Region No 4 Bhairahawa stunned Region No 3 Kathmandu by five wickets during the Pepsi T20 Men´s National Cricket Tournament on Wednesday to top the league table.
Kathmandu elected to bat first but could not perform with the bat at the Pulchowk Cricket Grounds. They put up a small total of 84 runs in 20 overs losing nine wickets. Continue reading
Region No 5 Nepalgunj entered the final of the Wai Wai Women´s National League Cricket Tournament on Wednesday while Region No 2 Birgunj and Region No 4 Bhairahawa were eliminated from the group stage.
Nepalgunj defeated Bhairahawa by 27 runs on Wednesday at the TU Cricket Grounds, Kirtipur. Continue reading
Anil Mandal scored unbeaten 88 as Region No 2 Birgunj registered a 6-wicket win over Region No 1 Biratnagar in the Pepsi Men’s Twenty20 National League Cricket Tournament at the IOE Ground.
Also victorious on the day was Region No 4 Bhairahawa which defeated Region No 6 Baitadi by 4 wickets. Continue reading
Region No 3 Kathmandu and Region No 5 continued their unbeaten run in the Wai Wai Women’s Twenty20 National League Cricket Tournament.
Kathmandu defeated Region No 4 Bhairahawa by 2 wickets as Nepalgunj outplayed Region No 6 Baitadi by 7 wickets at the TU Ground. Continue reading
Region No 1 Biratnagar registered their second consecutive victory in the Pepsi T20 Men´s National League Cricket Tournament stunning defending champions Region No 3 Kathmandu by four runs at the IOE Ground.
Biratnagar, batting first, put up 113 runs losing seven wickets and restricted Kathmandu to 109/9 in a last-over thriller. Continue reading
Region No 2 Birgunj almost lost any chance of progress in the ongoing Wai Wai Women´s T20 National Cricket Tournament as Region No 1 Biratnagar handed them a third straight defeat on Monday at the TU Cricket Ground, Kirtipur. Biratnagar thrashed Birgunj by a huge margin of 59 runs.
Batting first, Biratnagar compiled 102 runs in the allotted 20 overs, losing seven wickets and bowled out Birgunj for 43 runs in 14.1 overs. Continue reading
Defending champions Region No 3 Kathmandu thrashed Region No 2 Birgunj in a record-breaking match of the Pepsi Men’s Twenty20 Cricket Tournament at the IOE Ground.
Kathmandu scored 194/5 in 20 overs and restricted Birgunj for 132/6 for a huge 62-run victory on the opening day while Region No 1 Biratnagar defeated Region No 5 Nepalgunj by 9 wickets. Continue reading
Region No 3 Kathmandu and Region No 5 Nepalgunj registered their second victories in the Wai Wai Women’s Twenty20 National Cricket Tournament at the TU Ground.
Kathmandu beat Region No 1 Biratnagar by 5 runs while Nepalgunj outplayed Region No 2 Birgunj by 10 wickets. It was second loss for both losing sides. Continue reading
Cricketers withdrew their boycott after talks with Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) as both parties agree to form a seven-member committee to strengthen relations between them.
The players will now compete in the Pepsi Twenty20 National League, beginning on May 30 – a day late than scheduled. “CAN expressed commitments towards our demands,” captain Paras Khadka told Cricket Nepal. “We will play in the national leagues.” Continue reading
Region No 3 Kathmandu and Region No 5 Nepalgunj registered victories on the first day of the Wai Wai Women’s Twenty20 National League at TU Ground.
Kathmandu beat Region No 2 Birgunj and Nepalgunj defeated Region No 1 Biratnagar by identical margin of seven wickets scoring identical 57 runs for victory. Continue reading
National players announced that they would boycott the national leagues beginning Saturday protesting the indifference of Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) towards development of cricket.
Dipendra Chaudhary, vice-captain Gyanendra Malla, captain Paras Khadka, Mehboob Alam and Shakti Gauchan during the press conference. Photo Courtesy Republica
“We will continue training at the closed-camp because the World Cricket League Division IV is a very important tournament for the nation’s cricket,” captain Paras Khadka said in a press conference. “But we will not play the national leagues.” Continue reading
Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) announced three national leagues within a month in yet another haste decision as the seasons of monsoon begins in Kathmandu.
On May 29, two national leagues – the Pepsi Men’s Twenty20 National League and the Wai Wai Women’s National Twenty20 National League – are scheduled to begin. On June 8, a day after the finals of both events, the Pepsi Men’s One-day National League begins. Continue reading
The International Cricket Council (ICC) decision to conduct the Pepsi World Cricket League Division IV on the artificial turf in Italy is likely to hit Nepal hard.
