Monthly Archives: April 2014

In a move that may appear humiliating to anyone who has followed Nepali cricket in recent months, Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) has extended Team Nepal’s head coach Pubudu Dassanayake’s contract by just three months, a month after announcing that his coaching job would be extended by a year. On March 25, CAN had announced that Dassanayake would remain with Nepali cricket team for another year. The cricket governing body handed him three-month contract extension just ahead of the team’s departure to Malaysia, where Nepal plays in the ACC Premier League. CAN’s work execution committee had unanimously decided to extend Dassanayake’s one-year extension six days before his previous contract expired. Making public the decision of the meeting then, CAN President… Read More

Less than a month after impressive performance at the World T20 Cup, Nepali cricketers are at odds with the cricket governing body of Nepal, Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN). In a show of displeasure with the Association, the national cricket players have decided to walk out of the one day national tournament on Thursday. The cricketers have blamed CAN of overlooking their demands. Captain of National Cricket Team, Paras Khadka , announced that the national players have decided to stay away from the tournament.  At a press conference organized in the capital’s Hotel Crown Plaza, the players also complained over the change of venue for the ongoing Pespi Standard Chartered one day national cricket tournament from Kathmandu to Pokhara. The tournament… Read More