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The semifinal line-up in the Wai Wai U-19 National Cricket Tournament was completed on Wednesday with Region No 2 (Birgunj) and Region No 3 (Kathmandu) joining Region No 9 (Kanchanpur) and Region No 7 (Janakpur) in the last-four of the competition. Birgunj and Kathmandu secured berths in the last-four from Group A with a match in hand after Birgunj defeated Region No 1 (Biratnagar) by four wickets at the TU Cricket Ground in Kirtipur on Wednesday for its second straight win. The result puts undefeated Birgunj and Kathmandu on top of the standings with four points each in the four-team group. Region No 1 (Biratnagar) and Region No 6 (Baitadi) — both pointless — crashed out with a match in… Read More

Nepal has lost out to USA in the second warm-up match, in the run up to the World T20 qualifiers that begins on Friday in UAE. USA defeated Nepal by 5 wickets, chasing down the target of 130 runs, with two balls to spare. USA began the chase of 130-run target well, putting up 30 runs, before Steven Taylor was out caught by Sharad Vesawkar off Amrit Bhattarai’s bowling, in the third over. Elmore Hutchinson scored the highest 33 runs for USA, as Timroy Ellen scored 31 off 24 deliveries towards the end. For Nepal, Sagar Pun took two wickets for 25 runs, as Shakti Gauchan took one, giving away 16 runs in his 4-over spell. But that could not… Read More

Region No 9 (Kanchanpur) and Region No 7 (Janakpur) have advanced into the semifinals of the Wai Wai U-19 National Cricket Tournament, from Group B. Kanchanpur crushed Region No 4 (Bhairahawa) by 182 runs at the Pulchowk Engineering College ground for its third victory in a row. Kanchanpur’s win also helped Janakpur secure its place in the last-four of the tournament. Kanchanpur and Janakpur have six points each from three matches and the last group match between them on Wednesday will decide the group winner. The other three teams in the group — Bhairahawa, Nepalgunj and Pokhara — crashed out with at least one match in hand. Tail-enders Bhuwan Karki and Deependra Airee shone with the bat and Lalit Bhandari… Read More

Spurred by captain Paras Khadka’s 85 off 62 balls, Team Nepal has defeated UAE in the first warm-up match, ahead of World T20 qualifiers in Dubai on Tuesday. Needing 139 to beat UAE, Nepal lost two or its wickets (Pradeep Airee-0 and Subhash Khakurel-14), with score at 18 in three overs. As Paras belted 9 fours and 4 sixes in his innings Nepal achieved the target with 3 balls to spare. Nasir Aziz was the most successful UAE bowler with 3 wickets off 4 overs, but he gave away 44 runs in his spell. The other notable contribution for Nepal came from vice-captain Gyanendra Malla, as he scored 25 off 30 deliveries with 3 hits to the boundary. Earlier, Nepali… Read More

Region No 8 (Pokhara) has crashed out of the Wai Wai U-19 National Cricket Tournament while Region No 3 (Kathmandu) and Region No 2 (Birgunj) made winning starts to their campaigns. Pokhara crashed out at the group stage with a match in hand after suffering its third successive defeat. This time, at the hands of Region No 4 (Bhairahawa) in Group B match. Bhairahawa recorded a convincing 118-run victory over Pokhara at the Army ground in Bhaktapur for its first win in two matches. In Group A, Kathmandu overcame Region No 1 (Biratnagar) by three wickets at the Pulchowk Engineering College ground and Birgunj defeated Region No 6 (Baitadi) by eight wickets to collect two points each from their opening… Read More

Janakpur edged closer to the semifinals of the Wai Wai U-19 National Cricket Tournament after registering its third successive win in the tournament, on Sunday. However, the day belonged to Sunil Dhimal, whose century propelled Kanchanpur to an emphatic 122-run victory over Pokhara in another match. At the Pulchowk Engineering College ground, Janakpur defeated Nepalgunj by 58 runs as Hari Shankar Sah ran riot with the ball, taking six wickets to foil Nepalgunj´s run-chase. Nepalgunj captain Akash Bista´s five-wicket haul in the first innings went in vain as Janakpur won the toss and scored 206 runs in 44.5 overs. Captain Rahul Pratap Singh topscored for Janakpur with 38 runs off 41 balls. He hit six boundaries during his stay at… Read More

