Monthly Archives: December 2012

Cricket brought home glory in 2012 as Nepali national team lifted the World Cricket League Division 4 and ACC Trophy Elite titles. Nepali U-19 girls completed a title hat-trick in the ACC U-19 Women’s Championship. Despite failures in the ICC U-19 World Cup and ACC Women’s T20 tournament, 2012 was a year that instilled hope. Nepal emerged as the champion in the World Cricket League Division 4 held in Malaysia in September. It is the Nepali national team´s biggest success so far. Nepal defeated Singapore, Tanzania, Malaysia, the USA and Denmark in the round robin league and beat the USA by eight wickets in the final. To guide Nepal to the title, Shakti Gauchan bowled a miraculous spell of 10-8-2-3,… Read More

Armed Police Force (APF) Club clinched the title of Pepsi Standard Chartered T20 National Cricket Tournament on Saturday as it thrashed Region No 6 (Baitadi) by 95 runs in the final at the TU Cricket Ground, Kirtipur. It is consecutive title victory of APF, which won One-Day National Tournament last week. APF elected to bat and put up 167/5 in 20 overs as Gyanendra Malla and skipper Paras Khadka completed half centuries. Sanjam Regmi dismissed four batsmen of Baitadi while Shakti Gauchan claimed three wickets to bundle out Baitadi for 72 runs in 14.4 overs. APF lost its opener Paresh Lohani without scoring a run in the very first over but another opener Subash Khakurel (21 runs off 17 balls)… Read More

Region No 6 (Baitadi) pulled a thrilling one-wicket victory in the last ball against Region No 4 (Bhairahawa) on Friday and set up a final clash against Armed Police Force (APF) Club, which thrashed Region No 8 (Pokhara) by 95 runs, in the Pepsi Standard Chartered T20 National Cricket Tournament. Chasing 110-run target at the TU Cricket Ground, Baitadi was to score seven runs in the last over with two wickets in hand. Mahendra Chand kept his cool but Binod Lama (1 run) lost his wicket in the fourth ball of the last over after falling short to the crease. In the last ball off Krishna Karki, Chand had to score a run to seal the victory but he top… Read More

Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) trimmed national women’s team to 18 members on Friday and appointed Rubina Chhetri Belbase as captain.The CAN had called 25 woman cricketers to the first round of closed camp to prepare for the upcoming ACC Women’s Championship. The 18-member team includes Saraswati Chaudhary, Karuna Bhandari, Sarita Magar, Rashmi Sharma Chaulagain, Silu Rijal, Indu Verma, Trishna Singh, Rekha Rawal, Shova Ale Magar, Mamta Thapa, Sangita Gauchan, Madhu Thapa, Nira Rajopadhyay, Sonu Khadka, Nery Thapa, Roshani Bohara and Sita Rana Magar. Among the 25 called up for the first round of closed camp, Arati Bidari, Anjali Chand, Kabita Gautam, Manisha Rawal, Janaki Bhatta, Mamata Kumari Chaudhary and Geeta Chudal are excluded from the team. The championship is… Read More

Region No 4 (Bhairahawa) qualified to the semifinal of the Pepsi Standard Chartered T20 National Cricket Tournament from pool A along with the group leader Armed Police Force (APF) Club on Thursday. Bhairahawa thrashed Region No 1 (Biratnagar) by 82 runs at the Pulchowk Engineering Ground, Lalitpur to become runner-up in the pool A while APF humiliated Region No 3 (Kathmandu) by 61 runs to top the group. APF will lock horns with pool B runner-up Region No 8 (Pokhara) while Bhairahawa will take on Region No 6 (Baitadi) in the semifinals on Friday at the TU Cricket Ground. In a virtual quarterfinal, Subash Pradhan scored a half-century against Biratnagar to guide Bhairahawa to semifinal. Bhairahawa elected to bat but… Read More

Armed Police Force (APF) Club, Region No 6 (Baitadi) and Region No 8 (Pokhara) confirmed semifinal berths in the Pepsi Standard Chartered T20 National Cricket Tournament on Wednesday. Baitadi defeated Region No 5 (Nepalgunj) by 10 wickets to maintain its winning streak and top Pool B of the tournament. Baitadi has six points from three matches. Region No 7 (Janakpur) defeated Region No 8 (Pokhara) by five wickets on Wednesday but the latter qualified for the semifinals with a superior net run rate as both the teams have two points each. At TU Ground, Kirtipur, Nepalgunj elected to bat but Baitadi bundled the team out for 100 runs in 17.3 overs. Man-of-the-match Santosh Bhatta completed a five-wicket haul for Baitadi while… Read More

Indu Verma put up an all-round performance to help Apex Boarding School of Rupandehi clinched the title of the Third Inter School Wai Wai Girls’ National Cricket Tournament on Sunday. Apex defeated Suryodaya Higher Secondary School by nine wickets in the final played at Belbas, Rupandehi. Apex successfully chased a 74-run target in 8.2 overs losing only a wicket. Pratiksha Bashyal scored unbeaten 22 runs and Indu Verma contributed unbeaten 21 runs to seal the victory for Apex. Sapana Shrestha took the one wicket for Suryodaya. Earlier, Suryodaya had put up 73/8 in 15 overs. Roma Thapa (16 runs), Geeta Prasain (12 runs) and Sapana Shrestha (10 runs) were the major contributors for Suryodaya. Verma claimed two wickets while Soniya… Read More

