Monthly Archives: October 2013

Dhangadhi Cricket Academy (DCA) wrapped up its Sri Lanka tour on Monday with four wins and five defeats in friendly matches. DCA was beaten in its ninth and final match on Monday, losing to host Ravi Puchihawa Cricket Academy (RPCA) by 42 runs in Matale, the administrative capital of the Central Province of Sri Lanka. RPCA won the toss and elected to bat on its home ground at the Bernard Cricket Stadium. The hosts were all out for 138 in 19 overs. Altaf Mohammad scored 27 runs for RPCA while Gihan Herath added 20. Tekendra Khadka, Aashutosh Kunwar and Amar Panthi took two wickets each for DCA. Chasing a target of 139, DCA was packed for just 96 runs. Nuren… Read More

Nepali national team registered a convincing 55-run win over DCA, Ghaziabad in T20 practice match. Nepali team is in Indian capital to to prepare for the Qualifiers of World T20 Cup to be held from November 15 to 30 in UAE. Nepali batsmen came up with much improved performance at the Nehru Cricket Stadium in Ghaziabad. Nepali batsmen put up 144 for 8 after electing to bat first and bowled out the local team for 89 in 17.4 overs. Opening pair of Mahesh Chhetri (22) and Pradeep Aire (39) put up 59-run stand for the first wicket before Airee was trapped leg before in last ball of 8th over after facing 26 deliveries. Airee, the topscorer for Nepal, hit 39 runs… Read More

Nepali national cricket team defeated Indian Railways by 5 runs, in it’s practice tour to the Indian capital, at at the Roshanara Club ground. Put to bat first, Nepal scored 135 for 9 in the T20 match and restricted Indian Railways at 132 for 7. Binod Bhandari scored the highest 42 off 35 with five hits to the fence. Gyanendra Malla scored 31 off 34. Opener Subash Khakurel (13), Sagar Pun (15), skipper Paras Khadka (5), Basanta Regmi (12), Sharad Vesawakar (4) and Pradeep Aire (11) contributed for Nepal. For Indian Railway, Karan Thakur and Hitesh Kadam claimed three wickets apiece while Shamshul Huda claimed two and Prashant Awasti took one wicket. In the run chase, Hemant Singh’s 82 off… Read More

Nepali national cricket team sealed second victory over Delhi District Cricket Association (DDCA) U-25 team on Wednesday in its practice tour to India. Nepal defeated DDCA U-25 by five wickets on Wednesday at the Roshanara Club Ground, Delhi. Nepal had lost its first match against the same team by four wickets on Monday but won the second match by 36 runs on Tuesday. Nepal elected to field first and restricted DDCA U-25 at 123/6 in the T20 match. Nepal met the target in 19.4 overs losing only five wickets. Nipun Malhotra scored 25 runs off 25 balls while Akarshit Gomil added 24 runs off 17 balls. Ankur Julka (19 runs), Kuldeep Rawat (unbeaten 19 runs), Jaideep Chauhan (15 runs) were… Read More

Skipper Paras Khadka blasted 80 runs as Nepali national cricket team defeated Delhi District Cricket Association (DDCA) U-25 team by 36 runs on Tuesday in its second practice match in the India tour. DDCA U-25 had defeated Nepal by four wickets in the first match on Monday. DDCA U-25 elected to field first at the Roshanara Club Ground, Delhi. Nepal put up 148/6 in allotted 20 overs and restricted DDCA U-25 at 112/9. Opener Sagar Pun failed to open his account while Subash Khakurel put up 25 runs off 17 balls. Pradeep Airee added 12 runs off 14 balls and Gyanendra Malla garnered 13 runs off 13 balls. However, skipper Khadka anchored and boosted the Nepali innings by clobbering 80… Read More

Nepali national cricket team suffered a loss in first practice match of its India tour as U-25 team of Delhi District Cricket Association (DDCA) defeated it by four wickets on Monday at the Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi. DDCA U-25 elected to field and restricted Nepal at 137/5 in allotted 20 overs. Opener Sagar Pun scored only three runs but another opener Subash Khakurel and Gyanendra Malla put up a 77-run partnership for the second wicket. Malla garnered 26 runs off 33 balls. However, Varun Sood claimed both the wickets of Malla and Khakurel in the 13th over. Khakurel clobbered 45 runs off 40 balls before getting out. Khakurel hit five boundaries and a six. Captain Paras Khadka blasted unbeaten… Read More

A 24-member U-17 cricket team of Dhangadhi Cricket Academy (DCA), the first cricket academy of Far Western Region, left for Sri Lanka on Thursday to play friendly matches in Sri Lanka. DCA is the first non-national team of Nepal to tour Sri Lanka. DCA team, consisting of 17 players and seven officials, will play nine matches with the age group teams of different Sri Lankan clubs. According to DCA President Subash Shahi, the tour was arranged under the initiation of national team coach Pubudu Dassanayake. “The tour will be vital in establishing relation with Sri Lankan cricket,” said Shahi during the farewell program held at Dhangadhi on Thursday. “Lack of exposure is a major problem of Nepali cricket. Thus we have… Read More

International Cricket Council (ICC) has ultimately slapped a fine of $ 84000 (approx Rs 8.3 million) on Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) for not submitting quarterly financial reports. ICC had warned Nepal of action in August after the association failed to submit financial reports for the last quarter of 2012 and the first quarter of 2013 on time. CAN had sent the financial report for the last quarter of 2012 in May whereas it should have been submitted by the end of January. Asian Cricket Council (ACC) had asked ICC to take action against Nepal. CAN had appealed to ICC and ACC not to take action but they did not respond to the plea. CAN Vice-president Keshav Ghimire confirmed the… Read More

Medium pacer Jitendra Mukhiya got a fresh call and wicketkeeper batsman Mahesh Chhetri made a comeback after two years as Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) announced a 15-member squad on Thursday for the ICC World T20 Qualifiers to be held in November in the UAE. Amrit Bhattarai, who was dropped during the ACC Emerging Teams Cup held in Singapore, also retained his place in the T20 squad. All-rounder Prithu Banskota, medium pacers Ram Naresh Giri and Chandra Sawad, who were in the team in Singapore, are not included in the list of final 15 for the T20 Qualifiers. Banskota is undergoing a treatment and rehabilitation program after picking knee injury last month while Giri and Sawad are considered only as… Read More

Australian batting coach Chris Harris said that he found the Nepali national cricket team professional and he expected it to qualify for the World T20 and the Cricket World Cup. Harris, who is hired by the Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) for a 10-day-long special training for the national team, at a press conference on Wednesday said he was surprised to see the batting capabilities of Nepali players. “I’m waiting for the upcoming tournaments with my fingers crossed. And, I expect good batting performance by the Nepali team in New Zealand,” said Harris, who will return to Australia on Friday. According to Harris, he talked about batting in T20 format as well as One-Day matches. “We even utilized rainy day… Read More

Nepal Army made memorable debut in domestic cricket as it lifted the Pepsi Standard Chartered T20 National Cricket Tournament title defeating defending champion Armed Police Force (APF) by five wickets at the TU Cricket Ground, Kirtipur on Friday. After its commencement in 2066 BS, the tournament has always found new winner and Army’s victory on Friday maintained it. Region No 3 (Kathmandu) had won the tournament in 2066 BS and then Region No 1 (Biratnagar), Nepal Police and Armed Police Force had emerged as winner in the following editions. Winner Nepal Army received Rs 125,000 and runner-up APF got Rs 75,000. APF elected to bat and put up 112/7 in allotted 16 overs. The match was reduced to 16 overs… Read More