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Government honors woman cricketers

Just before the Tihar festival, the ACC U-19 Women’s Championship winning team received a round of accolades and cash prizes as the government, Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) and sponsors Wai Wai provided cash rewards to the players. Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal awarded the squad with the highest cash prize in the history of Nepali cricket at his official residence at Baluwatar. PM Nepal awarded the 14 players with a cash prize of Rs 100,000 each, while coach Samson Jung Thapa was given Rs 50,000 along with letter of appreciation. Team manager Amrita Paudel received letter of appreciation.

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Nepal defends ACC U-19 Women’s title

Nepali girls defended the ACC U-19 Women’s Championship title defeating Bhutan by five wickets at the Indian Association Ground, Singapore. Bhutan were restricted to 53/6 in rain-reduced 20-over-a-side match. Nepal reached the target in 17.2 overs losing five wickets and Sarita Magar standing firm scoring unbeaten 23.

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Nepal beats Qatar, enters semi

Defending champions Nepal entered the semifinals of the ACC U-19 Women´s Championship cricket defeating Qatar in the last league match by 49 runs in Singapore. It was Nepal´s fourth straight victory in as many matches in the tournament. Nepal qualify as the winners of Group A and will play the runners-up of Group B in the semifinal on Monday.

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Nepal closes in to semi beating Singapore

Nepal registered third victory in the ACC U-19 Women’s Championship cricket tournament defeating Singapore by 70 runs at Yorker on Thursday. Winning toss, Nepal elected to bat and scored 159/2 in 25 overs. Hosts Singapore were restricted to 89/9. After the win, Nepal is atop Group A with three wins and only a series of results not in favor can deny Nepal a place in semifinal.

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Nepal defeats Kuwait

Nepali women continued its winning streak as they beat Kuwait by 7 wickets in the second day of the ACC U-19 Women’s Championship in Singapore. At the Indian Association ground, Kuwait won the toss and elected to bat first. They managed 49/9 in 25 overs – a target that Nepali woman national team reached in 8.3 overs losing just three wickets. Yesterday, Nepal had beaten Hong Kong by 79 runs.

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Nepal beats Hong Kong by 79 runs

Nepal began defense of the ACC U-19 Women’s Championship in style at Ceylon Sports Club (CSC) in Singapore defeating Hong Kong by 79 runs. Hong Kong won the toss and elected to field first. Nepal scored 123/6 in 25 overs and bowled out Hong Kong for 44 runs in 16.3 overs. Captain Nary Thapa was named player of the match.

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Shakti, Sanjam dropped from Asiad

Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) dropped vastly experienced Shakti Gauchan and Sanjam Regmi from the 14-member squad to represent Nepal in the 16th Asian Games from November 12-27 in Guangzhou, China. Shakti, Sanjam and Manjeet Shrestha, who traveled with the team to Italy for the ICC World Cricket League Division IV in August, left space for youngster Prithu Baskota, Binod Bhandari and Naresh Budhayer.

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CAN not to extend Dias’ contract

Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) on Wednesday decided not to extend the contract of long-term coach Roy Luke Dias when it ends in December. A CAN board meeting also decided to expand the domestic cricket structure by adding two cricket development regions and departmental teams.

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Armed Police Force forms cricket team

Armed Police Force (APF) has formed a cricket team with national cricketers to compete in domestic cricket tournaments. Those who joined the job at APF are national captain Paras Khadka, former national captain Paresh Lohani, Raju Basnet, Rom Shrestha, Sanjay Kumar Shrestha, Dipendra Chaudhari, Gyanendra Malla, Sharad Vesawkar, Subas Khakurel, Sunam Gautam, Prithu Baskota, Amrit Bhattarai, Ritesh Singh, Basanta Regmi, Sanjam Regmi, Shakti Gauchan and Mehboob Alam.

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Paras wins Player of the Year award

Paras Khadka won the Player of the Year (Male) award of the nation’s biggest Pulsar Sports Award 2066 for his performance during the World Cricket League Division 5 and ACC Trophy. Nepal Sports Journalists Forum (NSJF) honored the national cricket captain with the award in a gala function held at Nepal Academy. During the program, woman cricketer Rubina Chhetri was award with the Magical Performance of the Year award and retired curator Komal Pandey with the Lifetime Achievement Award.

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Five nominations for Sports Awards 2066

Cricket has dominated the nominations in the main four categories of the Nepal Sports Journalists Forum’s (NSJF) Pulsar Sports Award 2066. National captain Paras Khadka has been nominated for the Best Player of the Year (Male); Nary Thapa for the Best Player of the Year (Female); spinners Rahul Kumar BK and Nischal Pandey for the Youth Player of the Year and coach Roy Dias for the Coach of the Year Award.

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Nepal avenge Tanzania for third position

Nepal beat Tanzania by 10 wickets to claim third position in the Pepsi ICC World Cricket League Division 4 at Medicina, Italy on Saturday. Nepal bowled out Tanzania for 73 in 39.3 overs and the openers – Anil Mandal (47 not out) and Mahesh Chhetri (24 not out) raced the team to target in 12.3 overs.

