Former CAN President Felicitated

Posted on August 26, 2008 by cricketnepal

Jai Kumar Nath Shah, the former president of Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN), was felicitated by Gairidhara Club on Monday as he became the first Nepali to receive the honorary life membership of the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC).

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Nepali Cricket’s Crashing Dreams

Posted on August 7, 2008 by Ujjwal Acharya

Every time Nepali national cricket team leaves the country, it instills high hopes in all Nepalis. There are always opportunities and there is always somewhere up to go; and normally a step ahead means dreams coming true. But, unfortunately, the dream always crash down with a defeat in the crucial match after a series of impressive wins. This has been a story of Nepali cricket for the last six years.

Nepal has lost four semifinals in the last four years and every defeat has deprived Nepal of an opportunity to go higher in the world cricket. In 2005, Fiji defeated Nepal in the semifinal of the World Cup Qualifying Series Division II that ended Nepal’s hopes of playing in the main World Cup qualifiers. Continue reading →

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Nepal Finish Fourth After Defeat

Posted on August 2, 2008 by cricketnepal

Samiullah Shinwari played a heroic knock to guide Afghanistan to a three-wicket win over Nepal in the third-place playoff of the ACC Trophy Elite 2008 at the Bayuemas Oval in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Saturday. Continue reading →

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UAE Outplay Choking Nepal

Posted on August 1, 2008 by cricketnepal

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It was the same old story repeated once again, as Nepal lost the crucial ACC Trophy Elite semi-final against four-time champions UAE at the Selangor Turf Club of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Friday.

Electing to bat first, Nepal made paltry 166 – the score that UAE chased in 45.4 overs losing four wickets to qualify for the final against Hong Kong. Continue reading →

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ACC Trophy Elite: Points Table

Posted on July 30, 2008 by cricketnepal

The points table of the ACC Trophy Elite 2008 after the completion of the league round. Continue reading →

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Nepal Stay Undefeated to Meet UAE

Posted on July 30, 2008 by cricketnepal

Nepal continued its impressive run beating Kuwait by seven wickets in the last league match of the ACC Trophy Elite 2008 on Wednesday. With the win, Nepal topped Group B with eight points and will now meet UAE in the semifinal. Continue reading →

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Nepal, UAE Confirm Semifinal Berth

Posted on July 29, 2008 by cricketnepal

The results on Tuesday confirmed semifinal berth for Nepal and United Arab Emirates (UAE) while Hong Kong and Afghanistan have a foot into the semifinal going into the last round of match on Wednesday.

Nepal’s qualification was confirmed after Qatar beat Kuwait by 24 runs. With the loss, Kuwait chances’ of gaining three wins faded away and now it’s only Hong Kong that can have three wins in four matches while Nepal has won all three matches. Continue reading →

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Nepal Inch Towards Semifinal

Posted on July 28, 2008 by cricketnepal

Nepal put a foot on the semifinal of the ACC Trophy Elite 2008 registering a six-wicket win over Singapore on Monday at the Kinrara Oval in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Vice-captain Paras Khadka scored unbeaten 71 and partnered Shakti Gauchan for unbeaten 62 runs to take Nepal to a convincing victory in 40.5 overs chasing Singapore’s total of 155/9.

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Record Partnership Beats Qatar

Posted on July 26, 2008 by cricketnepal

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Gyanendra Malla and Sarad Vesawkar shared a record partnership as Nepal registered it’s second win in as many days beating Qatar by seven wickets at the Royal Military College Ground of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in the ACC Trophy Elite 2008.

The pair partnered for unbeaten 126 to take Nepal home in the 38th over while chasing Qatar’s 171 all out in 47.2 overs. Continue reading →

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Nepal Beats HK for Flying Start

Posted on July 25, 2008 by cricketnepal

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Nepal’s ACC Trophy Elite 2008 campaign began in grand style as it beats Hong Kong by 44 runs at the Selangor Turf Club, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Friday.

Choosing to bat on the damp conditions, Nepal scored 245/7 in 50 overs with Paras Khadka topscoring with 81. Hong Kong’s run-chase was restricted to 201/9 with Binod Das and Basant Regmi each picking up three wickets. Continue reading →

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Nepal Team Leaves for ACC Elite Cup

Posted on July 15, 2008 by cricketnepal

For last four years, the national cricket team has won all but crucial matches; and when they left for ACC Elite Cup on Tuesday, the buzz was whether they would be able to break the jinx this time.

This time at stake is the qualification to Asia Cup for which Nepal needs to reach the final of the ACC Elite Cup in Malaysia beginning on July 25. The two teams contesting in August 3 final will also play next Asia Cup alongside Sri Lanka, India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. Continue reading →

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Paras, Nary Receive ACC Awards

Posted on July 10, 2008 by cricketnepal

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Nepal grabbed two awards at the inaugural Asian Cricket Council awards in a glittering function in Karachni, Pakistan on Saturday evening. Paras Khadka, who captained U-19 team in the ACC U-19 Elite Cup and Youth World Cup, and Nary Thapa, woman team’s captain, received awards as emerging Asian players.

Paras won the Best Emerging Asian Cricketer of the Year while Nary received the Best Emerging Asian Woman Cricketer of the Year. The two awards were only awards for the associate nations. Continue reading →

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Defeat Ends WC Dream

Posted on May 30, 2008 by cricketnepal

Nepal put up a dismal batting performance to bow out of the ICC World Cricket League Division 5 tournament with a 37-run semifinal loss at the hands of Afghanistan at the Grainville ground in Jersey on Friday.

