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Nepal is best-ranked Associate in global T20I ranking

Posted on May 3, 2019 by cricketnepal

Nepal is the ranked 11th in the world in the Twenty20 International cricket – the best ranking outside the Test world. Nepal moved three spots from the last ranking when it was ranked 14th place. The International Cricket Council (ICC) today unveiled an expanded MRF Tyres ICC Men’s T20I Team Rankings table with 80 teams. TThe first men’s T20I ranking table features all Members meeting the criteria of having played six matches against other ICC members since May 2016. The move to expand the table follows ICC’s decision last year that all men’s T20 matches between Members from 1 January 2019 will be classified as internationals. As with the ICC Women’s T20I Team Rankings, which were launched in October 2018,… Read More

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Nepal hopes to claim U19 World Cup Spot

Posted on April 11, 2019 by cricketnepal

Following Nigeria’s success in claiming an ICC U19 Cricket World Cup 2020 spot, the battle for the four remaining places heads to the Asia Qualifier in Malaysia, with six teams vying for the top spot.  Kuwait, Malaysia, Nepal, Oman, Singapore and the UAE will compete in the tournament taking place between 12 and 18 April, where the winners will become the 13th team to confirm their place in the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup in South Africa in 2020. This is the second stage for teams in Asia, who due to the depth of strength in the region, competed in a Division 2 in 2018, where Kuwait and Oman qualified to continue their U19 journey. The direct 2019 regional qualifiers provide… Read More

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Nepal announces team for U19 World Cup Qualifiers

Posted on April 2, 2019 by cricketnepal

Nepal has announced the 14-member squad for the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup Qualifier Asia 2019, to be held in Malaysia from April 10 to 18. Rohit Kumar Paudel is named the captain. Sundeep Jora, Bhim Sarki and Pawan Sarraf, who were part of the senior team that beat UAE 2-1 in both ODIs and T20Is, are also named in the team. Other members of the team are: Avishek Basnet, Hari Bahadur Chauhan, Kamal Singh Airee, Kushal Malla, Asif Sheikh, Pratis GC, Rashid Khan, Rit Gautam, Sagar Dhakal and Surya Tamang. Four players named reserved are Akash Chand, Lokesh Bahadur Bam, Ravi Kumar Sah and Sher Malla. Support  Staff1. Raman Shiwakoti (Manager/Analyst)2. Binod Kumar Das (Coach)3. Vikram Nyaupane (Physio) The… Read More

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Sandeep Lamichhane to play for Melbourne Stars in Big Bash League

Posted on October 24, 2018 by cricketnepal

The Melbourne Stars announced the signing of Nepal’s star leg-spinner Sandeep Lamichhane as an international players for the Big Bash League 2018 season. Sandeep will join the Stars from the commencement of the season, and will be available for approximately half the season pending his commitments with Sylhet Sixers in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), returning in time for the February fixtures and BBL Finals. He will be the first player from an Associate country to play as international signing in the BBL. Sandeep, however, has experience of playing grade cricket – the Sydney Premier League – in Australia in 2016, when he was mentored by Michael Clarke. Sandeep had left for Australia immediately after the completion of matches of… Read More

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ICC revamps World Cup Qualification route

Posted on October 20, 2018 by cricketnepal

The International Cricket Council (ICC) Board on October 20 unanimously approved a new qualification pathway for men’s 50-over World Cup at the conclusion of a week of meetings in Singapore. From 2019, a new simplified 50 over league-based qualification structure for the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup, will be introduced that will see the amount of cricket played as part of the Road to India 2023 rise to 372 matches across a 2-3 year qualification period. From 2019 onwards, the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup qualification process will look as follows: Cricket World Cup Super League: 12 full members and the Netherlands to compete; Starts in May 2020 for two years; total 156 matches with 24 ODIs per team; 7… Read More

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Nepal beats China in 11 balls

