Monthly Archives: January 2013

(Courtesy: Republica and myrepublica.com) Two week after establishment, the National Cricket Academy (NCA) headed by national cricket coach Pubudu Dassanayake conducted U-12 Youth Program, a training program aimed at finding talented young cricketers, at the TU Cricket Ground in Kirtipur on Wednesday. Altogether 332 students from 16 schools of Kathmandu Valley and Kathmandu Cricket Training Center (KCTC) attended introductory sessions on the first day of the program. National team stars like Binod Das, Shakti Gauchan, Basanta Regmi, Gyanendra Malla and Sanjam Regmi as well as former stars like Raju Basnet, Dipendra Chaudhary and Paresh Lohani were there to teach cricketing lessons to the rookies. “We had been talking about conducting programs at the grassroots level in the past and I think… Read More

PentagonInternationalCollege clinched the title of HotelDevoteeSPACupInter-college Cricket tournament here on Tuesday. Pentagon put up all-round performance to beat defending champion NASA International by four wickets in the final. Pentagon, which had suffered semifinal defeats in the last edition, was in no mood to let the opportunity go away this time. Pentagon bundled out NASA for 77 runs in 15.5 overs and successfully chased the target in 13.4 overs losing six wickets. Winner Pentagon received Rs 200,000 while runner-up NASA bagged Rs 100,000 in the domestic cricket tournament with the highest cash prize. NASA elected to bat but could not resist Pentagon´s bowling attack as its opener Subash Pradhan (1 run) was dismissed by Santosh Bhatta in the second over. Former… Read More

Two centuries in a T20 cricket match are rare but the first semifinal match of the HotelDevoteeSPACupInter-College Cricket Tournament between the host Sudur Paschimanchal Academy (SPA) and Pentagon International featured them. Subendu Pandey scored century to guide the host SPA to 182/4 in allotted 20 overs but former national team player Mehboob Aalam clobbered 102 runs to overshadow the former and guide Pentagon to a six-wicket victory in 15.4 overs. Aalam faced 40 balls and struck seven boundaries and 10 sixes. Aalam reached the 100-mark off only just 38 balls and was adjudged man-of-the-match. Aalam received Rs 5,000 from the organizers while former volleyball player Jagadish Bhatta handed over Rs 2,000 from his personal account to applaud the entertaining performance.… Read More

Brilliant bowling performance by medium pacer Suresh Guragain helped NASA International College, Kathmandu seal a six-wicket victory over Aishwarya Vidya Niketan, Dhangadhi on Sunday and book a berth in the semifinals of Hotel Devotee SPA Cup Inter-college Cricket Tournament being held in Dhangadhi. NASA will take on Mahendra Namuna Higher Secondary, Dadeldhura on Monday while Pentagon will lock horns with host Sudur Paschimanchal Academy (SPA) in the other semifinal. Guragain claimed three wickets to restrict Aishwarya to 112/8 in the allotted 20 overs. Guragain paired with Durgesh Singh in NASA’s bowling. He not only took two wickets in his very first over but also kept it a maiden over. He dismissed Kamal Raj Joshi for one run and Sagar Magar… Read More

Nepal thrashed the UAE by 86 runs on Friday to seal the consecutive second victory in the ACC Women’s Championship, cricket tournament. Nepal elected to bat at the Gymkhana Ground, Thailand and put up 145/5 in allotted 25 overs. In reply, UAE was all out for 59 runs in 22.4 overs. Madhu Thapa (three runs) and Sita Magar put up a 29-run opening stand before Thapa was caught by Kyna Vedhasinghe off Aysha Naushadkhan in the fifth ball of the sixth over. No 3 Roshani Bohara added just seven runs and departed but Sita Magar anchored the Nepali innings along side Sarita Magar. Sita and Sarita put up a 41-run partnership for the third wicket. Sita Magar scored 46 runs… Read More

Host Sudur Paschimanchal Academy (SPA) secured semifinal berth in the Hotel Devotee SPA Cup, inter college cricket tournament with highest cash prize, as it defeated Jagannath Multipule Campus, Baitadi by six wickets on Friday in Dhangadhi. Jagannath elected to bat first and put up 119/4 in allotted 20 overs as Ashok Chand scored unbeaten 43 runs. Lokesh Bhatta (17 runs) was the second highest scorer for Jagannath. Bikash Bam was the pick of the SPA bowlers as he claimed three wickets. Arjun Chapagain took a wicket for SPA. Chasing the total, SPA met the target in 18.4 overs losing four wickets. Bhuwan Karki top scored 29 runs while Pankaj Kunwar struck 25 runs. Prakash Khadka (19 runs) and Sandeep Khadka… Read More

Nepal started the ACC Women’s Cricket Championship campaign with an emphatic eight-wicket victory over Bhutan on Thursday. Nepal elected to field and restricted Bhutan at 65/8 in allotted 25 overs at the Prem Oval, Thailand. In chasing the low total, Nepal reached 68/2 in 13.4 overs. Bhutanese girls, except Dechen Wangmo, surrendered to Nepali bowlers and kept on losing wickets in regular interval. Nepali captain Rubina Chhetri bowled out opener Sonam Pelden (naught) and trapped lbw to another opener Ugyen Dema (five runs) to limit Bhutan to 12/2 in 5.4 overs. For the third wicket Bhutanese pair Wangmo and Yeshey Choden (seven runs) put up a 16-run partnership, the highest of the innings. Sarita Magar dismissed Choden in the fourth… Read More

