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Nepali national cricket team started its India tour in a winning note as it defeated DI Khan Coaching Center, Delhi by 42 runs in the first practice match on Sunday. Nepali team, which is touring India in its preparation bid for the ACC T20 Elite Cup and ICC World Cricket League Division 3, elected to bat at the DI Khan Senior Secondary School Ground, Delhi. Nepal was all out for 203 runs in 39.3 overs in the match reduced to 40 overs per side due to wet outfield. According to Nepali team’s Technical Analyst Raman Siwakoti, Binod Bhandari top scored for Nepal. Bhandari clobbered 69 runs off 56 balls including six boundaries and four sixes. Sharad Vesawkar scored 42 runs… Read More

Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) announced preliminary 18-member national squad on Friday for the upcoming ACC T20 Elite Cup and ICC World Cricket League Division 3. The preliminary squad includes pacer Chandra Saud and Rahul Vishwakarma, who were left out in the final squad of ACC Elite Trophy held in the UAE in October 2012 because of injuries. U-19 batsman Sagar Pun and bowler Ram Naresh Giri secured their berths in the preliminary squad while another U-19 player Jitendra Kumar Mukhiya is also in the team. Coach Pubudu Dassanayake did not consider former Captain Binod Das, who is yet to recover fully from injuries, for the team whereas another pacer Manjeet Shrestha is included in the team. Bhuwan Karki, who… Read More

Region No 1 (Biratnagar) pulled a 10-run victory over Region No 4 (Bhairahawa) at the Pokhara Stadium on Thursday to clinch the Wai Wai U-19 National Cricket Tournament. Biratnagar elected to bat and was all out for 168 runs in 49.5 overs. In reply, Bhairahawa was all out for 158 in 49.1 overs. It was maiden U-19 title for Biratnagar. Biratnagar has reached the final of the U-19 national for the first time in 10 years. Biratnagar had played its last U-19 final in 2003, when it was beaten by Bhairahawa. Biratnagar opener Amol Das started the innings in style scoring 19 runs off seven balls including three boundaries and a six. Biratanagar lost wickets in quick span and limited… Read More

Region No 4 (Bhairahawa) set up a title clash with Region No 1 (Biratnagar) in the Wai Wai U-19 National Cricket Tournament defeating Region No 5 (Nepalgunj) by six wickets in the semifinal held in Pokhara on Wednesday. Nepalgunj elected to bat at the Pokhara Stadium and was all out for 179 runs in 49.4 overs. In reply, Bhairahawa reached 183/4 in 36.1 overs. Biratnagar had defeated Region No 2 (Birgunj) by one wicket in the first semifinal on Tuesday. Nepalgunj openers Siddhant Shahi and Wasim Halwai (20 runs off 64 balls) put up a 65-run partnership. Shahi, then, put up a 22-run stand for the second wicket with Prajjwal Shahi (10 runs off 14 balls). Siddhant was run out… Read More

Kalicharan Yadav completed a five-wicket haul, including a hat-trick, to help Region No 1 (Biratnagar) pull off a thrilling one-wicket victory over Region No 2 (Birgunj) in the semifinal of Wai Wai U-19 National Cricket Tournament in Pokhara on Tuesday. Kalicharan took the first ever hat-trick in the domestic age-group tournament as Biratnagar reached the final of the U-19 national tournament for the first time in 10 years. Biratnagar had played its last U-19 final in 2003, when it was beaten by Bhairahawa. Birgunj elected to bat at the Pokhara Stadium but was all out for 89 runs in 36.1 overs as Biratnagar bowlers dominated the match. Biratnagar bowler Rohit Singh dismissed Birgunj opener Amit Shrestha (1 run) in the… Read More

An inspired bowling performance from Avinash Karn helped Region No 2 (Birgunj) crush Region No 7 (Janakpur) by 10 wickets on Monday at the Pokhara Stadium and strengthen its hopes of reaching the semifinals of Wai Wai U-19 National Cricket Tournament. With the win, Birgunj has four points from three matches in Group B of the tournament. Region No 4 (Bhairahawa) leads the points table with four points from two matches while Region No 8 (Pokhara) has two points from two matches. Birgunj would qualify for the semifinals if Bhairahawa beat Pokhara or lost by a very narrow margin on Tuesday. Janakpur has already crashed out of the tournament losing all its three group stage matches. On Monday, Janakpur elected… Read More

