Monthly Archives: November 2006

Nepal booked a spot in the final of the ACC Premier League despite settling for a draw against hosts Malaysia at the Kinrara Oval, Kuala Lumpur today.

The complete scorecard of the match between Nepal and Malaysia. The match ended in a draw.

A day after hitting 68 not out, Raj Kumar Pradhan returned with another laudable performance. This time it was with the ball taking five wickets to wreck hovac on the Malaysians as the hosts were bowled out for 162 runs in first innings.

What would you expect when the scoreboard is reading 122/9 and No 11, with an average of 7.83 in 13 matches, walks in? Maybe the batman on the other end will hit a few runs and he would swing bats a few times before finally ending with a sky-rocketed catch or castled stumps. Here is the different story. He scores a brilliant half-century helping him team reach the total unimaged a few hours earlier. If Jason Gillespie scoring a Test double century was a surprise, Raj Kumar Pradhan, scoring a 68 not out, was a miracle because he is so used to getting out quick.

Best bowler, man of the match and best batsman of the match all beam up after Nepal’s victory. Nepal cleaned up the remaining 7 wickets in two hours to register a 205-run victory over Singapore on the last day of the ACC Premier League match at the TU Cricket Ground.

The complete scorecard of the ACC Premier League match between Nepal and Singpaore. Nepal won the match by 205 runs.

Nepali batting lineup failed once again as UAE registered a 97-run victory in the three-day ACC Premier League match at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium Monday.

Nepal’s most successful all-rounder Mehboob Alam was denied visa by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) leaving Nepali senior cricket team without him for the three-day match against them at Sharjah. The ACC Premier League match starts on Nov 4. Although Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) has corresponded for the reason with the embassy and Asian Cricket Council (ACC), they are yet to receive answer.

Nepal’s three-day cricket match against UAE at the latter’s home is a nervous outing for the two teams looking for a kind of revenge. UAE is the team on top — winning the earlier versions of ACC Premier League twice and one-day ACC Trophy thrice and Nepal is the only team in the region that can threat its domination.