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Scotland fell short in their fightback against Nepal, as a single from the penultimate ball gave the tourists victory a low-scoring T20 Tri-Series match Glasgow.<\/b><\/p>\n
After being put into bat in overcast and breezy conditions at Clydesdale, hosting its third match of the week, Scotland crumbled as Nepal wreaked havoc with the ball.<\/p>\n
Mark Watt was removed with just the fifth delivery of the afternoon by Dipendra Singh Airee and by the end of the fifth over the Scots were five down.<\/p>\n
After Michael Leask, who ended with 46, and captain Matthew Cross helped put up a brief resistance, Sandeep Lamichhane cleaned up the lower order by taking four wickets for just 11 runs to leave Nepal needing just 98 to win.<\/p>\n
However, despite looking like they would reach the winning line with plenty to spare, disciplined bowling from Scotland took another dramatic match right to the end.<\/p>\n
Safyaan Sharif had Kiran Thagunna caught in the final over as Nepal went eight down while needing just a single from the final two balls.<\/p>\n
But they composed themselves to get it with the penultimate delivery as Lamichhane added to his bowling heroics by grabbing the winning run.<\/p>\n
Scotland next face the Netherlands on Wednesday before finishing their series against Nepal on Friday as they warm up for next month’s T20 World Cup qualifiers.<\/p>\n
“It was a game of two halves,” Scotland captain Cross told BBC Scotland.<\/p>\n
“We didn’t bat very well to be honest. I think the first five or six overs being five wickets down is tough to come back from.<\/p>\n
“Having said that, I think we put in a decent effort to make the game go as close to the wire as we could. So I’m proud of the performance in the second half.<\/p>\n
“Losing five wickets in the powerplay, you don’t win many games like that. The pitch was trickier but we expect more of ourselves to build a score when it is like that.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n