Monthly Archives: May 2013

Avinash Karn’s fierce bowling and Amit Shrestha’s blistering 70 runs off 33 balls against Qatar on Sunday sealed second consecutive victory for Nepali U-19 cricket team in the ACC U-19 Elite Cup. Nepal convincingly beat Qatar by 9 wickets at the Bayuemas Oval, Kuala Lumpur on Sunday. Qatar won the toss and elected to bat first. Nepal bundled out Qatar for 93 runs in 36.3 overs as Karn claimed four wickets. He bowled 7.3 overs and gave away 26 runs to claim four wickets. Likewise, Sushant Bhari claimed two wickets with a bowling figure of 6-3-11-2. Skipper Bhuwan Karki and Nischal Pandey dismissed a batsman each. Two of the Qatar batsmen were run out. Uzair Amir (24 runs off 67… Read More

Nepal secured promotion to the ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier 2014 along with Uganda after their final group matches of the Pepsi ICC World Cricket League (WCL) Division 3 in Bermuda on Saturday night. On a day when three teams had a chance to claim the vital second position on the table, Nepal defeated Italy by eight wickets and Bermuda defeated USA by five wickets, resulting in Nepal overtaking USA on the points table based on net run rate. In the day’s third match, Uganda, which was already guaranteed a position in both the tournament final and the ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier 2014 after defeating USA on Thursday, lost to Oman by seven wickets. In the most anticipated match… Read More

Shakti Gauchan becomes the second Nepali bowler to grab 100 wickets in international one-day matches. He achieved the milestone when Italian Munasinghe was trapped leg-before in the final league match of the World Cricket League Division 3 at St. Davids, Bermuda. Nepal won the match by 8 wickets in 14.5 overs after bowling out Italy for 127 runs – Shakti returning with splendid figure of 10-2-15-2. He is only second to Mehboob Alam who achieved 100 wickets in 63 games. Shakti needed 77 games – the most by any Nepali players. All-rounder Shakti is also the first Nepali player to score 1,000 runs in international one-dayers. In WCL Div 3, Shakti has struggled as bowler. He has so far only… Read More

Following Sushant Bhari’s all-round performance, Yagyaman Kumal’s magical bowling spell and anchoring knock of Amit Shrestha, Nepal started the ACC U-19 Elite Cup campaign on a winning note registering an 84-run victory over Kuwait on Friday in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.  The victory maintained Nepal’s winning streak against Kuwait in the age group. Winning the toss and electing to bat first at Kinrara Oval, Nepal were all out for 193 in 43 overs but returned to bowled out Kuwait for 109 in 36.2 overs, securing an easy win. Openers Nischal Pandey (10 runs off 15 balls) and Amit Shrestha put up a 20-run partnership. Pandey was bowled by Shahrukh Quddus in the fourth ball of the fourth over. However, Shrestha and… Read More

Nepal U-19 – 193 (43 overs) Batting Nischal Pandey -10 (15) Amit Shrestha -46 (52) Harishakar Shah 23 (54) Pawan Shrestha-23 (23) Sushant Bhari -28 (33) Irshad Ahmed -18 (40) Bowling Abdul Jabar – 4 wkts Shahrukh Quddus -2 wkts Ali zaheer -2wkts Kuwait U-19 – 109 (36.2 overs) Batting Faizaan Sidiq -21 (67) Mohammed Mukadam – 11 (30) Shahrukh Quddus – 36* (32) Bowling Yagyaman Kumal – 9-1-15-3 Sushant Bhari – 10-1-20-2 Avinash Karn – 6-1-23-1 Bhuwan Karki – 6-1-30-1 Nischal Pandey -2-0-9-1 (Two of the Kuwait batsmen were run out) Nepal wins the match by 84 runs (Pls wait for report)

Nepal overcame the Oman bowling attack to achieve its second victory of the ICC World Cricket League Division 3, defeating Oman by 28 runs at the National Sports Stadium in Bermuda. Sent into bat, Nepal overcame the loss of two early wickets to post 160 from its 50 overs.  Gyanendra Malla (34), captain Paras Khadka (28), Sharad Vesawkar (27) and Binod Bhandari (35) brought the score to 146 for seven, but the Oman bowling attack smothered the tail end, who only managed to add eight runs for the last three wickets. Munis Ansari was the pick of the Oman bowlers, taking three for 27, while Lalcheta picked up two. Oman captain Vaibhav Wategaonkar (27) again led the run chase, while Ajay… Read More

Nepali U-19 cricket team will take on Kuwait on Friday in the ACC U-19 Elite Cup to be held in Malaysia from Friday to May 11. Nepal U-19, which hopes to win the tournament and qualify to the ICC U-19 World Cup, expect to build momentum from the very first match. Nepali U-19 team led by coach Jagat Tamata and captain Bhuwan Karki includes experienced players like Avinash Karn, Ram Naresh Giri, Rahul Pratap Singh and Nishchal Pandey along with captain Karki. Karki, Karn and Giri were the part of Nepali U-19 team that played the ICC U-19 World Cup held in Australia in 2012. Singh was the member of Nepali U-19 team that finished second in the ACC U-19… Read More

Skipper Paras Khadka shone with both bat and ball to give Nepal a much-needed win in its third match of ICC World Cricket League Division Three against host Bermuda at St David’s Cricket Club, Wednesday night. Winning the toss and electing to field first, Nepal skitteld the home team for a meager 106 in 38.2 overs, with Khadka claiming four crucial wickets. In reply, Nepal raced to the winning target of 107, losing two wickets in just 11.2 overs, handing Bermuda an eight-wicket defeat. In Nepal’s run chase, Khadka smashed a fiery 46 off 27 balls, including four boundaries and three sixes, in a 72-run unbroken third wicket stand with his deputy Gyanendra Malla, who hit 34 off 20 balls,… Read More