Monthly Archives: March 2008

Sanjam Regmi scored a half-century and took three wickets as Region No 2 Birgunj defeated Region No 5 Nepalgunj by 58 runs at the TU Ground. Birgunj scored 197/7 in 50 overs with Sanjam scoring unbeaten 56 and Shovakant Pandey getting another half-century of the innings. Nepalgunj opener Mahesh Chhetri continued his good form for 52 but rest of the batsmen failed as they were bowled out for 139 in 45.3 overs.

Pacer Pramod Basnet was long out of action but when he finally resumed his national league career after five years he ensured there are all fireworks for his comeback by setting a Region No 3 Kathmandu victory against Region No 6 Baitadi at the Institute of Engineering Ground. Pramod’s five wicket haul wrecked Baitadi who ended their innings at 135 in 36.2 overs while chasing Kathmandu’s 253/7. Baitadi lost by 118 runs.

Records are made to break: for there are some records that could not be broken by any mean – like the first bowler to reach 50 wickets in the national league cricket and that record will always stay with Raju Basnet. Raju, representing Region No 3 Kathmandu since the inception of the region based national league back in 2001, became the first bowler to claim 50 wickets when he returned with career best 5/15 against Region No 2 Birgunj at the TU Cricket Ground on Sunday.

Region No 3 Kathmandu registered a 81-run victory over Region No 2 Birgunj on Sunday in the match that saw may new landmarks achieved in the Springwood National League Cricket Tournament. Sharad Vesawkar his 83, Kathmandu’s best ever score, and partnered Gyanendra Malla for event’s best fourth wicket partnership as the home team scored 203/7 in 50 overs. Raju Basnet returned with career best mark that also made the first bowler to take 50 wickets in the national league to bowl out Birgunj for 122 in 40 overs.

At Lab Ground, the two minnows fought and Region No 6 Baitadi registered their first win – not counting the win they achieved because of Nepalgunj’s forfeit two years ago. The four-wicket win came against the same opponent – Region No 5 Nepalgunj.

The first high profile match of the Springwood National League Cricket turned out to be a lopsided match as four-time champions Region No 1 Biratnagar failed to live up the expectations and suffered a nine-wicket thrashing by defending champions Region No 4 Bhairahawa. Biratnagar were 21/5 in the eighth over – Faizal Khan and Amrit Bhattarai being the destroyers, and never really recovered in their innings of 75 runs in 35 overs. Bhairahawa needed just 15 overs to record the easy win.

Defending champion Region No 4 Bhairahawa and Region No 1 Biratnagar began the Springwood National League Cricket Tournament with thumping victories on Friday. Biratnagar defeated Region No 5 Nepalgunj by seven wickets at the Lab Ground while Bhairahawa outplayed Region No 6 Baitadi by 196 runs at the TU Cricket Ground. Bhairahawa bowled out Baitadi for 49 in 16 overs.

The seventh edition of the Springwood One-Day National League Cricket Tournament begins Friday with defending champion Region No 4 Bhairahawa taking on Region No 6 Baitadi at the TU Cricket Ground and Region No 1 Biratnagar playing Region No 5 Nepalgunj at the Lab School Ground. The inter-region format introduced in 2001 as Birendra Memorial National League will be played under round-robin league format and the top two teams in the standings will compete for the final on April 6.

The Springwood Senior One-Day National League Cricket Tournament 2008 will commence on March 28, Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) announced on Thursday. The seventh edition of the national league featuring six cricket development regions concludes on April 6 (or April 7, the reserve day for the final) with top two teams from the league competing for the championship.