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Nepal drawn with Lanka, Pakistan

Nepal will play Sri Lanka in opening day of the SAARC Twenty20 Cricket Tournament as it is drawn in a tough group. Nepal is drawn in Group B along with Karnataka Institute of Cricket (KIC) of India, Sri Lanka and Pakistan. Bangaldesh’s team, Afghanistan, Bhutan and hosts Maldives are drawn in Group A.

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Pakistan Embassy suppports CAN

The Embassy of Pakistan in Kathmandu handed over cricket equipment to Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN). Pakistan Embassy Charge d’ Affaires Ahmar Ismail handed over 50 sets of Pakistan made cricket equipment to National Sports Council (NSC) Member Secretary Yuvaraj Lama, CAN President Binay Raj Pandey and Vice President Upendra Bhattarai.

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Ratnayake inspects Pokhara ground

Rumesh Ratnayake, the Development Officer at the Asian Cricket Council (ACC), visited the construction site of the Pokhara Cricket Ground. “He inspected the ground as ACC is financing it,” Kaski District Cricket Association chairman Devendra Praju said. “He was also informed about the situation of ground and other infrastructure.”

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Nepal to participate in SAARC T20

Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) confirmed that Nepal will participate in the SAARC Under 25 Twenty20 Cricket Tournament to be organized in the Maldives from October 31 to November 7. CAN also announced 14-member team under Paras Khadka to participate in the event. Gyanendra Malla is named Paras’ deputy.

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Nary wins Youth Player of the Year

Nary Thapa won the Youth Player of the Year award at the NSJF Pulsar Sports Awards 2067. Para-athlete Bikram Rana, who participates in cricket and athletics, won the Parathlete of the Year award as football, cricket and boxing lead the biggest sports awards of the country with two awards each. As winners, they received Rs. 30,000 cash along with gift hampers from Timex, College of Medical Sciences, Dish Media Network, Buddha Air, Cherry World and New Horizon Carpet.

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Cricket leads Sports Awards nomination

Cricket leads the nomination in the NSJF Pulsar Sports Awards with six being nominated in various categories in the biggest sports award of the country. The NSJF Pulsar Sports Awards set for September 10 will award sports personalities in eight awards, and the Player Selection Committee headed by NSJF secretary Mahesh Acharya revealed five nominations in four main categories.

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CAN decides to appoint Dasanayake

An executive committee meeting of the Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) approved Sri Lankan Pubudu Dasanayake for the post of national coach. A technical committee led by CAN Vice-president Shree Harsha Koirala had earlier recommended the names of Dasanayake, another Sri Lankan cricketer Charith Senanayake and English cricketer of Pakistani origin Aftab Habib for the job.

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Nepal grouped with Australia, England

Nepal is drawn with defending champions and hosts Australia, 1998-winner England and Ireland in Group A for the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup 2012. “The event will get underway in Queensland exactly one year from today and Scotland will be there as the leading Associate after winning eight of its nine matches during the qualifiers, which took place in Dublin and Derry,” International Cricket Council (ICC) said in a release.

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Confident Nepal leaves for Ireland

Team Nepal left Kathmandu on Sunday for the U-19 World Cup qualifiers campaign. Nepali U-19 is scheduled to participate in the ICC U-19 World Cup Qualifiers in Ireland from July 28 to August 9. The top six teams after round-robin league in the 10-nation event will qualify for 2012 U-19 Cricket World Cup in Australia.

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Team, schedule for U-19 WC qualifiers

Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) announced 14 players for the up coming ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup Qualifiers to be held on Ireland from July 28- August 9 on Tuesday. The players were kept in a closed-camp training in Kathmandu from June 6.

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ICC scraps U-19 World Cup qualifiers

The International Cricket Council (ICC) Development Committee has decided to scrap the 10-team U-19 World Cup qualifiers. The U-19 WC qualifiers to be held in Ireland from July 28 to August 9 will be the last one.

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CAN announces U-19 WC qualifier squad

Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) on Wednesday announced 18-member squad for the upcoming ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup qualifiers. Prithu Baskota will lead the Nepali team in the event scheduled to be held from July 28 to August 9 in Ireland.

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National one-day, T20 from next week

Two major cricket tournament will kick off in Kathmandu back to back as Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) expanded the domestic league to incorporate four more teams. Region No 7 Janakpur, Region No 8 Pokhara, Armed Police Force (APF) Club and Nepal Police Club (NPC) will participate in the Standard Chartered One-Day National Cricket to start on May 3, and Twenty20 National Cricket set to begin on May 14.

