Monthly Archives: March 2012

Region No 6 Baitadi clinched the title of the U-16 National Cricket Tournament as they defeated Region No 4 Bhairahawa by six wickets on Thursday at the TU Cricket Ground. It was the maiden title victory for Baitadi in men’s section of domestic cricket. The title became first major achievement for Baitiadi after they were introduced as the sixth cricketing region in domestic cricket in 2063 BS. Bhairahawa had lost the U-16 final in the last edition but against Birgunj. On Thursday, electing to bat first, Bhairahawa managed to score 136 runs losing nine wickets in 40 overs. Baitadi comfortably surpassed the target in 28.3 overs losing four wickets. Bhairahawa batsmen were uncomfortable against the tight bowling of Baitadi. Bhairahawa… Read More

Indian Premier League (IPL) team Rajasthan Royals called up Nepali spinner Shakti Gauchan for trial on Wednesday. Gauchan will fly to the Indian city of Nagpur on Thursday. Rajasthan Royals, looked after by Australian spin great Shane Warne as mentor, has been busy in its last training camp before the IPL in Nagpur. “Our national team coach Pubudu Dassanayake took the initiative and after several correspondences with the Rajasthan Royals officials, he asked me to go Nagpur,” said Gauchan. Coach Dassanayake has sent an email to Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) General Secretary Ashok Nath Pyakurel informing about the opportunity given to Gauchan. “This could be a great experience for Shakti (Gauchan),” Dassanayake wrote to Pyakurel. CAN will bear all… Read More

Region No 4 Bhairahawa set up a title clash against Region No 6 Baitadi in the final of the U-16 National Cricket Tournament. In the last league match of Group B, Bhairahawa continued their winning streak in the tournament and advanced to the final defeating Region No 8 Pokhara by five wickets on Wednesday at the TU Cricket Ground. Maintaining winning streak, Baitadi have fixed the berth in final the winner of group A. Winning the toss Pokhara opted to bat first and managed to score 116 runs losing all the wickets in 39 overs. Bhairahawa surpassed the target in 33 overs losing five wickets. Bhairahawa bowlers did not allow the Pokhara batsmen to remain in the crease for longer… Read More

The ESPN CricInfo, cricket most prestigious website, named Nepal’s captain Paras Khadka and Shakti Gauchan amongst the Best XI of the World T20 Cup Qualifiers. In the list curated by Peter Della Penna, Paras and Shakti ‘caught the eyes in the list dominated by champion Ireland’s players’.

Region No 4 Bhairahawa pulled consecutive victories in the U-16 National Cricket Tournament to strengthen their bid for final while Region No 2 Birgunj and Region No 5 Nepalgunj suffered consecutive loses to crash out of the tournament with a match each still to play. Bhairahawa thrashed Nepalgunj by 76 runs on Monday in a group ‘B’ match played at the TU Cricket Ground while Region No 7 Janakpur registered their first win in the tournament as they defeated Birgunj by two wickets at the Engineering Ground, Pulchowk. In a group ‘B’ match, Bhairahawa won the toss and elected to bat first. Bhairahawa was all out for 165 runs in 39.2 overs. Rahul Bhattarai scored unbeaten 28 runs for Bhairahawa… Read More

Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) has extended the contract of coach Pubudu Dassanayake for a year. “Dassanayake’s contract has been extended by a year,” CAN member Diwakar Ghale said. Ghale was also the manager of the team during the World Twenty20 Cup qualifiers in UAE where Nepal finished impressive seventh.

“Nepal belongs to Division One or Two,” proclaimed cricket skipper Paras Khadka emerging out of the Tribhuvan International Airport. Nepal, which is currently in the Division Four of the World Cricket League (WCL), finished seventh in the ICC Twenty20 Cup qualifiers in UAE ensuring global ranking of 17.