Triton International College, Kathmandu defeated Tripura Sundari College, Achham by 53 runs on Thursday in the Hotel Devotee SPA Cup, inter college cricket tournament, being held in Dhangadhi. However, defending champion NASA International has to toil hard to produce 3-wicket victory over Sunrise Higher Secondary, Kanchanpur on Thursday. Triton elected to bat and put up 184 runs in 19.1 overs losing all the wickets as Dipendra Chaudhary top scored 42 runs. Antim Thapa scored 34 runs while Sunny Pun struck 29 runs. Rajesh Pulami added 26 runs for Triton. Man-of-the-match Kesav Pant took three wickets and helped Triton to restrict Tripura Sundari at 131/7 in allotted 20 overs. Raju Sharma blasted 45 runs off 32 balls for Tripura and Prem… Read More

Host Sudur Paschimanchal Academy (SPA) pulled off a 41-run victory over Siddhanath Multiple Campus on Wednesday to secure berth in the quarterfinals of the Hotel Devotee SPA Cup inter-college cricket tournament being held in Dhangadhi. SPA elected to bat and put up 141/8 in the allotted 20 overs. In reply, Siddhanath was all out for 100 runs in 18.5 overs. Openers Subendu Pandey (14 runs) and Jeevan Sunar shared a 35-run stand but SPA lost two wickets in quick succession. However, Sunar (31 runs) put up another 35-run partnership with Bhuwan Karki for the third wicket. Karki also scored 31 runs with three fours and a six. Arjun Chapagain and Sandeep Khadka chipped in with 12 and 13 runs respectively.… Read More

Kailali Multiple Campus defeated Tikapur Multiple Campus by 21 runs while  Aishwarya Vidya Niketan, Dhangadhi thrashed Ghodaghodi Multiple Campus, Sukkhad by nine wickets on the second day of the Hotel Devotee SPA Cup Cricket Tournament in Dhangadhi on Tuesday. In the first match of the day, Tikapur won the toss and elected to field. Kailali put up 101/8 in the allotted 20 overs as opener Prakash Bhatta and Raman Bam shared a 46-run partnership. Bhatta scored 20 runs including two fours and a six while Bam added 11 runs. Gyanendra Chhetri (16 runs) and Suresh Dhami (11 runs) were the other major contributors for Kailali. Chandra Rimal claimed three wickets for Tikapur while Nirmal Saud, Keshar Khadka, Dipak Subedi and… Read More

Pentagon College, Kathmandu thrashed Durga Laxmi Multiple Campus, Kailali by 101 runs in the inaugural match of the third edition of the Hotel Devotee SPA Cup, inter college cricket tournament, in Dhangadhi on Monday. Following the win, Pentagon secured berth in quarterfinal of the tournament. Durga Laxmi won the toss and elected to field. Batting first, Pentagon put up 199/8 in allotted 20 overs as Naresh Budhayer blasted 59 runs and Pushpa Thapa scored unbeaten 56 runs. Opener Mahesh Chhetri (nine runs) and Mehboob Alam (24 runs) gave a good start to Pentagon putting up 43-run stand within 3.4 overs. Janak Kunwar dismissed Chhetri and Alam, both. To guide Pentagon to the huge total, Budhayer struck eight boundaries and two… Read More

Giving shape to the idea forwarded by national team coach Pubudu Dassanayake some six months ago, Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) formally opened National Cricket Academy (NCA) at the TU Cricket Ground, Kirtipur on Tuesday. According to Dassanayake, the national team coach would head NCA along with other coaches and staffers. NCA will provide continuous training facilities to the Nepali national squad, Nepal A, Nepali U-19 team and women’s national team. CAN has appointed Jagat Tamata and Binod Das as coaches and Ram Shiwakoti as data and video analyst at NCA. CAN has set up its office and a gymnasium in the TU Ground storehouse. According to Dassanayake, NCA will launch introductory programs for U-12 players soon. The introductory program… Read More

Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) has called 37 cricketers for closed camp training for ACC T20 Elite Cup and ICC World Cricket League Division 3 tournaments. CAN called 35 players based on their performances in the Pepsi Standard Chartered One-Day and T20 National Tournaments held last month. Two other players – former captain Binod Das and Saurav Khanal – earned call-up based on their performances at international level in recent past. The duo had missed the national tournaments due to injuries. “National squad and ‘Nepal A’ team would be formed from the pool of players called for the closed camp,” states a press release issued by CAN on Sunday. ParasKhadka, PareshLohani, SharadVesawkar, SubashKhakurel, SunamGautam, PrithuBanskota, GyanendraMalla, AmritBhattarai, BasantRegmi and Shakti… Read More

Nepal would not meet Afghanistan and the UAE in the group stage of the ACC T20 Cup to be held in Kathmandu from March 25 to April 3. Asian Cricket Council (ACC) is yet to publish the draw of the tournament, it is almost sure Nepal would avoid the UAE and Afghanistan in the group stage as ACC usually divides group as per the seeding given to the teams based on the ACC Trophy Elite. Nepal and the UAE had shared the title of the ACC Trophy Elite held in the UAE three months ago with a tie result in the final. However, Nepal gets the top seeding for the T20 tournament as the host and as it had defeated the UAE… Read More