Monthly Archives: December 2016

Nepal edges Malaysia in U19 Asia Cup by one wicket

Posted on December 18, 2016 by Ujjwal Acharya

After more than convincing performance against Sri Lanka, Nepal U19 was clear favorite to beat Malaysia in the last league match of the U19 Asia Cup, but it turned out to be a nail-biting finish. Chasing Malaysia’s 153, Nepal went down to 107 for 8 in 28th over before Pawan Sarraf and Anil Shah played a patient partnership of 38 runs taking Nepal close to victory. Anil was out for 32 off 66 balls and Nepal needed 9 runs off the last pair. Pawan remained unbeaten on 29 and captain Sandeep Lamichhane kept his nerve to hit the winning run to clinch victory by a wicket. Avinash Karn, who opened, contributed 29 and DS Airee continued scoring hitting 22. Rohit… Read More

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Heartbreaking! Sri Lanka U19 beats Nepal by 1 run

Posted on December 15, 2016 by Ujjwal Acharya

In a nail-biting finish, Sri Lanka beats Nepal by a run on the inaugural day of the Under 19 Asia Cup as Nepal suffered a heartbreaking loss after playing deservedly well to give the home team a hard fight. Nepal was cruising at 196 for 5, before Sri Lanka dragged the game back to claim the last five wickets for 30 runs. Needing 8 runs to win in the final over with one wicket in hand, Dipendra Singh Airee hit 6 off second ball of last over to bring down the equation to 2 runs off 4 balls to win, but lost his cool playing across the line next ball that struck his pads. He was given out on 90 – last… Read More

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