Monthly Archives: April 2013

Nepal lost its first match of the Pepsi ICC World Cricket League Division 3 against the USA by massive 94 runs on Sunday night as the American wicketkeeper batsman Steven Taylor played a blistering knock of 162 runs off 102 balls. Winning the toss, Nepal invited the USA to bat first at the Somerset Cricket Club in Bermuda but went on to concede a massive 366 for six in maximum 50 overs. In reply, Nepal was all out for 272 with one ball remaining in the innings. USA got off to a flying start as openers Steven Taylor and Orlando Baker put up a 125-run partnership within 17.2 overs. While Baker scored a patient 37 runs off 56 balls, Taylor brought… Read More

Nepal will start its ICC World Cricket League Division 3 campaign on Sunday night (NST) as it take on well-known rival the USA in the first match at Somerset. Nepal is considered as tournament favorite as it had defeated the USA in the league round and the final of the Division 4 last year and has good One-Day records against other teams like Oman and Italy. It would be ninth encounter between Nepal and the USA in One-Day format on Sunday. Following the latest success, Nepal has superior record against the USA. Nepal had won four matches against the USA in the past while lost two. Two encounters were washed-out. However, the inclusion of West Indian players in the USA… Read More

Dhangadhi Cricket Academy has started a school cricket program of its own. Former Nepal captain Binod Das and current member of Nepal team Shakti Gauchan inaugurated school cricket program in the Academy. Both the players were apparently impressed by the talent seen in the U-12 cricketers that turned up for the inaugural of the program. These children will attend the coaching given to them every Saturday.   Some of the best talent found in the U-12 program of Dhangadhi Cricket Academy are to be sent to National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Kathmandu, after a stint in Dhangadhi itself. The selected players are to be provided full scholarship to be trained in Kathmandu. NCA is to take care of the expenses… Read More

Nepal’s quest for a third consecutive title in international cricket ended in a defeat on Wednesday as Afghanistan registered a seven-wicket victory in the final of the ACC Twenty20 Cup at the TU Cricket Ground, Kirtipur. Playing its first T20 final, Nepal was expecting to upset Afghanistan, the winner of the all three previous editions of the tournament. However, Afghanistan bowlers made things difficult for Nepal after their captain Mohammad Nabi won the toss and elected to field. Afghanistan restricted Nepal to 135/6 and reached 137/3 with 13 balls remaining to maintain its dominance in the shortest version of the game on the Asian associate nations. “We didn’t get a desired start and we took time to recover from an… Read More

Following Prithu Baskota’s early strikes with the ball, Pradeep Airee struck a half-century and Binod Bhandari played an important cameo with the bat as Nepal registered a six-wicket victory over the UAE on Tuesday to reach the final of ACC T20 Cup for the first time. Nepal, which had crashed out from the group stage in the first two editions and reached the semifinals in the last edition, continued its sublime form to set up a final clash with Afghanistan in the ongoing fourth edition of the ACC T20 Cup. The title clash with Afghanistan at the TU Cricket Ground, Kirtipur on Wednesday will be Nepal’s third consecutive final in major tournaments. Nepal had won the ICC World Cricket League… Read More