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Dipendra Chaudhary scored 107 against Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) to script a nine-wicket victory in the last limited over match at the TU Cricket Ground. Dipendra coincidently had scored 107 six years ago when MCC toured Nepal in 2003 in the last match of the tour to give Nepali side the lone victory. The difference is that he remained unbeaten and it was third victory in four matches for the hosts.

Nepali team has registered second victory over Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) defeating the visitors by five wickets in the one-off Twenty20 match at the TU Cricket Ground on Tuesday. Man of the match Dipendra Chaudhary scored a half-century to help CAN T20 Team complete the victory target of 125 in 18.2 overs. MCC had scored 124/5 in its innings.

Nepali side equaled visiting Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) by registering a thumping 103-run victory in the second of three limited over match on Monday at TU Cricket Ground. CAN Secretary XI scored 249/8 in 50 overs – thanks to unbeaten 67 by Sarad Vesawkar and bowled out MCC for 146 in 40.5 overs.

Visiting Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) began Nepal tour with an eight-run victory over CAN President’s XI at the TU Cricket Ground on Friday. Nepal managed only 138 in 41.4 overs after spinner Nishel Patel took seven wickets while MCC were 77/4 in 25.2 overs when the rain interrupted the match and the visitors won the match on DL method.

An MCC squad has set out for Kathmandu for a two-week tour during which they will play five games and hold three coaching sessions with local cricketers, an MCC release on Wednesday stated. The party includes former England spinner Min Patel, former Sussex and Glamorgan all-rounder Keith Newell, and former Somerset stalwart Keith Parsons.

The Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) will play three 50-over matches, a Twenty20 game and a three-day match in Kathmandu when they tour Nepal in March. According to the schedule, MCC, the English club based at Lords’, will arrive Kathmandu on March 18 and leaves on April 1. They will play limited over matches on March 20 (against Nepal Red), March 21 (against Nepal Blue) and March 22 (against Secretary’s XI).

Twenty20 cricket will be featured in next year’s South Asian Games in Dhaka, Bangladesh, a meeting of the South Asian Olympic Council decided on Monday. The eleventh edition of the SA Games will be held from January 29 to February 8 with 23 events in 11 games, the 39th executive meeting of the council in Kathmandu agreed on.

Nepal lifts ACC U-17 Elite Cup 2009 defeating Malaysia in the final by 10 wickets. Sagar Pun and Akash Singh Pariyar added unbeaten 125-run opening partnership chasing Malaysia 124. Here is the complete scorecard:

Nepal’s march to the final in front of thousands of supporters was not easy as United Arab Emirates did everything right to earn the honors before putting it in disarray in panic at the TU Cricket Ground. Nepal scored 144/9 in alloted 40 overs after electing to bat first and bowled out UAE for 123 runs in 39 overs to set Thurday’s final with Malaysia, who defeated Qatar by 55 runs at IOE Ground in the other semifinal.

The complete scorecard of the semifinal match between Nepal and UAE which Nepal wins by 21 runs to enter the final of the ACC U-17 Elite Cup 2009 at the TU Ground, Kirtipur.

Nepal defeated Singapore by four wickets in the last group match of the ACC U-17 Elite Cup 2009 to go atop Group A. Sagar Pun took three wickets and hit 23 runs to receive man of the match. Here is the complete scorecard:

Rochak Bhatta led the splendid spells of spin bowling to help Nepal defend 77 and put Nepal into the semifinal of the ACC U-17 Elite Cup with a 28-run victory over Hong Kong at the BSAM Ground, Bhaktapur on Saturday. Rochak took four wickets in his seven overs spell to bowl out Hong Kong for 49. It was second defeat of Hong Kong in three matches and they are now out of race for last four. Qatar beat Singapore by three wickets at IOE Ground to become the second semifinalists from Group A.

