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Region No 5 (Nepalgunj) upset defending champion Region No 7 (Janakpur) by 45 runs in the opening day of the Wai Wai Women’s U-19 National Cricket Tournament on Sunday. Nepalgunj elected to bat and was all out for 99 runs in 24.4 overs at the TU Cricket Ground, Kirtipur. In reply, Janakpur was all out for only 54 runs in 15.1 overs. Nepalgunj got poor start and was at 14 for 6 in 5.3 overs. However, RekhaBC and Sabitri Chhetri played crucial knocks to rescue Nepalgunj. They put up a 76-run partnership for the seventh wicket. BC scored 41 runs off 64 balls while Chhetri added invaluable 27 runs off 48 balls. BC struck five boundaries. Five of Nepalgunj batswomen… Read More

Nepali pacer Avinash Karn was adjudge the best bowler of the ACC U-19 Elite Cup that concluded on Saturday in Malaysia but Nepali U-19 team suffered a six-wicket defeat with the host in third place play off. Karn had claimed 24 wickets from the six matches with an economy of 4.21. His best bowling figure was against Bahrain in the group stage match, where he had claimed eight wickets for 24 runs including a hat-trick. His bowling average in the tournament was 8.33. However, Karn’s individual success was the only thing to cheer by the Nepali team as the host Malaysia secured third place beating Nepal on Saturday. Winning the toss and electing to bat first at Bayuemas Oval ground… Read More

Nepal’s hope of playing seventh ICC U-19 World Cup ended as the United Arab Emirates thrashed it by 76 runs on Friday in the semifinal of the ACC U-19 Elite Cup being held in Malaysia. As International Cricket Council (ICC) has a provision of promoting the champion of ACC U-19 Elite Cup, Nepal’s qualification dream ended with the semifinal loss. As UAE is pre-qualified for the upcoming U-19 World Cup as a host nation, Afghanistan confirmed its berth for the biggest age group tournament reaching the final after beating Malaysia on Friday. It is the third time Nepal has failed to qualify to the ICC U-19 World Cup in the last nine editions. Nepal had failed to qualify for the… Read More

Prime Life Insurance awarded Nepali national cricket team on Friday for winning the World Cricket League Division 3 title. Founding Chairman of Prime Life Rajendra Khetan and CEO Resta Jha handed over a cheque of Rs 500,000 to team Captain Paras Khadka and Manager Tarani Bikram Shah amidst a program in the capital. Khadka thanked the insurance company for setting an example to corporate sector by rewarding cricketers. “Playing both T20 and One-Day World Cup is our dream and only the effort of we players would not be enough to fulfil it. We need support from every sector. Let’s all come together and together we can,” said Khadka. Earlier, Prime Life Insurance had appointed cricketer Sharad Vesawkar as its brand… Read More

ICC World Cricket League Division 3 champion Nepali national team received a warm welcome upon its arrival back home on Wednesday. Hundreds of cricket fan reached TribhuwanInternationalAirport and joined four-hour long victory parade chanting slogans to celebrate the highest achievement of Nepali cricket so far. Youth and Sports Ministry and National Sports Council (NSC) organized a program to felicitate the team at the NSC premises after the parade. Youth and Sports Minister Ram Kumar Shrestha, Secretary at the Ministry Hari Prasad Nepal, NSC Vice President Pitambar Timalsina and Member Secretary Yuvaraj Lama offered tika, garlands and letter of appreciation to the team. Chairman of Council of Minister, Khilaraj Regmi, called on the players at the Prime Minister’s Office, Singh Durbar… Read More

Nepal thrashed Malaysia by seven wickets on Wednesday in its last group-stage match of the ACC U-19 Elite Cup to top Group B and set up a semifinal clash with the UAE. Host Malaysia elected to bat at the Kinrara Oval, Kuala Lumpur but was all out for a meager 69 runs in 22.4 overs as Nepali pacer Avinash Karn continued his impressive form in the tournament claiming six wickets. In reply, Nepal reached the target in 24.4 overs losing only three wickets as Harishankar Shah scored an unbeaten 28 runs off 42 balls. Man-of-the-match Karn, who had taken eight wickets including a hat-trick against Bahrain on Monday, rattled Malaysia and took his wickets tally to 19 in the tournament.… Read More

