepal made a decent total against Papua New Guinea, as they got to 297 in 49.1 overs. Semo Kamea got a five wicket haul, but everyone else went for plenty. For Nepal, Aasif Sheikh continued his good form with another century to his name, and he received good support from Rohit Paudel and Bhim Sharki. In all probability, Nepal should win this match and this is a must-win outing for them. They have one more match against PNG remaining in ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 2. But the big test is going to be the two matches against the United Arab Emirates. 

[BobK71]

Nepal and Papua New Guinea are playing the first match of ICC Cricket World Cup League Two 2019-23. Papua New Guinea get a good start in this match. In today's match Nepal bat first and setting a good target of 297 runs. So far Papua New Guinea team batted 5 overs and scored 31 runs without losing any wicket. It can be said that this is a good beginning for them. Papua New Guinea have some good cricketers in the top order and if they can apply in today's match then it can be certainly good for them. But the most important thing is that a partnership is needed. Since the target is big, it is difficult to win the match if the partnership is not big.

[ThemePen]

Nepal made a decent total against Papua New Guinea, as they got to 297 in 49.1 overs. Semo Kamea got a five wicket haul, but everyone else went for plenty. For Nepal, Aasif Sheikh continued his good form with another century to his name, and he received good support from Rohit Paudel and Bhim Sharki. In all probability, Nepal should win this match and this is a must-win outing for them. They have one more match against PNG remaining in ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 2. But the big test is going to be the two matches against the United Arab Emirates. 

Papua New Guinea is also going well in this match. PNG made 48 runs in 7 overs and didn't gave any wicket to Nepal. By the way Required run rate is high at this time they need 7.09 run rate. Tony Ura is playing well. If this partnership remain on pitch so they can win the match easily but no one can predict at this time. But I hope PNG can win this match.

[MusaPk]

Nepal made a decent total against Papua New Guinea, as they got to 297 in 49.1 overs. Semo Kamea got a five wicket haul, but everyone else went for plenty. For Nepal, Aasif Sheikh continued his good form with another century to his name, and he received good support from Rohit Paudel and Bhim Sharki. In all probability, Nepal should win this match and this is a must-win outing for them. They have one more match against PNG remaining in ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 2. But the big test is going to be the two matches against the United Arab Emirates. 

Nepal now have the momentum with them. They have now chance to finish 3rd in this tournament by replacing Namibia. If Nepal win two of there remaining games then they can finish 3rd in this league. UAE also can improve its ranking as they have 4 more matches to play. There are two brothers in Nepal side Aasif Sheikh and Aarif sheikh, Aasif Sheikh was centurion in today's game and man of the match also

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[fuguebtc]

Nepal and Papua New Guinea are playing the first match of ICC Cricket World Cup League Two 2019-23. Papua New Guinea get a good start in this match. In today's match Nepal bat first and setting a good target of 297 runs. So far Papua New Guinea team batted 5 overs and scored 31 runs without losing any wicket. It can be said that this is a good beginning for them. Papua New Guinea have some good cricketers in the top order and if they can apply in today's match then it can be certainly good for them. But the most important thing is that a partnership is needed. Since the target is big, it is difficult to win the match if the partnership is not big.

It was a comfortable win for Nepal in the end. Aasif Sheikh has played a great inning for Nepal. He is the reason Nepal got this comfortable win. Now I have to say that the performance of Nepal except for him was not very high quality. So Nepal will have to improve their cricket if they want to actually compete against the big boys in big tournaments.

After all, I can say that Papua New Guinea did try to perform well and they did. The partnership just needed to be a little more meaningful. And Papua New Guinea also have to do better in bowling.

[Sithara007]

Nepal now have the momentum with them. They have now chance to finish 3rd in this tournament by replacing Namibia. If Nepal win two of there remaining games then they can finish 3rd in this league. UAE also can improve its ranking as they have 4 more matches to play. There are two brothers in Nepal side Aasif Sheikh and Aarif sheikh, Aasif Sheikh was centurion in today's game and man of the match also

Nepal needs to win all 3 of their remaining matches (two of them against a strong United Arab Emirates), if they want to finish ahead of Namibia. Namibia is having 39 points, while Nepal only has 34. Two wins will only get them to 38. It is not impossible though. The ongoing tri-series is being held in Nepal and therefore they have the home advantage. And the return of Sandeep Lamichhane to the squad has significantly boosted their spin bowling and lower order batting departments. Rohit Paudel's recent lack of form should be a concern though.

[MusaPk]

Nepal needs to win all 3 of their remaining matches (two of them against a strong United Arab Emirates), if they want to finish ahead of Namibia. Namibia is having 39 points, while Nepal only has 34. Two wins will only get them to 38. It is not impossible though. The ongoing tri-series is being held in Nepal and therefore they have the home advantage. And the return of Sandeep Lamichhane to the squad has significantly boosted their spin bowling and lower order batting departments. Rohit Paudel's recent lack of form should be a concern though.