Just as the ICC World T20 qualifiers is around the corner, eight corporate houses have declared to provide a monthly allowances of Rs 15,000 to each member of the Team Nepal for two years, just before its departure to UAE, if it makes it to the World T20. Nepali Team left for UAE for the tournament that begins this Friday. Seven corporate houses – Ace Travels, HH Bajaj and Company, Mega Bank, F1 Soft Privated Limited, VOITH Group, Goldstar Shoes and Unilever Nepal Limited — have declared to provide monthly allowance to two members each of the national team while King College have agreed to sponosor one player. The deal will be effective from the very first month after the… Read More

Nepal cricket team sponsors Standard Chartered Bank and Varun Beverage felicitated the ICC World Cricket League Division 3 winning team with cash prizes and bade farewell to the team, which leaves for UAE to compete in the ICC World T20 Qualifiers. The qualifiers begins in UAE from Friday. Nepal won Division 3 in Bermuda on 7th of May, defeating Uganda by five wickets. The team is leaving for UAE on Sunday for the World T20 Cup Qualifiers. Team Nepal will also be participating in the ICC World Cup Qualifiers (for the World Cup of 50-over format), that will be played in New Zealand in January. Standard Chartered and Varun Beverage, the producer of Pepsi in Nepal, gave away Rs 20,000… Read More

Abhishek Jha produced an all-round performance to help Region No 7 (Janakpur) defeat Region No 4 (Bhairahawa) by 13 runs at the TU Cricket Ground in Kirtipur on Saturday for its second victory in the Wai Wai U-19 National Cricket Tournament. Player-of-the-match Jha scored the highest 42 runs for Janakpur and later claimed six wickets in the team’s second match of Group B. Jha struck six fours and a six in his 75-ball knock after Janakpur elected to bat first. Opener Hari Shankar Sah (20), Ansaj Upadhyaya (13), Rahul Pratap Singh (16), Chandan Jha (15) and Sameer Nepal (12) were the other batsmen to reach double figures as Janakpur was bowled out for 141 runs in 47.2 overs. Rupesh Bastola… Read More

Region No 7 (Janakpur) registered a thrilling one-wicket victory over Region No 8 (Pokhara) in the opening match of the Wai Wai U-19 National Cricket Tournament on Friday. Pokhara elected to bat and was all out for 141 runs in 36.4 overs. In reply, Janakpur reached the target in 37.4 overs losing nine wickets. At the Pulchowk Engineering Cricket Ground, Pokhareli openers Sanjosh Bhattarai (16 runs) and Manoj Koirala (21 runs) put up a 44-run partnership. Even though other batsmen failed against the bowling attack of Janakpur, Dhurba Karki scored 47 runs off 60 balls to guide Pokhara to a respectable total. Abhishek Jha took four wickets while Gopal Singh, Rahul Pratap Singh and Hari Shankar Sah claimed two wickets… Read More

Dhangadhi Cricket Academy (DCA) wrapped up its Sri Lanka tour on Monday with four wins and five defeats in friendly matches. DCA was beaten in its ninth and final match on Monday, losing to host Ravi Puchihawa Cricket Academy (RPCA) by 42 runs in Matale, the administrative capital of the Central Province of Sri Lanka. RPCA won the toss and elected to bat on its home ground at the Bernard Cricket Stadium. The hosts were all out for 138 in 19 overs. Altaf Mohammad scored 27 runs for RPCA while Gihan Herath added 20. Tekendra Khadka, Aashutosh Kunwar and Amar Panthi took two wickets each for DCA. Chasing a target of 139, DCA was packed for just 96 runs. Nuren… Read More

Nepali national team registered a convincing 55-run win over DCA, Ghaziabad in T20 practice match. Nepali team is in Indian capital to to prepare for the Qualifiers of World T20 Cup to be held from November 15 to 30 in UAE. Nepali batsmen came up with much improved performance at the Nehru Cricket Stadium in Ghaziabad. Nepali batsmen put up 144 for 8 after electing to bat first and bowled out the local team for 89 in 17.4 overs. Opening pair of Mahesh Chhetri (22) and Pradeep Aire (39) put up 59-run stand for the first wicket before Airee was trapped leg before in last ball of 8th over after facing 26 deliveries. Airee, the topscorer for Nepal, hit 39 runs… Read More

