Kathmandu- Nepal’s batting fragility took a troll again in the 2nd match of ICC WCL Championship against Scotland as they were defeated by nine wickets after being restricted to a low total of just 167 runs, being invited to bat first at Ayr on friday.  Scotland chased 110 runs the 14th overs to record a nine wicket win in a rain shortened match as rain stopped several hours of play on Friday. Scotland were 15/0 in 1.4 overs when the play was stopped on Friday, and the match was resumed on Saturday with Scotland requiring 95 runs in 20.2 overs.  Sompal Kami struck in just the next over to put Scotland 20/1 in 2.2 overs but that wicket of Coetzer (7 runs) was just a consolation wicket. Matthew Cross went on to score a quick fire fifty to help Scotland chased 110 comfortably in the 14th over.

Earlier on Friday, Scotland won the toss and invited Nepal to bat fist. Nepal kept losing wicket since the start as none of the batsman crossed 40 runs mark, eventually being all out for just 167 runs in 49.1 overs. With match being called off for Friday, Scotland’ll will start the chase tomorrow on reserve day, if rain stays away, as per the ICC rules. With this win Scotland grabbed important 4 points from 2 matches in the ICC WCL Championship table, while Nepal’s miserable stay in Ireland, and Scotland came to an end with yet another miserable defeat. \