Monthly Archives: November 2013

Nepal has lost out to USA in the second warm-up match, in the run up to the World T20 qualifiers that begins on Friday in UAE. USA defeated Nepal by 5 wickets, chasing down the target of 130 runs, with two balls to spare. USA began the chase of 130-run target well, putting up 30 runs, before Steven Taylor was out caught by Sharad Vesawkar off Amrit Bhattarai’s bowling, in the third over. Elmore Hutchinson scored the highest 33 runs for USA, as Timroy Ellen scored 31 off 24 deliveries towards the end. For Nepal, Sagar Pun took two wickets for 25 runs, as Shakti Gauchan took one, giving away 16 runs in his 4-over spell. But that could not… Read More

In some ways ICC World T20 Qualifiers is a ‘Turning Point’ for Nepal. Two years ago, at the same tournament, Team Nepal was able to gauge what challenges it was to face in future. At the same time, it was able to get a pulse of its competitors. Many think, the experience of two years ago would help Nepal turn its fortunes and qualify for World T20 this time. When Nepal was stopped in ICC World Cricket League Division 4, in 2010, then coach of Afghanistan, Taj Malik, had said, “Nepali standard is very high. But Nepali players are in awe of big names in other teams. Once Nepal crosses a level and beats a big team, it will start… Read More

Region No 9 (Kanchanpur) and Region No 7 (Janakpur) have advanced into the semifinals of the Wai Wai U-19 National Cricket Tournament, from Group B. Kanchanpur crushed Region No 4 (Bhairahawa) by 182 runs at the Pulchowk Engineering College ground for its third victory in a row. Kanchanpur’s win also helped Janakpur secure its place in the last-four of the tournament. Kanchanpur and Janakpur have six points each from three matches and the last group match between them on Wednesday will decide the group winner. The other three teams in the group — Bhairahawa, Nepalgunj and Pokhara — crashed out with at least one match in hand. Tail-enders Bhuwan Karki and Deependra Airee shone with the bat and Lalit Bhandari… Read More

Spurred by captain Paras Khadka’s 85 off 62 balls, Team Nepal has defeated UAE in the first warm-up match, ahead of World T20 qualifiers in Dubai on Tuesday. Needing 139 to beat UAE, Nepal lost two or its wickets (Pradeep Airee-0 and Subhash Khakurel-14), with score at 18 in three overs. As Paras belted 9 fours and 4 sixes in his innings Nepal achieved the target with 3 balls to spare. Nasir Aziz was the most successful UAE bowler with 3 wickets off 4 overs, but he gave away 44 runs in his spell. The other notable contribution for Nepal came from vice-captain Gyanendra Malla, as he scored 25 off 30 deliveries with 3 hits to the boundary. Earlier, Nepali… Read More

With the aim of playing the World T20, Nepali team has reached the United Arab Emirates to compete in the qualifiers that begins on Friday. The top six teams will qualify for the final to be held next year in Bangladesh. Here is what former captains had to say about the Nepali team, role of coach Pubudu Dassanayake and its qualification chances. Uttam Karmacharya Considering the team, its performance and investment of CAN, I am optimistic that Nepal will reach the World Cup. The match exposure in later stages will be helpful in realizing our dream of finishing in the top-six. The training was also quite satisfactory but there might be weaknesses in fielding. Skipper Paras Khadka and Gyanendra Malla… Read More

Region No 8 (Pokhara) has crashed out of the Wai Wai U-19 National Cricket Tournament while Region No 3 (Kathmandu) and Region No 2 (Birgunj) made winning starts to their campaigns. Pokhara crashed out at the group stage with a match in hand after suffering its third successive defeat. This time, at the hands of Region No 4 (Bhairahawa) in Group B match. Bhairahawa recorded a convincing 118-run victory over Pokhara at the Army ground in Bhaktapur for its first win in two matches. In Group A, Kathmandu overcame Region No 1 (Biratnagar) by three wickets at the Pulchowk Engineering College ground and Birgunj defeated Region No 6 (Baitadi) by eight wickets to collect two points each from their opening… Read More

Nepal captain Paras Khadka says that his young side has been working hard on its fitness and skills ahead of the upcoming ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier UAE 2013 (WT20Q), which begins on 15 November. Nepal features in Group B alongside strong competition in the form of Afghanistan, The Netherlands, Scotland, Kenya, Bermuda, Denmark and Papua New Guinea.