Posted on October 10, 2018 by cricketnepal

Nepal bowled out China for 26 runs and beat them in 11 balls to record its fifth win in a trot at the ICC World Twenty20 Asia Qualifier B. At the Bayuemas Oval, Sandeep Lamichhane, Lalit Rajbanshi and Basant Regmi each took three wickets as Nepal bowled China out for 26 runs. Sandeep, who was named Player of the Match for 3 wickets for 4 runs in 4 overs, raised his tally of wickets to a tournament-leading 20, nine ahead of Singapore’s Manpreet. Just one Chinese batsman, Hong Jiang Yan reached double figures – opening the batting he made 11 from 27 balls, while six batsmen were out for ducks and one other remained not out on zero. Binod Bhandari… Read More

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Strong showing by Nepal on opening day of ICC WT20 Asia Qualifier B

Posted on October 3, 2018 by cricketnepal

Nepal beat Myanmar by 8 wickets as hosts Malaysia defeated Bhutan by 67 runs and Thailand overcame China by 10 wickets on the opening day of the ICC WorldT20 Asia Qualifier B. Nepal bowled out Myanmar for 29 runs in 10 overs with Myanmar captain Htet Lin Aung scoring 16 runs off 20 balls. Htet Ling Aung’s exit saw Myanmar lose their six remaining wickets for the addition of four runs as Player of the Match Lamichhane claimed 4/3 while Lalit Narayan Rajbanshi took 3/3. Nepal lost an early wicket after Pradeep Airee departed without scoring having faced two balls before Anil Kumar Shah was dismissed leg-before for 11 but Karan KC ensured Nepal reached 30/2 off three overs without fuss with an unbeaten 14.

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Independent Panel meet to progress Nepal elections under revised constitution

Posted on August 20, 2018 by cricketnepal

The reinstatement of the Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) has taken another step forward, with the first in-person meeting of the five-member Independent Panel tasked with overseeing the election process under the terms of the revised constitution which was unanimously adopted by CAN in April 2018. Facilitated by ICC Deputy Chairman, Imran Khwaja, the meeting of the Independent Panel comprised of three representatives nominated by the ICC, Muhammad Ali, Head of Internal Audit; Ammar Shaikh, Senior Manager – Strategic Projects and Niteesha Kothari, Finance and Operations Officer – Asia. They were joined by Lekh Bahadur Chhetri nominated by the National Sports Council and Thakur Pratap Thapa nominated by the existing CAN Central Working Committee. The meeting mapped out the process,… Read More

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Sandeep, Sompal & Gyanendra enter ICC ODI Player Rankings

Posted on August 13, 2018 by cricketnepal

Three Nepalis – Sandeep Lamichhane, Sompal Kami and Gyanendra Malla have entered the MRF ICC ODI Players Rankings, the ICC said in a statement on August 13. Leg spinner Sandeep is ranked 217th globally in bowlers’ ranking after taking four wickets in the two-match series against Netherlands.  Sompal Kami (229th) and Gyanendra Malla (236th) are the leading batsmen for Nepal after notching a half-century each in the Amstelveen series. Nepal still needs to play two more ODI to get a ranking in the ODI Team’s Rankings.

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नेपाल एकदिवसीय अन्तर्राष्ट्रियमा (कान्तिपुर)

Posted on August 1, 2018 by cricketnepal

कप्तान पारस खडकाले टिम सूची म्याच रेफ्रीलाई बुझाउने छन् । टसको सिक्का सम्भवत: घरेलु टोली भएकाले नेदरल्यान्ड्सका कप्तान पिटर सिलारसँग हुनेछ । उनले ‘हेड अथवा टेल’ भन्नेछन्। पारसले त्यसमा एउटा छान्ने छन्। त्यससँगै नेपाल एकदिवसीय अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय क्रिकेट खेल्ने राष्ट्रमा प्रवेश गर्नेछ। नेदरल्यान्ड्सको एमस्ट्राडमको एमस्टलभिनस्थित भीआरए क्रिकेट मैदानले बुधबार नेपाललाई एकदिवसीय अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय खेल्ने २३ औँ राष्ट्र बनाउनेछ। आईसीसी ११, एसिया ११, अफ्रिका ११ र इस्ट अफ्रिका गरी कुल २६ टोलीले यसअघि एकदिवसीय अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय खेलिसकेका छन्। नेपाल २७ औं टोली बन्नेछ। थप कान्तिपुरमा पढ्नुहाेस् ।

