{"id":19405,"date":"2024-05-03T20:50:26","date_gmt":"2024-05-03T20:50:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=19405"},"modified":"2024-05-03T20:50:27","modified_gmt":"2024-05-03T20:50:27","slug":"charles-and-fletcher-lead-west-indies-a-to-series-win-against-nepal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/charles-and-fletcher-lead-west-indies-a-to-series-win-against-nepal\/","title":{"rendered":"Charles and Fletcher Lead West Indies A to Series Win Against Nepal"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>In a commanding display of batting prowess, West Indies secured a 28-run victory over Nepal in a thrilling encounter, with Johnson Charles and Andre Fletcher emerging as the stars of the match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Opting to bat first after winning the toss, West Indies faced an early setback with the loss of opener Alick Athanaze for 5 runs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, Charles and Fletcher showcased resilience and skill, forming a formidable partnership that laid the foundation for their team&#8217;s imposing total.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Charles blazed his way to 58 runs from just 30 balls, including 6 sixes and 3 fours, while Fletcher exhibited his explosive batting style with a scintillating 84 runs from 54 deliveries, adorned with nine 4s and four 6s. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Their partnership, worth over a hundred runs, propelled West Indies to a commanding total of 209 for 3 in their allotted 20 overs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite a spirited effort from Nepal&#8217;s Rohit Paudel, who hammered an impressive 82 runs from 47 balls, Nepal fell short in their chase, eventually getting bowled out for 181 runs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>West Indies&#8217; bowlers, led by Matthew Forde and Hayden Walsh Jr, put in a disciplined performance to restrict Nepal&#8217;s batting lineup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With this victory, West Indies sealed the series lead 3-1, having also won the previous three matches after losing the series opener. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The final clash in the five-match T20 series is scheduled for Saturday at the same venue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a commanding display of batting prowess, West Indies secured a 28-run victory over Nepal in a thrilling encounter, with Johnson Charles and Andre Fletcher emerging as the stars of&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":19406,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19405","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-sports"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19405","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19405"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19405\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19407,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19405\/revisions\/19407"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19406"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}