Left-arm medium pacer Avinash Karn grabbed eight wickets including a hat-trick to knock down hapless Bahrain by 196 runs at the Bayuemas Oval, Kuala Lumpur on Monday to guide Nepal to the semifinals of the ACC U-19 Elite Cup. Batting first after winning the toss, Nepal team posted 259/9 in the allotted 50 overs. Vice-captain of the Nepali side, Karn rattled Bahrain chase for 260 as he took four wickets in his second over, including a hat-trick in last three balls. Karn finished with eight wickets, without needing any assistance from fielders. Four of his wickets were bowled, while other four were trapped lbw. Karn became the first Nepali bowler to complete hat-trick at the age group tournaments of international… Read More

Nepal achieved the biggest success in its cricket history on Sunday when it lifted the ICC World Cricket League Division 3 title in Bermuda. The five-wicket victory over Uganda in the final – thanks to half-centuries by Pradeep Airee and Sharad Vesawkar after a tight bowling performance – will go down in history books as one of the most amazing victory Nepal has achieved so far. Chasing 151 for the title against a team that had earlier in the league round bowled Nepal out for mere 116, Nepal knocked the required runs with more than 10 overs remaining – the four by Sharad in second ball of 40th over ensured his half-century and the win. As both the finalists have already been… Read More

Avinash Karn’s fierce bowling and Amit Shrestha’s blistering 70 runs off 33 balls against Qatar on Sunday sealed second consecutive victory for Nepali U-19 cricket team in the ACC U-19 Elite Cup. Nepal convincingly beat Qatar by 9 wickets at the Bayuemas Oval, Kuala Lumpur on Sunday. Qatar won the toss and elected to bat first. Nepal bundled out Qatar for 93 runs in 36.3 overs as Karn claimed four wickets. He bowled 7.3 overs and gave away 26 runs to claim four wickets. Likewise, Sushant Bhari claimed two wickets with a bowling figure of 6-3-11-2. Skipper Bhuwan Karki and Nischal Pandey dismissed a batsman each. Two of the Qatar batsmen were run out. Uzair Amir (24 runs off 67… Read More

Following Sushant Bhari’s all-round performance, Yagyaman Kumal’s magical bowling spell and anchoring knock of Amit Shrestha, Nepal started the ACC U-19 Elite Cup campaign on a winning note registering an 84-run victory over Kuwait on Friday in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.  The victory maintained Nepal’s winning streak against Kuwait in the age group. Winning the toss and electing to bat first at Kinrara Oval, Nepal were all out for 193 in 43 overs but returned to bowled out Kuwait for 109 in 36.2 overs, securing an easy win. Openers Nischal Pandey (10 runs off 15 balls) and Amit Shrestha put up a 20-run partnership. Pandey was bowled by Shahrukh Quddus in the fourth ball of the fourth over. However, Shrestha and… Read More

Nepal U-19 – 193 (43 overs) Batting Nischal Pandey -10 (15) Amit Shrestha -46 (52) Harishakar Shah 23 (54) Pawan Shrestha-23 (23) Sushant Bhari -28 (33) Irshad Ahmed -18 (40) Bowling Abdul Jabar – 4 wkts Shahrukh Quddus -2 wkts Ali zaheer -2wkts Kuwait U-19 – 109 (36.2 overs) Batting Faizaan Sidiq -21 (67) Mohammed Mukadam – 11 (30) Shahrukh Quddus – 36* (32) Bowling Yagyaman Kumal – 9-1-15-3 Sushant Bhari – 10-1-20-2 Avinash Karn – 6-1-23-1 Bhuwan Karki – 6-1-30-1 Nischal Pandey -2-0-9-1 (Two of the Kuwait batsmen were run out) Nepal wins the match by 84 runs (Pls wait for report)

