Nepal chased down 195, off the game's final ball against Canada, to secure their spot in the upcoming World Cup qualifiers in Zimbabwe. Tottering at 144 for 9, Nepal's last-wicket pair of Karan KC (42*) and Sandeep Lamichhane (5*) added 51 off the final 47 balls to down their opponents by one wicket in Windhoek.

Canada needed to defend seven runs off the final over, and started remarkably well when medium-pacer Cecil Parvez delivered four dot balls to start the 50th. With Nepal's equation reading eight off two balls, Karan smacked a six over cover to bring the scenario to two off the last ball. Parvez then delivered one down the leg side, which the umpire called wide, thereby tying the game. With one needed off the final ball, Karan tapped a full toss towards midwicket and sealed Nepal's remarkable win.

Earlier in the day, Srimantha Wijeratne's unbeaten - and maiden - List A hundred helped Canada to 194 for 8 as the Nepal spinners Basant Regmi (3-34) and Lamichhane (2-40) strangled their opposition in the first innings.

The win was Nepal's second last-wicket heist of the tournament, and took them to four wins in five matches on the points table.

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