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APF Club unveils women’s team

The APF Club of the Armed Police Force unveiled their newly formed women’s cricket team and a club sponsor that’s likely to change the sponsorship scenario of Nepali cricket. The country’s first private mobile company Ncell signed a sponsorship deal worth Rs 1.4 million per year which will mainly go to the cricket teams.

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Bhairahawa wins MG Trophy T20

Lal Bahadur Adhikari produced a memorable batting performance as Region No 4 Bhairahawa defeated hosts Region No 2 Birgunj by 11 runs in the final of the MG Trophy National Twenty20 Tournament at Narayani Cricket Ground. After 10 overs, Bhairahawa were 20 for 7 but batting at No 9, Lal salvaged Bhairahawa’s innings scoring a half-century and took the total to 111 for 8. Birgunj only managed 97 in 19.2 overs.

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Nepal fourth despite Karuna’s heroics

Karuna Bhandari´s five-wicket haul and a hat-trick went in vain as Nepali women cricketers ended their ACC Women´s Twenty20 Championship campaign in the fourth position with a 13-run loss against Thailand in a play-off match for the third place.

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Nepal miss out final

Nepal bowed out of the ACC Women’s Twenty20 Championship after losing their semifinal match against the defending champions Hong Kong by nine wickets. In the last edition of the championship, held in Malaysia in 2009, too, Nepal were thwarted in the semifinals by the same opponent.

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Nepal defeat Malaysia by 9 wickets

Nepal beat Malaysia by 9 wickets to continue its unbeaten run in the ACC Women’s Twenty20 Championship at KOC, Hubara in Kuwait. Malaysia scored 68 runs for the loss of 7 wickets in 20 overs after they elected to bat first. Nepal knocked off the required runs in 14 overs for a comprehensive victory.

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Karuna bowls Nepal to semifinal

Nepal qualified for the semifinal of the ACC Women’s Twenty20 Championship defeating hosts Kuwait by 47 runs at KEC. Nepal scored 103/4 in 20 overs after being invited to bat first and restricted Kuwait for 56/9 for an easy victory.

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Rashmi help Nepal beat UAE

Rashmi Sharma displayed an all-round performance helping Nepal comprehensively beat UAE in the ACC Women’s Twenty20 Championship league match at KEC, Kuwait. Rashmi took a couple of wickets as UAE were restricted to 80 for 6 in 20 overs. In reply, she scored 21 as Nepal concluded the match in 9.1 overs losing just two wickets.

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Nepal beat Thailand in ACC Women T20

Despite lackluster batting performance, Nepal began ACC Women’s Twenty20 Championship with a 21-run win over Thailand at KEC, Kuwait. Nepal chose to bat first but was bowled out for 75 in 18.4 overs with only a couple of players reaching double-digit runs. Nepal however bowled brilliantly to end Thai innings at 54 in 18.1 runs.

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Afghanistan dishearten Nepal

Nepal’s dream of lifting the title of the ACC U-19 Elite Cup cricket tournament for the fifth time was shattered on Thursday after they were handed a 65-run defeat by arch rivals Afghanistan. Nepal, who had defeated Afghanistan by six wickets in the group stage, were restricted to 139 runs while chasing a target of 201 set by Afghanistan at the Thailand cricket ground. This was Nepal’s second defeat in the final in eight editions of the tournament.

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Nepal beat Oman by 304 runs

Nepal continued it’s brilliant performance in the ACC U-19 Elite Cup defeating Oman by 304 runs in a match of records at TGC, Bangkok, Thailand. Nepal scored 391/4 in 50 overs after electing to bat first and bowled out Oman for just 87 in 31.5 overs for the second victory in the tournament.

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Nepal U-19 lose T20 in Bangladesh

Nepal U-19 cricket team ended the Bangladesh tour with a 68-run loss in the one-off Twenty20 match against Bangladesh U-19 at Sylhet on Saturday. Nepal U-19 have lost also the two One-Day matches against the same opponent in their ACC (Asian Cricket Council) U-19 Elite Cup build-up. Nepal U-19 were in Bangladesh for three practice matches ahead of their participation in the ACC U-19 Elite Cup scheduled to be held in Thailand from Tuesday.

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Target Youth World Cup: Prithu

Prithu Baskota is the first Nepali cricketer to lead all age-group teams. After captaining U-15 and U-17, during which his team won the ACC U-17 Elite Cup, Prithu is leading the U-19 team in the ACC U-19 Elite Cup, the first step for the qualification to Youth World Cup. Nepal missed the YWC last year after five straight qualifications. In an interview with Cricket Nepal, Prithu said the team’s aim to gain the lost glory by qualifying to the Youth World Cup.

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