Batting at No 9, Ram Naresh Giri scored an unbeaten 27 runs to guide Region No 2 (Birgunj) to a thrilling one-wicket victory over Region No 8 (Pokhara) in the Wai Wai U-19 National Cricket Tournament in Pokhara on Sunday. Chasing a 141-run target at the Pokhara Stadium, Birgunj was reeling at 78/7 in 26.4 overs when Giri came to the crease. He shared a 31-run partnership with No 3 Bikram Basnet (28 runs off 89 balls) for the eighth wicket to anchor the innings and take Birgunj to 143/9 in 44.5 overs. Giri faced 48 balls for his unbeaten 27 runs that included four boundaries. Earlier, Basnet and Suraj Prasad Kurmi (28 runs off 28 balls) put up a… Read More

Nepali cricket umpire Buddhi Bahadur Pradhan was one of the on-field umpires of the Women’s World Cup match between England and Sri Lanka played in Mumbai on Friday. International Cricket Council (ICC) has nominated Pradhan as one of the umpires in the Women’s World Cup. Pradhan is considered one of the finest umpires from the associate countries and he had officiated the final match of the ICC World T20 Qualifiers between Ireland and Afghanistan in UAE last year. So far, Pradhan has already officiated 18 One-Day International matches and 4 T20 international matches. He has been listed in the ICC Associate and Affiliates Umpires Panel since 2005.

Bibek Chaudhary’s five-wicket haul ensured Region No 4 (Bhairahawa) a 47-run victory over Region No 2 (Birgunj) on Friday in the Wai Wai U-19 National Cricket Tournament being held in Pokhara. Bhairahawa elected to bat but was all out for 110 runs in 31.2 overs. However, Chaudhary’s magical bowling helped Bhairahawa to bundle out Birgunj for meager 63 runs in 30.3 overs. Bhairahawa lost its opener very early and was languishing at 17/3 in 6.4 overs. However, Bijay Sunar and Ganesh Gaudel put up an 83-run stand for the fourth wicket. Sunar scored 37 runs off 92 balls including five boundaries before Aarif Shekh claimed his wicket in the first ball of the 27th over. Bhairahawa, then, collapsed adding only… Read More

PentagonInternationalCollege clinched the title of HotelDevoteeSPACupInter-college Cricket tournament here on Tuesday. Pentagon put up all-round performance to beat defending champion NASA International by four wickets in the final. Pentagon, which had suffered semifinal defeats in the last edition, was in no mood to let the opportunity go away this time. Pentagon bundled out NASA for 77 runs in 15.5 overs and successfully chased the target in 13.4 overs losing six wickets. Winner Pentagon received Rs 200,000 while runner-up NASA bagged Rs 100,000 in the domestic cricket tournament with the highest cash prize. NASA elected to bat but could not resist Pentagon´s bowling attack as its opener Subash Pradhan (1 run) was dismissed by Santosh Bhatta in the second over. Former… Read More

Brilliant bowling performance by medium pacer Suresh Guragain helped NASA International College, Kathmandu seal a six-wicket victory over Aishwarya Vidya Niketan, Dhangadhi on Sunday and book a berth in the semifinals of Hotel Devotee SPA Cup Inter-college Cricket Tournament being held in Dhangadhi. NASA will take on Mahendra Namuna Higher Secondary, Dadeldhura on Monday while Pentagon will lock horns with host Sudur Paschimanchal Academy (SPA) in the other semifinal. Guragain claimed three wickets to restrict Aishwarya to 112/8 in the allotted 20 overs. Guragain paired with Durgesh Singh in NASA’s bowling. He not only took two wickets in his very first over but also kept it a maiden over. He dismissed Kamal Raj Joshi for one run and Sagar Magar… Read More

