Category Archives: Senior

Nepali team for Emerging Nations’ Cup announced

Cricket Association of Nepal has announced the 18-member Nepali squad for the Emerging Nations’ Cup triangular cricket tournment in Kathmandu. The triangular, featuring Nepal along with the Maldives and Bhutan, will be held during March 6 to 10. This will be the first ever international tournament for Bhutan.

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Biratnagar tops table with huge win

Region No5 Nepalgunj suffer another heavy defeat against mightly Region No 1 Biratnagar in the last of the league match of ongoing second Birendra Memorial National League Cricket Championship. Biratnagar received a huge boost for the final, on February 23, against Region No 3 Kathmandu following their emphatic 193-run win.

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Biratnagar, Kathmandu final set, Bhairahawa unlucky again

Region No 1 Biratnagar will try to defend its title against Region No 3 Kathmandu on February 23 as both the matches on the fifth day of ongoing second Birendra Memorial National League Cricket Championship were cancelled due to the wet grounds. Region No 4 Bhairahawa, who lost trophy to Biratnagar on net run rate as rain cancelled the final last year, will return back. Bhairahawa shared points in two matches among total of four matches. It won only one.

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Defending champion sideline mighty Bhairahawa

Defending champion Region No 1 Biratnagar sidelined last year’s finalist Region No 4 Bhairahawa in what was dubbed as the last years’ final. The final between these two teams could not take place last year due to rain, but Biratnagar today justified that the run-rate decision was alright then. Yashwant Subedi and man of the match Lakpa Lama were the heroes for Biratnagar in each innings. Yashwant played sensible cricket to make 75 out of 144 balls he faced with two hits over the ropes and 11 fours in St. Xaviers School ground. On the other innings, Lakpa took four wickets off his 10 overs giving away just 14 runs.

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Birgunj, Nepalgunj suffer consecutive defeat

Region No 3 Kathmandu continued their form as Region No 2 Birgunj and Region No 5 Nepalgunj faced second consecutive defeat in the second day of ongoing second Birendra Memorial National League Championship in Kathmandu. It was one-sided affair for Kathmandu after it elected to bat at Tribhuvan University ground against weak Nepalgunj, which suffered a humiliating 199-run defeat on the first day. Kathmandu made 273 in their allotted 50 overs, thanks to the highest ever score of 80 in the championship from Sandeep Shrestha. Nepalgunj in reply could only manage 123 runs in 39.3 overs.

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Nepalgunj humiliated, Kathmandu revenge Birgunj

Region No 3 Kathmandu and Region No 4 Bhairahawa registered wins on the first day of the Birendra Memorial National League Cricket Tournament here on Sunday. In the match held at TU ground, Kathmandu beat Birgunj by 36 runs, while Bhairahawa defeated Region No 5 Nepalgunj by 199 runs. The victory was biggest margin in the championsfip.

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Nepal to host Bhutan, Maldives for triangular

Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) will host the triangular series comprising of Bhutan, the Maldives and Nepal in early March this year. The tournament is a part of Asian Cricket Council (ACC) Development Programme, said Tarak Mani Dixit, the spokesperson of CAN here today. Similar tournaments involving Associate and Affiliate members of International Cricket Council (ICC) will also be organised in Kuwait and Hong Kong.

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Nepal need more international matched : Raju Khadka

BY PURUSHOTTAM KATTEL: The Nepali cricket team led by veteran allrounder Raju Khadka proved their potentials in the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) Trophy booking the Asia Cup Cricket Championship berth. Nepal entered the final of the championship but failed to clear the last hurdle as they went down by 6 wickets at the hands of the defending champions United Arab Emirates (UAE).

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Nepal become ACC Trophy runner up

Nepal failed to restrict United Arab Emirates below 184 in Kallang of Singapore today thus allowing the defending champion to lift the trophy for the second time. UAE won the final clash by six wickets to deny the first time finalist Nepal from taking revenge of league clash which they won by six wickets. It was a perfect tournament for UAE who won all the six matches it played while Nepal lost two of six. Nepal has qualified for Asia Cup that also features Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, India and Pakistan, which has been the greatest success for Nepal.

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Nepalese cricket team returned

Nepalese cricket team returned back to the country after they finished second in the ICC Trophy League Matches and eliminated from the tournament. All the 14 players along with 2 officials TB Shah and SD Pandey and umpire BB Pradhan were greeted by the president of Cricket Association of Nepal, Jai Kumar Nath Shah.

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