Professional Masters XI of Bhairahawa recently organized the Sir Edmund Hillary Memorial Raunak Indo-Nepal Twenty20 Cricket Tournament with an added feature for the first time in Nepal – the dancers.
Popularized during the inaugural Twenty20 World Cup, the attractively clad dancers on music played on every four, six and wicket. Continue reading
West Indies bowlers dished out hostile bowling reminiscent of their glorious predecessors to hammer Nepal by seven wickets in the Plate Championship final of the ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup at the Bayuemas Oval on Saturday.
The pace attack led by man-of-the-match Jason Dawes, who took four wickets, utilized the early freshness of the pitch to bowl Nepal out for mere 74 runs in 25.3 overs in the rain shortened 27-overs match. The Caribbean batsmen then reached the modest target in just 14.2 overs losing three wickets to take the Plate title away from defending champion. Continue reading
Nepal must beat West Indies, a Test nation it has never played against, to defend the Plate Championship title at the Bayemas Oval on Saturday.
West Indies qualified for the Plate final with an easy six-wicket win over Papua New Guinea on Wednesday. PNG were bowled out for 89 runs 36.5 overs and WI reached the target in just 15.3 overs losing four wickets.
Captain Paras Khadka inspired Nepal to a thrilling four-run win over Namibia in the Plate Championship semifinal of the ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup at the Johor Cricket Academy ground on Tuesday.
The lanky all-rounder topscored with 44 after winning the toss to take Nepal to a challenging score of 143/8 in the rain curtailed 34-overs match and then took two wickets apart from affecting a run out with a direct hit to condemn Namibia to a narrow loss. Continue reading
Nepal takes on Namibia in the semifinal of the Plate Championship of the ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup at the Johor Cricket Academy Ground on Tuesday in what will be a rematch of their last group game in Penang.
Nepal registered a narrow three-run victory while defending 164. It was the first victory for defending Plate champion team. The team carried the winning momentum into the quarterfinal crushing Zimbabwe – a Test playing nation by 99 runs on Sunday. Continue reading
Nepal put up a clinical bowling performance to thrash Zimbabwe by 99 runs in the plate quarterfinal of the ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup at the MPTI ground on Sunday. Continue reading
After disheartening failure to reach the Super League despite creating opportunities, Nepal now meets Zimbabwe on Sunday in the Plate Quarterfinal.
After the conclusion of the first round, all associates and two Test nations – Zimbabwe and West Indies – have failed to reach the Super League and now vie for the Plate Championship to which Nepal is a defending champion. Continue reading
Finally, Nepal salvaged some pride registering a nervous three-run victory over African qualifier Namibia in the ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup 2008 at the Malaysia Sains University Ground on Thursday. Continue reading
Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) XI thrashed Sebastianite Lankans by nine wickets on the first day of the Telegraph Twenty20 Cricket Tournament at the Calcutta Cricket and Football Club (CC&FC) Ground. Continue reading
Nepal’s cricket coach Roy Dias informed that he would renew the contract with CAN. Continue reading
Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) and Sudarshan Ranjit, a Pokhara-based photojournalist, won the regional awards for Asia in the ICC Development Program Annual Awards. Continue reading
Buddhi Bahadur Pradhan, a Nepali cricket umpire, will stand in the upcoming ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup in Malaysia. Continue reading
Bangladesh U-19 defeated Nepal U-19 by three wickets in the third and final one-day match for a 2-0 series win at the BKSP Ground in Savor, Bangladesh on Monday. Continue reading
Nepal Under-19 cricket team suffered a 111-run loss against host Bangladesh U-19 at the Narayanganj Osmani Stadium, Fatullah on Thursday. Continue reading
The National One-Day Cricket Tournament will be played under a new name in 2008, Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) announced on Tuesday. Continue reading
When Nepali girls reached the final of the ACC Women’s Cup last year in Malaysia, the girls of Eastern Nepal thought they missed an opportunity – there were no girls from the region having good grassroots level cricket.
Two eastern cricketing centers, Biratnagar and Birgunj, didn’t send teams in the national championship – the selection event for the first ever national women’s team. Not to waste another opportunity, the girls of Biratnagar are learning cricket. Continue reading
Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) has received Sports Development Grants under the Australian Sports Outreach Program, the Australian Embassy announced. Continue reading
Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) signed a five-year sponsorship contract for women’s cricket with Wai Wai on Thursday.
As the sponsor, CG Foods, the producer of Wai Wai, provides CAN with Rs. 500,000 cash annually for regional and national level tournaments apart from trophies and dresses. Continue reading
Paras Khadka has retained captaincy of the U-19 national squad as Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) announced the squad for the ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup 2008. Continue reading
Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) flayed the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) decision to disqualify Nepal from the ACC U-15 Elite Cup claiming that the hosts did not fielded any over-age players. Continue reading
An Interview with Syed Ashraful Huq, Chief Executive, Asian Cricket Council, taken during the final of the ACC U-15 Elite Cup 2007. The interview is centered around the disqualification of seven teams for fielding the overage players. Continue reading
Singapore won the ACC U-15 Elite Cup 2007 defeating Kuwait by four wickets in the final played at BSAM Ground, Bhaktapur.
Kuwait scored 121/7 in 40 overs choosing to bat first. Opener Apporv Sanjay Gaur scored unbeaten 43 while Sarangdev Krishnan took two wickets. In reply, Singapore were down to 17/4 at one stage but patient batting from Mohit Kulkarki (24), man of the match Prasheen Param (30*) and Usman Manazir (26*) bring them victory in 35th over.
It was a sweet revenge for Singapore who had lost to Kuwait by 57 runs during the league stage.
Hong Kong Cricket Association (HKCA) has formally protested the disqualification by releasing a media statement on Monday. Continue reading
Asian Cricket Council (ACC) has disqualified seven teams – including semifinalists Nepal, Afghanistan and Hong Kong from the ACC U-15 Elite Cup 2007 for fielding over-age players. In absence of eight teams, the remaining two teams Singapore and Kuwait will contest for the title on Monday, December 2, an ACC press release added. Continue reading
The results of November 30 – the last day of league matches. After the league rounds, Nepal, Hong Kong from Group A and Afghanistan, Singapore from Group B entered the semifinal. Continue reading