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नेपालले खेल्ने ऐतिहासिक एकदिवसीय क्रिकेटको बारेमा थाहा पाउनुस् सम्पूर्ण जानकारी (पहिलाेपाेस्ट)

Posted on August 1, 2018 by cricketnepal

अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय क्रिकेट खेल्न सुरु गरेको २२ वर्षपछि नेपालले पहिलो पटक आइसीसीको मान्यता प्राप्त एकदिवसीय अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय क्रिकेट खेल खेल्दैछ। नेपालको लागि धेरै अर्थमा यो ऐतिहासिक हुनेछ। गत मार्चमा जिम्बावेमा भएको एकदिवसीय विश्वकपमा एसोसिएटतर्फ उत्कृष्ट तीनभित्र पर्दै नेपालले आगामी चार वर्षको लागि एकदिवसीय अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय राष्ट्रको मान्यता पाएको हो। त्यसको साढे दुई महिनापछि नेपालले युरोपियन राष्ट्र नेदरल्याण्ड्ससँग दुई खेलको एकदिवसीय अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय श्रृंखला खेल्ने अवसर पाएको हो। अब नेपाल त्यसको नजिकै पुगेको छ। थप पहिलाेपाेस्टमा ।

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ODIs with the Netherlands only the beginning: Paras Khadka

Posted on July 30, 2018 by cricketnepal

This has been such a long, amazing journey for Nepal cricket but playing our first ever One-Day Internationals against the Netherlands is only the beginning. We have always wanted to get to this point but the challenge is to keep on growing. Eight years ago we were playing in ICC World Cricket League Division Five and now we are among the top 16 nations in the world, with ODI status guaranteed for the next four years. I hope we can keep this going and continue to grow because our next goal is to become a Test-playing country. We have worked hard for ODI status and the games against the Netherlands are opportunities for us to explore ourselves, enjoy the experience… Read More

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Nepal’s return to T20I dampened by rain at Lord’s

Posted on July 30, 2018 by cricketnepal

Nepal’s returned to T20 international after three years was dampened by the rain as the match against the Netherlands was abandoned at the Lord’s Cricket Ground after 16.4 overs. The Netherlands scored 174/4 in 16.4 overs in the damp conditions utilizing a short boundary and inability of Nepali spinners to grip the ball. The match was called off as the rain continued. Nepal won the toss and invited the Netherlands to bat first – probably in view of the revised total if the match was to be disrupted. Basanta Regmi, bowling the second over, bowled Tobias Visee for 11. It was a good start given that Visee has scored 58 not out in 6-over-a-side match against MCC earlier on the… Read More

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Nepal beats MCC by 9 wickets

Posted on July 29, 2018 by cricketnepal

Nepal beat the MCC team by 9 wickets in a rain-reduced 6-over-a-side T20 match at the Lord’s Cricket Ground in England. MCC scored 40 for 4 in 6 overs – after the rain washed out the morning of the day scheduled with three T20s. Former Sri Lankan captain Mahela Jayawardena, who was captaining MCC, scored 24 not out off 16 balls with 4 fours. No other batsmen stayed long enough to score in two-digit. Pacer Sompal Kami was the pick of the bowlers for Nepal as he picked 2 wickets for 8 runs in 2 wickets. Veteran left-arm orthodox Shakti Gauchan bowled well to claim a wicket off his one over. Gyanendra Malla fielded brilliantly to run out Jonathan Trott.… Read More

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MCC announces partnership to support cricket in Nepal

Posted on July 29, 2018 by cricketnepal

Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), the world’s most active cricket club, the owner of Lord’s Ground and the guardian of the Laws of the game establihed in 1787, has announced its intention to introduce into its overseas touring programme a series of Legacy Tours, aimed at leaving a sustainable and meaningful impact in developing cricket nations. The first country that MCC will visit as part of the new initiative is Nepal. Nepal has been chosen with input from the International Cricket Council in acknowledgement of the exciting point at which Nepali cricket is poised, with the national team recently granted One-Day International status and interest in the game growing throughout the country. MCC last toured Nepal in 2015 soon after the… Read More

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Nepal set to return to T20I at Lords

