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Nepal ‘A’ defeated Ireland ‘A’ by three runs in the last match held at the Tribhuvan University cricket ground in Kirtipur on Monday.

Chasing the target of 214 runs set by Nepal ‘A’, Ireland ‘A’ managed to score only 120 runs losing seven wickets in the allotted 20 overs.

Gareth Delany top scored for Ireland with 68 runs followed by Morgan Topping with 60 runs while other batters failed to score in double digits.

Similarly, opener Ross Adair scored 31 runs and Fionn Hand 22.

Bipin Khatri took three wickets for Nepal while Kamal Singh Airee, Narayan Joshi and Rasid Khan claimed one wicket each.

After winning the toss, Nepal opted to bat first and posted 213 runs with a half-century from Arif Sheikh losing seven wickets.

Sheikh remained unbeaten on a 48-ball 97 that featured six sixes and seven fours.

Similarly, Kamal Airee remained unbeaten on 19 made of seven balls.

Lokesh Bam, who had scored a century in the first match against Ireland, returned to pavilion by scoring eight runs.

Likewise, captain Binod Bhandari scored 11 runs while Asir Mohammad, Pawan Saraff and Rasid Khan contributed 19, 13 and 24 runs respectively.

Earlier, Nepal had already lost the series against Ireland ‘A’.

Ireland ‘A’ had defeated Nepal by 21 runs in the first match and 40 runs in the second.

Nepal ‘A’ are playing a one-day series against Ireland ‘A’ on Wednesday.

Nepal 'A' are playing their third T20 match against Ireland 'A' on Monday.

The match will start at the Kirtipur-based Tribhuvan University cricket ground at 1 pm today. Nepal suffered defeats in all the matches played earlier and lost the title of the series.

Nepal 'A' had lost to Ireland 'A' by 21 runs in the first match and 40 runs in second match. Nepali team could not register a win in the first match on Friday despite a century from Lokesh Bam.

Chasing the target of 223 runs set by Ireland, Nepal were limited to 201 runs at the loss of all wickets in 19.3 overs.

In the second match held on Saturday, Ireland 'A' set a target of 225 runs to win against Nepal 'A'. Nepal 'A' could score only 184 runs losing all wickets in 17.5 overs.

Nepal 'A' are scheduled to play a three-match ODI series against Ireland 'A' from Wednesday.

Nepal defeated Ireland ‘A’ by 71 runs in the second T20 match held at the Tribhuvan International Cricket Ground in Kirtipur on Tuesday.

Chasing the target of 199 runs set by Nepal, Ireland ‘A’ were bowled out in 18. 3 overs.

Kushal Malla and Sompal Kami took three wickets each for Nepal and Karan KC, Kushal Bhurtel and Bibek Yadav claimed one wicket each.

Stephen Doheny scored highest 26 runs for Ireland. Other players could not play well.

Nepal scored 198 runs in 20 overs losing seven wickets.

Gulshan Jha scored highest 46 runs for Nepal. Similarly, Kushal Malla made 34 runs and captain Rohit Paudel, Kushal Bhurtel and Anil Shah contributed 12 runs respectively.

Likewise, Asif Sheikh scored 11 runs and Sandeep Jora made 21 runs.

In the match held on Monday, Nepal won by six wickets.

The Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) on Wednesday announced a team for the Friendship Cup to be held in India and to play against Ireland 'A' in home ground. 

The 15-member Nepali cricket squad will play under the captaincy of Rohit Kumar Poudel. Besides skipper Poudel, the team comprises Ashif Shekh, Kushal Bhurtel, Dipendra Singh Airee, Kushal Malla, Bibek Yadav, Sandip Jora, Anil Shah, Karan KC, Sompal Kami, Gulshan Jha, Lalit Narayan Rajbanshi, Pratis GC, Avinash Bohra and Akash Chand.

Nepal will play a T-20 match against Ireland at the TU Cricket Ground at Kirtipur on March 25 and 26. After this, the Nepali team will leave for India.

Nepal will take on Gujarat in its first match in India on March 31 and it will play against Baroda in the second match on April 2. Similarly, Nepal will meet Gujarat in its third match on April 3. Nepal will compete with Baroda in the last game of the series on April 5.

The two winning teams will play the final match after playing two matches against each other in the league stage. The final will take place on April 7.