Monthly Archives: October 2010

Nepal defends ACC U-19 Women’s title

Posted on October 12, 2010 by cricketnepal

Nepali girls defended the ACC U-19 Women’s Championship title defeating Bhutan by five wickets at the Indian Association Ground, Singapore. Bhutan were restricted to 53/6 in rain-reduced 20-over-a-side match. Nepal reached the target in 17.2 overs losing five wickets and Sarita Magar standing firm scoring unbeaten 23.

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Nepal cruises to final beating UAE

Posted on October 11, 2010 by Ujjwal Acharya

Defending champions Nepal inched closer to the defense of their ACC U-19 Women´s Championship title on Monday defeating UAE by 81 runs in the semifinal hed in Yorker in Singapore. Nary Thapa once again played a captain´s knock, winning her third player-of-the-match award for her record-breaking innings that helped Nepal reach 156/3 in 25 overs. UAE, who were penalized an over due to slow over rate, could only manage 75/7 in 24 overs.

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Well Done Girls!

Posted on October 9, 2010 by somesh

The Dashain could not have started better for the cricket lovers. For the eve of it has been good. For the first day of the festival has come after three consecutive victories for Nepali women. That’s a good omen, even if we’re talking about the age group players. It was a delight to keep eyes to the websites that showed scores for the event (No the cricket sites are not too keen on covering women’s cricket live!), as you could see the matches heavily tilted towards our girls.

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Nepal beats Qatar, enters semi

Posted on October 8, 2010 by cricketnepal

Defending champions Nepal entered the semifinals of the ACC U-19 Women´s Championship cricket defeating Qatar in the last league match by 49 runs in Singapore. It was Nepal´s fourth straight victory in as many matches in the tournament. Nepal qualify as the winners of Group A and will play the runners-up of Group B in the semifinal on Monday.

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Nepal closes in to semi beating Singapore

Posted on October 7, 2010 by cricketnepal

Nepal registered third victory in the ACC U-19 Women’s Championship cricket tournament defeating Singapore by 70 runs at Yorker on Thursday. Winning toss, Nepal elected to bat and scored 159/2 in 25 overs. Hosts Singapore were restricted to 89/9. After the win, Nepal is atop Group A with three wins and only a series of results not in favor can deny Nepal a place in semifinal.

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Nepal defeats Kuwait

Posted on October 5, 2010 by cricketnepal

Nepali women continued its winning streak as they beat Kuwait by 7 wickets in the second day of the ACC U-19 Women’s Championship in Singapore. At the Indian Association ground, Kuwait won the toss and elected to bat first. They managed 49/9 in 25 overs – a target that Nepali woman national team reached in 8.3 overs losing just three wickets. Yesterday, Nepal had beaten Hong Kong by 79 runs.

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Nepal beats Hong Kong by 79 runs

Posted on October 4, 2010 by cricketnepal

Nepal began defense of the ACC U-19 Women’s Championship in style at Ceylon Sports Club (CSC) in Singapore defeating Hong Kong by 79 runs. Hong Kong won the toss and elected to field first. Nepal scored 123/6 in 25 overs and bowled out Hong Kong for 44 runs in 16.3 overs. Captain Nary Thapa was named player of the match.

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Good bye, Roy!

Posted on October 2, 2010 by somesh

If you’ve followed this week’s sports pages and talk shows on TV closely, it would appear as if Nepali cricket is about to change. The scenes are changing and changing fast. We are about to see the departmental teams (Police Club and Armed Police Force) in cricket. There are now 8 cricketing regions, up from existing 6. Not much needs to be said about the departmental teams and their contribution to Nepali sport. And to everybody’s excitement, APF have announced their intentions for the domestic league by signing the top names in Nepali cricket already.

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Shakti, Sanjam dropped from Asiad

Posted on October 1, 2010 by cricketnepal

Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) dropped vastly experienced Shakti Gauchan and Sanjam Regmi from the 14-member squad to represent Nepal in the 16th Asian Games from November 12-27 in Guangzhou, China. Shakti, Sanjam and Manjeet Shrestha, who traveled with the team to Italy for the ICC World Cricket League Division IV in August, left space for youngster Prithu Baskota, Binod Bhandari and Naresh Budhayer.

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