Historic night in T20 tri-series as Netherlands beat Nepal after three super overs in Glasgow
Published 17/06/2025 at 09:10 GMT+1
The Netherlands beat Nepal in a T20 game as part of their tri-series with Scotland, but the match featured a first for cricket thanks to the tied scores. A super over was required to split the teams, which in itself is not unusual. But what followed was highly irregular, when it was very, very difficult to separate the two teams. The Netherlands eventually prevailed - after four tries.
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Draws in cricket are nothing unusual and feature regularly in the Test arena. But in one-day internationals and T20 matches, they cease to exist, with super overs brought in to ensure a winner.
When the Netherlands took on Nepal in Glasgow on Monday, both teams managed to post the same number of runs: 152 apiece.
While the Netherlands did so for the loss of one less wicket, runs are what matter in the shortened form of the game.Â
Nepal needed 16 from the final over to win the match in regulation play, and Nandan Yadav hit a boundary with the final ball to tie the scores and force a super over.
Daniel Doram bowled it for the Netherlands, and was hit for 19 runs, as Kushal Bhurtel plundered two sixes and a four while Rohit Paudel grabbed a single in what looked an imposing total.
But Michael Levitt and Max O'Dowd proved up to the task, taking 19 runs from their super over against the bowling of Karan KC.Â
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That meant a second super over was required, as surely the same could not happen again.
This time the Netherlands batted first, and Scott Edwards and O’Dowd each scored a six in posting 17 runs for Nepal to try and chase.
But lo and behold, they did just that - Paudel and Dipendra Singh Airee also each scored a maximum as they posted...exactly 17 runs.
For the first time in Men’s List A or international cricket, a third super over was required to separate the two teams on a sultry night in Glasgow.Â
For all the drama up until this point, the third super over was a little anticlimactic as Zach Lion-Cachet managed to take the wickets of Rohit and Rupesh Singh, with Nepal not scoring a single run in the four balls they faced.
That left the Netherlands needing any score to win it, with Levitt hitting a huge six off Sandeep Lamichhane to seal the match at the fourth time of asking.Â
It was redemption of sorts for the Netherlands, who had lost convincingly to Scotland in the opening match of the series.Â
Nepal don’t have long to recover from the epic though, as they face the hosts today back in Glasgow.Â
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