The 2024 Nepal Tri-Nation Series was the first round of the 2023–2027 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 cricket tournament took place in Nepal in February 2024.[1] The tri-nation series was contested by the men's national teams of Namibia, Nepal and Netherlands.[2] The matches were played as One Day International (ODI) fixtures.[3][4]
Following the ODI series, the three sides played a Twenty20 International (T20I) tri-nation series.[5] The Netherlands defeated Nepal in the final by 4 wickets.[6][7]
League 2 series
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| Part of 2023–2027 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date | 15–25 February 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Squads
 Namibia[8] |  Nepal[9][10] |  Netherlands[11] |
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Nepal also named Pratis GC, Dev Khanal, Anil Sah and Bibek Yadav as reserves for the series.[12] Before the start of the series, Rijan Dhakal and Arjun Saud were replaced in the Nepal squad by reserves Dev Khanal and Anil Sah.[13]
Fixtures
1st ODI
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- Namibia won the toss and elected to field.
- Jack Brassell (Nam) made his ODI debut.
- Gerhard Erasmus (Nam) took his first five-wicket haul in ODIs.[14]
2nd ODI
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- Nepal won the toss and elected to field.
- Kyle Klein and Michael Levitt (Ned) both made their ODI debuts.[15]
3rd ODI
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- Netherlands won the toss and elected to field.
- Aryan Dutt (Ned) took his first five-wicket haul in ODIs.[16][17]
- Aryan Dutt's bowling figures were the best for the Netherlands in men's ODIs.[18][19]
4th ODI
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- Namibia won the toss and elected to field.
5th ODI
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- Netherlands won the toss and elected to field.
- The match was reduced to 45 overs per side due to a wet outfield.
- Malan Kruger (Nam) made his ODI debut.
6th ODI
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- Netherlands won the toss and elected to field.
T20I series
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| Date | 27 February – 5 March 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Result | Netherlands won the tournament | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Player of the series | Michael Levitt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Squads
| Namibia[20] | Nepal[21] | Netherlands[22] |
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Netherlands also named Daniel Doram as a reserve player for the series.[23]
Round-robin
Points table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
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| 1 | Netherlands | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0.310 | Advanced to the final |
| 2 | Nepal | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0.293 | |
| 3 | Namibia | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −0.700 |
Fixtures
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- Namibia won the toss and elected to bat.
- Peter-Daniel Blignaut and Malan Kruger (Nam) both made their T20I debuts.
- Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton (Nam) scored his first century in T20Is.[25] This was the fastest century in men's T20Is, in terms of number of deliveries faced (33).[26][27]
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- Nepal won the toss and elected to field.
- Noah Croes, Sybrand Engelbrecht and Michael Levitt (Ned) all made their T20I debuts.
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- Netherlands won the toss and elected to bat.
- Michael Levitt (Ned) scored his first century in T20Is.[28]
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- Netherlands won the toss and elected to field.
- No further play was possible due to rain.
- Shaun Fouché (Nam) made his T20I debut.
Final
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- Nepal won the toss and elected to bat.