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3 practice T20 game for Windward Islands v Nepal being played at Park Hill playing field, St Vincent and the Grenadines.

Here's a link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-qHJ7MDii0

Windward Islands 197

Nepal 110 - 5 (7 overs left)

Surprised no one has mentioned this 'live' match ... Nepal on the charge ...

In reply to George

WI lost in 19th over - speedsters got licks

In reply to George

dang....they must have really put licks in those last 7 overs

vor come een

In reply to George

Lol...so who were those speedsters?

In reply to Discourse

Unfortunately cannot find any scoresheet records - you need to understand these games are practice matches for Nepal and are probably not 1st class. Here's a link that explains more:
https://www.facebook.com/WindwardsVolcanoes/

Follow up games at same venue on 16th and 18th May

I found a list of the Windwards squad for the series. Could not find any scorecard from match one though. However, the squad is as follows for those interested...

Kimani Melius (c)
Kevam Hodge
Jeremy Solozano
Shadrack Descarte
Shermon Lewis
Nicklaus Redhead
Larry Edward
Dillon Douglas
Stephan Pascal
Darron Nedd
Ackeem Auguste
Othneil Lewis
Asif Hooper
Teddy Bishop

This proves that Windwards have enough talent to compete vs the Minnows of the World in T20 cricket. This is the same Nepal that did well vs our WIA team.
Which begs the question:" Why not more warm up series vs our other Territories? Kudos to the Windwards cricket board for this initiative.

Look forward to the rest of the series.

Probably not 1st class
Unofficial practice games - arranged probably by ICC, Nepal, CWI & the Windwards cricket board
Windwards actually played the full strength Nepal national side (which includes one Nepal 'A' team player only)
The WI 'A' side's recently concluded tour was against the Nepal 'A' side
Another reason for Nepal's games is that they've never officially toured the region previously (however you could say the same for Oman and Papua New Guinea - 2 other 'new' visiting cricket nations to the region) so would need to acclimatise with conditions.

Nepal are actually training in SVG and these are training games so definitely not 1st class.

Other games against other visiting World Cup opponents might be in the pipeline but would be dependant on arrival times in the Caribbean and USA and their own (individual) practice arrangements.

The official ICC warm up games are towards the end of May.

In reply to voiceofreason

I believe a full strength T&T, Leewards, BIM, Jamaica, or especially the CURRENT full strength Guyana white ball team would hammer Nepal. Windwards were also missing the seasoned Charles and Fletcher, but their white ball bowling is fairly weak.

In reply to mikelegend

Nepal's games are training matches and are not 1st class

In reply to George

I know, but my point/opinion still remains.

The commentators are really good in these matches.

In reply to George

You are spot on, Roland Butcher spoke last Tuesday evening, on arranging practice matches for a team against Barbados.
These matches will be played at the 3 W's Oval.
The Podcast from the Mason show is not up, so the link is not available.

In reply to openning

Heard here in St. Kitts there's to be I think 3 or four teams here for some practice matches
I'll have to find out who
They'll be playing the LI team I think .

In reply to openning

Nice one and in St Kitts too. Good for local lads to feature against international players. The more exposure broadens the horizon of the game and local players might improve their cricket education and skillset.

In reply to openning

Windwards lost practice game series 1-2 but probably a good exercise for players from both sides. Similar practice games against other Island teams would be interesting to follow