Posted on July 28, 2018 by cricketnepal

Nepal will play Netherlands on July 29 at the Lords’ Cricket Ground in the T20 International – which will marks Nepal’s return to T20I after four years. Nepal will face MCC and Netherlands in a T20 Triangular Tournament at Lord’s – and the match between Nepal and Netherlands given the full T20I status. MCC will be captained by Mahela Jayawardene, while former England International Jonathan Trott will also feature. Schedule 3.45pm – 6.30pm: MCC v Netherlands 6.50pm – 9.35pm: MCC v Nepal 10.05pm – 1.15am Netherlands v Nepal Squads Nepal: Paras Khadka (c), Dipendra Singh Airee, Lalit Bhandari, Shakti Gauchan, Karan KC, Sompal Kami, Subash Khakurel (w/k), Sandeep Lamichhane, Gyanendra Malla, Rohit Paudel, Lalit Rajbanshi, Basant Regmi, Anil Sah, Aarif… Read More

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Nepal to play ACC Asia Cup 2018 Qualifiers

Posted on July 28, 2018 by cricketnepal

The Asian Cricket Council (ACC) announced the schedule for the ACC Asia Cup 2018 Qualifiers to be held in Malaysia from August 29 to September 6. Nepal will compete to UAE, Oman, Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia for the prized spot in the Asia Cup 2018. The winner of the Qualifiers will join defending champions India and Pakistan in Group A of the Asia Cup. Group B is made up of Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. The top two teams from each of the groups will progress to the Super Four section, from where the top two teams will then play each other in the final. The 14th edition of the Asia Cup is being held in the UAE for… Read More

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Nepal & Netherlands to play T20 with MCC at Lord’s

Posted on March 26, 2018 by cricketnepal

Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) announced that a T20 Triangular Tournament, involving the Club and two ICC Associate Nations, will be held at Lord’s Cricket Ground on July 29, 2018. Nepal and Netherlands will both do battle with MCC on Sunday, July 29, with three Twenty20 games taking place in one day. The first match will begin at 10.00am, with the final clash of the day beginning at 4.30pm. Both Nepal and Netherlands have recently been granted full One-Day International status by the ICC, with the former earning the honor for the first time following their performance in the recent ICC World Cup Qualifiers. The Netherlands had already been elevated to ODI status by virtue of their victory in the ICC… Read More

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‘नेपाली क्रिकेटलाई छिटो निकास देउ’ (हाम्रो खेलकूद)

Posted on March 26, 2018 by cricketnepal

नेपाल क्रिकेट संघ (क्यान) लाई अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय क्रिकेट परिषद (आइसीसी) ले झन्डै दुई वर्षअघि निलम्बन गरेको थियो । निलम्बनकै अवस्थामा नेपालले केहि दिनअघि एक दिवसिय राष्ट्रको मान्यता प्राप्त गरेको छ । यस्तोमा पनि क्यान विवाद समाधानको सम्भावना देखिएको छैन । कहिले सम्ममा नेपालको निलम्बन फुकुवा हुने यसै भन्न सकिने अवस्था पनि छैन । खेलाडीहरुको संस्था क्रिकेट प्लेयर एसोसिएसन अफ नेपाल (सिप्यान) को तेस्रो चुनावी साधारण सभापछि नेपाली राष्ट्रिय टोलीका पूर्व कप्तानहरुले छिटो भन्दा छिटो क्रिकेट विवादको सामाधानका लागि आग्रह गरेका छन् । थप हाम्रोखेलकूदमा पढनुहोस् ।

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ODI Status. Now what for Nepali cricket?

