Paras Khadka - Nepal captain
First of all, I just want to apologise to any readers of my blog that were hoping for something yesterday after our defeat to the USA but I just couldn t bring myself to write, I was too disappointed in the side and myself to post anything.
Today was a tough match to get motivated for knowing in the morning that we were virtually out of the competition for promotion but the boys still put in a spirited effort against the Cayman Islands for victory today.
It s hugely disappointing not to have qualified, we worked so hard for this tournament but when it mattered we didn t perform to the standard I know we are capable of playing.
I think for our side it s now a case of returning to Nepal and looking at what went wrong for us here in Bologna and also if there are any positives that we can take from the team s performances here.
I feel as captain I owe an apology to all those fans of the Nepalese cricket team as I feel we ve let the fans down and the country down with our results here. It s difficult to put into words how I m feeling, I think it s best described as letdown but in the long run we can t dwell on it, we have to move forward, bring out all the positives and hope for the best. Life and cricket go on.