# Ireland Wolves cricket team in Nepal in 2023–24

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

| Ireland Wolves | Nepal A | Nepal A | Nepal |
| List A & T20s | List A | T20s | T20s |
| Neil Rock (c, wk) Ross Adair Cade Carmichael Gareth Delany Stephen Doheny (wk) Matthew Foster Fionn Hand Gavin Hoey Matthew Humphreys Tom Mayes Liam McCarthy James McCollum PJ Moor Morgan Topping Ben White | Binod Bhandari (c, wk) Basir Ahamad Bikash Aagri Kamal Singh Airee Shahab Alam Naren Bhatta Mousom Dhakal Rijan Dhakal Arjun Kumal Dev Khanal Ranjit Kumar Aarif Sheikh Arjun Saud (wk) Bhim Sharki Rupesh Singh | Binod Bhandari (c, wk) Basir Ahamad Bikash Aagri Kamal Singh Airee Lokesh Bam Hemant Dhami Sagar Dhakal Arjun Gharti Bipin Khatri Dev Khanal Rashid Khan Narayan Joshi Aarif Sheikh Pawan Sarraf Kiran Thagunna | Rohit Paudel (c) Dipendra Singh Airee Abinash Bohara Kushal Bhurtel Aakash Chand Pratis GC Gulsan Jha Sundeep Jora Karan KC Kushal Malla Sompal Kami Lalit Rajbanshi Aasif Sheikh (wk) Anil Sah (wk) Bibek Yadav |

## Nepal v Ireland Wolves series
### 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
### 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.