Posted on March 26, 2018 by cricketnepal

Most sports lovers, like me, read the back pages of the broadsheet newspapers first. Of course, with the advent of social media and internet proliferation, we don’t have to wait for the morning newspapers anymore to learn about latest scores. However, we can’t help but reminisce about the time when we relied so heavily on print media to know what was happening in the sports we loved, both domestically and internationally. There was a time when almost all of Nepal-related sports news was dominated by domestic events.  Apart from the odd Athletics, Wushu, shooting and football exploits of our sportsmen, there wasn’t much at the international level to write home about. However, Nepal’s cricket team of this generation has changed… Read More

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Cricket Players Association of Nepal elects new committee

Posted on March 25, 2018 by cricketnepal

Cricket Players Association Nepal (CPAN) elected new executive committee headed by Dr Manish Raj Pandey during it’s 3rd Annual General Assembly. The Assembly elected Dr Pandey and 11 other members of the committee unanimously. Former captain Raju Khadka and Sita Rana Magar were elected the vice presidents while captain Paras Khadka was elected as the General Secretary. Magar and Khadka held the same status in earlier committee while Dr Pandey was the vice president. Prithu Baskota continued as the treasurer and Raju Basnyat was elected the Secretary. CPAN Executive Committee President: Dr Manish Raj Pandey Immediate Past President: Pawan Agrawal Vice Presidents: Raju Khadka and Sita Rana Magar General Secretary: Paras Khadka Secretary: Raju Basnyat Members: Basant Shahi, Dipendra Chaudhary,… Read More

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HISTORIC DAY: Nepal earns ODI status after beating PNG

Posted on March 15, 2018 by cricketnepal

March 15, 2018 will be considered historic day for Nepal’s cricket as Nepal secured One-Day International (ODI) status after beating Papua New Guinea (PNG) by 6 wickets in Cricket World Cup Qualifiers at Old Hararians Sports Club, Zimbabwe. Nepal’s match against any of 15 other ODI nations after the conclusion of CWCQ on March 25 will be recorded as ODI cricket match. Nepal will also be Twenty20 International nation. The status will be in place for at least four years until 2022 Cricket World Cup Qualifiers. For the records, Nepal joins India, South Africa, England, New Zealand, Australia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, West Indies, Afghanistan, Zimbabwe, Ireland, Scotland, U.A.E., and Netherlands as ODI nation. Today’s results also meant Nepal’s stay on… Read More

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WCQ 2018: Zimbabwe makes merry of Nepal’s bowling

Posted on March 5, 2018 by cricketnepal

Zimbabwe scored 380 for 6 in 50 overs. The match ended right there for Nepal. It’s was the biggest total that any team had scored against Nepal, a team that always performed brilliantly with balls and poorly with the bat. However, Nepal could have salvaged little pride from the loss batting 50 overs and scoring some runs. That was exactly the case – Nepal batted 50 overs; scored 264 runs and didn’t lose all wickets. Two of the batsmen scored half-centuries and players, young and experienced, had some good, morale boosting batting practice going into next matches of the World Cup Qualifiers 2018. Nepal lost the match by 116 runs. Punishing centuries by Sikandar Raza and Brendan Taylor helped the… Read More

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Sandeep to play Carribbean Premier League 2018

Posted on March 2, 2018 by cricketnepal

Sandeep Lamichhane’s dream run continues as he was picked up by the St Kitts & Nevis Patriots (SKNP) for the Carribbean Premier League 2018. SKNP named Sandeep in 13th round of the player draft for USD 5,000. He will join the likes of captain Chris Gayle, Australian Ben Cutting, Bangladeshi Mohd Mahmudullah, Tom Cooper and Zimbabwean Graeme Cremer among others from August 8 to September 16. SKNP which finished sixth in 2015 and 2016 was the runners-up in 2017. Former West Indies all-rounder and coach Phil Simmons is the coach of SNKP. After being picked-up, Sandeep tweeted: Excited to be announced as the player of @sknpatriots for this season of @CPL ! Thanks to @sknpatriots team for showing your faith in… Read More

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Team Nepal gets heroic welcome

Posted on February 17, 2018 by cricketnepal

The chilling weather and late arrival time were not a concern for hundreds of fans outside the Tribhuwan International Airport as they waited hours to give Team Nepal heroes’ welcome. The team returned after a successful World Cricket League Division 2 campaign from Namibia. Nepal finished as runners-up in the tournament but in doing so booked their spot for the upcoming ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 Qualifiers to be held in Zimbabwe from March first week. Hundreds of fans were present to welcome the team and were kept waiting for more than an hour due to operational delay. The arrival of the team was welcome with rapturous cries of names of the members of the team. The crowd also chanted… Read More

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