West Indies defeats Nepal in a World Cup qualification match thanks to Hope and Pooran.

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 At the World Cup Qualifier on Thursday in Harare, Shai Hope and Nicholas Pooran both scored a century to help the West Indies defeat Nepal by 101 runs. After a shaky start to the game, Hope hit 132 and Pooran made a quick 115 as the duo added 216 for the fourth wicket to help the two-time winners total 339-7. The West Indies dropped to 9-2 after Kyle Mayers was out for just one run and Johnson Charles went out for nothing. Before being dismissed by legspinner Sandeep Lamichhane, opener Brandon King scored 32 runs.

In the 16th over, Hope and Pooran teamed together to win the game for Nepal, who were left to regret a dropped catch off Pooran early in his bat. When the batter was only on three runs, wicketkeeper Aasif Sheikh stopped a Pooran edge off left-arm spinner Lalit Rajbanshi. Before both players hit their hundreds in the 40th over, Pooran adopted the aggressive posture as Hope progressed at a more leisurely rate. Before Pooran drove Gulsan Jha to the boundary a few deliveries later to complete his second one-day century off 81 balls -- four years after his first -- Hope had reached his 15th ODI century off 107 balls.

Dipendra Singh Airee eventually removed Pooran for 115 with a terrific catch off his own bowling but Rovman Powell kept the runs flowing with a quick-fire 29 alongside Jason Holder’s 16 not out. Hope holed out to long-off in the final over for 132 and Keemo Paul was bowled off the last ball as Rajbanshi finished with 3-52.