Monthly Archives: February 2013

Nepal defeated Dronacharya Club, Greater Noida by nine wickets on Thursday in its fourth practice match. Nepal is touring to Delhi, India in its preparation bid for the upcoming ACC T20 Elite Cup and ICC World Cricket League Division 3. The host, Dronacharya Club, elected to bat but was all out for 73 runs in 28.5 overs. The match was reduced to 35 overs per side due to technical reasons. Rahul Vishwakarma claimed three wickets while Basant Regmi and Ram Naresh Giri took two wickets for Nepal. Amrit Bhattarai and Shakti Gauchan dismissed a batsman each. Shubhankar Shudha was the top scorer for home team with 22 runs off 33 balls. Abhay Pratap and Rahul Siddhu added 16 runs each.… Read More

Nepali national cricket team suffered defeat in the second practice match of their India tour on Monday. Vijay Dhaiya Academy, Delhi beat Nepal by seven runs in the match reduced to 40 overs per side due to technical reason. Nepal elected to field first at the Vijay Dhaiya Academy Ground. The home team put up a good batting performance and reached 203/5 in 40 overs. Vijay Bhardwaj clobbered unbeaten 63 runs off 48 balls while Vivek Rana scored 63 runs off 84 balls. Saurav Kumar remained not out with 39 runs off 35 balls while Ankur Jhulka chipped in with 22 runs off 36 balls. Sagar Pun claimed two wickets for Nepal. His bowling figure was 4-0-22-2. Basanta Regmi, Amrit… Read More

Nepali national cricket team started its India tour in a winning note as it defeated DI Khan Coaching Center, Delhi by 42 runs in the first practice match on Sunday. Nepali team, which is touring India in its preparation bid for the ACC T20 Elite Cup and ICC World Cricket League Division 3, elected to bat at the DI Khan Senior Secondary School Ground, Delhi. Nepal was all out for 203 runs in 39.3 overs in the match reduced to 40 overs per side due to wet outfield. According to Nepali team’s Technical Analyst Raman Siwakoti, Binod Bhandari top scored for Nepal. Bhandari clobbered 69 runs off 56 balls including six boundaries and four sixes. Sharad Vesawkar scored 42 runs… Read More

Spinner Bhuwan Karki will get a chance to train with Indian Premier League (IPL) side Rajasthan Royals for a month, unless and until any unruly happens. Nepali national team coach Pubudu Dassanayake has arranged thre training program for Karki with the IPL side owned by Bollywood beauty Shilpa Shetty. Dassanayake made the training arrangement using his personal relation with the Rajasthan Royals Coach Monty Desai. Dassanayake, who was the coach of Canada from 2007 to 2011, has a good relation with Desai, who was the consultant coach of the Canada team during World T20 Qualifiers held in the UAE last year. Desai had called Nepali all-rounder Shakti Gauchan to Rajasthan for trial last year after watching latter’s performances in the… Read More

Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) announced preliminary 18-member national squad on Friday for the upcoming ACC T20 Elite Cup and ICC World Cricket League Division 3. The preliminary squad includes pacer Chandra Saud and Rahul Vishwakarma, who were left out in the final squad of ACC Elite Trophy held in the UAE in October 2012 because of injuries. U-19 batsman Sagar Pun and bowler Ram Naresh Giri secured their berths in the preliminary squad while another U-19 player Jitendra Kumar Mukhiya is also in the team. Coach Pubudu Dassanayake did not consider former Captain Binod Das, who is yet to recover fully from injuries, for the team whereas another pacer Manjeet Shrestha is included in the team. Bhuwan Karki, who… Read More

Region No 1 (Biratnagar) pulled a 10-run victory over Region No 4 (Bhairahawa) at the Pokhara Stadium on Thursday to clinch the Wai Wai U-19 National Cricket Tournament. Biratnagar elected to bat and was all out for 168 runs in 49.5 overs. In reply, Bhairahawa was all out for 158 in 49.1 overs. It was maiden U-19 title for Biratnagar. Biratnagar has reached the final of the U-19 national for the first time in 10 years. Biratnagar had played its last U-19 final in 2003, when it was beaten by Bhairahawa. Biratnagar opener Amol Das started the innings in style scoring 19 runs off seven balls including three boundaries and a six. Biratanagar lost wickets in quick span and limited… Read More

Region No 4 (Bhairahawa) set up a title clash with Region No 1 (Biratnagar) in the Wai Wai U-19 National Cricket Tournament defeating Region No 5 (Nepalgunj) by six wickets in the semifinal held in Pokhara on Wednesday. Nepalgunj elected to bat at the Pokhara Stadium and was all out for 179 runs in 49.4 overs. In reply, Bhairahawa reached 183/4 in 36.1 overs. Biratnagar had defeated Region No 2 (Birgunj) by one wicket in the first semifinal on Tuesday. Nepalgunj openers Siddhant Shahi and Wasim Halwai (20 runs off 64 balls) put up a 65-run partnership. Shahi, then, put up a 22-run stand for the second wicket with Prajjwal Shahi (10 runs off 14 balls). Siddhant was run out… Read More

