At least the conclusion of the ACC Women’s Twenty20 Championship was satisfactory as Nepal defeated China by 73 runs to secure the third-position at the Kinrara Oval, Malaysia.
After scoring 103/5 off 20 overs, former captain Nary Thapa grabbed four wickets to bowl out the giant neighbors for 30 runs in 10.2 overs.
And, it was a happy ending for Nary. She won the man of the match award as well as the best bowler of the tournament. Continue reading
For the first time in a short history of Asian Cricket Council’s women cricket, Nepal will not be competing for the title as Hong Kong register a thumping 7 wicket victory in the semifinal at the Bayemas Oval, Malaysia.
Electing to field first, Hong Kong restricted Nepal to 76/6 in 20 overs and chased the target in 16.1 overs losing just three wickets. Continue reading
Nepal’s unbeaten run in the ACC Women’s Twenty20 Championship came to an end when Thailand bowled brilliantly for a 23-run win to top the group table.
Thailand bowled out Nepal for 57 in 15.1 overs to defend their total of 80/9 – thanks to player of the match Thanapan Saisud who took 4/8.
Both teams have already proceed to the semifinals and the loss means Nepal now meets Hong Kong – the strongest looking team in the tournament – on Friday. Thailand plays either China or Malaysia. Continue reading
Nepal booked a semifinal spot in the ongoing ACC Women’s Twenty20 Championship defeating Bhutan by 8 wickets at the Bayemas Oval, Malaysia.
Nepal bowled out Bhutan for 31 in 15.5 overs – thanks to former captain Nary Thapa’s five wicket haul. Rest of the work was made easy that was completed in 8.4 overs losing just two wickets. Continue reading
Recovering from the Singaporean shock, Nepal bounced back to form to defeat Qatar by 8 wickets at the Kinrara Oval, Malaysia for the third straight win in the ACC Women’s Twenty20 Championship.
Sonu Khadka bowled a splendid spell of 3/5 to help Nepal bowl out Qatar for 43 runs in 17.2 overs. The target was chased down in 9.1 overs for a eight-wicket win. Continue reading
Rubina Chhetri bowled a sensational last over setting up Nepal’s 2-1 victory in a bowl-out over Singapore after the scores tied in the ACC Women’s Twenty20 Championship at the Selangor Turf Club, Malayasia.
When the right-arm medium pacer from Biratnagar was asked to bowl the last over, in which Singapore needed two runs for victory with five wickets remaining, hardly anyone had expected a miracle. But Rubina pulled out miracle giving away a run and grabbing five wickets including a hat-trick – the first for Nepal. Continue reading
Nepali women proved experienced and strong for debutant Iran in the opening match of the ACC Women’s Twenty20 Championship with a 62-run victory at the Bayemas Oval.
Neera Rajopadhyay was on top of her form scoring 39 off 58 balls with four boundaries to help Nepal score 109/3 in allotted 20 overs. Needing 110 for victory, Iran was bowled out for 47 in 15.4 overs. Continue reading
Cricketer Maya Rawat of Kanchanpur was felicitated with Martyr Dashrath Chand Best Player Award in a ceremony in Kathmandu on Wednesday.
Minister for Youth and Sports Ganesh Nepali gave away the prize. Maya, who scored 117 runs for the national cricket team during their triumph at the ACC U-19 Women´s Cricket Tournament in December, 2008 in Thailand. Continue reading
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. Continue reading
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. Continue reading
It was pleasant to witness national cricket coach Roy Dias shouting at Nary Thapa to hit the ball over his head for a six and women”s coach Pradip Pandey telling Sonu Khadka to bowl on the line of off stump at the Tribhuwan University Cricket ground, where the women”s cricket team in undergoing closed camp training for the upcoming ACC Women”s Twenty20 Championship.
Eighteen girls are in training, fighting for a place in the final 14 for the national team for the event scheduled to be held in Malaysia from July 3 to 11. Continue reading
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. Continue reading
Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) announced the 18-member preliminary squad from among the 25 players in the closed-camp training for the ACC Women’s Twenty20 Championship.
For the first time since Nepal began international participation, Nary Thapa will not be captaining the side as Ritu Kanaujiya has been named the captain for the side.
