Monthly Archives: March 2012

Nepal suffered consecutive defeats in the ICC World T20 Qualifiers being held in the UAE as Afghanistan registered a 34-run victory on Friday. Afghanistan won the toss and elected to bat at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium and the country with One Day status proved to be too mighty for Nepal. Afghanistan put up 157/6 in the allotted 20 overs and restricted Nepal at 123/6. Though Chandra Saud claimed the wicket of Shabir Noori (naught) in the very first over of the innings, opener Karim Sadiq and Mohammad Shahzad consolidate Afghanistan. Sadiq and Shahzad put up 86-run partnership for the second wicket. Sadiq scored 52 runs off 39 balls including a boundary and three sixes while Shahzad faced 43 balls for… Read More

Welcome to the live coverage of Nepal Vs Afghanistan. Nepal takes on Afghanistan in the fourth match of the World Twenty20 Cup qualifiers in UAE. Nepal has won two matches, against Hong Kong and Denmark but lost to PNG on Thursday. Today’s match begins at 1000 Hrs GMT (1545 NST). We’ll go live some 15 minutes before the match starts. Today’s match will be the third T20 encounters between Nepal and Afghanistan. Afghanistan had defeated Nepal in the previous two meetings. Afghanistan had defeated Nepal by six wickets in the ACC T20 Cup, 2007 and by nine wickets in the ACC T20 Cup 2011, held in Kathmandu in December.

Nepali captain Paras Khadka received an official reprimand for breaching ICC Code of Conduct. According to ICC Media and Communication Officer Lucy Benjamin, Khadka received the official reprimand for showing dissent at an umpire’s decision during the ICC World T20 Qualifiers’ match between Nepal and Papua New Guinea on Thursday in Sharjah Cricket Stadium. Nepal had lost the match by 35 runs. Khadka pleaded guilty to a Level 1 offence and accepted the proposed sanction by ICC Match Referee David Jukes. The charge was brought by on-field umpires Ian Ramage and Roger Dill and third umpires Joel Wilson. “After being given out in the ninth over, the player rubbed his bat implying that he had hit the ball after being… Read More

Prithu Banskota’s unbeaten 36 runs off 36 balls went in vain as rest of the other Nepali batsmen faltered against Papua New Guinea (PNG). Nepal suffered a 35-run defeat in their third match in the ICC World T20 Qualifiers in the UAE on Thursday. Nepal had defeated Hong Kong on Tuesday and Denmark on Wednesday. PNG, which lost its first two matches against Afghanistan and Canada, put up 137/8 and restricted Nepal at 102/8 at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium to notch their  first victory in the tournament.   Nepal won the toss and elected to field first. Chandra Saud provided breakthrough as early as the fourth ball of the innings claiming the wicket of Tony Ura. When Captain Paras Khadka… Read More

Welcome to the live coverage of Nepal Vs PNG. Nepal takes on Papua New Guinea in the third match of the World Twenty20 Cup qualifiers in UAE. Nepal has already won two matches, against Hong Kong and Denmark. PNG has lost both its matches so far. In the first match Afghanistan defeated PNG by 6 wickets and in the second it was defeated by Canada by 6 runs. Today’s match begins at 1000 Hrs GMT (1545 NST). We’ll go live some 15 minutes before the match starts. Many eyes would be on former England international Geraint Jones, who has played a number of T20 matches for England and Kent. Before the match begins, have a look at yesterday’s match report here.… Read More

Spinner Shakti Gauchan, who took a hat-trick to script Nepal’s victory against Denmark in the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier match on Wednesday, is found to be a great fan of football also. Gauchan, who gave breakthrough to Nepal taking the wicket of Shehzad Ahmed in his first spell, took hat-trick in the 13th over of the Denmark’s innings as he claimed the wicket of Rizwan Mahmood, Aftab Ahmed and Kamran Mahmood. Then he celebrated in a footballer’s style, running away from the wicket and sliding on his chest like a football player. “When I took my hat-trick, I ran away from the wicket and slid on my chest like a football player,” said Gauchan to ICC. “I am also a… Read More