Nepal overcame the Oman bowling attack to achieve its second victory of the ICC World Cricket League Division 3, defeating Oman by 28 runs at the National Sports Stadium in Bermuda. Sent into bat, Nepal overcame the loss of two early wickets to post 160 from its 50 overs.  Gyanendra Malla (34), captain Paras Khadka (28), Sharad Vesawkar (27) and Binod Bhandari (35) brought the score to 146 for seven, but the Oman bowling attack smothered the tail end, who only managed to add eight runs for the last three wickets. Munis Ansari was the pick of the Oman bowlers, taking three for 27, while Lalcheta picked up two. Oman captain Vaibhav Wategaonkar (27) again led the run chase, while Ajay… Read More

Skipper Paras Khadka shone with both bat and ball to give Nepal a much-needed win in its third match of ICC World Cricket League Division Three against host Bermuda at St David’s Cricket Club, Wednesday night. Winning the toss and electing to field first, Nepal skitteld the home team for a meager 106 in 38.2 overs, with Khadka claiming four crucial wickets. In reply, Nepal raced to the winning target of 107, losing two wickets in just 11.2 overs, handing Bermuda an eight-wicket defeat. In Nepal’s run chase, Khadka smashed a fiery 46 off 27 balls, including four boundaries and three sixes, in a 72-run unbroken third wicket stand with his deputy Gyanendra Malla, who hit 34 off 20 balls,… Read More

Nepal lost its first match of the Pepsi ICC World Cricket League Division 3 against the USA by massive 94 runs on Sunday night as the American wicketkeeper batsman Steven Taylor played a blistering knock of 162 runs off 102 balls. Winning the toss, Nepal invited the USA to bat first at the Somerset Cricket Club in Bermuda but went on to concede a massive 366 for six in maximum 50 overs. In reply, Nepal was all out for 272 with one ball remaining in the innings. USA got off to a flying start as openers Steven Taylor and Orlando Baker put up a 125-run partnership within 17.2 overs. While Baker scored a patient 37 runs off 56 balls, Taylor brought… Read More

Dhangadhi Cricket Academy has started a school cricket program of its own. Former Nepal captain Binod Das and current member of Nepal team Shakti Gauchan inaugurated school cricket program in the Academy. Both the players were apparently impressed by the talent seen in the U-12 cricketers that turned up for the inaugural of the program. These children will attend the coaching given to them every Saturday.   Some of the best talent found in the U-12 program of Dhangadhi Cricket Academy are to be sent to National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Kathmandu, after a stint in Dhangadhi itself. The selected players are to be provided full scholarship to be trained in Kathmandu. NCA is to take care of the expenses… Read More

Nepal’s quest for a third consecutive title in international cricket ended in a defeat on Wednesday as Afghanistan registered a seven-wicket victory in the final of the ACC Twenty20 Cup at the TU Cricket Ground, Kirtipur. Playing its first T20 final, Nepal was expecting to upset Afghanistan, the winner of the all three previous editions of the tournament. However, Afghanistan bowlers made things difficult for Nepal after their captain Mohammad Nabi won the toss and elected to field. Afghanistan restricted Nepal to 135/6 and reached 137/3 with 13 balls remaining to maintain its dominance in the shortest version of the game on the Asian associate nations. “We didn’t get a desired start and we took time to recover from an… Read More

Following Prithu Baskota’s early strikes with the ball, Pradeep Airee struck a half-century and Binod Bhandari played an important cameo with the bat as Nepal registered a six-wicket victory over the UAE on Tuesday to reach the final of ACC T20 Cup for the first time. Nepal, which had crashed out from the group stage in the first two editions and reached the semifinals in the last edition, continued its sublime form to set up a final clash with Afghanistan in the ongoing fourth edition of the ACC T20 Cup. The title clash with Afghanistan at the TU Cricket Ground, Kirtipur on Wednesday will be Nepal’s third consecutive final in major tournaments. Nepal had won the ICC World Cricket League… Read More