Nepali national cricket team defeated Indian Railways by 5 runs, in it’s practice tour to the Indian capital, at at the Roshanara Club ground. Put to bat first, Nepal scored 135 for 9 in the T20 match and restricted Indian Railways at 132 for 7. Binod Bhandari scored the highest 42 off 35 with five hits to the fence. Gyanendra Malla scored 31 off 34. Opener Subash Khakurel (13), Sagar Pun (15), skipper Paras Khadka (5), Basanta Regmi (12), Sharad Vesawakar (4) and Pradeep Aire (11) contributed for Nepal. For Indian Railway, Karan Thakur and Hitesh Kadam claimed three wickets apiece while Shamshul Huda claimed two and Prashant Awasti took one wicket. In the run chase, Hemant Singh’s 82 off… Read More

Nepali national cricket team sealed second victory over Delhi District Cricket Association (DDCA) U-25 team on Wednesday in its practice tour to India. Nepal defeated DDCA U-25 by five wickets on Wednesday at the Roshanara Club Ground, Delhi. Nepal had lost its first match against the same team by four wickets on Monday but won the second match by 36 runs on Tuesday. Nepal elected to field first and restricted DDCA U-25 at 123/6 in the T20 match. Nepal met the target in 19.4 overs losing only five wickets. Nipun Malhotra scored 25 runs off 25 balls while Akarshit Gomil added 24 runs off 17 balls. Ankur Julka (19 runs), Kuldeep Rawat (unbeaten 19 runs), Jaideep Chauhan (15 runs) were… Read More

Skipper Paras Khadka blasted 80 runs as Nepali national cricket team defeated Delhi District Cricket Association (DDCA) U-25 team by 36 runs on Tuesday in its second practice match in the India tour. DDCA U-25 had defeated Nepal by four wickets in the first match on Monday. DDCA U-25 elected to field first at the Roshanara Club Ground, Delhi. Nepal put up 148/6 in allotted 20 overs and restricted DDCA U-25 at 112/9. Opener Sagar Pun failed to open his account while Subash Khakurel put up 25 runs off 17 balls. Pradeep Airee added 12 runs off 14 balls and Gyanendra Malla garnered 13 runs off 13 balls. However, skipper Khadka anchored and boosted the Nepali innings by clobbering 80… Read More

Nepali national cricket team suffered a loss in first practice match of its India tour as U-25 team of Delhi District Cricket Association (DDCA) defeated it by four wickets on Monday at the Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi. DDCA U-25 elected to field and restricted Nepal at 137/5 in allotted 20 overs. Opener Sagar Pun scored only three runs but another opener Subash Khakurel and Gyanendra Malla put up a 77-run partnership for the second wicket. Malla garnered 26 runs off 33 balls. However, Varun Sood claimed both the wickets of Malla and Khakurel in the 13th over. Khakurel clobbered 45 runs off 40 balls before getting out. Khakurel hit five boundaries and a six. Captain Paras Khadka blasted unbeaten… Read More

A 24-member U-17 cricket team of Dhangadhi Cricket Academy (DCA), the first cricket academy of Far Western Region, left for Sri Lanka on Thursday to play friendly matches in Sri Lanka. DCA is the first non-national team of Nepal to tour Sri Lanka. DCA team, consisting of 17 players and seven officials, will play nine matches with the age group teams of different Sri Lankan clubs. According to DCA President Subash Shahi, the tour was arranged under the initiation of national team coach Pubudu Dassanayake. “The tour will be vital in establishing relation with Sri Lankan cricket,” said Shahi during the farewell program held at Dhangadhi on Thursday. “Lack of exposure is a major problem of Nepali cricket. Thus we have… Read More

Medium pacer Jitendra Mukhiya got a fresh call and wicketkeeper batsman Mahesh Chhetri made a comeback after two years as Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) announced a 15-member squad on Thursday for the ICC World T20 Qualifiers to be held in November in the UAE. Amrit Bhattarai, who was dropped during the ACC Emerging Teams Cup held in Singapore, also retained his place in the T20 squad. All-rounder Prithu Banskota, medium pacers Ram Naresh Giri and Chandra Sawad, who were in the team in Singapore, are not included in the list of final 15 for the T20 Qualifiers. Banskota is undergoing a treatment and rehabilitation program after picking knee injury last month while Giri and Sawad are considered only as… Read More