One-Day champion Armed Police Force (APF) Club started also the Pepsi Standard Chartered T-20 National Cricket Tournament in a winning note as Region No 1 (Biratnagar), Region No 5 (Nepalgunj) and Region No 6 (Baitadi) sealed victory on the opening day of the tournament on Sunday. APF edged past Region No 4 (Bhairahawa) by eight wickets at the TU Cricket Ground, Kirtipur. Bhairahawa elected to bat and put up 109/9 in allotted 20 overs. Opener Sagar Pun (32 runs off 30 balls) and Subash Pradhan (20 runs off 22 balls) were the top scorers for Bhairahawa. Man-of-the-match Basant Regmi took four wickets while Sanjam Regmi and Shakti Gauchan claimed two wickets each for APF. APF met the target in 14.1 overs… Read More

Armed Police Force (APF) Club defended the Pepsi Standard Chartered National One-Day Cricket Tournament title despite a century by Region No 4 Bhairahawa’s Faljur Rahman Khan. Helped by Faljur’s 125, Bhairahawa posted 221 runs in 50 overs. APF Club needed 34.1 overs to surpass the score with national captain Paras Khadka leading the way to 6-wicket victory. APF won the toss and invited Bhairahawa to bat first. Apart from Faljur, Bhairahawa’s batsmen could not settle against bowling attack of APF. Subash Pradhan scored 28 while Sarad Vesawkar was the most successful bowler taking 3 wickets. In reply, APF Club’s star lineup lived up the expectations as every batsmen chipping in useful runs. Paras topscored with 86 not out with 10… Read More

Region No 4 (Bhairahawa) set up a final clash with the Armed Police Force (APF) Club in the Pepsi Standard Chartered National One-Day Cricket Tournament. The all-round performance of Sagar Pun helped Bhairahawa crush Region No 7 (Janakpur) by eight wickets in the semifinal on Thursday while the stellar performance of Basant Regmi sealed a 120-run victory for APF over Region No 2 (Birgunj). It is the fifth time Bhairahawa has reached the final of the national One-Day tournament while it is the consecutive second final for APF. Bhairahawa had played its last final in 2064 BS. APF elected to bat at the TU Cricket Ground, Kirtipur and put up 279/8 in allotted 50 overs as opener Paresh Lohani scored… Read More

Suryodaya Higher Secondary School, Jhapa and Apex English Boarding School, Rupandehi have secured semifinal berths in the Third Inter-school WaiWai Girls’ National T20 Cricket Tournament being held in Bhairahawa. Suryodaya defeated Lahan Public School by 21 runs in a Group A match held on Thursday. As Janajyoti Higher Secondary, Bardiya didn’t take part in the tournament, Thursday’s match was important for Suryodaya to qualify for the semifinals. Suryodaya elected to bat and scored 88/8 in 20 overs as Kajol Shrestha scored 22 runs. Lahan gave away another 22 runs as extras. Anuradha Chaudhary took four wickets for Lahan while Shanti Chaudhary and Samjhana Gautam claimed two wickets each. Chasing the total, Lahan was bowled out for 67 runs in 16.1… Read More

Triton International College set up a final clash against GoldenGate International College in the College Premier League T20 2012, Nepal Qualifier. Triton defeated Kathmandu City College (KCC) by five wickets on Wednesday at the Army School Ground, Bhaktapur while GoldenGate thrashed Laboratory College by 61 runs in the semifinal. KCC elected to bat and put up only 140/8 in 20 overs as man-of-the-match Basant Regmi took five wickets for Triton. Rajesh Pulami scored 51 runs off 36 balls including two boundaries and a six. Shibu Budhathoki contributed 29 runs off 24 balls. In reply, Triton reached the total in 16 overs losing only five wickets. Niraj Basnet and Amit Shrestha contributed 33 runs each while Manjeet Shrestha chipped in 26… Read More

Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) on Monday called up 25 women cricketers for the closed camp training for the upcoming ACC Women´s Championship. Among the 25 players, six are new faces while the other 19 were part of the closed camp training for the ACC Women´s T20 Asia Cup held in China last October. Arati Bidari, Anjali Chand, Kabita Gautam, Manisha Rawal, Janaki Bhatta and Saraswati Chaudhary are the new faces called up for the closed camp. Rubina Chhetri, Karuna Bhandari, Indu Verma, Nary Thapa, Mamata Kumari Chaudhary, Sangita Gauchan, Geeta Chudal, Rekha Rawal, Trishna Singh, Sarita Magar, Silu Rijal, Mamta Thapa, Roshani Bohara, Shova Ale, Neera Rajopadhyay, Rashmi Chaulagain, Sonu Khadka, Madhu Thapa and Sita Rana Magar are the… Read More

Former captain of Nepali national team Ganesh Shahi is no more. Shahi passed away on Friday morning at around 5:30 in Vivekananda Hospital in the Indian city Lucknow. He was suffering from liver infection. He had been residing in the Indian city Bahraich for past few years. Shahi was the captain of Nepali side when it played in ICC Trophy (now defunct) in 2001 played in Canada, qualifying tournament for Cricket World Cup 2003. He replaced Raju Khadka as captain after Canada did not give visa to four Nepali cricketers including Khadka. Shahi debuted for Nepal in first Nepali international cricket participation in 1st ACC Trophy, in Malaysia, in 1996. He played his last international match as captain in 2001… Read More

The Pepsi Standard Chartered National One-Day Cricket Tournament will begin on December 11, Tuesday with nine teams, the Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) announced. The cricket team of Armed Police Force will be joined by 8 regional teams for the tournament in Kathmandu. CAN said that the Twenty20 National Cricket League will be begin on December 23. The One-Day Cricket Tournament will be played at two grounds and matches will commence at 8:45 am to accommodate full quota of overs on winter days. Nepal Police Club (NPC), the runner-up of the last edition, is not participating in the upcoming tournament. According to CAN, winner of the tournament will receive Rs 150,000 and runner-up will bag Rs 100,000. Likewise, man-of-the-series will… Read More