Marylebone Cricket Club T20 Tri-Series, 2018 - All You Need to Know

Lord’s is set to witness a unique battle on Sunday as Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), Nepal and Netherlands will fight it out the T20 tri-series. All the matches will be played throughout the day and the spectators will be treated with as many as three T20s. The former Sri Lankan legend Mahela Jayawardene will lead MCC as they will cross swords against the two nations who have been recently awarded the ODI status.

Nepal and Netherlands were the part of the World Cup Qualifiers earlier this year held in Zimbabwe. Unfortunately, they couldn’t qualify for the mega event but their impressive show in the tournament, helped them earn the much deserved ODI status. While Nepal were the newest entrants to the list of the nations playing the 50-overs format, the Dutch regained it after being relegated a few years ago for their poor performances.

Both the countries will also lock horns against each other in the Netherlands on August 1 and August 3 as Nepal will step into the new world of the limited-overs format. However, they would love to leave a mark in the T20 tri-series which will be played at the Home of Cricket.

Here’s all you need to know about the tri-series:

Schedule

Marylebone Cricket Club vs Netherlands, 1st Match (10:00 AM Local, 2:30 PM IST)

Marylebone Cricket Club vs Nepal, 2nd Match (1:15 PM Local, 5:45 PM IST)

Nepal vs Netherlands, 3rd Match (4:30 PM Local, 9:00 PM IST)

Squads

Marylebone Cricket Club:

Mahela Jayawardene(c), Ian Bell, Dylan Budge, Nick Compton, Alasdair Evans, James Foster, Peter Moor, Ben Sears, Jonathan Trott, Mark Watt, Dominic Manthorpe, Kashif Ali

Nepal:

Paras Khadka(c), Dipendra Singh Airee, Lalit Bhandari, Shakti Gauchan, KC Karan, Sompal Kami, Subash Khakurel, Sandeep Lamichhane, Gyanendra Malla, Rohit Kumar, Lalit Rajbanshi, Basant Regmi, Anil Sah, Aarif Sheikh, Sharad Vesawkar

Netherlands:

Pieter Seelaar(c), Wesley Barresi, Scott Edwards, Fred Klaassen, Bas de Leede, Paul van Meekeren, Max ODowd, Hidde Overdijk, Michael Rippon, Shane Snater, Tobias Visee

Players to Watch out for

MCC: Mahela Jayawardene, Alasdair Evans

Nepal: Sandeep Lamichhane, Paras Khadka

Netherlands: Wesley Barresi, Paul van Meekeren

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