Nepali cricket umpire Buddhi Pradhan and four others from the ICC Associate and Affiliate International Umpires’ Panel have been appointed for the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifiers 2010 scheduled for February 9 to 13 in UAE.
Aleem Dar, the Umpire of the Year 2009, is the lone appointee from the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Umpires who will also be performing mentor’s role to the associate umpires. Continue reading
The Asian Cricket Council (ACC) has decided to honor Binaya Raj Pandey, the president of Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN), with the ACC Lifetime Service Award under the Pepsi ICC Development Programme Awards 2010.
With the regional award, ACC has nominated Pandey for the ICC Lifetime Achievement Award which will be announced on February 28 in Dubai from among the regional winners of five ICC Development Regions. Continue reading
he fixture and structure of the Twenty20 cricket in the 11th South Asian Games has been changed after India and Afghanistan decided not to compete of the event.
According to Nepal Olympic Committee, cricket will be now played on the round-robin league between the five participating teams – Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and the Maldives. Top two teams will vie for the gold medal while third and fourth-place team will play for bronze. Continue reading
Nepal will open its campaign in the ACC U-16 Elite Cup against Hong Kong at the TU Cricket Ground on March 8.
Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) released the fixture for the inaugural U-16 event to be held in Kathmandu. Continue reading
Captain Avinash Karn displayed a sensational bowling performance to help Region No 2 Birgunj lift the Boost U-16 National League Cricket Tournament defeating Region No 4 Bhairahawa by 36 runs at the TU Cricket Ground.
Winner Region No 2 Birgunj pose with the trophy. Photo by NepalSportsPhoto.com
Avinash took seven wickets as Birgunj bowled out Bhairahawa for 74 runs in 22.4 overs after scoring 110 in 35.3 overs in the final. Continue reading
Region No 2 Birgunj practiced for the final with a 35-run win over hosts Region No 3 Kathmandu and remained unbeaten in the robin-league round with five victories.
At BSAM, they scored 187/7 and bowled out Kathmandu for 152. Meanwhile, Region No 5 Nepalgunj emerged the winner of the far-west honor battle with a huge 147-run victory over Region No 6 Baitadi at IOE Ground. Continue reading
Nepal has been drawn along with India, Pakistan and Afghanistan in Group B for the South Asian Games (SAG) cricket, according to the Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN).
In Group A, Sri Lanka, hosts Bangladesh and Maldives will play. SAG Cricket is the Twenty20 event for the U-21 teams of the region and has been included for the first time in regional sports meet. Continue reading
After losing out Twenty20 by a wicket, National Team made the contest even with a 90-run victory over the U-21 Team in a 40-over practice match at the TU Cricket Ground.
National Team scored 193/9 in 40 overs – thanks to Shakti Gauchan’s 82 after Paras Khadka chose to bat first. In reply, U-21 Team was bowled out for 103 in 30 overs. Continue reading
Region No 4 Bhairahawa entered the final of the Boost U-16 National League Cricket Tournament defeating hosts Region No 3 Kathmandu in a crucial league match by eight wickets.
Nepalgunj's Saud Ahmed Ansari (6/14) bowls as umpire Raman Siwakoti watches. Photo by NepalSportsPhoto.com
Nischal Pandey emereged hero of the victory with an all-round performance while in the other dead-match, Region No 5 Nepalgunj defeated Region No 1 Biratnagar by three wickets. Continue reading
Region No 4 Bhairahawa and Region No 3 Kathmandu continued their hopes of qualifying to the final of the Boost U-16 National League Cricket Tournament winning their respective matches.
Sharad Khadka of Kathmandu bats against Biratnagar. Photo by NepalSportsPhoto.com
Bhairahawa defeated Region No 5 Nepalgunj by 37 runs at the BSAM Ground and Kathmandu beat Region No 1 Biratnagar by four wickets at the IOE Ground. Continue reading
The U-21 cricket team sent an alarming bell to the national squad defeating them in a Twenty20 practice match by a wicket at the TU Cricket Ground on Saturday.
The U-21 team is training for the 11th South Asian Games while the national team is preparing for the ICC World Cricket League Division 5. Continue reading
Region No 2 Birgunj continued its unbeaten streak thrashing Region No 4 Bhairahawa by 10 wickets at the BSAM Ground to reach the final of the Boost U-16 National League Cricket Tournament.