Shakti Gauchan was dropped from the national squad during the ACC T20 Cup held in Kathmandu in December. “I was bit upset to be dropped by then but I improved my form to make my comeback possible,” Gauchan had told Cricket.com.np before flying to the UAE to participate in the ICC World T20 Qualifiers. As Gauchan scripted Nepal’s victory against Denmark on Wednesday taking four wickets including a hat-trick, he proved that he really has improved his form. Gauchan gave the first breakthrough as he bowled Shehzad Ahmed in his first spell. Gauchan started his second spell in the 13th over of the innings. Paras Khadka caught Rizwan Mahmood off Gauchan in the second ball of the over. Then, Gauchan… Read More

Shakti Gauchan took four wickets including a hat-trick and Pradeep Airee scored blistering 65 runs off 43 balls to script consecutive victory for Nepal in the ICC World T20 Qualifiers in the UAE beating Denmark by nine wickets on Wednesday. Denmark elected to bat first but they were all out at 82 runs in 19.1 overs. Gauchan was the hero of Nepali bowling attack. He gave the first breakthrough to Nepal in the first ball of his first spell. He bowled Shehzad Ahmed (11 runs). Danish top order got the start but could not turn it to big one. Michael Pedersen (13 runs) was short of the crease. Sanjam Regmi bowled opener Freddie Klokker (21 runs).   Denmark was at… Read More

Welcome to the live coverage of Nepal Vs Denmark. This is the first ever match between the two nations. The Match is scheduled to begin at 10:00 GMT, meaning it will be available for us at 1545 hrs NST. Denmark is two places higher than Nepal, as far as ICC ranking is concerned. It was relegated from ICC World Cricket League Division 3, making it climb down to Division 4. Nepal is already in Division 4. We also remind our viewers that Nepal defeated Hong Kong by a wide margin of 28 runs yesterday. Denmark defeated Bermuda by 7 wickets on the same day. For match report of Nepal Vs Hong Kong, click here. .

Nepal started the ICC World T20 Qualifiers campaign with a 28-run win over Hong Kong on Tuesday. Electing to bat first at the ICC Global Cricket Academy Ground,Dubai,Nepalput up 130/6 in 20 overs as Captain Paras Khadka scored 68 runs off 62 balls. Later, Chandra Saud made his national team debut memorable taking four wickets as Hong Kong managed only 102 runs in 20 overs losing nine wickets. Nepal lost opener Pradeep Airee (naught) in the third ball of the innings and Sharad Vesawkar (2 runs) was also bowled by Munir Dar. Opener Paresh Lohani returned to pavilion when team was languishing at 38 runs. Skipper Khadka and his deputy Gyanendra Malla put up 56-run partnership for the fourth wicket.… Read More

Nepal is opening it’s campaign to the qualification to the World Twenty20 Cup against Hong Kong at Global Cricket Academy Ground 2 in UAE. For the live update of the match, follow the following updates by the Cricket Nepal team. In between, you can read the preview of the match and tournament preview by Binod Pandey

Paresh Lohani was playing his second international tournament when Nepali national cricket team was participating in the ICC Trophy held in Canada on 2001. Lohani was dreaming of knocking qualification door for the ICC World Cup then but Nepali team failed against Namibia in the very first match. Lohani is still in the national squad that is participating in the ICC World T20 Qualifiers, which begin on Monday in the UAE. The qualifiers could open the door toNepalfor the ICC World T20 Cup to be held inSri Lanka. Lohani, who made comeback in the national team recently, is upbeat again to pursue the World Cup dream. “I’m excited and energized now, as I was in 2001,” said Lohani. “The Qualifiers… Read More

Nepal will play Hong Kong in the first match when ICC World Twenty20 qualifiers begin on Tuesday in UAE. In the ACC Twenty20, which served as the qualifiers for this tournament, Nepal and Hong Kong met in the first match, where Nepal won by a wicket. This is the only match that can serve Nepal as an inspiration, if we analyse past performances in T20. According to the rankings, Nepal is the weakest team of the qualifiers. Most think, Nepal will be the whipping boys. However Captain Paras Khadka feels that everything is possible in T20 format and sees Nepali qualification, if his team is able to reach the second round. Playing with Hong Kong in the first match has… Read More