Nepal finished seventh in the ICC World T20 Qualifiers as Captain Paras Khadka and Prithu Baskota put up a 75-run partnership for the fifth wicket partnership to topple Papua New Guinea (PNG) by six wickets in the seventh place play off on Friday. Winning the toss, PNG elected to bat at theICC Global Cricket Academy ground in Dubai and put up 129/5. Nepal met the target losing only four wickets with a ball remaining. PNG had defeated Nepal by 35 runs in a crucial group stage match on March 15 to hamper Nepal’s preliminary final qualification. Friday’s victory completed Nepal’s revenge over PNG. After the win, Nepal can enjoy the 17th rank in the ICC T20 ranking for next two… Read More

Region No 4, Bhairahawa and Region No 6, Baitadi started the U-16 National Cricket Tournament on winning notes on Friday. Bhairahawa overcame Region No 1 Biratnagar by three wickets while Baitadi defeated Region No 3 Kathmandu by 12 runs. In the match played at the Engineering Ground Pulchowk, Shankar Rana’s unbeaten 70 runs helped Bhairahawa chase the total of 166 runs in 29.1 overs. Winning the toss Biratnagar opted to bat first and scored 165 runs losing all the wickets in 34.1 overs. Mayanand Chaudhary’s 36 runs was the highest contribution for Biratnagar while Bhairahawa gave away 39 runs as extras. In another match played at TU ground Kirtipur, Baitadi won the toss and posted the huge total of 210… Read More

Welcome Nepal take on Papua New Guinea today in the  seventh-place play-off of the ICC World T20 Qualifiers. We’ll give live updates of the match. The seventh place play-off could be a chance for Nepal to avenge Papua New Guinea, who had defeated Nepal by 35 runs in group stage match of the ICC World T20 Qualifiers.

Nepal achieved a laudable five-wicket victory over Kenya in the World Twenty20 Cup qualifiers at GCA, Dubai to set the seventh-place playoff clash with Papua New Guinea (PNG). Nepal defeated Kenya, an One-Day International (ODI) nation, by 5 wickets with two balls remaining.

Kantipur City College (KCC) lifted the title of the Martyr’s Dil Bahadur Ramtel Running Cricket Tournament on Wednesday with three wickets victory over defending champion Balkumari College. In the final played at the TU ground, Kirtipur, Balkumari, batting first, scored 129 runs for the loss of three wickets. KCC reached the target in 19.2 overs losing seven wickets. With the win, KCC bagged Rs 50,000 while Balkumari pursed Rs 30,000.

Mehboob Alam will renew his rivalry with Collins Obuya while Prithu Baskota, Pradeep Airee and Krishna Karki could get chance to lock horns with known opponents Rakep Patel and Duncan Allan as Nepal take on Kenya for the seventh place play-off semifinal of the ICC World T20 Qualifiers on Thursday. Nepali national team has never met Kenya’s national team before. However U-19 teams had played twice against each other and Nepal had won both matches. In 2000, Nepali team defeated Kenya by 14 runs in the U-19 World Cup to become the only associate country to reach second round of the Youth World Cup.  Alam was man-of-the-match then and had bowled Collins Obuya in the match. Alam and Obuya are… Read More

Nepal’s World T20 Cup dream came to an end as Nepali batsmen faltered once again on Tuesday in the ICC World T20 Qualifiers, this time against Canada. In a complex equation of run rates, Nepal had a chance to qualify for the preliminary final, had it met the 102-run target in 12.3 overs. However, Nepali batting line-up crumbled down and was all out for 83 runs in 18.2 overs to hand over an 18-run victory to Canada. After the defeat, Nepal finished fifth in Group A of the tournament. Nepal will now take on Kenya on Thursday in the seventh place play-off semifinal. Kenya finished fourth in Group B. Canada won the toss and elected to bat at the Sharjah… Read More

Welcome: Nepal are taking on Canada in the ICC World T20 Qualifiers today. Nepal have to win this match at least by 55 runs in batting first or within 12 to 13 overs in batting second. This is not exact calculation but the equation would be similar to this. We’ll begin live updates soon.

