Monthly Archives: January 2014

Cricket Association of Nepal has finalized a 30-member preliminary squad, including veteran off-spinner Sanjam Regmi, another spinner Rahul BK, fast bowlers Amrit Bhattarai and Chandra Saud, for the upcoming ICC World T20. The biggest tournament of T20 format will begin in Bangladesh on March 16. Nepal qualified for the mega event after finishing third in the ICC World T20 qualifiers held in the UAE in November. The International Cricket Council (ICC) had set the deadline of January 16 for the registration of the preliminary squad. Cricket Nepal learnt that it had sent the list to the world cricket governing body ahead of the deadline. The players were selected on the recommendation of coach Pubudu Dassanayake while he was in New… Read More

Nepal wrapped up its ICC World Cup Qualifiers campaign with a consolation win on Tuesday thumping Uganda by 160 runs in the ninth place playoff played at the Bay Oval 2 in New Zealand. Nepal elected to bat first and scored 240 runs losing all the wickets with two balls to spare and bowled out Uganda for 80 runs in 36.3 overs. The first victory in the last match of the Qualifiers campaign put a brake on Nepal’s five match losing streak in the tournament. Earlier, Nepal had lost all four matches of the group stage against UAE, Scotland, Hong Kong and Canada and finished at the rock bottom of five team group. Similarly, Nepal had gone down by seven… Read More

Nepal´s disastrous run at the ICC World Cup Qualifiers has continued. Team Nepal faced its fifth successive defeat on Sunday, going down against The Netherlands by seven wickets in the in the seventh place playoff match held at the Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui in New Zealand. Nepal was put in to bat first, and it posted a meager 171 for 9. The Dutch team chased down the target with more than 18 overs and 7 wickets to spare. Nepal lost its first wicket very cheaply, as has been the norm in the tournament, today as well, with the score at 16 in the 7th over. That began a spate of wicket falls, and half the side was back in the… Read More

Region No 7 (Janakpur) recovered from a slow start to record its first victory in the Women’s National Cricket Tournament after middle-order batswomen Kabita Gautam and Saraswati Chaudhary both scored half-centuries to defeat Region No 8 (Pokhara) by 147 runs victory at the TU Cricket Ground in Kirtipur on Sunday. Region No 1 (Biratnagar) also opened its account defeating Region No 6 (Baitadi) by six wickets in another Group A encounter at the Army ground in Bhaktapur. Meanwhile, Region No 4 (Bhairahawa) beat Region No 9 (Kanchanpur) by 74 runs in a Group B meeting at the Pulchowk Engineering Ground for its second win in three matches. The win took Janakpur to third in the Group A standings, level on… Read More

Two centuries were witnessed in a single match of the Women’s National Cricket Tournament on Saturday, a day after Region No 5 (Nepalgunj) captain Nary Thapa scored the first century in the history of Nepali women’s cricket. Rekha Rawal and Anjali Chand of Region No 6 (Baitadi) scored unbeaten centuries against Region No 8 (Pokhara) at the Pulchowk Engineering Ground, Lalitpur. Rawal smashed unbeaten 131 runs off 98 balls including 19 boundaries. Rawal reached the magical three digits figure in 74 balls. Meanwhile, Chand clobbered unbeaten 111 runs off 95 balls including 15 boundaries. Chand reached the 100-mark off 90 balls. As Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) used to conduct women’s cricket matches of only 25 overs in the past,… Read More

Scoring a century in a cricket match is itself a milestone for the batter. As women’s cricket started in Nepal only in 2005, century was a distant dream for Nepali woman cricketers till Friday. However, Nary Thapa, who is one of the first generation woman-cricketers in the country, achieved the milestone on Friday with style. Region No 5 (Nepalgunj) captain Thapa scored an unbeaten century against Region No 3 (Kathmandu) on Friday at the TU Cricket Ground, Kirtipur in the ongoing Women’s National Cricket Tournament. Thapa garnered 121 runs off 128 balls for the maiden century of Nepali women’s cricket. She struck 21 boundaries in the process. Thapa, who reached half-century mark off 52 balls, reached the magical three-digit figure… Read More

Region No 2 (Birgunj) edged past Region No 1 (Biratnagar) by seven wickets on Friday to win the title of School Level National T20 Cricket Tournament in Jaleshwar, Mahottari.  Birgunj elected to field first and bundled out Biratnagar for only 89 runs in 19.1 overs. Love Kamat top scored for Biratnagar with 27 runs while Arman Ansari and Samsad Ansari claimed three wickets each for Birgunj. Birgunj successfully chased the small total in 18 overs losing only three wickets. Aasif Shekh clobbered unbeaten 50 runs of 45 balls to make the victory look easier. Niraj Mukhiya claimed two wickets for Biratnagar. The winning team Birgunj received Rs 25,000 while Biratnagar bagged Rs 15,000. Shekh was declared player-of-the-final. Kundan Singh of… Read More

Golden Gate International College clinched the title of Inter College FSU Council Cup National Cricket Tournament. Golden Gate thrashed Prithvi Narayan (PN) Campus by nine wickets in the final played at the Pulchowk Engineering Ground on Friday. PN elected to bat and put up 106 runs in allotted 20 overs losing five wickets. Anil Gurung scored 52 runs off 58 balls for PN. Ajendra Chantyal garnered 19 runs off 30 balls while rest of the other batsmen failed to reach double-digit scores. In reply, Golden Gate reached 109/1 in just 9.3 overs. Captain Paresh Lohani clobbered unbeaten 43 runs off 28 balls while Naresh Budhayer hit 38 runs off 22 balls. Sanjay Shrestha contributed 11 runs off seven balls for… Read More

Nepal APF Club and Region No 5 (Nepalgunj) started the Women’s National Cricket Tournament on the winning notes as it began on Thursday. APF thrashed Region No 1 (Biratnagar) by 110 runs at the TU Cricket Ground, Kirtipur while Nepalgunj edged past Region No 2 (Birgunj) by seven wickets at the Army Cricket Ground, Bhaktapur. As Biratnagar elected to field first, APF put up 185/6 in allotted 40 overs. Later, Biratngar was all out for 75 runs in 28.4 overs. Opener Sita Rana Magar scored 63 runs off 64 balls for the departmental teams. Player-of-the-match Rana Magar struck nine boundaries. Sarita Rana Magar remained unbeaten with 40 runs off 62 balls while Jyoti Pandey added 25 runs off 40 balls.… Read More

National Sports Council (NSC) has started construction of indoor cricket training hall at the TU Cricket Ground Kirtipur. Youth and Sports Minister Ram Kumar Shrestha laid foundation stone at the construction site on Thursday. According to NSC, the hall would be 140 ft long and 40 ft wide. The estimated cost of the construction is Rs 7.4 millions. NSC has signed a contract with R&C Builders, Jorpati for the construction works. NSC has asked R&C to complete the construction works within 40 days. NSC has started the construction process as a task force formed after Nepal’s qualification to the ICC World T20 suggested it to provide indoor facilities to the national team as early as possible.

Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) has increased the prize money for winner and runner-up in the Women’s National Cricket Tournament. Issuing a press release on Thursday, CAN has informed that the winner of the tournament would get Rs 45,000 instead of earlier announced Rs 25,000. As per the new announcement, the runner-up team will bag Rs 30,000, the double of the earlier announced amount. The Women’s National Cricket Tournament kicked off in Kathmandu on Thursday.