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USA stays at the top in ICC ODI Series as Nepal-Scotland game abandoned after rain
Two North American teams – the USA and Canada – share the top position with 16 points each in the ICC Men’s World Cup League 2 after completion of their 12 matches each.
USA cricket team / X/ @usacricket
Two North American teams – the USA and Canada – share the top position with 16 points each in the ICC Men’s World Cup League 2 after completion of their 12 matches each. On the better run quotient, the USA was placed at the number one position with its NRR reading of 0.428 while Canada with a similar number of wins – eight – was at the number two position with an NRR of 0.292.
The US leg of the ICC ODI series or World Cup League 2 ended with the last game between Nepal and Scotland getting abandoned because of rain. Put to bat first, Nepal was 26 for one from six overs when rain prevented any further play in the game at Grand Prairie Stadium in Texas. In the first game between the two teams, Nepal recorded a convincing five-wicket win over Scotland with 20.1 overs to spare. Scotland could muster only 154 in its innings and Nepal responded with 157 for five from 29.5 overs for its only win in the series played at Grand Prairie Stadium.
#TeamUSA finish off the year on the top of the table of the ICC CWC League 2 Standings! #CWCL2 | #WeAreUSACricket pic.twitter.com/DxaAUkZeTJ
— USA Cricket (@usacricket) November 3, 2024
The US team proved that its successes in the last T20 World Cup that it jointly hosted with West Indies in June this year were no fluke as it beat Nepal in both its games. Though the USA was convincingly beaten by Scotland in both the games, its wins against Nepal helped it to climb back to the top of the table with a total of eight wins from 12 games.
Its immediate neighbour and traditional rival Canada too has eight wins from its 12 games but is now placed at the number two position because of a little lower run quotient.
Of eight teams in League 2, Scotland was now placed third with 15 points from its 12 games. Its last game against Nepal was abandoned.
The Netherlands is the only team that has the potential to upset the apple cart of both the USA and Canada. The European Orange Jerseys have three games in hand as they have 12 points from nine games. They have two games against Oman and one against UAE in hand. In case they win all three, they will climb to the top of the table. Even with two wins from two games, they will join USA and Canada at the top. In such a case the run quotient will become decisive.
At the end of the US leg of League 2, the home team captain Monank Patel was the top batter with 502 runs from 11 innings he played. He is followed by Harsh Thaker of Canada with 489 runs from 12 innings while Michael van Lingen of Namibia was the third top batter with 445 runs.
Pargat Singh of Canada was placed fourth with 432 runs made from 11 innings.
Canada’s Dilan Heyliger was on the top of the list among bowlers having claimed 25 wickets in 12 matches. Nosthush Kenjige (USA) was the second best with 20 wickets from 12 matches and Kaleem Sana (Canada) was the third on the list having claimed 19 wickets in 11 matches.
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