Monthly Archives: March 2013

Nepal reaches semis, books World T20 Qualifiers

Posted on March 31, 2013 by cricketnepal

Pursuing its World Cup dream, Nepali cricket team has inched closer to the World T20 Cup 2014 to be held in Bangladesh after advancing to the World T20 Qualifiers to be held in the UAE in November, thanks to its semifinal qualification in the ACC T20 Cup on Sunday. Nepal registered the biggest ever T20 victory in terms of run margin against Singapore at the TU Cricket Ground on Sunday to secure berth in the World Cup Qualifiers for the second time in a row. The top 16 associate members of International Cricket Council (ICC) will compete in the qualifiers. Of them, the top six teams will qualify for the World T20 Cup. Nepal had finished seventh in the last… Read More

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Khadka helps Nepal to strengthen semifinal bid

Posted on March 30, 2013 by navin

Skipper Paras Khadka’s brilliant innings helped Nepal to seal a 19-run victory over Malaysia in the ACC T20 Cup on Saturday and strengthen semifinal chances. As Nepal and Malaysia are to face relatively minnows of the tournament in their last group-stage matches and Nepal has a good net run rate in the tournament, Saturday’s match was considered a virtual quarterfinal. Malaysia elected to field first at the TU Cricket Ground but Nepali skipper Khadka’s valiant knocks of 87 runs off 54 balls helped Nepal to reach 163/8 in 20 overs. In reply, Malaysia reached only 144/9 though Shafiq Sharif tried to boost Malaysian hopes by scoring 53 runs off 38 balls. Nepal failed to have good start as opener Pradeep Airee was… Read More

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CAN calls 32 U-19 players in camp

Posted on March 29, 2013 by cricketnepal

Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) called 32 players in the first phase of the closed camp training on Friday for the upcoming ACC U-19 Elite Cup. The ACC U-19 Elite Cup is scheduled to begin on May 1 in Malaysia. CAN has called five players each from Region No 2 (Birgunj), Region No 3 (Kathmandu) and Region No 4 (Bhairahawa) in the closed camp training. Likewise, four players each from Region No 1 (Biratnagar), Region No 6 (Baitadi) and Region No 7 (Janakpur), three players from Region No 8 (Pokhara) as well as two players from Region No 5 (Nepalgunj) are also called in the closed camp. Amit Dahal, Kalicharan Yadav, Mayanand Chaudhary and Suman Shrestha of Biratnagar are in… Read More

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ACCT20: HK outplays Nepal

Posted on March 27, 2013 by cricketnepal

Nepal looked in disarray in a six-wicket defeat on the hands of Hong Kong in the ACC Twenty20 Cup at TU Ground. A day after a convincing victory against Maldives, Nepal handed over equally convincing win to the strong opponent as it managed a modest total of 115 for 9 in 20 overs. The target was never going to tough for Hong Kong, but they made it even easier by going out aggressively and scoring 39 runs in first three overs – thanks to Irfan Ahmad. Ahmad went after Nepali bowling hitting a couple of consecutive sixes and another couple of consecutive fours to mutter 21 runs in Amrit Bhattarai’s over. He was out next over, holing out on Basant… Read More

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ACC T20 Cup: Nepal thrash Maldives

Posted on March 26, 2013 by cricketnepal

Pradeep Airee sprayed colors all over the field as Nepal began the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) Twenty20 Cup on a high note with a 76-run victory over lowly Maldives at the TU Cricket Ground. Pradeep’s quickfire 59 off just 26 balls propelled Nepal to a brilliant start that saw the opening pair, Subash Khakurel on the other end, adding up 80 runs in 6.2 overs. The foundation was well utilized despite hiccups during middle overs as Nepal raced to 171 for 5 in 20 overs. Maldives lost the initiatives early losing wickets and struggling to cope with bowling and never looked like reaching anywhere near the target. They were restricted to 95 for 7 in 20 overs in front of… Read More

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ACC T20 Cup: Nepal to start in flying colors

Posted on March 25, 2013 by Ujjwal Acharya

Nepal’s captain Paras Khadka believed his team will come up with flying colors in the ACC Twenty20 Cup that starting on the day of Fagu Purnima, the festival of colors. “We have prepared best and we are at very high level of confidence,” Paras said. “We want to start in the winning note and continue winning.” Nepal is playing Maldives, a team that had never defeated Nepal in any form and level, on Wednesday at the TU Cricket Ground. In the only T20 cricket played between the teams, Nepal defeated Maldives by 75 runs in the Asian Games, Gongzhou. “Strength is adaptation” When asked about strength of Nepali team, Paras said: “adaptiveness”. “Our training in Pokhara was good, we trained… Read More

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National team starts training in Pokhara

Posted on March 15, 2013 by cricketnepal

Nepali national cricket team, which returned from India tour recently, has started training in Pokhara from Thursday. It is the first time the national team has been training outside Kathmandu valley. The Nepali national team has been preparing for the upcoming ACC T20 Cup to be held in Kathmandu from March 26 to April 3. The national team includes under Paras Khadka´s captaincy retains Gyanendra Malla as vice-captain. Sharad Vesawkar, Amrit Bhattarai, Shakti Gauchan, Basanta Regmi, Sanjam Regmi, Pradeep Airee, Anil Mandal, Prithu Baskota, Subash Khakurel, Binod Bhandari, Manjeet Shrestha and Chandra Sawad complete the national team. Rahul Vishwakarma, Jitendra Mukhiya, Ram Naresh Giri and Sagar Pun are considered as reserve players for the ACC T20 Cup.   Nepal has… Read More

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