Monthly Archives: May 2014

Nepal has qualified for the ACC Championship after a resounding seven-wicket win on Monday over Hong Kong in its penultimate match of the ACC Premier League at the Bayuemas Oval in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Nepal’s third win in four matches put it level on six points with leader Afghanistan and third-placed Oman, with only net run rate separating the three teams. Afghanistan beat Oman by five wickets at the Kinrara Academy Oval on Monday to go top and end the latter’s winning spree in the tournament, while the United Arab Emirates (UAE) climbed one spot to fourth with a six-wicket victory over Malaysia in another match. The result ensured Afghanistan, Nepal and Oman’s qualification for the ACC Championship, the first… Read More

Lifted by Sompal Kami’s first five wicket haul and Mehaboob Alam’s half century, Nepal defeated Malaysia by five wickets in the ACC Premier League on Friday at the Bayuemas Cricket Stadium, Malaysia. This was second win for Nepal in as many matches at the tournament. Nepal had defeated ODI nation United Arab Emirates on Thursday. Two wins has consolidated Nepal’s chances of qualifying for the ACC Championship—the first two day championship to be organized by Asian Cricket Council in December—where top four teams from the current tournament will be selected. Sompal restricted Malaysia from posting a good total by picking up three early wickets. He came back and added two more later. The hosts were restricted to 149 run in… Read More

National Cricket team captain Paras Khadka has been nominated in the Popular Player of the Year category of the Pulsar Sports Award for the consecutive second year along with footballer Bimal Gharti Magar, volleyball player Saraswati Chaudhary, swimmer Sofia Shah and athlete Yam Sajan Sunwar. Nepal Sports Journalist Forum (NSJF), the organizer of the annual award, unveiled the nominations of the category on Thursday amidst a press conference. According to Prakash Timalsina, the coordinator of the player’s selection committee and secretary of NSJF, the players were selected on the basis of their performance, achievement and popularity in the mass level during the year 2070 BS.  The winner among them will be declared on June 1 on the basis of number of… Read More

Nepal got off to a flying start in the ACC Premier League, registering 4-wicket win over the ODI nation United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Thursday, at the Selangor Turf Club in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Sompal Kami and Mehboob Alam came good with the ball, as opener Subash Khakurel played a responsible knock in Nepal’s comfortable victory, which came with 10 overs to spare. Mehboob, who made his comeback in the national team and young sensation Sompal bagged three wickets each. Subash cracked 71 runs off 91 balls. Winning the toss, Nepal invited UAE to bat and bowled it out for 191 runs in 48.1 overs. In reply, Nepal made 195 in 39.5 overs losing six wickets. It was the second… Read More

When Team Nepal takes on UAE in its first match of ACC Premier League on Thursday at Kuala Lumpur, the team is likely to be less motivated than it was while playing its first World Cup earlier this year. It’s not because the stature of tournament is smaller. But the reason is highhandedness shown by the country’s cricket governing body, Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN), to its head coach, Pubudu Dassanayake. And Dassanayake is a person Nepali cricketers revere, almost! CAN extended Dassanayake’s coaching contract by three months, after promising extension for a year. Both CAN and Dassnayake had announced it at March-end. It goes without saying that Nepali cricket has prospered after arrival of Dassanayake as a coach. Not… Read More

Riding high on the euphoria of Nepal’s first ever appearance at the World Cup, the Cricket Associa-tion of Nepal (CAN), on March 25, offered coach Pubudu Dassanayake a one-year contract. CAN had held out till the very end, only promising to renew the contract at the last moment. Now that the excitement has died down, in a striking betrayal on Tuesday, CAN handed Dassanayake a paltry three-month contract, prompting protests from the national cricket team, who have long been ardent supporters of their Sri Lankan coach. Dassanayake himself appeared dejected, having only been informed of the duplicity hours before departing for the ACC Premier League in Malaysia. Coach Dassanayake has been a beloved fixture of Nepali cricket ever since he… Read More