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Region No 2 Birgunj stunned Region No 1 Biratnagar in the opening match of the Boost Under-16 National League Cricket Tournament as Region No 4 Bhairahawa beat Region No 6 Baitadi. In a match played at the IOE Ground, Birgunj defeated Biratnagar by 3 wickets while Bhairahawa won by 44 runs at the TU Cricket Ground. Early blow put Biratnagar on the backfoot after they won the toss and elected to bat first. Two run outs and a brilliant bolwing by Birgunj captain Avinash Karn put the Eastern side at 7/4 in 2.4 overs and they did not recover good from then onwards.

[Updated with annual calendar] Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) passed the annual program and budget in an executive committee meeting on Wednesday, the association said in a press release. CAN also added that Varun Beverage, the producer of Pepsi soft drinks in Nepal, and Standard Chartered Bank will sponsor the senior national team and event this year. Last year, Springwood brand of Surya Nepal was the main sponsor of the event.

Leg-spinner Raj Kumar Pradhan, who was in closed training Camp for ACC T-20 Cricket tournament, quit national team on Tuesday for foreign employment opportunities in Qatar. Raj Kumar will work and play for Qatar Al Hasan Becker for the next two years.

Mehboob Alam and Keshari Chaudhary bagged awards at the Nepal Sports Journalists Forum (NSJF) Pulsar Player of the Year award ceremony in Kathmandu. Mehboob picked the NSJF Pulsar Special Award while Keshari won the NSJF Pulsar Youth Player of the Year award.

Cricket dominated the Nepal Sports Journalists Forum (NSJF) Pulsar Player of the Year Awards nominations unveiled on Thursday. Among 20 nominations for four categories, cricket has six nominations – three for youth player of the year, two for coach of the year and one for female player of the year. Unfortunately, no cricketer was nominated for the Male Player of the Year.

Pepsi World Cricket League Division 6 got underway in Singapore from Saturday. In the first day’s play between Norway and Botswana, which Norway won by 19 runs, Sanjay Gurung, a Nepali umpire, not only made his debut in an ICC event but also fulfilled his cherished dream. Gurung accompanied world number one umpire Simon Taufel in the match. Taufel, whom ICC adjudged world’s best umpire since 2004, was in Singapore as tournament inspector but later decided to play his role as field umpire in the match.

(Written by M. A. Cyril, this article on Nepal’s national coach Roy Dias’ career appeared in THE ISLAND of Sri Lanka in three parts on August 23, 24, and 25.) The mere mention of his name conjures up visions of a magician with the willow. He was the artist who touched your heart. The game was supreme and in that game he was the artist of artists. No figures can tell the story of his artistry. Words fail to picture him. But then the maestro was never the one to bat for records. His batsmanship was not a thought, but a feeling. Roy Luke Dias was born on October 18, 1952, in Colombo and was educated at St. Peter’s College.… Read More

The secretary of the Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN), Shashidutta Pandey, died on Saturday morning. Pandey, 58, was suffering from jaundice and died in the course of treatment at the Medicare Hospital, Chabahil at about 6:45 am. He was admitted to the hospital at midnight Friday.

A delegation of cricket players met Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal at his office in Singha Durbar requesting the government to support in development of cricket. Captain Binod Das handed over a memorandum to PM Nepal that demanded jobs for players, making of cricket teams in Nepal Police, Armed Police Force and Nepal Army, facilities to cricketers equivalent to other national players and initiative to develop physical infrastructure.

Sri Lanka’s first captain in Test and ODIs, Bandula Warnapura, also Asian Cricket Council’s (ACC) Development Manager, is in Nepal to visit cricket facilities of the country. Warnapura, 56, is responsible for development of cricket in Asian region. In his second visit to Nepal, first one during ACC U-17 Elite Cup, he accompanied Andre Faichy, the International Cricket Council (ICC) event manager, who was here to assess the facilities for the ICC World Cricket League Division V event to be held in January 2010. In an interview with Cricket.com.np, Warnapura talked in length about cricket in Nepal. Excerpts:

International Cricket Council (ICC) has conferred five Nepali cricket officials by the ICC Centenary Medals for their long contribution in the development of cricket. Those who received the medals are CAN president Binaya Raj Pandey, former vice-president TB Shah, secretary Shashi Dutta Pandey, vice-president Naresh Shrestha and vice-president Upendra Prasad Bhattarai.

International Cricket Council (ICC) has named three Nepali umpires to officiate matches of the Pepsi ICC World Cricket League Division 6 tournament in Singapore. Buddhi Bahadur Pradhan, Binaya Jha and Sanjay Gurung will officiate in the tournament that is a part of the 2015 World Cup with top two teams moving to Division 5 to be held in Nepal January next year. The Division 6 is scheduled from August 29 to September 5.

Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) released a promotional music video to celebrate the ICC Centenary Year 2009 in association with Nepal Tourism Board (Nepal Tourism Board). The video, produced by CAN and NTB on request of International Cricket Council, is directed by Surya Thapaliya. Pramod Kharel sang the song, Mero Desh Pyaro Nepal (My Country Lovely Nepal), written and composed by himself.

Seamer Mehboob Alam received a cash reward of Rs. 100,000 from national team sponsors Surya Nepal and Standard Chartered Bank for his 10-wicket haul during the closing ceremony of the Springwood National T20 Cricket Tournament at TU Cricket Ground.

Cricket officially became an Asian Games sport Wednesday when it was approved by the Olympic Council of Asia, with India and Pakistan pledging to send their best available teams. It will make its debut in Guangzhou next year.

A group of cricket enthusiasts from United Kingdom wrote their names on the world record books for highest game of cricket ever played and the highest altitude ever recorded for a field sports by completing a Twenty20 game at Gorak Shep, near Mount Everest on Tuesday.

Touring Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) saw the best of Nepali teams in the three-day match that ended on Sunday at the TU Cricket Ground in an innings and 116-run win for the hosts. CAN XI displayed brilliant bowling performance to bowl out MCC for 131 in the first innings and 146 in the second innings. In between, guided by Gyanendra Malla’s 141, CAN XI declared the innings at 393/6.