Zimbabwe v Nepal

Craig Ervine, Zimbabwe captain: “I feel pretty ecstatic – we knew it was a decent wicket to bat on so it was about giving ourselves a chance.

“It's been really good, leading up to this and scoring some runs. Hopefully, I can continue like this. As a team, we always like to dominate batting second. You look all around the wicket, from the 10 over mark to the 40 over mark, there are five fielders in the ring so there are always boundary options. I thought we were staring down the barrel of 340 but our bowlers did really well to pull things back. I thought 290 was below par.

"We didn't start really well – dropped catches cost us but credit to the guys for pulling it back.

“We thought that 280/290 would be chaseable because the wicket looked very nice.

“We thought there would be a little bit more movement early on but the wicket played really well today.

“The conditions were very good, their openers batted well but we didn't take our early chances – credit to them, they put us under pressure in the early part of their innings.

“We were just trying to break down into small chunks during the chase, and trying to concentrate on where the gaps are and what the bowlers are trying to do. “I think it's well played today, rest day tomorrow and a quick turnaround when we play the Netherlands next on Tuesday.”