That's why I said Nepal now have the momentum with them. Nepal has won 4 of there last 5 ODI matches while UAE has only won a single match in last 5 ODI matches. Nepal has played 4 games against UAE so far and won only one ODI. Nepal needs to give there best and try to win all remaining matches since that will ensure there place in top 4.
Between whats the incentive of finishing in top teams in this ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 2?

[BobK71]

Nepal and Papua New Guinea are playing the first match of ICC Cricket World Cup League Two 2019-23. Papua New Guinea get a good start in this match. In today's match Nepal bat first and setting a good target of 297 runs. So far Papua New Guinea team batted 5 overs and scored 31 runs without losing any wicket. It can be said that this is a good beginning for them. Papua New Guinea have some good cricketers in the top order and if they can apply in today's match then it can be certainly good for them. But the most important thing is that a partnership is needed. Since the target is big, it is difficult to win the match if the partnership is not big.

It was a comfortable win for Nepal in the end. Aasif Sheikh has played a great inning for Nepal. He is the reason Nepal got this comfortable win. Now I have to say that the performance of Nepal except for him was not very high quality. So Nepal will have to improve their cricket if they want to actually compete against the big boys in big tournaments.

After all, I can say that Papua New Guinea did try to perform well and they did. The partnership just needed to be a little more meaningful. And Papua New Guinea also have to do better in bowling.

Papua New Guinea failed to make the partnership. Without a century against a big target, it is naturally difficult to win that match. Some of the Papua New Guinea cricketers did well but could not keep wickets. Lost 3 wickets in that match only by being run out. They chased down a target of 297 runs and lost all wickets for 245 runs. They lost all the wickets in 47 overs. Experience is a big role in such matches. Still I'd say Papua New Guinea has done relatively well.

[ThemePen]

Papua New Guinea failed to make the partnership. Without a century against a big target, it is naturally difficult to win that match. Some of the Papua New Guinea cricketers did well but could not keep wickets. Lost 3 wickets in that match only by being run out. They chased down a target of 297 runs and lost all wickets for 245 runs. They lost all the wickets in 47 overs. Experience is a big role in such matches. Still I'd say Papua New Guinea has done relatively well.

Papua New Guinea starts really well the first two openers was making good partnership but unfortunately they didn't continue this partnership. I was sure that if this partnership remained on pitch Papua New Guinea could win this match easily. Tomy Ura was playing little bit better and made 50 runs and after him Norman Vanua made 60 runs and got run out.  But PNG tried well to win the match but unfortunately the luck wasn't in the favor of PNG.

[MusaPk]

Papua New Guinea starts really well the first two openers was making good partnership but unfortunately they didn't continue this partnership. I was sure that if this partnership remained on pitch Papua New Guinea could win this match easily. Tomy Ura was playing little bit better and made 50 runs and after him Norman Vanua made 60 runs and got run out.  But PNG tried well to win the match but unfortunately the luck wasn't in the favor of PNG.

After a disappointing tournament, PNG are doing quite well towards the end of the tournament. In todays game, PNG is 195 in 38th over, and only 3 wickets lost. PNG is expected to give a target around 280, which won't be easy to chase. Not to forget, PNG has beaten UAE in the last two encounters, and the game is very much in their favour today also. Sese Bau is settled batsmen and should remain there till 50th over.

[Sithara007]

Papua New Guinea wasted the good start they got and may end up at somewhere around 240. They are at 227/6 with two and half overs to go. Anyway this match is not very crucial for them. No matter how many matches they win from now onwards, they will remain at the bottom of points table in ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 2. On the other hand, this is a must win match for United Arab Emirates. Already they are trailing Nepal by 3 points and a win today will narrow that gap to 1 point. And then they need to win both the matches against Nepal.

[MusaPk]

Papua New Guinea wasted the good start they got and may end up at somewhere around 240. They are at 227/6 with two and half overs to go. Anyway this match is not very crucial for them. No matter how many matches they win from now onwards, they will remain at the bottom of points table in ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 2. On the other hand, this is a must win match for United Arab Emirates. Already they are trailing Nepal by 3 points and a win today will narrow that gap to 1 point. And then they need to win both the matches against Nepal.

UAE need 247 runs to win and it wont be very easy. Only top 3 batsmen Kiplin Doriga, Hiri Hiri and Sese Bau scored runs rest of batting failed to stand in front of UAE bowling. Sese Bau was not out on 81 runs, he should have scored century as he faced 106 balls. Good come back in the game from UAE after 112 runs partnership between Hiri Hiri and Sese Bau. PNG were once looking to score 270 - 280 but they settled for 246. Still PNG have a chance to win another ODI againest UAE.

