Category Archives: 2018 World Cricket League Division 2

The chilling weather and late arrival time were not a concern for hundreds of fans outside the Tribhuwan International Airport as they waited hours to give Team Nepal heroes’ welcome. The team returned after a successful World Cricket League Division 2 campaign from Namibia. Nepal finished as runners-up in the tournament but in doing so booked their spot for the upcoming ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 Qualifiers to be held in Zimbabwe from March first week. Hundreds of fans were present to welcome the team and were kept waiting for more than an hour due to operational delay. The arrival of the team was welcome with rapturous cries of names of the members of the team. The crowd also chanted… Read More

Nepal scored a total that has become unimaginable giving poor batting performances with captain Paras Khadka getting a classy century, still UAE beat Nepal by 7 runs to claim the World Cricket League Division 2 title at the Wanderers. Paras hit three sixes in the final over to complete his century and finish high on unbeaten 112 but it was enough to surpass UAE’s 277 for 4. Nepal fall short by 7 runs – as they just scored 6 runs in earlier two overs making it impossible in the final over to win. Two centuries  Ashfaq Ahmed led UAE’s innings with a century to finish at 277/4 after being invited to bat first. The opening pair, Ashfaq and captain Rohan… Read More

It was a pure magical performance by Karan KC whose 42 not out pulled off an unbelievable one-wicket victory against Canada at the World Cricket League Division 2 in Windhoek, Namibia. The victory put Nepal in the final of the tournament and got promoted to the Division 1, but more importantly it meant Nepal qualified for the ICC World Cup Qualifiers to be held in Zimbabwe from March 4 to 25, 2018. On the scores book, the match read: Canada 194 for 8 in 50 overs (Wijeratne 103*, Basant 3/34, Sandeep 2/40) lost of Nepal 195 for 9 in 50 overs (Karan 42*, Dilip 41, Rohit 27, Aarif 26, Dipendra 18, Pervez 3/41, Dutta 2/23, Zafar 2/26) by 1 wicket.… Read More

Sandeep Lamichhanne returned with the best bowling figure by any Nepali player in List A cricket matches; and Aarif Sheikh and Rohit Paudel showed enough nerves to rescue Nepal from a difficult position to register a close win. Kenya made 177/8 in 50 overs as bowlers – except Sandeep – struggled to take wickets at the Wanderers Cricket Ground. Nepal’s chase was – as always – in trouble when it was 14/3 and later 82/5. Aarif and Rohit added 87 runs to take Nepal to a winning position. In last over, Nepal needed 6 runs with Rohit and Sompal Kami batting. Rohit took two in the first ball, one in second ball and Sompal took another one in the third… Read More

United Arab Emirates (UAE) is Nepal’s old foe which had in recent matches outperformed Nepal – thanks to their ODI status. And, when the two teams went head to head in the World Cricket League Division 2 match, both were desperate for victory having won one of two matches. It turned out that Nepal still have the strength to beat the UAE with three star performers – pacer Sompal Kami, leg-spinner Sandeep Lamichhane and all-rounder Paras Khakda – making crucial contributions to Nepal’s four wicket victory. Invited to bat first in a 34 overs per side match, UAE struggled to score runs and were bundled out for 114 in 31 overs. Nepal’s batting woes continued but quick-fire half-century from Paras… Read More

He had done it a few times for Nepal for U19 team, but Basant Regmi’s unbeaten 24 off 24 balls against hosts Namibia was a master stroke. The left-arm orthodox, batting at No. 10, pulled a stunning one wicket victory in the World Cricket League Division 2. Nepal scored 139 for 9 in 49.2 overs to surpass Namibia’s 138 all out in 34. 2 overs at the Affies Park, Windhoek. When Basant walked into the ground with the bat, Nepal was at 104/8 needing another 35 runs for victory – that looked only a miracle. Sompal Kami made useful 13 runs but was not impressive as he was beaten repeatedly. With No. 11 Sandeep Lamichhane in, Namibia was near the… Read More

Nepal is taking on hosts Namibia in the opening fixture of ICC World Cricket League Division 2 on February 8. With top two teams, getting spots in the World Cup Qualifiers next month in Zimbabwe, Nepal has its eye set on the top prize. Speaking to media on the eve of the opening fixture, skipper Paras Khadka said the team is all set to convert all the hard-work in practice into the performance. “We have trained hard for this and the time has come to perform. It is not easy with opponents being strong too. So, we will take one game at a time,” said Khadka. Nepal has been struggling with the batting in recent international fixtures but Khadka is… Read More

There is all to play for in Namibia next month as the top two teams from ICC World Cricket League (WCL) Division 2 will qualify for the ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier 2018 and will be just one-step away from England and Wales 2019. Eighty-three teams started the qualification process for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 and all teams in the ICC WCL Division 2 taking place between 8 and 15 February in Namibia are now just two steps away from the ICC’s pinnacle 50-over event. Canada and Oman who secured promotion from the ICC World Cricket League Division 3 in May 2017 are joined by Kenya, Namibia, Nepal and the United Arab Emirates who get a second chance… Read More