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Nepal toil hard to beat Bhutan, face Thailand in final

Nepal toiled hard to beat Bhutan in the semifinal and to secure the berth in the final of the ACC U-19 Women’s Championship Cricket Tournament on Thursday. Nepal defeated Bhutan by three wickets at Unity ground, Kuwait to reach the final of the tournament for the three consecutive editions. Nepal will meet Thailand in the title clash. Nepal had earlier defeated Bhutan in the final of second edition on 2010 by five wickets. Thailand is also not a new opponent for Nepal as both teams had met in the league round. Nepal had defeated Thailand by four wickets. On Thursday, Bhutan elected to bat first and scored 96/7 in 25 overs.  Sonu Khadka gave a break through to Nepal as… Read More

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Nepal look to defend title

Nepali girls will play Chinese girls in the opening match of the ACC U-19 Women’s Championship in Kuwait on February 3. According to the provisional fixture published by Asian Cricket Council (ACC), defending champions Nepal faces Malaysia on February 4, UAE on February 5 and Thailand on February 7.

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Ritu axed, Nary re-appointed captain

Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) axed Ritu Kanaujiya, who captained the national women’s cricket team in last two events and re-appointed Nary Thapa. Ritu and three other national cricketers from the Asian Games squad did not find space in 18-member squad for the ACC Women’s Twenty20 Championship to be held in Kuwait from February 18 to 25.

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Prithu to lead Nepal U-19

Prithu Baskota is all set to become the first cricketer to lead three level of age-group national team after he was named captain for the upcoming ACC U-19 Elite Cup. Prithu will lead the team that also consists of national players Rahul Kumar Biswokarma and Naresh Budhayar, the selection committee of the Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) announced.

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Afghanistan outplays Nepal to lift ACC Trophy

Afghanistan outplayed Nepal in the ACC Trophy Elite 2010 final. 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.

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Nepal look for first ACC Trophy

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.

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Nepal beats Malaysia by 8 runs

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.

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Nepal beat Kuwait to remain unbeaten

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.

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Nepal into semifinal as Gyanendra joins

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.

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Anil, Mahesh bat Singapore out

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. The openers stood a 135-run partnership, the best ever partnership by Nepali batmen, as Nepal chased Singapore’s 216 with 40 balls remaining.

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Nepal beat Oman by 6 wkts

Nepal beat Oman by six wickets at Unity, Kuwait to register the second in the ACC Trophy Elite 2010 on Friday. 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.

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Nepal outplays Hong Kong

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.

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Nepal to take Hong Kong in opener

Upbeat with the victory in the World Cricket League Division 5, Nepal begin the ACC Trophy Elite 2010 cricket tournament playing defending champions Hong Kong at Unity, Kuwait on Wednesday. Another factor to boost Nepal’s morale for the opening match is that Nepal had beaten Hong Kong in last two meetings. In 2008, before winning the title, Hong Kong lost to Nepal in the league match – a repetition of the result two years earlier.

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Squad named for ACC Trophy

UPDATED ON MARCH 25: Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) announced the national team for the ACC Trophy Elite Cup cricket tournament scheduled for March 29 to April 9 in Kuwait. The selection committee headed by Arun Kumar Satyal named Paras Khadka the skipper.

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Nepal draws HK in ACC Trophy Elite

Nepal will meet defending champions Hong Kong in the ACC Trophy Elite Cup scheduled to begin on March 31 in Kuwait. According to the Asian Cricket Council (ACC), Nepal plays Hong Kong in the Group A league match on March 31 at Unity Ground. Singapore, Kuwait and Oman are other teams in the group.

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ACC T20: Nepal Out With Consolation Win

Nepali national team finally saved the face edging Oman by a run in the last group match of the ACC Twenty20 Cup cricket tournament Wednesday. But despite the win, Nepal is out of the tournament failing to qualify for the semifinals as Afghanistan beat Malaysia to qualify ahead of Nepal.

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ACC T20: Nepal Beats Malaysia

Nepal put behind a scary batting performance to notch a 21-run victory against Malaysia in the opening match of the ACC Twenty20 Cup cricket tournament at the Kuwait Oil Company Ground.

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ACC T20: Team Leaves With High Hopes

Nepali national cricket team left for Kuwait on Wednesday to participate in the inaugural ACC Twenty20 Cup with a hope of returning with the title.

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Twenty20 Set to Ablaze Nepal

ACC Twenty20 Cup in Kuwait is all set to begin on October 27 with Nepal being one of 10 teams competing for the title; but before that Nepali cricket arena will be served with the taste of newest form of cricket as two Twenty20 events are scheduled to begin this week.

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ACC Publishes Twenty20 Schedule

Asian Cricket Council (ACC) has announced the fixture for the upcoming ACC Twenty20 Cup with Nepal facing Malaysia in the opening match.

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