After almost 12 years of highly successful domestic and unexplainably fluctuating international cricket career, Raju Basnet has called it a day. At 30, Raju helped Region No 3 Kathmandu become the inaugural national Twenty20 champions and announced his retirement from national and international cricket. Continue reading
The final of the Springwood National T20 Cricket Tournament exemplified the best of Twenty20 – the nail-biting finish and it was Region No 3 Kathmandu who held its nerves to defeat Region No 4 Bhairahawa by three runs in a splendid finish at the TU Ground. Continue reading
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. Continue reading
Region No 4 Bhairahawa set up title clash with Region No 3 Kathmandu in the ongoing Springwood National T20 Cricket Tournament defeating Region No 1 Biratnagar by three wickets on day of league match at the TU Cricket Ground. Continue reading
Region No 1 Kathmandu maintained a perfect record winning the last league match against Region No 5 Nepalgunj to remain unbeaten while Region No 2 Birgunj finished a forgettable event with the fourth defeat – this time against Region No 6 Baitadi by six wickets at the TU Cricket Ground. Continue reading
The contest of the ongoing Springwood National T20 Cricket Tournament now remains in two matches – one is obviously the final and the other is the match between Region No 1 Biratnagar and Region No 4 Bhairahawa – who both with victories on Sunday play the last league match on Tuesday as the semifinal.
On Sunday, Biratnagar defeated Nepalgunj by eight wickets and Bhairahawa defeated Baitadi by three wickets to finish two three wins from four matches. It was third loss in as many matches for the far western teams. Continue reading
Region No 3 Kathmandu entered the final of the Springwood National T20 Cricket Tournament with the fourth win in as many matches – this time over Region No 1 Biratnagar by 8 wickets.
In the match that looked like a rehearsal for final, Kathmandu restricted Biratnagar for 109/9 with Abhaya Rana leading from front with 4/28 and scoring the required run in 17.3 overs losing just two wickets – thanks to Paresh Lohani’s 57.
In the other match of the day, Region No 4 Bhairahawa beat Region No 2 Birgunj by a wicket to remain in contention for the remaining berth in the final. Continue reading
Region No 3 Kathmandu won third match in row defeating Region No 6 Baitadi by 13 runs as Region No 2 won their first match of the Springwood National T20 Cricket Tournament at the TU Cricket Ground.
Kathmandu scored 137/6 and restricted spirited Baitadi for 124/7 – thanks to Dipendra Chaudhary’s all-round performance. In Birgunj’s victory, Anil Mandal did the same to restrict Region No 5 Nepalgunj for 85/8 to register a 15-run win after his team scored 100/9. Continue reading
Two far-western teams began their campaign with defeat at the Springwood National T20 Cricket Tournament on June 4 as Region No 5 Nepalgunj lost to Region No 4 Bhairahawa and Region No 6 Baitadi was beaten by Region No 1 Biratnagar at the TU Ground.
Basant Regmi helped Bhairahawa register a 33-run victory while all-round performance by Ajay Rajbanshi gave Biratnagar a six-wicket victory and sent the eastern team at the top of the table tied with Region No 3 Kathmandu. Continue reading
Region No 3 Kathmandu registered second victory to go atop the points table of the Springwood National T20 Cricket Tournament as Region No 2 Birgunj suffered second successive loss at the TU Ground on June 3.
Kathmandu beat Region No 4 Bhairahawa by 4 wickets chasing 99 while Birgunj lost to Region No 1 Biratnagar by 39 runs. Continue reading
Dipendra Chaudhary hit a half-century as hosts Region No 3 Kathmandu raced to an easy 43-run victory over Region No 3 Birgunj in the inaugural match of the Springwood T20 National Cricket Tournament on Tuesday at TU Cricket Ground.
Man of the match Dipendra scored 67 off 50 balls and partnered 100 runs with captain Paras Khadka to help Kathmandu reach 157/7 in 20 overs. Birgunj in reply could only manage 114/7. Continue reading
The inaugural Twenty20 national cricket tournament will begin on June 2, Tuesday, according to Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN).
The six-team inter-region Springwood Twenty20 National Cricket Tournament will also serve for the selection of players for the ACC Twenty20 Cup. Continue reading