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Nepal beats Cayman to stay in Div 4

Nepal confirmed its place in the Pepsi ICC World Cricket League Division 4 with a thumping victory over Cayman Islands in Medicina, Italy. In a crucial match important for relegation, Nepal bowled out Cayman Islands for 69 in 39.5 overs — with left-arm spinner Basant Regmi taking four wickets. Nepal”s batting was not on par with bowling but the victory was completed in 17.2 overs at the loss of three wickets.

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WCL Div 4: Nepal vs USA

Nepal is playing USA is a rematch of the opening day when no play was possible due to rainfall. USA won the toss and elected to bat first. Nepal made a change in the team that played Argentina bringing in Binod Das to replace Mehboob Alam. The live score is here.

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Nepal defeat Argentina by 8 wkts

Nepal registered a thumping victory of eight wickets over Argentina in the ongoing Pepsi ICC World Cricket League Division 4 at Navile, Italy on Wednesday. With Anil Mandal (60), Paras Khadka (53 not out), Pradeep Airee (38 not out) and Mahesh Chhetri (36) all contributed for Nepal´s victory that was registered with 104 balls remaining.

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Tanzania beat Nepal

Nepal´s experiments with new opening pair ended in a nine-run defeat against Tanzania in the Pepsi ICC World Cricket League Division 4 at Centro Sportivo Ca´Nova, Medicina, Italy on Tuesday. After a long gap, Mehboob Alam was asked to open with Anil Mandal and the pair were out without scoring as Nepal were bundled out for 108 in 44.1 overs chasing 117 for victory.

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Asian Games 2010 fixtures published

The Asian Cricket Council (ACC) has published the fixtures for cricket competition in the 16th Asian Games 2010. Nepal will compete against Hong Kong and Maldives in Group D for qualification to play against seeded teams in men’s competition. Malaysia, Singapore and China are in Group C and the top two teams from each group will join Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan in the knock-out competition.

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Nepal beat Italy by 5 wickets

Nepal registered a five-wicket victory over hosts Italy in the Pepsi ICC World Cricket League Division 4 cricket, but the win brought more concerns than celebrations. After asking Italy to bat first, Nepal bowled it out for lowly 71 in 33.1 overs. Nepal’s chase was however not on the par with the bowling as it lost five wickets while reaching the target in 25 overs.

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Nepal confirmed in Asian Games cricket

Nepal will participate in both, men and women, Twenty20 cricket event in the Asian Games in Guangzhou, the XVI Asiad, as the teams have been confirmed for the event. There are ten countries participating in the men’s competition and eight in the women’s, according to Asian Cricket Council (ACC).

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Nepal – USA match called off

Rain played spoilsport as the inaugural match between Nepal and USA in the Pepsi ICC World Cricket League Division 4 in Italy was called off after 14 overs on Saturday. Nepal was 51/2 with in-form Anil Mandal on 30 and captain Paras Khadka on 10 when the match was halted by rainfall and finally called off for the day without a result. The teams will play a fresh rematch on Monday.

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Nepal warm up for Div 4 with victories

Nepal warmed up for the Pepsi ICC World Cricket League Division 4 in Italy by winning both of its practice matches convincingly. Nepal defeated Cayman Islands, a participating nation in the event, by seven wickets in a warm up matches on August 12. Two days ago, Nepal had defeated overpowered local Bologna Cricket Club by 288 runs.

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Nepal names WCL Div 4 squad

Manjit Shrestha has made a comeback in the final 14-member national squad announced for the Pepsi ICC World Cricket League Division-4 to be held in Italy. All-rounder Shrestha has been included in the national squad for the first time since 2005. He had participated in the ACC Three-day League Cricket in Hong Kong in 2005. Despite being named in the ACC Trophy in Malaysia in 2006, he was ruled out from the tour owing to injuries in his finger.

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Nepal to open with USA in WCL Div 4

Teams from five continents prepare to meet in Italy next month as the truly global nature of international cricket is illustrated once again with the Pepsi ICC World Cricket League Division 4 (WCL Div. 4). Teams from Nepal, USA, Italy, Cayman Islands, Argentina and Tanzania will converge on Bologna to compete in the fourth step of the World Cricket League as they push ultimately towards inclusion in the next ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier (CWCQ) which is scheduled for 2013.

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Nepal’s blind cricketers bat to dispel prejudice

Pawan Ghimire, a major in the Nepalese army, only became aware of the difficulties faced by blind people after he lost his own sight in an ambush by Maoist rebels during the country’s civil war. Ten years later, he is waging a campaign to revolutionise perceptions of disability in this deeply traditional Hindu country and has organised a series of cricket tournaments for blind players — including women.

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TU now ok for int’l matches: ICC

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has lifted the conditional ban on the TU Ground to host international matches after an inspection. ICC chief Executive, in his letter to Binaya Raj Pandey, the president of Cricket Association of Nepal, said: “I am pleased to confirm that international matches can continue to be staged at the ground with immediate effect.”

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