Nepal secured their place on the podium, and with it a place at the World Cup Qualifier in Zimbabwe this coming June, with a 9-run DLS win over the UAE in the final match of CWC League 2 at Kirtipur today in extraordinary and ultimately somewhat farcical circumstances.
CWC DIVISION TWO
Nepal book place at World Cup Qualifier in dramatic League 2 finale
![[File Photo]: Kushal Bhartel and Aarif Sheikh led a collective batting performance from Nepal](/a/img/v1/595x396/i1/c265422/file-photo-kushal-bhartel-a.jpg "[File Photo]: Kushal Bhartel and Aarif Sheikh led a collective batting performance from Nepal")
[File Photo]: Kushal Bhartel and Aarif Sheikh led a collective batting performance from Nepal © ICC
A record-breaking onslaught at the death from Asif Khan had set the home side a daunting target, the UAE number 7 striking a 41-ball ton - the fastest ever century by an Associate batsman - to take the visitors to 310-6, but it would not prove sufficient to deny Nepal their 11th win from 12 League 2 matches to complete a second home whitewash in front of a packed TU Ground crowd, and leapfrog Namibia into third place on the
