Monthly Archives: July 2011

Scotland back on track beating Nepal

Scotland proved to be too strong for Nepal at the Merrion Cricket Club. Scotland batted first after a rain delay and was bowled out for 214 in 49 overs. Freddie Coleman’s 81 off 102 balls with six boundaries negated Nepal bowler Bhuwan Karki’s 5 for 41.

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Nepal proves too good for Afghanistan

Nepal prevailed over Afghanistan in one of the keenly awaited contests of the day at the Leinster Cricket Club. Nepal’s wicketkeeper-batsman Subash Khakurel held the innings together with a 92 ball-54 studded with five boundaries. Nepal was bowled out for 154 in 44.3 overs as Afghanistan bowlers shared the wickets around.

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Confident Nepal leaves for Ireland

Team Nepal left Kathmandu on Sunday for the U-19 World Cup qualifiers campaign. Nepali U-19 is scheduled to participate in the ICC U-19 World Cup Qualifiers in Ireland from July 28 to August 9. The top six teams after round-robin league in the 10-nation event will qualify for 2012 U-19 Cricket World Cup in Australia.

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We want to play World Cup: Baskota

Teenage cricketer Prithu Baskota, who made his national team debut in the 16th Asian Games, is the captain of Nepali U-19 team for the upcoming ICC U-19 World Cup Qualifiers. Baskota is the only player to lead Nepal in all age groups. Nepali U-15 team won the ACC U-15 Elite Cup in 2006 in Malaysia under the leadership of Baskota. He, then, led Nepali team to win the ACC U-17 Elite Cup in 2009 in Kathmandu. Baskota was the vice-captain of the Nepali team that participated in the ACC U-19 Elite Cup 2009 in Kuwait, where Nepal could not reach the final for the first time in 10 years and missed the chance to play World Cup Qualifiers.

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Nepal ready for U-19 World Cup qualfiers

Ireland coach Jeremy Bray, in an interview on the eve of the ICC U-19 World Cup qualifiers, said: Nepal has a strong culture. Not only the host of the event Ireland but most of the participating nations have naturally taken Nepal as a strong team for the past performance in the U-19 World Cups. For Nepali team, who hope to rejoin the U-19 World Cup finishing top six in the 10-team event, the problems is the weather and the opening match against the regional competitor, Afghanistan.

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Celebrating 10th Anniversary!

Cricket Nepal celebrates 10th Anniversary today. It was formally announced on July 11, 2001 as a hobby with support from many cricket loving sports journalists, friends and View Nepal Pvt. Ltd. On this day, Cricket Nepal thanks all contributors, players, officials and well-wishers. Cricket Nepal will continue to document Nepali cricket.

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Team, schedule for U-19 WC qualifiers

Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) announced 14 players for the up coming ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup Qualifiers to be held on Ireland from July 28- August 9 on Tuesday. The players were kept in a closed-camp training in Kathmandu from June 6.

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