Pursuing its World Cup dream, Nepali cricket team has inched closer to the World T20 Cup 2014 to be held in Bangladesh after advancing to the World T20 Qualifiers to be held in the UAE in November, thanks to its semifinal qualification in the ACC T20 Cup on Sunday. Nepal registered the biggest ever T20 victory in terms of run margin against Singapore at the TU Cricket Ground on Sunday to secure berth in the World Cup Qualifiers for the second time in a row. The top 16 associate members of International Cricket Council (ICC) will compete in the qualifiers. Of them, the top six teams will qualify for the World T20 Cup. Nepal had finished seventh in the last… Read More

Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) called 32 players in the first phase of the closed camp training on Friday for the upcoming ACC U-19 Elite Cup. The ACC U-19 Elite Cup is scheduled to begin on May 1 in Malaysia. CAN has called five players each from Region No 2 (Birgunj), Region No 3 (Kathmandu) and Region No 4 (Bhairahawa) in the closed camp training. Likewise, four players each from Region No 1 (Biratnagar), Region No 6 (Baitadi) and Region No 7 (Janakpur), three players from Region No 8 (Pokhara) as well as two players from Region No 5 (Nepalgunj) are also called in the closed camp. Amit Dahal, Kalicharan Yadav, Mayanand Chaudhary and Suman Shrestha of Biratnagar are in… Read More

Nepali national cricket team, which returned from India tour recently, has started training in Pokhara from Thursday. It is the first time the national team has been training outside Kathmandu valley. The Nepali national team has been preparing for the upcoming ACC T20 Cup to be held in Kathmandu from March 26 to April 3. The national team includes under Paras Khadka´s captaincy retains Gyanendra Malla as vice-captain. Sharad Vesawkar, Amrit Bhattarai, Shakti Gauchan, Basanta Regmi, Sanjam Regmi, Pradeep Airee, Anil Mandal, Prithu Baskota, Subash Khakurel, Binod Bhandari, Manjeet Shrestha and Chandra Sawad complete the national team. Rahul Vishwakarma, Jitendra Mukhiya, Ram Naresh Giri and Sagar Pun are considered as reserve players for the ACC T20 Cup.   Nepal has… Read More

Nepal defeated Dronacharya Club, Greater Noida by nine wickets on Thursday in its fourth practice match. Nepal is touring to Delhi, India in its preparation bid for the upcoming ACC T20 Elite Cup and ICC World Cricket League Division 3. The host, Dronacharya Club, elected to bat but was all out for 73 runs in 28.5 overs. The match was reduced to 35 overs per side due to technical reasons. Rahul Vishwakarma claimed three wickets while Basant Regmi and Ram Naresh Giri took two wickets for Nepal. Amrit Bhattarai and Shakti Gauchan dismissed a batsman each. Shubhankar Shudha was the top scorer for home team with 22 runs off 33 balls. Abhay Pratap and Rahul Siddhu added 16 runs each.… Read More

Nepali national cricket team suffered defeat in the second practice match of their India tour on Monday. Vijay Dhaiya Academy, Delhi beat Nepal by seven runs in the match reduced to 40 overs per side due to technical reason. Nepal elected to field first at the Vijay Dhaiya Academy Ground. The home team put up a good batting performance and reached 203/5 in 40 overs. Vijay Bhardwaj clobbered unbeaten 63 runs off 48 balls while Vivek Rana scored 63 runs off 84 balls. Saurav Kumar remained not out with 39 runs off 35 balls while Ankur Jhulka chipped in with 22 runs off 36 balls. Sagar Pun claimed two wickets for Nepal. His bowling figure was 4-0-22-2. Basanta Regmi, Amrit… Read More