[Ayers]

Papua New Guinea wasted the good start they got and may end up at somewhere around 240. They are at 227/6 with two and half overs to go. Anyway this match is not very crucial for them. No matter how many matches they win from now onwards, they will remain at the bottom of points table in ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 2. On the other hand, this is a must win match for United Arab Emirates. Already they are trailing Nepal by 3 points and a win today will narrow that gap to 1 point. And then they need to win both the matches against Nepal.

UAE need 247 runs to win and it wont be very easy. Only top 3 batsmen Kiplin Doriga, Hiri Hiri and Sese Bau scored runs rest of batting failed to stand in front of UAE bowling. Sese Bau was not out on 81 runs, he should have scored century as he faced 106 balls. Good come back in the game from UAE after 112 runs partnership between Hiri Hiri and Sese Bau. PNG were once looking to score 270 - 280 but they settled for 246. Still PNG have a chance to win another ODI againest UAE.

Well, the sad news is UAE was not able to win this match. Papua New Guinea set a target of 247 for the UAE. The target was not too big. But the problem Is that UAE was not able to even get close to that target. Almost all the players from Papua New Guinea played fairly well. They had a good overall performance in both batting and bowling. The UAE had posit performance. Only one player named Aryan had a personal achievement of half century. Other than that there is nothing well to be said about the performance of UAE.

[romero121]

Papua New Guinea wasted the good start they got and may end up at somewhere around 240. They are at 227/6 with two and half overs to go. Anyway this match is not very crucial for them. No matter how many matches they win from now onwards, they will remain at the bottom of points table in ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 2. On the other hand, this is a must win match for United Arab Emirates. Already they are trailing Nepal by 3 points and a win today will narrow that gap to 1 point. And then they need to win both the matches against Nepal.

UAE need 247 runs to win and it wont be very easy. Only top 3 batsmen Kiplin Doriga, Hiri Hiri and Sese Bau scored runs rest of batting failed to stand in front of UAE bowling. Sese Bau was not out on 81 runs, he should have scored century as he faced 106 balls. Good come back in the game from UAE after 112 runs partnership between Hiri Hiri and Sese Bau. PNG were once looking to score 270 - 280 but they settled for 246. Still PNG have a chance to win another ODI againest UAE.

Well, the sad news is UAE was not able to win this match. Papua New Guinea set a target of 247 for the UAE. The target was not too big. But the problem Is that UAE was not able to even get close to that target. Almost all the players from Papua New Guinea played fairly well. They had a good overall performance in both batting and bowling. The UAE had posit performance. Only one player named Aryan had a personal achievement of half century. Other than that there is nothing well to be said about the performance of UAE.

With the loss UAE is at the brim of losing the ODI status. The competence is at the peak, because Nepal wants to move above the position of Namibia to qualify. UAE needs to win atleast 3 matches in the four matches remaining to move a position above the USA. This means UAE needs to win more matches than Nepal. This is going to be tough.

[Sithara007]

With the loss UAE is at the brim of losing the ODI status. The competence is at the peak, because Nepal wants to move above the position of Namibia to qualify. UAE needs to win atleast 3 matches in the four matches remaining to move a position above the USA. This means UAE needs to win more matches than Nepal. This is going to be tough.

Both Nepal and the United Arab Emirates have 3 matches remaining, and out of that 2 will be played against each other. Nepal has a 3 point lead over the UAE and in case they win two of the remaining matches, then the UAE has no chance of catching up to them. But Nepal would be targeting to win all their remaining matches. It will take them to the 3rd place in points table, above Namibia. And more importantly, it would mean that for the 2023 World Cup, Nepal would go directly to the second round of qualifier tournament (2023 Cricket World Cup Qualifier). Teams that are ranked 4th to 7th need to play the first round (Qualifier Play-off).

[ThemePen]

With the loss UAE is at the brim of losing the ODI status. The competence is at the peak, because Nepal wants to move above the position of Namibia to qualify. UAE needs to win atleast 3 matches in the four matches remaining to move a position above the USA. This means UAE needs to win more matches than Nepal. This is going to be tough.

Both Nepal and the United Arab Emirates have 3 matches remaining, and out of that 2 will be played against each other. Nepal has a 3 point lead over the UAE and in case they win two of the remaining matches, then the UAE has no chance of catching up to them. But Nepal would be targeting to win all their remaining matches. It will take them to the 3rd place in points table, above Namibia. And more importantly, it would mean that for the 2023 World Cup, Nepal would go directly to the second round of qualifier tournament (2023 Cricket World Cup Qualifier). Teams that are ranked 4th to 7th need to play the first round (Qualifier Play-off).

In this tournament we are looking the Nepal team is showing its talent well and we can see its progress. In the point table I am hoping that the Nepal wil gain the third position but we can't underestimate the UAE team in some matches we saw good the UAE team. By the way we can't say anything right now because both will try well to come up.

