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Nepal thrashed the UAE by 86 runs on Friday to seal the consecutive second victory in the ACC Women’s Championship, cricket tournament. Nepal elected to bat at the Gymkhana Ground, Thailand and put up 145/5 in allotted 25 overs. In reply, UAE was all out for 59 runs in 22.4 overs. Madhu Thapa (three runs) and Sita Magar put up a 29-run opening stand before Thapa was caught by Kyna Vedhasinghe off Aysha Naushadkhan in the fifth ball of the sixth over. No 3 Roshani Bohara added just seven runs and departed but Sita Magar anchored the Nepali innings along side Sarita Magar. Sita and Sarita put up a 41-run partnership for the third wicket. Sita Magar scored 46 runs… Read More

Host Sudur Paschimanchal Academy (SPA) secured semifinal berth in the Hotel Devotee SPA Cup, inter college cricket tournament with highest cash prize, as it defeated Jagannath Multipule Campus, Baitadi by six wickets on Friday in Dhangadhi. Jagannath elected to bat first and put up 119/4 in allotted 20 overs as Ashok Chand scored unbeaten 43 runs. Lokesh Bhatta (17 runs) was the second highest scorer for Jagannath. Bikash Bam was the pick of the SPA bowlers as he claimed three wickets. Arjun Chapagain took a wicket for SPA. Chasing the total, SPA met the target in 18.4 overs losing four wickets. Bhuwan Karki top scored 29 runs while Pankaj Kunwar struck 25 runs. Prakash Khadka (19 runs) and Sandeep Khadka… Read More

Nepal started the ACC Women’s Cricket Championship campaign with an emphatic eight-wicket victory over Bhutan on Thursday. Nepal elected to field and restricted Bhutan at 65/8 in allotted 25 overs at the Prem Oval, Thailand. In chasing the low total, Nepal reached 68/2 in 13.4 overs. Bhutanese girls, except Dechen Wangmo, surrendered to Nepali bowlers and kept on losing wickets in regular interval. Nepali captain Rubina Chhetri bowled out opener Sonam Pelden (naught) and trapped lbw to another opener Ugyen Dema (five runs) to limit Bhutan to 12/2 in 5.4 overs. For the third wicket Bhutanese pair Wangmo and Yeshey Choden (seven runs) put up a 16-run partnership, the highest of the innings. Sarita Magar dismissed Choden in the fourth… Read More

Triton International College, Kathmandu defeated Tripura Sundari College, Achham by 53 runs on Thursday in the Hotel Devotee SPA Cup, inter college cricket tournament, being held in Dhangadhi. However, defending champion NASA International has to toil hard to produce 3-wicket victory over Sunrise Higher Secondary, Kanchanpur on Thursday. Triton elected to bat and put up 184 runs in 19.1 overs losing all the wickets as Dipendra Chaudhary top scored 42 runs. Antim Thapa scored 34 runs while Sunny Pun struck 29 runs. Rajesh Pulami added 26 runs for Triton. Man-of-the-match Kesav Pant took three wickets and helped Triton to restrict Tripura Sundari at 131/7 in allotted 20 overs. Raju Sharma blasted 45 runs off 32 balls for Tripura and Prem… Read More

Host Sudur Paschimanchal Academy (SPA) pulled off a 41-run victory over Siddhanath Multiple Campus on Wednesday to secure berth in the quarterfinals of the Hotel Devotee SPA Cup inter-college cricket tournament being held in Dhangadhi. SPA elected to bat and put up 141/8 in the allotted 20 overs. In reply, Siddhanath was all out for 100 runs in 18.5 overs. Openers Subendu Pandey (14 runs) and Jeevan Sunar shared a 35-run stand but SPA lost two wickets in quick succession. However, Sunar (31 runs) put up another 35-run partnership with Bhuwan Karki for the third wicket. Karki also scored 31 runs with three fours and a six. Arjun Chapagain and Sandeep Khadka chipped in with 12 and 13 runs respectively.… Read More

Kailali Multiple Campus defeated Tikapur Multiple Campus by 21 runs while  Aishwarya Vidya Niketan, Dhangadhi thrashed Ghodaghodi Multiple Campus, Sukkhad by nine wickets on the second day of the Hotel Devotee SPA Cup Cricket Tournament in Dhangadhi on Tuesday. In the first match of the day, Tikapur won the toss and elected to field. Kailali put up 101/8 in the allotted 20 overs as opener Prakash Bhatta and Raman Bam shared a 46-run partnership. Bhatta scored 20 runs including two fours and a six while Bam added 11 runs. Gyanendra Chhetri (16 runs) and Suresh Dhami (11 runs) were the other major contributors for Kailali. Chandra Rimal claimed three wickets for Tikapur while Nirmal Saud, Keshar Khadka, Dipak Subedi and… Read More