Nepal thrashed the UAE by 86 runs on Friday to seal the consecutive second victory in the ACC Women’s Championship, cricket tournament. Nepal elected to bat at the Gymkhana Ground, Thailand and put up 145/5 in allotted 25 overs. In reply, UAE was all out for 59 runs in 22.4 overs. Madhu Thapa (three runs) and Sita Magar put up a 29-run opening stand before Thapa was caught by Kyna Vedhasinghe off Aysha Naushadkhan in the fifth ball of the sixth over. No 3 Roshani Bohara added just seven runs and departed but Sita Magar anchored the Nepali innings along side Sarita Magar. Sita and Sarita put up a 41-run partnership for the third wicket. Sita Magar scored 46 runs… Read More

Host Sudur Paschimanchal Academy (SPA) secured semifinal berth in the Hotel Devotee SPA Cup, inter college cricket tournament with highest cash prize, as it defeated Jagannath Multipule Campus, Baitadi by six wickets on Friday in Dhangadhi. Jagannath elected to bat first and put up 119/4 in allotted 20 overs as Ashok Chand scored unbeaten 43 runs. Lokesh Bhatta (17 runs) was the second highest scorer for Jagannath. Bikash Bam was the pick of the SPA bowlers as he claimed three wickets. Arjun Chapagain took a wicket for SPA. Chasing the total, SPA met the target in 18.4 overs losing four wickets. Bhuwan Karki top scored 29 runs while Pankaj Kunwar struck 25 runs. Prakash Khadka (19 runs) and Sandeep Khadka… Read More

Nepal started the ACC Women’s Cricket Championship campaign with an emphatic eight-wicket victory over Bhutan on Thursday. Nepal elected to field and restricted Bhutan at 65/8 in allotted 25 overs at the Prem Oval, Thailand. In chasing the low total, Nepal reached 68/2 in 13.4 overs. Bhutanese girls, except Dechen Wangmo, surrendered to Nepali bowlers and kept on losing wickets in regular interval. Nepali captain Rubina Chhetri bowled out opener Sonam Pelden (naught) and trapped lbw to another opener Ugyen Dema (five runs) to limit Bhutan to 12/2 in 5.4 overs. For the third wicket Bhutanese pair Wangmo and Yeshey Choden (seven runs) put up a 16-run partnership, the highest of the innings. Sarita Magar dismissed Choden in the fourth… Read More

Host Sudur Paschimanchal Academy (SPA) pulled off a 41-run victory over Siddhanath Multiple Campus on Wednesday to secure berth in the quarterfinals of the Hotel Devotee SPA Cup inter-college cricket tournament being held in Dhangadhi. SPA elected to bat and put up 141/8 in the allotted 20 overs. In reply, Siddhanath was all out for 100 runs in 18.5 overs. Openers Subendu Pandey (14 runs) and Jeevan Sunar shared a 35-run stand but SPA lost two wickets in quick succession. However, Sunar (31 runs) put up another 35-run partnership with Bhuwan Karki for the third wicket. Karki also scored 31 runs with three fours and a six. Arjun Chapagain and Sandeep Khadka chipped in with 12 and 13 runs respectively.… Read More

Kailali Multiple Campus defeated Tikapur Multiple Campus by 21 runs while  Aishwarya Vidya Niketan, Dhangadhi thrashed Ghodaghodi Multiple Campus, Sukkhad by nine wickets on the second day of the Hotel Devotee SPA Cup Cricket Tournament in Dhangadhi on Tuesday. In the first match of the day, Tikapur won the toss and elected to field. Kailali put up 101/8 in the allotted 20 overs as opener Prakash Bhatta and Raman Bam shared a 46-run partnership. Bhatta scored 20 runs including two fours and a six while Bam added 11 runs. Gyanendra Chhetri (16 runs) and Suresh Dhami (11 runs) were the other major contributors for Kailali. Chandra Rimal claimed three wickets for Tikapur while Nirmal Saud, Keshar Khadka, Dipak Subedi and… Read More