“Cricket is my favorite sport” When this line comes from the head of the country’s executive body, it means something for the lovers of the game. These were the lines, coming from Dr. Baburam Bhattarai, Prime Minister of Nepal. He was speaking at the prize distribution ceremony for the U-19 Women’s team, who recently won the ACC U-19 Women’s Championship, for the third time in a row. “During my college days in India, I used to play a bit,” Bhattarai said. It is no secret that PM Bhattarai studied Engineering in India and is known in political circles to have good connections with Indian establishment. “I try to watch it on TV when I can. I listen to the commentary.”… Read More

Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai handed over cash incentives of Rs 200,000 each on Saturday to the members of the Nepali team that clinched the ACC U-19 Women’s Championship for the third consecutive time inKuwaitin February. Nepal Government had made an announcement to reward the U-19 women’s team with cash incentive on February 16. Handing over the awards at his official residence at Baluwatar, Prime Minister Bhattarai called the winning players ‘national heroines’. “Our country is going through different kinds of crises, everyone is getting pessimistic. In this scenario, we are in need of national heroes and heroines,” said the PM. “Your victory gave the country a sigh of relief as it gave us a chance to keep our heads up,”… Read More

Nepali national cricket team left Kathmandu on Saturday to participate in the ICC World T20 Qualifiers to be held in the UAE from March 13 to 24. Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) bade farewell to the national team on Saturday amidst a function in the capital. National Sports Council Member Secretary Yuvaraj Lama and CAN President Tanka Aangbuhang gave their best wishes to the team. Nepal, slated in the group ‘A’ of the tournament, will face the Netherlands, Canada, Papua New Guinea, Hong Kong, Bermuda and Denmarkin the group stage. Ireland, Kenya, Scotland, Namibia, Uganda, Oman, Italy and the USA are in the group ‘B’. We talked to Nepali team before they left Kathmandu. Excerpts: Pubudu Dassanayake, coach We are… Read More

UAE is almost like home for Umpire Buddhi Bahadur Pradhan. Since most of the ICC associate championships are played there, it has become second home for Buddhi. He is on a visit to UAE for the 13th time, to officiate in the ICC World Cricket League Championship and ICC Twenty20 qualifiers. Buddhi has been raising his finger in the major tournaments of non-Test playing nations as he is the one of the umpires of ICC Associate and Affiliate panel. The 37-year-old, who has been in the panel since 2004, got the experience of a lifetime last month, officiating in the three day match between ICC Associate XI and England Lions. This match, played in UAE, had a first class match… Read More

What do you expect Nepali Cricket Team to carry when it is traveling to New Delhi, as a part of its preparation for ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier? Memento for the hosts? Yes, Team Nepal will carry that. Cricket Association of Nepal has prepared that. Just that it forgot to get team jersey for all the players. This perhaps sums up the preparation of Nepali team, for the World Cup qualifier, so far. There is a feeling among players that the cricket association has taken the entire preparation very lightly, although they do not want to go on record to tell you this. This is the biggest stage Nepali cricketers have ever played. Out of 16 association ICC members that play… Read More

Armed Police Force finished at the top in two out of two cricket finals, taking both the men’s and women’s title at the 6th National Games. In the final, APF men’s team defeated Central Region by 6 wickets, while the women’s team defeated Eastern Region by 28 runs. This was the first time APF women’s team played in nationals. It was formed only a year ago. At the Covered Hall grounds, Central Region won the toss and posted 144 runs. APF chased it own with an over to spare. For APF, Paresh Lohani scored 38 off 23 deliveries, with 2 sixes and 5 fours. Sharad Veswakar and Gyanendra Malla added 27 and 22. Towards the end, Mehboob Alam blasted 21… Read More

Armed Police Force are going to have two title clashes in cricket on the same day. Both the teams from APF, Men’s and Women’s have made it to the finals in cricket at the 6th National Games. In Men’s APF are to face Central Region. In the first men’s semi-final, Central Region defeated Western Region by 27 runs. Buoyed by Binod Das’ 30 ball 56, Central Region posted 121 in 19.5 overs, as Anil Mandal posted 22. Das thrashed his way to half century with 6 sixes and 3 fours. National U-19 player Rajesh Pulami scored 11. Western Region Bijay Thapa bowler took 3 wickets, as Lal Bahadur Adhikari managed two scalps. Chasing just over run-a-ball, Western Region could not… Read More