Monthly Archives: February 2012

Nepal entered into the semifinals of the ACC U-19 Women’s Championship Cricket Tournament as they pulled off third consecutive victory in the group round on Sunday defeating UAE by 68 runs. Nepallead Group A with six points from three matches whileThailandhave four points from two matches andChinahave two points from three matches.Malaysiaand the UAE have no points in their kitty. Nepal won the toss and elected to bat first at the KOC Unity Ground,Kuwait.Nepalput up 158/8 in 25 overs and later restricted the UAE at 90/9 in 25 overs. The score against the UAE isNepal’s second best score batting first, and it was the second win over the UAE in the all three editions of the championship.Nepalhad scored 159 runs… Read More

Nepal maintained their winning streak and thrashed Malaysia by 97 runs on Saturday in their second match of the ACC U-19 Women’s Championship being held in Kuwait. Nepal won the toss and elected to bat first. Opener Shilu Rijal scored 35 runs and Mamta Chaudhary remained unbeaten with 23 runs as Nepal scored 136 runs for five wickets in 25 overs. Indu Verma contributed 17 runs for Nepali team while Sonu Khadka remained unbeaten for 9 runs. Anuradha Chaudhary contributed five runs and Captain Rubina Chhetri scored just three runs. Kabita Gautam, who had scored 25 runs against China on Friday, scored just 2 runs against Malaysia on Saturday. Syazwani and Nadhirah took two wickets each forMalaysia. In reply, Malaysia… Read More

KATHMANDU, Feb 4 Nepalwon the second T20 match in their Mumbai Tour on Saturday as they defeated Nrilon Sports Club by five wickets. According to cricket umpire Raman Siwakoti, who is following Nepali team in Mumbai, Nirlon Sports Club won the toss and elected to bat first.Nepalrestricted them at 124/9 in 20 overs as Chandra Saud took four wickets. Amrit Bhattarai and Shakti Gauchan claimed two wickets each. Mohit Parwal was the highest scorer for Nirlon as he scored 53 runs. In reply, Nepali Captain Paras Khadka scored 57 runs and Sharad Vesawkar remained unbeaten for 49 runs to guideNepalto 128/5 in 19 overs. Paresh Lohani scored 12 runs. Prithu Baskota remained not out for six runs while Pradeep Airee… Read More

Nepali National Cricket team defeated Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) by seven wickets on Friday in its first T20 practice match in its Mumbai-tour. Nepali team led by Coach Pubudu Dassanayake and captain Paras Khadka is touring Mumbai for practice matches asNepalis preparing for the ICC World T20 Qualifiers to be held in the UAE on March. According to Nepali umpire Raman Siwakoti, who is also in the tour, Nepali team won the toss and elected to field first and the decision proved to be a right one. JNPT was all out for 53 runs in 16 overs. Basant Regmi and Sanjam Regmi took three wickets each while Amrit Bhattarai took two wickets. Chandra Saud and Mehboob Alam took a… Read More