Yuddha Bikram Chand of Region No 6 Baitadi bowls. Photo by NepalSportsPhoto.com
After bowling out Bhairahawa for 59 runs in 20.2 overs, Birgunj openers needed 13 overs to register their fourth victory in as many matches. In the other match of the day, Region No 6 Baitadi defeated Region No 1 Biratnagar by four wickets. Continue reading
Avinash Karn led Region No 2 Birgunj atop the points table of the Boost U1-6 National League Cricket Tournament helping them to win third matches in a row.
Birgunj beat Region No 5 Nepalgunj by four wickets as Avinash rescued his team scoring 50 not out while chasing 195/6 at IOE Ground. In another match of the day at BSAM Ground, Region No 3 Kathmandu defeated Region No 6 Baitadi by six wickets. Continue reading
Washim Halwai scored a half-century as Region No 5 Nepalgunj stunned hosts Region No 3 Kathmandu by four wickets in the Boost U-16 National League Cricket Tournament at the IOE Ground.
Kathmandu won the toss and elected to bat first. They got a good start as Dilman Rokka and Sharad Khadka scored 41 in 8.4 overs. But they suffered due to the lack of big scores from batsmen and a collapse of the tail-end. Continue reading
Nepal will play Jersey in the opening day of the World Cricket League Division 5 at the BSAM Ground, Bhaktapur on February 20.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) released the fixture for the six-nation event on January 6. Continue reading
Paresh Lohani, Nepal’s most successful batsman has pulled out of the ICC World Cricket League Division 5 training citing personal reasons.
Paresh, 30, informed Cricket Association of Nepal about his inability to participate in the six-nation event to be held in Kathmandu from February 20-30. Continue reading
Region No 2 Birgunj and Region No 4 Bhairahawa continued their winning streak with victories on the second day of the Boost U-16 National League Cricket Tournament.
Birgunj defeated Region No 6 Baitadi by 35 runs at TU Cricket Ground and Bhairahawa beat Region No 1 Biratnagar by 122 runs at the IOE Ground. It was second defeats in as many matches for both losing teams. Continue reading
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. Continue reading
Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) announces the fixture for the inaugural Boost U-16 National League Cricket Tournament.
The six regional teams’ league will be played in the Kathmandu Valley from January 4 to 13. The event is preparatory for the ACC U-16 Elite Cup to be held in March in Kathmandu. Continue reading
Year 2009 was a year that would be remembered for the failures more than success; Year 2010 is a crucial year that could become the best year of Nepali cricket – or the worst ever.
Nepal began 2009 with splendid victory in the ACC U-17 Elite Cup – the only age-group tournament that the country had previously not won. Five victories in five matches at the home ground in front of thousands of cheering crowd was spectacular morale booster. Continue reading
Sharad Vesawkar will not be showcasing his batting when Nepal competes in the World Cricket League Division 5 in Kathmandu in February 2010 as Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) axed him from the national team.
CAN named 18-member squad for the closed-camp training and Vesawkar is the only name missing from the national team ranked fifth in the ACC Twenty20 Elite Cup in UAE last month. Continue reading
Gyanendra Malla will lead the Nepali cricket team in the South Asian Games next year, the Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) announced on Sunday.
CAN also named 18 players for the event to be played from January 29 to February 8, 2010 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Continue reading
Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) named 28-member preliminary squad for the closed-camp training for the South Asian Games.
The camp will begin on December 12 in Kathmandu. Continue reading
Nepal clinched fifth position in the ACC Twenty20 Elite Cup after beating Singapore by 9 wickets in the fifth-place playoff at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium.
Electing to bat first, Singapore was bowled out for 89 runs in 19.4 overs with Binod Das and Sanjam Regmi sharing six wickets. Dipendra Chaudhary matched the highest T20 individual score and Naresh Budair came in flying colors in his first-innings as Nepal won in 14.2 overs. Continue reading
Nepal earned third win in the ACC Twenty20 Elite Cup defeating lowly Bahrain by 7 wickets at the Al Dhaid Cricket Village to finish third in Group B and the rights to play 5th-place playoff against Singapore tomorrow.
Invited to bat first, Bahrain scored 157/8 in 20 overs after early hiccups. Nepal needed 18 overs to complete the victory and lost three wickets on the way. Continue reading
