Scotland, June 6 -- order batter Aarif Sheikh's major ability in one-day cricket is to anchor an innings and hold the crease. On Wednesday, in Dundee, Scotland, he did exactly that. As a result, Nepal stunned the Netherlands with a five-wicket victory in the ICC Cricket World Cup League 2.

It was a result that left the Dutch shocked. Nepal had already beaten them twice before in ODIs. But this win-Nepal's first over the Netherlands at a neutral venue in ODIs-was inspired by Aarif's calm, calculated half-century, the only one in the game, at Forthill Cricket Ground.

Chasing 226, the Rhinos reached the target in 47.1 overs on the back of Aarif's 78 off 99. His fifty came with a six lofted over point off Vivian Kingma in the 40th over, a r...