Australian batting coach Chris Harris said that he found the Nepali national cricket team professional and he expected it to qualify for the World T20 and the Cricket World Cup. Harris, who is hired by the Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) for a 10-day-long special training for the national team, at a press conference on Wednesday said he was surprised to see the batting capabilities of Nepali players. “I’m waiting for the upcoming tournaments with my fingers crossed. And, I expect good batting performance by the Nepali team in New Zealand,” said Harris, who will return to Australia on Friday. According to Harris, he talked about batting in T20 format as well as One-Day matches. “We even utilized rainy day… Read More

Nepal Army made memorable debut in domestic cricket as it lifted the Pepsi Standard Chartered T20 National Cricket Tournament title defeating defending champion Armed Police Force (APF) by five wickets at the TU Cricket Ground, Kirtipur on Friday. After its commencement in 2066 BS, the tournament has always found new winner and Army’s victory on Friday maintained it. Region No 3 (Kathmandu) had won the tournament in 2066 BS and then Region No 1 (Biratnagar), Nepal Police and Armed Police Force had emerged as winner in the following editions. Winner Nepal Army received Rs 125,000 and runner-up APF got Rs 75,000. APF elected to bat and put up 112/7 in allotted 16 overs. The match was reduced to 16 overs… Read More

Nepal APF Club, Region No 5 (Nepalgunj) and Region No 3 (Kathmandu) registered consecutive second victory on Friday in the Pepsi Standard Chartered T20 National Cricket Tournament. APF, which defeated Region No 8 (Pokhara) on Thursday in the first match, thrashed Region No 2 (Birgunj) by 76 runs on Friday at the Pulchowk Engineering College Ground, Lalitpur. APF elected to bat first and put up 148/5 in allotted 20 overs as Sharad Vesawkar scored unbeaten 32 runs while Basant Regmi added unbeaten 26. Subash Khakurel blasted 29 runs off 15 balls and Gyanendra Malla scored 24 runs. Binod Das took two wickets for Birgunj while Arif Seikh, Ram Naresh Giri and Irshad Ahamed claimed a wicket each. In reply, Birgunj… Read More

Wicket-keeper batsman Akash Thapa of Chitawan district cricket team achieved a rare feat in cricket on Monday as he hit six sixes off an over in a match of the regional selection tournament of Region No 8 (Pohara) for the upcoming National T20 Tournament. Thapa clobbered all the six balls out of the boundary in the 10th over of the innings bowled by off-spinner Rikesh Gupta of Syangja. Thapa scored 86 runs off 38 balls in the match. He struck nine sixes in total. “The first ball was a loose one and I hit it for a six. The second ball was over-pitched but I stepped out to hit it and it went for another six. It gave me confidence… Read More

ACC Emerging Teams Cup Afghanistan 169/9 (50 ov) Basant Regmi 5/31 Nepal 157 (45.3/46 ov, target 161) Paras Khadka – 60 runs (62 balls) Afghanistan won by 3 runs (D/L method) (detail news later)    

Nepal, which is focused on the upcoming World T20 Qualifiers and Cricket World Cup Qualifiers, will take on rival associate-nation Afghanistan on Friday in Singapore in its first match of the ACC Emerging Teams Cup, which could be the best exposure for the national side ahead of the two bigger tournaments. Nepal is to participate in the World T20 Qualifiers to be held in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in November and the Cricket World Cup Qualifiers to be held in New Zealand in January, 2014. Nepali team Coach Pubudu Dassanayake said that his team would try to put up good show in Singapore and try to win matches in the tournament starting from August 17. “We’ll try everything to… Read More

Nepali national cricket team suffered yet another huge defeat in its Sri Lanka tour as Sri Lanka U-23 thrashed Nepal by 133 runs on Thursday in the second practice match of the tour. Nepal had lost to the same team by seven wickets on Wednesday. Sri Lanka U-23 put up 254/9 at NCCA Cricket Ground, Colombo as opener Shehan Jayasuriya scored 42 runs off 47 balls and Danushka Gunathilaka garnered 39 runs off 68 balls. Niroshan Dickwella (25 runs off 34 balls), Romesh Buddhika (38 runs off 41 balls) contributed for Sri Lanka in the middle order while Chathuranga Kumara scored 48 runs off 56 balls and Charith Jayapanthi struck unbeaten 29 runs off nine balls to put up a… Read More