Monthly Archives: May 2013

Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) XI suffered yet another defeat in the 31st All India Uttarakhand Gold Cup Cricket Tournament in Dehradun, India. CAN XI, which started the tournament in winning note defeating Uttarakhand XI, lost to Oil and Natural Gas Corporation, India by nine wickets on Wednesday. CAN XI, led by captain Prithu Baskota, had lost to Dena Bank by 28 runs in its second match on Monday. CAN XI elected to bat but was all out for 58 runs in 22 overs. ONGC met the small target in 6.1 overs. Sagar Pun has taken the wicket for Nepali team. According to CAN XI coach Binod Das, all Nepalis batsmen played poor shots to throw their wickets away. Anil… Read More

Region No 1 (Biratnagar) lifted first ever women’s title on Monday as it beat Region No 4 (Bhairahawa) by two wickets in the final of the Wai Wai Women’s U-19 National Cricket Tournament at the TU Cricket Ground, Kirtipur. Biratnagar elected to field and bundled out Bhairahawa for a small 63 runs in 18.1 overs in a match reduced to 20 overs per side from 25 overs due to rain. Sangita Rai took four wickets while Sabnam Rai, Sapana Shrestha, Sanjhana Budhathoki and Yanji Sherpa claimed a wicket each. Two of Bhairahawa batters were run out. Biratnagar put up disciplined bowling attack by conceding only 10 runs as extras. Opener Barsa Rana (seven runs off 24 balls) and Pratikshya Bashyal… Read More

Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) XI lost to Dena Bank by 28 runs on Monday in its second match of the 31st All India Uttarakhand Gold Cup Cricket Tournament in Dehradun, India. CAN XI, led by Prithu Baskota, had sealed a two-wicket victory over Uttararakhand XI on Sunday. On Monday, Dena Bank elected to bat and was all out for 150 runs in 40 overs. In reply, Nepal was all out for 122 runs. After a solid start with a 50-run opening stand, Dena Bank lost its first wicket in 11th over. Pradeep Airee stuck twice in two overs to reduce Dena to 64/2. Sagar Pun then claimed four wickets and Dena was at 123/7. Bhuwan Karki also claimed three… Read More

Region No 4 (Bhairahawa) set up a final clash with Region No 1 (Biratnagar) in the Wai Wai Women’s U-19 National Cricket Tournament. The semifinal between Bhairahawa and Region No 5 (Nepalgunj) ended with no result as rain forced to abandon the match at TU Cricket Ground on Sunday. As per the tournament regulation, Bhairahawa, which has better group stage performance than Nepalgunj, qualified to the final. Nepalgunj had elected to bat and put up 54/5 before rain stopped the match. By then Sudha Thapa had claimed two wickets while Saiyya Gurung had taken a wicket for Bhairahawa. Laxmi Chaudhary had scored unbeaten 18 runs off 34 balls by then. In the first semifinal, Kajol Shrestha and Sanjhana Budhathoki put… Read More

Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) XI, started the 31st All India Uttarakhand Gold Cup Cricket Tournament in winning note as the Nepali team led by Prithu Baskota sealed a two-wicket victory over Uttararakhand XI in Dehradun. According to CAN XI coach Binod Das, Nepal bundled out Uttarakhand for 187 runs in 36.3 overs and met the target in 39.4 overs losing eight wickets. Uttarakhand XI elected to bat and made brilliant start scoring 75 runs in 15 overs without losing wickets. The CAN XI got first breakthrough courtesy to a brilliant run out by Baskota and Mahendra Chand. Uttarakhand XI suffered a mini collapse as they were at one stage 102/4 in 23 overs. Shakti Gauchan bowled superb spell taking… Read More

Region No 4 (Bhairahawa) defeated Region No 1 (Biratnagar) by three wickets at the TU Cricket Ground on Friday to top the group B of the Wai Wai Women’s U-19 National Cricket Tournament. Indu Berma’s all-round performance helped Bhairahawa to become the winner of the group. Biratnagar finished the group stage as runner-up. Biratnagar elected to bat first and put up 98/7 in allotted 25 overs. In reply, Bhairahawa reached 100/7 with two overs remaining. Berma took two wickets, a catch and involved in two run-outs to restrict Biratnagar. Soniya Paudel, Sudha Thapa and Alisha KC claimed a wicket each. Biratnagar opener Kajol Shrestha scored 35 runs off 56 balls before Berma trapped her LBW. Sabnam Rai remained unbeaten with… Read More