Kalicharan Yadav completed a five-wicket haul, including a hat-trick, to help Region No 1 (Biratnagar) pull off a thrilling one-wicket victory over Region No 2 (Birgunj) in the semifinal of Wai Wai U-19 National Cricket Tournament in Pokhara on Tuesday. Kalicharan took the first ever hat-trick in the domestic age-group tournament as Biratnagar reached the final of the U-19 national tournament for the first time in 10 years. Biratnagar had played its last U-19 final in 2003, when it was beaten by Bhairahawa. Birgunj elected to bat at the Pokhara Stadium but was all out for 89 runs in 36.1 overs as Biratnagar bowlers dominated the match. Biratnagar bowler Rohit Singh dismissed Birgunj opener Amit Shrestha (1 run) in the… Read More

Four months after winning the ACC Trophy Elite in the UAE, Nepali cricketers are yet to receive state honor for the national team´s biggest achievement in international cricket. However, some non-resident Nepalis (NRNs) in the UAE have expressed willingness to lend their helping hands to build an indoor training facility for the cricketers. NRN UAE and Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) are planning to construct an indoor facility at Mulpani cricket ground before the onset of monsoon. “We are planning to bring the facility into operation by the end of this summer (Jestha) so that our players can practice during the rainy season,” CAN President Tanka Angbuhang said during a press conference organized in the capital on Saturday. According to… Read More

An inspired bowling performance from Avinash Karn helped Region No 2 (Birgunj) crush Region No 7 (Janakpur) by 10 wickets on Monday at the Pokhara Stadium and strengthen its hopes of reaching the semifinals of Wai Wai U-19 National Cricket Tournament. With the win, Birgunj has four points from three matches in Group B of the tournament. Region No 4 (Bhairahawa) leads the points table with four points from two matches while Region No 8 (Pokhara) has two points from two matches. Birgunj would qualify for the semifinals if Bhairahawa beat Pokhara or lost by a very narrow margin on Tuesday. Janakpur has already crashed out of the tournament losing all its three group stage matches. On Monday, Janakpur elected… Read More

Batting at No 9, Ram Naresh Giri scored an unbeaten 27 runs to guide Region No 2 (Birgunj) to a thrilling one-wicket victory over Region No 8 (Pokhara) in the Wai Wai U-19 National Cricket Tournament in Pokhara on Sunday. Chasing a 141-run target at the Pokhara Stadium, Birgunj was reeling at 78/7 in 26.4 overs when Giri came to the crease. He shared a 31-run partnership with No 3 Bikram Basnet (28 runs off 89 balls) for the eighth wicket to anchor the innings and take Birgunj to 143/9 in 44.5 overs. Giri faced 48 balls for his unbeaten 27 runs that included four boundaries. Earlier, Basnet and Suraj Prasad Kurmi (28 runs off 28 balls) put up a… Read More

National cricket team skipper Paras Khadka has said indifference of Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) has affected the players’ performance. Khadka made such comment during a seminar organized by Shepherd College in the capital on Sunday. “Apart from playing cricket, players should also take the responsibility to make the cricket management accountable,” said Khadka, “CAN is not dynamic. Until and unless CAN hires paid staff it cannot run smoothly.” Khadka opined that CAN is running in an unprofessional manner. “A handful of people are taking advantage as volunteers in the name of social service. Players do not even get prizes easily after winning big tournaments,” said Khadka who opined that CAN officials should look for sponsors to promote cricket. CAN… Read More

Nepali cricket umpire Buddhi Bahadur Pradhan was one of the on-field umpires of the Women’s World Cup match between England and Sri Lanka played in Mumbai on Friday. International Cricket Council (ICC) has nominated Pradhan as one of the umpires in the Women’s World Cup. Pradhan is considered one of the finest umpires from the associate countries and he had officiated the final match of the ICC World T20 Qualifiers between Ireland and Afghanistan in UAE last year. So far, Pradhan has already officiated 18 One-Day International matches and 4 T20 international matches. He has been listed in the ICC Associate and Affiliates Umpires Panel since 2005.

Bibek Chaudhary’s five-wicket haul ensured Region No 4 (Bhairahawa) a 47-run victory over Region No 2 (Birgunj) on Friday in the Wai Wai U-19 National Cricket Tournament being held in Pokhara. Bhairahawa elected to bat but was all out for 110 runs in 31.2 overs. However, Chaudhary’s magical bowling helped Bhairahawa to bundle out Birgunj for meager 63 runs in 30.3 overs. Bhairahawa lost its opener very early and was languishing at 17/3 in 6.4 overs. However, Bijay Sunar and Ganesh Gaudel put up an 83-run stand for the fourth wicket. Sunar scored 37 runs off 92 balls including five boundaries before Aarif Shekh claimed his wicket in the first ball of the 27th over. Bhairahawa, then, collapsed adding only… Read More