Janakpur edged closer to the semifinals of the Wai Wai U-19 National Cricket Tournament after registering its third successive win in the tournament, on Sunday. However, the day belonged to Sunil Dhimal, whose century propelled Kanchanpur to an emphatic 122-run victory over Pokhara in another match. At the Pulchowk Engineering College ground, Janakpur defeated Nepalgunj by 58 runs as Hari Shankar Sah ran riot with the ball, taking six wickets to foil Nepalgunj´s run-chase. Nepalgunj captain Akash Bista´s five-wicket haul in the first innings went in vain as Janakpur won the toss and scored 206 runs in 44.5 overs. Captain Rahul Pratap Singh topscored for Janakpur with 38 runs off 41 balls. He hit six boundaries during his stay at… Read More

Just as the ICC World T20 qualifiers is around the corner, eight corporate houses have declared to provide a monthly allowances of Rs 15,000 to each member of the Team Nepal for two years, just before its departure to UAE, if it makes it to the World T20. Nepali Team left for UAE for the tournament that begins this Friday. Seven corporate houses – Ace Travels, HH Bajaj and Company, Mega Bank, F1 Soft Privated Limited, VOITH Group, Goldstar Shoes and Unilever Nepal Limited — have declared to provide monthly allowance to two members each of the national team while King College have agreed to sponosor one player. The deal will be effective from the very first month after the… Read More

Nepal cricket team sponsors Standard Chartered Bank and Varun Beverage felicitated the ICC World Cricket League Division 3 winning team with cash prizes and bade farewell to the team, which leaves for UAE to compete in the ICC World T20 Qualifiers. The qualifiers begins in UAE from Friday. Nepal won Division 3 in Bermuda on 7th of May, defeating Uganda by five wickets. The team is leaving for UAE on Sunday for the World T20 Cup Qualifiers. Team Nepal will also be participating in the ICC World Cup Qualifiers (for the World Cup of 50-over format), that will be played in New Zealand in January. Standard Chartered and Varun Beverage, the producer of Pepsi in Nepal, gave away Rs 20,000… Read More

Abhishek Jha produced an all-round performance to help Region No 7 (Janakpur) defeat Region No 4 (Bhairahawa) by 13 runs at the TU Cricket Ground in Kirtipur on Saturday for its second victory in the Wai Wai U-19 National Cricket Tournament. Player-of-the-match Jha scored the highest 42 runs for Janakpur and later claimed six wickets in the team’s second match of Group B. Jha struck six fours and a six in his 75-ball knock after Janakpur elected to bat first. Opener Hari Shankar Sah (20), Ansaj Upadhyaya (13), Rahul Pratap Singh (16), Chandan Jha (15) and Sameer Nepal (12) were the other batsmen to reach double figures as Janakpur was bowled out for 141 runs in 47.2 overs. Rupesh Bastola… Read More

As Nepali national cricket team is all set to leave Kathmandu on Sunday for the ICC World T20 Qualifiers to be held in the UAE from next week, skipper Paras Khadka defines the tournament as an opportunity rather than a challenge for his team. It is only the way for Nepal to reach World T20 to be held in Bangladesh in 2014.  The participating 16 teams are slated in two groups for the qualifiers. The winners of both the groups will directly qualify for the World T20 while teams within top five in each group get into the second round of the qualifiers. Top six teams of the qualifiers will get tickets to Bangladesh. In this circumstances coach Pubudu Dassanayake… Read More

Region No 7 (Janakpur) registered a thrilling one-wicket victory over Region No 8 (Pokhara) in the opening match of the Wai Wai U-19 National Cricket Tournament on Friday. Pokhara elected to bat and was all out for 141 runs in 36.4 overs. In reply, Janakpur reached the target in 37.4 overs losing nine wickets. At the Pulchowk Engineering Cricket Ground, Pokhareli openers Sanjosh Bhattarai (16 runs) and Manoj Koirala (21 runs) put up a 44-run partnership. Even though other batsmen failed against the bowling attack of Janakpur, Dhurba Karki scored 47 runs off 60 balls to guide Pokhara to a respectable total. Abhishek Jha took four wickets while Gopal Singh, Rahul Pratap Singh and Hari Shankar Sah claimed two wickets… Read More

With only 10 days remaining for Nepal team to go for World T20 Cup Qualifiers in UAE, it could not train on Friday as the ground was not available for the players. The team was scheduled to train at the TU grounds, Kirtipur. Wai Wai U-19 Regional Selection of Region no 3 was being held at the ground. At the same time, the wicket was also not in a condition for net practice either. The team had no other option than to conduct physical training and remain as the spectators at the U-19 selection match. The team returned home on Wednesday after 10-day long Delhi tour to prepare for the qualifiers. It was planning to conduct some important strategic training… Read More