[posi]

With the loss UAE is at the brim of losing the ODI status. The competence is at the peak, because Nepal wants to move above the position of Namibia to qualify. UAE needs to win atleast 3 matches in the four matches remaining to move a position above the USA. This means UAE needs to win more matches than Nepal. This is going to be tough.

Both Nepal and the United Arab Emirates have 3 matches remaining, and out of that 2 will be played against each other. Nepal has a 3 point lead over the UAE and in case they win two of the remaining matches, then the UAE has no chance of catching up to them. But Nepal would be targeting to win all their remaining matches. It will take them to the 3rd place in points table, above Namibia. And more importantly, it would mean that for the 2023 World Cup, Nepal would go directly to the second round of qualifier tournament (2023 Cricket World Cup Qualifier). Teams that are ranked 4th to 7th need to play the first round (Qualifier Play-off).

In this tournament we are looking the Nepal team is showing its talent well and we can see its progress. In the point table I am hoping that the Nepal wil gain the third position but we can't underestimate the UAE team in some matches we saw good the UAE team. By the way we can't say anything right now because both will try well to come up.

I actually have big expectations from Nepal. A big reason for that is they are not making a team out of foreign players. They are actually playing with all the native players. And I am always going to support a team a lot more who are actually playing with native players instead of a team that is playing with foreign players in the team.

Actually, I do not mind even three or four foreign players. But when the whole team is made up of foreign players I have a problem. I honestly do not mind if UAE does end up losing its status. They are not going to improve if they keep playing with foreign players in the team anyway.

[mm2543363580]

With the loss UAE is at the brim of losing the ODI status. The competence is at the peak, because Nepal wants to move above the position of Namibia to qualify. UAE needs to win atleast 3 matches in the four matches remaining to move a position above the USA. This means UAE needs to win more matches than Nepal. This is going to be tough.

Both Nepal and the United Arab Emirates have 3 matches remaining, and out of that 2 will be played against each other. Nepal has a 3 point lead over the UAE and in case they win two of the remaining matches, then the UAE has no chance of catching up to them. But Nepal would be targeting to win all their remaining matches. It will take them to the 3rd place in points table, above Namibia. And more importantly, it would mean that for the 2023 World Cup, Nepal would go directly to the second round of qualifier tournament (2023 Cricket World Cup Qualifier). Teams that are ranked 4th to 7th need to play the first round (Qualifier Play-off).

In this tournament we are looking the Nepal team is showing its talent well and we can see its progress. In the point table I am hoping that the Nepal wil gain the third position but we can't underestimate the UAE team in some matches we saw good the UAE team. By the way we can't say anything right now because both will try well to come up.

I actually have big expectations from Nepal. A big reason for that is they are not making a team out of foreign players. They are actually playing with all the native players. And I am always going to support a team a lot more who are actually playing with native players instead of a team that is playing with foreign players in the team.

Actually, I do not mind even three or four foreign players. But when the whole team is made up of foreign players I have a problem. I honestly do not mind if UAE does end up losing its status. They are not going to improve if they keep playing with foreign players in the team anyway.

The standard of cricket and they way UAE is playing is really below average and their batting is too bad , Nepal comparatively is a better team in game and they can play good as observed in last matches. 
Native players or foreign players atleast they should play and If they have a team that means they should help them to improve their game .

[BobK71]

With the loss UAE is at the brim of losing the ODI status. The competence is at the peak, because Nepal wants to move above the position of Namibia to qualify. UAE needs to win atleast 3 matches in the four matches remaining to move a position above the USA. This means UAE needs to win more matches than Nepal. This is going to be tough.

Both Nepal and the United Arab Emirates have 3 matches remaining, and out of that 2 will be played against each other. Nepal has a 3 point lead over the UAE and in case they win two of the remaining matches, then the UAE has no chance of catching up to them. But Nepal would be targeting to win all their remaining matches. It will take them to the 3rd place in points table, above Namibia. And more importantly, it would mean that for the 2023 World Cup, Nepal would go directly to the second round of qualifier tournament (2023 Cricket World Cup Qualifier). Teams that are ranked 4th to 7th need to play the first round (Qualifier Play-off).

In this tournament we are looking the Nepal team is showing its talent well and we can see its progress. In the point table I am hoping that the Nepal wil gain the third position but we can't underestimate the UAE team in some matches we saw good the UAE team. By the way we can't say anything right now because both will try well to come up.

Before the introduction of the Nepal team, people had more confidence in the UAE. Everyone knew that United Arab Emirates is the best of these teams but Nepal's recent performances have given everyone renewed hope. If the Nepal cricket team can maintain their consistency in then they can get the 15th or 16th position in the future. Now Napel's current ICC ranking is 17th. Tomorrow Nepal vs United Arab Emirates, 3rd Match where we will see a competitive game between these two teams.