Region No 1 (Biratnagar) and Region No 4 (Bhairahawa) stormed into the semifinals of Wai Wai Women’s U-19 National Cricket Tournament. An unbeaten half-century from player-of-the-match Kajol Shrestha helped Biratnagar thrash Region No 8 (Pokhara) by 96 runs on Thursday at the TU Cricket Ground while Indu Berma’s all-round performance sealed a six-run victory for Region No 4 (Bhairahawa) over Region No 6 (Baitadi). Biratnagar and Bhairahawa will lock their horns on Friday to decide the winner and runner-up of the group B while already crashed out teams, Baitadi and Pokhara, will vie for a consolation win. Shrestha, the opener of Biratnagar, scored unbeaten 52 runs off 64 balls including three boundaries to guide her team to a total of… Read More

Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) has informed that a team led by Prithu Baskota would play the 31st All India Uttarakhand Gold Cup Cricket Tournament in Dehradun on the name of CAN XI. The CAN organized a press conference on Thursday and informed that the team would move to Dehradun via Dhangadhi. Only seven players of the national team that clinched the ICC World Cricket League Division 3 are included in the 14-member team of CAN XI. “Captain Paras Khadka, Gyanendra Malla and Basant Regmi are in process to play professional cricket in Canada. Sharad Vesawkar, Rahul Vishwakarma and Subash Khakurel are injured while two bowlers, Amrit Bhattarai and Sanjam Regmi, are rested,” said Ashok Nath Pyakuryal, the general secretary… Read More

Region No 1 (Biratnagar) and Region No 4 (Bhairahawa) made winning starts in the Wai Wai Women’s U-19 National Cricket Tournament on Wednesday. As the matches of Group B of the tournament began on Wednesday at the TU Cricket Ground in Kirtipur, Biratnagar edged past Region No 6 (Baitadi) by 29 runs while Bhairahawa thrashed Region No 8 (Pokhara) by eight wickets. Region No 7 (Janakpur) and Region No 5 (Nepalgunj) have already reached the semifinals from Group A. Biratnagar elected to bat and put up 108/8 in the allotted 25 overs. In reply, Baitadi was all out for 79 runs in 18 overs. Captain Sanjhana Budhathoki scored 25 runs off 39 balls for Biratnagar while Roma Thapa added 21… Read More

Region No 7 (Janakpur) and Region No 5 (Nepalgunj) entered the semifinals of Wai Wai Women´s U-19 National Cricket Tournament on Tuesday. Defending champion Janakpur, which had lost its opening match against Nepalgunj on Sunday, registered an eight-wicket victory over Region No 2 (Birgunj) on Tuesday at the TU Cricket Ground to top Group A of the tournament. Janakpur had defeated Region No 3 (Kathmandu) on Monday. Nepalgunj lost to Kathmandu in super over on Tuesday. However, Nepalgunj qualified for the semifinals as the Group A runner-up as it has a better net run rate than Birgunj, which had defeated Kathmandu on Sunday. Nepalgunj had won its first match against Janakpur on Sunday and shared points with Birgunj on Monday… Read More

Region No 3 (Kathmandu) crashed out of the Wai Wai Women’s U-19 National Cricket Tournament as Region No 7 (Janakpur) registered a seven-wicket victory over it on Monday at the TU Cricket Ground. Kathmandu, which had lost to Region No 2 (Birgunj) on Sunday, elected to bat and put up 66/6 in 20 overs. Due to the rain, the match was reduced to 20 overs per side from 25 overs. Janakpur reached the target in 18 overs losing only three wickets. Following the victory, defending champion Janakpur restored its hope of reaching semifinal. Janakpur had lost to Nepalgunj on Sunday. Usha Bhujel scored 18 runs off 49 balls for Janakpur while Sarswoti Chaudhary remained unbeaten with 12 runs off 21… Read More

Region No 5 (Nepalgunj) upset defending champion Region No 7 (Janakpur) by 45 runs in the opening day of the Wai Wai Women’s U-19 National Cricket Tournament on Sunday. Nepalgunj elected to bat and was all out for 99 runs in 24.4 overs at the TU Cricket Ground, Kirtipur. In reply, Janakpur was all out for only 54 runs in 15.1 overs. Nepalgunj got poor start and was at 14 for 6 in 5.3 overs. However, RekhaBC and Sabitri Chhetri played crucial knocks to rescue Nepalgunj. They put up a 76-run partnership for the seventh wicket. BC scored 41 runs off 64 balls while Chhetri added invaluable 27 runs off 48 balls. BC struck five boundaries. Five of Nepalgunj batswomen… Read More