Although, major events are held on natural turf, the event from August 14 to 21 will be held on the astro-turf as the hosts do not have the natural turfs. “This is shocking,” Binaya Raj Pandey, the president of Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN), said. Continue reading
International Cricket Council (ICC) investigation committee has recommended continuing with the results of the Pepsi ICC World Cricket League Division 5.
The committee, formed to investigate the circumstances surrounding the crowd trouble during February 26 Nepal-USA match in Kathmandu, rejected the Singapore Cricket Association (SCA) demands of their promotion to Division 4 in the ground of fairness. Continue reading
[Originally published at Asian Cricket Council website]
Nepal’s Gyanendra Malla and Afghanistan’s Hasti Gul have achieved much for their countries on the playing field, now they’re trying to do more off the field. Both have started academies in their home towns, with an eye to creating their successors in the national teams of the future. Continue reading
The Colombo District Women’s Cricket Association team cancled its tour to Nepal, according to Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN).
The visiting team was scheduled to play two matches on April 21 and one on April 24 at the TU Cricket Ground against Nepal’s women team. Continue reading
Afghanistan outplayed Nepal in the ACC Trophy Elite 2010 final.
Paras Khadka receives runners-up trophy. Photo by CricketKuwait.com
It was experience versus enthusiasm and Afghanistan used their experience at world level to recover twice during their innings to post 224 and used their bowling power to bowl out Nepal for merely 129 to win by huge margin of 95 runs. Continue reading
In an attempt to lift the ACC Elite Cup Trophy for the first time, Nepal will take on tournament favorites Afghanistan in the final at Hubara Ground of Kuwait on Friday.
Afghanistan, with One-Day International (ODI) status and qualifiers for the ICC World Cup Twenty20, won the ACC Twenty20 five months ago and are a favorite to add one more feather to their cap.
However, Nepal have played with a cricketing sense and skills that were long due and are in every way capable of turning the tables on Afghanistan. Continue reading
Shakti Gauchan, 26, became the first Nepali cricketer to complete 1,000 runs in international one-dayers during his half-century against Malaysia in the ACC Trophy Elite 2010 semifinal match at the Hubara, Kuwait.
He now has 1,034 runs from 44 innings of 52 matches at an average of 27.95. His half-century on Wednesday was his fourth while he has also scored 106 not out against Italy.
For a cricketer, who had not remained in the limelight, the achievement speaks more about his dedication and commitment to cricket. Continue reading
Nepal survived a spirited Malaysian run-chase to set a date with Afghanistan for the ACC Trophy Elite 2010 title with an eight-run victory at Hubara, Kuwait.
Nepal displayed some good batting performance to scored 271/6 in 50 overs. Malaysia reached within a touching distance of it, before falling out on 263 in 49.4 overs. Continue reading
Nepal displayed an all-round performance to beat Kuwait by 8 wickets in the last league match of the ACC Trophy Elite 2010 at KOC Hubara, Kuwait.
Nepal bowled out Kuwait for 120 in 42 overs and chased the target in 26.4 overs. Nepal now meets Malaysia, who knocked out four-time champions UAE in 27.1 overs to qualify ahead of them on net run-rate, on Wednesday at the same venue. Continue reading
Nepal entered the semifinals of the ACC Trophy Elite 2010 as Oman’s beating of Kuwait ended the hosts’ chances at Unity, Kuwait.
Nepal has three wins with a game in hands against Kuwait on April 6, who has won only one. Oman and Hong Kong, with two wins each, are playing on same day to determine another team to qualify from the group. Continue reading
Mahesh Chhetri and Anil Mandal played a partnership to cherish long as Nepal beat Singapore by seven wickets at Unity, Kuwait to inch closer to the semifinals of the ACC Trophy Elite 2010.
Mahesh Chhetri receives Man of the Match from ACC Development Manager Bandula Warnapura. Photo by CricketKuwait.com
The openers stood a 135-run partnership, the best ever partnership by Nepali batmen, as Nepal chased Singapore’s 216 with 40 balls remaining. Continue reading
Nepal beat Oman by six wickets at Unity, Kuwait to register the second in the ACC Trophy Elite 2010 on Friday.
Paras Khadka takes man of the match trophy. Photo by CricketKuwait.com
Oman scored 169/9 in 50 overs after electing to bat first. Nepal needed 38.3 overs to overcome the score and lost four wickets. Continue reading
Nepal defeated Hong Kong by 118 runs in the opening match of the ACC Trophy 2010 Elite at the Unity Ground, Kuwait on Wednesday.
Winning the toss, Nepal decided to bat first and scored 236/7 in 50 overs. Defending champions Hong Kong could only manage 118 in 33.3 overs. Continue reading