Netherlands outclassed Nepal by six wickets on Monday in the ICC World T20 Qualifiers being held in the UAE. At the ICC Global Cricket Academy in Dubai, Netherlands won the toss and elected to field and restricted Nepal at 85/7 in allotted 20 overs. In reply, Netherlands met the target in 13.5 overs losing four wickets. Nepal lost their opener Pradeep Airee (1 run) in the third over and the wickets kept on falling. Sharad Vesawkar, skipper Paras Khadka added a run each and returned to pavilion as Nepal was reeling at 10/3 in 4.3 overs. Opener Anil Mandal scored 11 runs off 24 balls. Gyanendra Malla added 32 runs off 49 balls in his attempt to anchor the innings.… Read More

Nepal are taking on the Netherlands in a must win game in the ICC World T20 Qualifiers today. Cricket.com.np will give you the live updates of the match. You can watch live streaming on http://www.quipu.tv/html/live.html.  

Skipper Paras Khadka and spinner Shakti Gauchan scripted Nepal’s 24-run win over Bermuda in the ICC World T20 Qualifiers on Sunday at Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi. Player-of-the-match Khadka scored unbeaten 65 runs while Gauchan grabbed three wickets in a must win match for Nepal. Gauchan is the leading wicket taker in the tournament with 12 wickets off five matches. With three wins, Nepal have created its chance for the next round. Nepal have to win at least another match to qualify for the second round. Nepal will face Netherlands on Monday and Canada on Tuesday. Winning the toss, Nepal opted to bat first and scored 151 runs for the loss of six wickets. Nepal did not start well as… Read More

Welcome to the live coverage of Nepal Vs Bermuda. This is the first ever encounter  between both the teams at any level. Bermuda is best remembered by cricket fans for Dwayne Leverock, who played in the World Cup 2007. Most cricket lovers haven’t forgotten his eye popping, diving catch at the slips, off the bat of Robin Uthappa. If you want to have a glimpse of it, click here. For preview of the match by Cricket Nepal, click here. We’d be going ahead with the live coverage as soon as it starts (1545 Hrs NST = 1000 Hrs GMT)

Nepal plays Bermuda in ICC World Twenty20 on Sunday. This is the first time both the teams are playing against each other. Bermuda has already played World Cup in 2007. Not to mention, this is the biggest championship Nepal has played so far. But things have changed now. Bermuda is at the bottom of Group A, losing all four matches they’ve played. Meanwhile, Nepal has lost last two matches to drop down to fifth position. Top three teams of Group A and B will play semi-final play off. Nepal defeated Hong Kong by 28 runs and followed it up with a 9-wicket win against Denmark. But lost two matches with almost same difference against Papua New Guinea (35 runs), on… Read More

Newly nominated member of Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN), Manusi Yami Bhattarai, announced on Saturday that she would step down from her post after she was dragged into controversy. Issuing a press release, Bhattarai refuted media reports that she was nominated as a member of the CAN due to the influence of her father, Prime Minister Dr Baburam Bhattarai. “A section is trying to create confusion and draw the PM into controversy by circulating false report that I got an appointment in the CAN just because I am the PM’s daughter,” Bhatarai said in a statement. Earlier, National Sports Council (NSC) had confirmed on Saturday that Bhattarai and Deepak Saud were nominated as the members of CAN, but, within its… Read More

The Embassy of India on Friday announced to award education scholarship to the members of the Nepali U-19 women´s cricket team, who recently won the title of the ACC U-19 Women´s Championship for the third consecutive time. Each member of the squad will receive Rs 5,000 every month for two years to continue their education, the Indian Embassy said during a press conference organized in the capital on Friday. Along with the scholarship, the players also received insurance policies worth Rs 100,000 for two years for sports injury from National Insurance Company. India´s Ambassador to Nepal Jayanta Prasad congratulated the Nepali U-19 squad for being undefeated in the tournament for three years. “The government of Nepal had earlier felicitated the… Read More