Kathmandu, June 22 -- Stuart Law came to Nepal at a crucial moment. The Rhinos were at the bottom of the table in the ICC CWC League 2, a position that could put their ODI status at risk. However, his opponents were not easy to beat.

Nepal were facing two of the top teams in the League 2 points table-the Netherlands and Scotland-that too in the Scottish conditions. While the weather was cold for the Rhinos who travelled from Kathmandu's heat, the pitches were grassy and bouncy, unlike the flat ones back home.

By the time the League 2 games began in Forthill, Dundee, on June 2, Law and his squad had spent over a week playing cricket in the United Kingdom (UK)-in England and Wales-and getting used to the conditions.

As a result, Nepal re...