Nepal beats Hong Kong by 28 runs to enter the semifinals of the ACC U-17 Elite Cup 2009 at the BSAM Ground. Hong Kong were all out in 49 chasing Nepal’s 77. Rochak Bhatta was man of the match. Complete scorecard:

Nepal started its ACC U-17 Elite Cup campaign with a thumping 104-run win over Qatar at the Institute of Engineering Ground, Pulchowk on Wednesday. Skipper Prithu Baskota vindicated his decision to bat first topscoring with 38 runs as Nepal posted a challenging total of 208/8 in the allotted 40 overs. His bowlers then proved the total to be impregnable dismissing the Qataris for 104 runs in 23.5 overs despite a majestic 72 from captain Tamoor Sajjad.

The complete scorecard of the match between Nepal and Qatar on the first day of the ACC U-17 Elite Cup 2009 played at IOE Ground, Pulchowk. Nepal won the match by 104 runs.

Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) has revised the fixture for the ACC U-17 Elite Cup cricket tournament after Saudi Arabia pulled out of the event on Thursday.

Talking to Roy Dias before a tournament is monotonous – because he always has similar things to say. Some of his permanent phrases include ‘we could have more training’, ‘we are not looking at the final, we will take it match by match’ and ‘our opponents are tough’. This time also, he was not much different. But, yes, he was a little different on a topic. “My gut feeling is that this side is good,” the 56–year-old Sri Lankan said after a training session at the TU Cricket Ground. “I will be very disappointed if we don’t win the tournament.”

Prithu Baskota will lead the Nepal Under-17 national team in the upcoming ACC U-17 Elite Cup cricket tournament this February in Kathmandu, the Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) said on Monday.

Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) U-17 learnt hard lessons as Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) U-17 clean swept three-match one-day friendly with an emphatic 96-run victory at the TU Cricket Ground. Helped by Nurul Hasan Sohan’s century, the visitors piled 269/8 in allotted 45 overs and restricted the hosts for 173/8.

The result of the second one-dayer against visiting Bangladesh Cricket Board U-17 was not different from the first one, as Cricket Association of Nepal U-17 lost by seven wickets, but the match proved that Nepali youngsters are good in learning from every matches. CAN U-17 improved a little in batting to score 106 in 37.3 overs and put the visitors in trouble with three early wickets before a fine partenrship helped the Test nation’s youth team to register an easy looking victory.

Visiting Bangladesh Cricket Board U-17 team took a 1-0 lead in the three match series after an easy eight-wicket win against Cricket Association of Nepal U-17 team at the TU Cricket Ground, Kathmandu. The home team, preparing for the ACC U-17 Elite Cup, was bowled out for 62 in 30.3 overs. The guests completed the victory in 27.2 overs losing just two wickets.

National captain Binod Das exchanged rings with his sweetheart Karuna KC at a family ceremony in Kathmandu on Wednesday. On Saturday, December 13, they will get married.

Bangladeshi Under-17 team will visit Nepal for a 10-day tour that will include three one-day and one two-day matches against the Nepali U-17 team, Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) said while announcing a 30-member preliminary squad for the ACC Under-17 Elite Cup.

Nary Thapa, the captain of the national women’s team, won the NSJF-LG Best Female Player of the Year 2064 as cricket also received two other awards in the nation’s top sports awards distribution ceremony in Kathmandu. Nary (fourth from left) and Paras (right) with other winners of the NSJF LG Player of the Year Awards. Photo: NepalSportsPhoto.com Paras Khadka, the U-19 captain, won the Youth Player of the Year award while former Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) president Jai Kumar Nath Shah was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award in the function organized by Nepal Sports Journalists Forum (NSJF).

Cricket featured on all categories when Nepal Sports Journalists Forum (NSJF) announced nominees for the nation’s most prestigious sports awards – the NSJF LG Player of the Year Award. Paras Khadka (nominated in three categories) and Nary Thapa (nominated in two categories). Among 27 nominees announced in five categories, 10 were from cricket – four more than football, which has six nominations. Cricket and football is the dominating sports in Nepal.