Monthly Archives: May 2006

Despite dominating the proceedings, Nepal settled for a dour draw against Hong Kong as wet ground conditions in the second Asian Cricket Council (ACC) U-15 Cup two-day match at the Royal Selangor Cricket Club Ground, Malaysia. However, Nepal accumulated 10 bonus points from the match to climb to the second position in the Group A standings keeping alive hopes to enter the last four. Nepal managed a 65-run first innings lead after Hong Kong declared their innings on 87/9. Nepal had scored 152/7 in the first innings. Nepal could have chances of wining the match if the weather had permitted full 90 overs of play but it was the case the play was abandoned after the lunch.

Skipper Prithu Banskota led Nepal to a much improved performance in the second match of the Asian Corcket Council (ACC) U-15 Cup Cricket Tournament here at the Royal Selangor Cricket Ground against Hong Kong.

Nepal’s defense of the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) U-15 Cup title suffered a setback as the not so experienced Nepali boys failed to capitalize on Malaysia’s batting collapse on inaugural match in Kuala Lumpur. After being put in to bat, the Malaysia was all out for 134 runs in 52.3 runs. But Malaysia’s batting failure was compensated by a good run from its bowlers. Nepal imitated Malaysia’s batting and at stumps had lost seven wickets scoring only 41 in 43 overs. Kathmandu’s Ayush Sharma is playing on 7. The top two scorers for Nepal are Surendra Chand 11, and Birgunj’s Bibek Dali 10. Kathmandu’s Krishna Karki claimed four Malaysian scalps while Rochak Bhatta and Baitadi’s Pradeep Singh Iyer took three… Read More

Nepal will attempt to defend the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) U-15 Cup in Kuala Lumpur of Malaysia with a team that has not a single recognized face.