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It took not one, not two, but three Super Overs to determine the winner of a Scotland T20 Tri-Series match between the Netherlands and Nepal in Glasgow on Monday.
This was the first time a men’s professional cricket match—T20 or List A—was going into a third Super Over, at the conclusion of which the Dutch came out on top.
With Nepal requiring 16 in the final over to win, Sandeep Lamichhane passed on the strike to Nandan Yadav after the first two balls to have the latter finish things off. Despite hitting two fours off the final four deliveries of Kyle Klein, Nandan could only manage to tie the score.
Left-arm spinner Daniel Doram, having returned figures of 4-0-14-3 in regular time, was tasked with bowling the first Super Over. Kushal Bhartel, however, tore into him, hammering two sixes and a four to help Nepal post 19. Interestingly, Karan KC was meted out the same treatment by Michael Levitt and Max O’Dowd as the game trickled into a second Super Over.
Lalit Rajbanshi, yet another left-arm spinner, got things started in the second Super Over. He did claim one wicket, that of the Dutch skipper Scott Edwards, albeit it came only off the final ball. Edwards’ counterpart Rohit Paudel and Dipendra Singh Airee had 18 to get. The equation eventually came down to a six required off the final ball to get even. Klein giving into the pressure and Airee swinging for the skies meant the job was far from over.
The introduction of right-arm off-spin into the mix proved to be the game changer in the third Super Over, as the Netherlands’ Zach Lion-Cachet got Paudel and Rupesh Singh out for ducks. Levitt, in response, hit a six to finish things off in style.