Nepali pacer Avinash Karn was adjudge the best bowler of the ACC U-19 Elite Cup that concluded on Saturday in Malaysia but Nepali U-19 team suffered a six-wicket defeat with the host in third place play off. Karn had claimed 24 wickets from the six matches with an economy of 4.21. His best bowling figure was against Bahrain in the group stage match, where he had claimed eight wickets for 24 runs including a hat-trick. His bowling average in the tournament was 8.33. However, Karn’s individual success was the only thing to cheer by the Nepali team as the host Malaysia secured third place beating Nepal on Saturday. Winning the toss and electing to bat first at Bayuemas Oval ground… Read More

Nepal’s hope of playing seventh ICC U-19 World Cup ended as the United Arab Emirates thrashed it by 76 runs on Friday in the semifinal of the ACC U-19 Elite Cup being held in Malaysia. As International Cricket Council (ICC) has a provision of promoting the champion of ACC U-19 Elite Cup, Nepal’s qualification dream ended with the semifinal loss. As UAE is pre-qualified for the upcoming U-19 World Cup as a host nation, Afghanistan confirmed its berth for the biggest age group tournament reaching the final after beating Malaysia on Friday. It is the third time Nepal has failed to qualify to the ICC U-19 World Cup in the last nine editions. Nepal had failed to qualify for the… Read More

Prime Life Insurance awarded Nepali national cricket team on Friday for winning the World Cricket League Division 3 title. Founding Chairman of Prime Life Rajendra Khetan and CEO Resta Jha handed over a cheque of Rs 500,000 to team Captain Paras Khadka and Manager Tarani Bikram Shah amidst a program in the capital. Khadka thanked the insurance company for setting an example to corporate sector by rewarding cricketers. “Playing both T20 and One-Day World Cup is our dream and only the effort of we players would not be enough to fulfil it. We need support from every sector. Let’s all come together and together we can,” said Khadka. Earlier, Prime Life Insurance had appointed cricketer Sharad Vesawkar as its brand… Read More

ICC World Cricket League Division 3 champion Nepali national team received a warm welcome upon its arrival back home on Wednesday. Hundreds of cricket fan reached TribhuwanInternationalAirport and joined four-hour long victory parade chanting slogans to celebrate the highest achievement of Nepali cricket so far. Youth and Sports Ministry and National Sports Council (NSC) organized a program to felicitate the team at the NSC premises after the parade. Youth and Sports Minister Ram Kumar Shrestha, Secretary at the Ministry Hari Prasad Nepal, NSC Vice President Pitambar Timalsina and Member Secretary Yuvaraj Lama offered tika, garlands and letter of appreciation to the team. Chairman of Council of Minister, Khilaraj Regmi, called on the players at the Prime Minister’s Office, Singh Durbar… Read More

Nepal thrashed Malaysia by seven wickets on Wednesday in its last group-stage match of the ACC U-19 Elite Cup to top Group B and set up a semifinal clash with the UAE. Host Malaysia elected to bat at the Kinrara Oval, Kuala Lumpur but was all out for a meager 69 runs in 22.4 overs as Nepali pacer Avinash Karn continued his impressive form in the tournament claiming six wickets. In reply, Nepal reached the target in 24.4 overs losing only three wickets as Harishankar Shah scored an unbeaten 28 runs off 42 balls. Man-of-the-match Karn, who had taken eight wickets including a hat-trick against Bahrain on Monday, rattled Malaysia and took his wickets tally to 19 in the tournament.… Read More

Left-arm medium pacer Avinash Karn grabbed eight wickets including a hat-trick to knock down hapless Bahrain by 196 runs at the Bayuemas Oval, Kuala Lumpur on Monday to guide Nepal to the semifinals of the ACC U-19 Elite Cup. Batting first after winning the toss, Nepal team posted 259/9 in the allotted 50 overs. Vice-captain of the Nepali side, Karn rattled Bahrain chase for 260 as he took four wickets in his second over, including a hat-trick in last three balls. Karn finished with eight wickets, without needing any assistance from fielders. Four of his wickets were bowled, while other four were trapped lbw. Karn became the first Nepali bowler to complete hat-trick at the age group tournaments of international… Read More

Nepal achieved the biggest success in its cricket history on Sunday when it lifted the ICC World Cricket League Division 3 title in Bermuda. The five-wicket victory over Uganda in the final – thanks to half-centuries by Pradeep Airee and Sharad Vesawkar after a tight bowling performance – will go down in history books as one of the most amazing victory Nepal has achieved so far. Chasing 151 for the title against a team that had earlier in the league round bowled Nepal out for mere 116, Nepal knocked the required runs with more than 10 overs remaining – the four by Sharad in second ball of 40th over ensured his half-century and the win. As both the finalists have already been… Read More