After the bowlers bowled brilliantly to restrict Afghanistan to 142 in 49.3 overs, Nepali batsmen batted miserably to end Nepal’s remote chances of qualifying for the 2011 World Cup. Continue reading →

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Nepal Enters WCL Div V Semifinal

Posted on May 27, 2008 by cricketnepal

Nepal entered the semifinals of the World Cricket League Division 5 tournament beating Vanuatu by 137 runs at the Victoria College Ground on Tuesday to record its fourth straight victory.

Opener Mahesh Chhetri made 65 as Nepal made 220/9 in 46 overs in the rain-curtailed match and Nepal then bowled out Vanuatu for 83 runs. Nepal plays USA at Les Quennevais 1 ground Wednesday to decide the group winner. Continue reading →

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Alam Juggernaut Rolls On

Posted on May 26, 2008 by cricketnepal

Allrounder Mehboob Alam followed up Sunday’s record-breaking feat with another sterling performance Monday to guide Nepal to an easy 108-run win over Norway in its third match of the World Cricket League Division 5 tournament at the Farmers Field ground in Jersey.

He made a patient fifty to help Nepal to a competitive total of 204 after being sent in to bat and then took two wickets to bowl Norway out for 96 to fashion a comfortable win. Continue reading →

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Alam Makes History With Perfect 10

Posted on May 25, 2008 by cricketnepal

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Nepali left-arm seamer Mehboob Alam proved this age-old cliché to the delight of the millions of Nepalis on Sunday. After rain robbed Nepal of certain victory against Mozambique in its second group match of World Cricket League Division 5 tournament at the Grainville Ground in Jersey on Saturday, Alam made history by taking all 10 Mozambique wickets in the replay match today. Continue reading →

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Rain Halts Nepal’s March

Posted on May 24, 2008 by cricketnepal

Binod Das and Basant Regmi each took five wickets as Nepal bowled out Mozambique for 70 runs but rain forced the match to be abandoned. On Sunday, the match will RESTART from the beginning. Rain has halted the match when Nepal was 2/0 in 0.1 overs. Continue reading →

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Nepal Eases Past Germany

Posted on May 23, 2008 by cricketnepal

Basant Regmi and Mehboob Alam each grabbed three wickets as Nepal began the World Cricket League Division 5 campaign strongly defeating Germany by 7 wickets at the Les Quennevais Ground, Jersey on Friday.

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Their efforts wrecked German innings as they were bowled out for 69 in 39.4 overs and achieved the target in 20.2 overs with Mahesh Chhetri remaining unbeaten on 23. Man of the match Basant finished with an impressive figure of 5.5-4-4-3 while Mehboob, who bowled his 10 overs in a spell, got three wickets for 24 runs. Continue reading →

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Nepal beat Bahamas, Guernsey in Warm-ups

Posted on May 22, 2008 by cricketnepal

On their way to Jersey for the World Cricket League Division 5, Nepal stopped at Guernsey for two-friendly matches both of which they won comfortably.

Nepal beat Bahamas by 201 runs before beating hosts Guernsey by 70 runs. Nepal scored 209/7 in 50 overs and bowled out Guernsey for 139. Continue reading →

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‘Nepal to reach WC in next decade’

Posted on May 20, 2008 by cricketnepal

Tanka Prasad Paneru, General Secretary of the Cricket Association of Nepal, believes his country will be playing in the ICC Cricket World Cup in the next decade in an interview with CricketEurope.com Continue reading →

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You need more grounds: Ijaz Ahmed

Posted on May 13, 2008 by Ujjwal Acharya

Ijaz Ahmed, former Pakistan Test and ODI player with experience of four World Cups, was in Nepal as the coach of Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Academy. Ahmed. 40 was dubbed the Axeman for his stance and chopping down of the ball outside off-stump with dominant bottom hand grip. He played 250 One-Day Internationals (ODIs) and 60 Test matches from 1987 to 2001.

His PCB Academy played three one-day matches against Nepal winning two and suffering an upset loss in the last. At the end of his first ever Nepal visit, Ahmed shared a few thoughts about Nepali cricket and more with NepalCricket.com. Here are the excerpts: Continue reading →

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Amazing Victory for CAN XI

Posted on May 11, 2008 by cricketnepal

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Spinners helped Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) XI registered an upset victory over visiting Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Academy in the final of three one-day matches at the TU Cricket Ground on Sunday.

Brought in after the visitors hit 47 runs of first two overs while chasing lowly 136 for victory, the spinners did the trick for Nepal and the stand-in captain Paras Khadka walked away with praise for his experimental decisions that proved successful. Continue reading →

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Sarfraz helps PCB blow Nepali hopes

Posted on May 9, 2008 by cricketnepal

Sarfraz Ahmed displayed a brilliant batting performance as visiting Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Academy registered an impressive 109-run victory over Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) XI at the TU Ground on Friday.

Ahmed, who captained Pakistan to U-19 World Cup victory in 2006, scored unbeaten 94 to rescue his team from 53/5 and take the total to 218/7 in 50 overs. CAN XI could only add 109 in 34.2 overs. Continue reading →

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PCB Academy Registers Easy Win

Posted on May 8, 2008 by cricketnepal

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Academy registered an easy seven-wicket victory in a rain-interrupted match against Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) XI at the TU Cricket Ground on Thursday.

In the first of the three-match series, hailed as a test for the national team before World Cricket League Division 5, Nepal first failed to utilize the batting foundation and then witnessed strong batting from a ‘tough competitor.’ Continue reading →

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Nepal Play PCB for Exposure

Posted on May 7, 2008 by cricketnepal

Nepal hosts visiting Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Academy in the first of three one-dayers at the TU Ground on Thursday.

Nepal national team hopes to get much-needed match practices and exposure to a better team ahead of the World Cricket League Division 5. Boosting services of five ODI players, Pakistani side is looking to end their tour on high note after notching a tri-series and two four-day matches in Bangladesh. Continue reading →

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