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For millions of Nepali cricket fans, the most important question went unanswered, as usual, in 2006. When will Nepal play the Cricket World Cup or else at least the One-Day International? It is the honor that people believe the tiny Himalayan nation could achieve someday.

Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) unveiled a Wai Wai-sponsored intensive Under-19 domestic tournaments leading to the Under-19 ACC Trophy.

Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) is set to begin works at the Mulpani for the cricketing facilities after Asian Cricket Council (ACC) agreed to release the initial budget of US$ 100,000 recently, a senior cricket official confirmed.

International Cricket Council (ICC) has selected Nepal for the World Cricket League Division V, the bottom-most qualifying tournament for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011.

Bangladesh, the hosts for the 11th South Asian Games in 2008, hopes to include cricket in the event, according to reports.

The complete scorecard of the ACC Premier League match between Nepal and UAE. UAE won the match by 97 runs.

Nepal and UAE will both be eyeing victory on the third-day at the Sharjah as the match headed for a definite result on the end of second day with Nepal requiring another 186 runs with 8 wickets in hands.

New negotiation for the stalled work of the cricket academy, infrastructure development including construction of indoor training facilities and strengthening the financial resources to support improved domestic cricket structure will be the top priority for the newly appointed Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN).

National Sports Council (NSC) has appointed a new executive committee for Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) under Binaya Raj Pandey ending Jai Kumar Nath Shah’s 41-year-long reign.

Nepal’s fourth-place finish in the ACC Trophy 2006 almost ended its chances of qualifying for the 2011 Cricket World Cup. However, the International Cricket Council (ICC) has thrown a lifeline to Nepal taking a decision to extend the World Cricket League (WCL) thereby opening the doors once again for the qualification.

In a match replete with records, Nepal thrashed lowly Bhutan by 281 runs at the Royal Selangor Club Ground in the ACC Trophy 2006 Wednesday.

Cricket proved it’s the best sports in the country once again. This time three of the four prestigious Best Players Award organized by Nepal Sports Journalists Forum (NSJF) went to cricket with national captain Binod Das, U-19 captain Kanishka Chaugai and coach Roy Dias bagging LG NSJF Best Male Player of the Year, LG NSJF Best Rising Player of the Year and LG NSJF Best Coach of the Year awards respectively.

A long-time servant of Nepali Cricket, Udaya Shamsher Thapa passed away this morning. Thapa was long-time executive member of Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) and was also holding the responsibility of spokesperson.

Kaniska Chaugai, the captain of Nepal’s Under-19 team that won the plate championship of Youth World Cup in Sri Lanka early this year, was on limelight for the week with three honors coming his way.

Asian Cricket Council (ACC) has published schedule for the upcoming ACC U-15 Cup Elite Division to be competed by eight top non-Test playing nations and hosted by Malaysia from June 26 to May 6, 2006.

The best Nepali all-rounder Mehboob Alam is leaving for Qatar to play professional club cricket blaming the lack of vision in Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) to turn the game into professional one. “I am leaving on April 17,” the left-hander opening batsman and bowler told media. “Cricket has a future in Nepal, but the cricketers don’t.”

England defeated Nepal by 77 runs to begin the U-19 World Cup in style. Captain Moeen Ali was the man of the match. Scorecard:

Expectations and aims are higher than the mountains; yet the youth cricketers of the country are capable of winning hearts overcoming the challenges thrown by cricket-cultured nations in the Youth World Cup in Sri Lanka.

By Prem Dhakal “Looking at the quality of the team (Nepali U-19 cricket team), their recent performance and the way they have gelled together, the boys can make it to the super eight.”

In the game of cricket, all-rounder always has a second chance – either with the bat or the ball or even with the gloves on. Three of the team members of the Nepali U-19 side for the Youth World Cup in Sri Lanka have the caliber to bring win with their contribution in either of the departments.

By Devendra Subedi, Colombo Sharad Vesawkar made his second successive half-century against Scotland as Nepal comfortably chased the target of 190 to secure a convincing six-wicket win today in its last official practice match for the ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup here in Colombo.

By Devendra Subedi, Colombo Nepal’s suspicious batting order put up a dazzling show to crush the African qualifier to the ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup, Namibia, by seven wickets in the first of the two official practice matches today at the BRC Club Ground.

Nepal is fielding a strong batting lineup in the U-19 Cricket World Cup in Sri Lanka with three of the batsmen already an indispensable part of the national squad.