Pentagon College, Kathmandu thrashed Durga Laxmi Multiple Campus, Kailali by 101 runs in the inaugural match of the third edition of the Hotel Devotee SPA Cup, inter college cricket tournament, in Dhangadhi on Monday. Following the win, Pentagon secured berth in quarterfinal of the tournament. Durga Laxmi won the toss and elected to field. Batting first, Pentagon put up 199/8 in allotted 20 overs as Naresh Budhayer blasted 59 runs and Pushpa Thapa scored unbeaten 56 runs. Opener Mahesh Chhetri (nine runs) and Mehboob Alam (24 runs) gave a good start to Pentagon putting up 43-run stand within 3.4 overs. Janak Kunwar dismissed Chhetri and Alam, both. To guide Pentagon to the huge total, Budhayer struck eight boundaries and two… Read More

Giving shape to the idea forwarded by national team coach Pubudu Dassanayake some six months ago, Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) formally opened National Cricket Academy (NCA) at the TU Cricket Ground, Kirtipur on Tuesday. According to Dassanayake, the national team coach would head NCA along with other coaches and staffers. NCA will provide continuous training facilities to the Nepali national squad, Nepal A, Nepali U-19 team and women’s national team. CAN has appointed Jagat Tamata and Binod Das as coaches and Ram Shiwakoti as data and video analyst at NCA. CAN has set up its office and a gymnasium in the TU Ground storehouse. According to Dassanayake, NCA will launch introductory programs for U-12 players soon. The introductory program… Read More

Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) has called 37 cricketers for closed camp training for ACC T20 Elite Cup and ICC World Cricket League Division 3 tournaments. CAN called 35 players based on their performances in the Pepsi Standard Chartered One-Day and T20 National Tournaments held last month. Two other players – former captain Binod Das and Saurav Khanal – earned call-up based on their performances at international level in recent past. The duo had missed the national tournaments due to injuries. “National squad and ‘Nepal A’ team would be formed from the pool of players called for the closed camp,” states a press release issued by CAN on Sunday. ParasKhadka, PareshLohani, SharadVesawkar, SubashKhakurel, SunamGautam, PrithuBanskota, GyanendraMalla, AmritBhattarai, BasantRegmi and Shakti… Read More

Nepal would not meet Afghanistan and the UAE in the group stage of the ACC T20 Cup to be held in Kathmandu from March 25 to April 3. Asian Cricket Council (ACC) is yet to publish the draw of the tournament, it is almost sure Nepal would avoid the UAE and Afghanistan in the group stage as ACC usually divides group as per the seeding given to the teams based on the ACC Trophy Elite. Nepal and the UAE had shared the title of the ACC Trophy Elite held in the UAE three months ago with a tie result in the final. However, Nepal gets the top seeding for the T20 tournament as the host and as it had defeated the UAE… Read More

Cricket brought home glory in 2012 as Nepali national team lifted the World Cricket League Division 4 and ACC Trophy Elite titles. Nepali U-19 girls completed a title hat-trick in the ACC U-19 Women’s Championship. Despite failures in the ICC U-19 World Cup and ACC Women’s T20 tournament, 2012 was a year that instilled hope. Nepal emerged as the champion in the World Cricket League Division 4 held in Malaysia in September. It is the Nepali national team´s biggest success so far. Nepal defeated Singapore, Tanzania, Malaysia, the USA and Denmark in the round robin league and beat the USA by eight wickets in the final. To guide Nepal to the title, Shakti Gauchan bowled a miraculous spell of 10-8-2-3,… Read More

Armed Police Force (APF) Club clinched the title of Pepsi Standard Chartered T20 National Cricket Tournament on Saturday as it thrashed Region No 6 (Baitadi) by 95 runs in the final at the TU Cricket Ground, Kirtipur. It is consecutive title victory of APF, which won One-Day National Tournament last week. APF elected to bat and put up 167/5 in 20 overs as Gyanendra Malla and skipper Paras Khadka completed half centuries. Sanjam Regmi dismissed four batsmen of Baitadi while Shakti Gauchan claimed three wickets to bundle out Baitadi for 72 runs in 14.4 overs. APF lost its opener Paresh Lohani without scoring a run in the very first over but another opener Subash Khakurel (21 runs off 17 balls)… Read More

Region No 6 (Baitadi) pulled a thrilling one-wicket victory in the last ball against Region No 4 (Bhairahawa) on Friday and set up a final clash against Armed Police Force (APF) Club, which thrashed Region No 8 (Pokhara) by 95 runs, in the Pepsi Standard Chartered T20 National Cricket Tournament. Chasing 110-run target at the TU Cricket Ground, Baitadi was to score seven runs in the last over with two wickets in hand. Mahendra Chand kept his cool but Binod Lama (1 run) lost his wicket in the fourth ball of the last over after falling short to the crease. In the last ball off Krishna Karki, Chand had to score a run to seal the victory but he top… Read More

Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) trimmed national women’s team to 18 members on Friday and appointed Rubina Chhetri Belbase as captain.The CAN had called 25 woman cricketers to the first round of closed camp to prepare for the upcoming ACC Women’s Championship. The 18-member team includes Saraswati Chaudhary, Karuna Bhandari, Sarita Magar, Rashmi Sharma Chaulagain, Silu Rijal, Indu Verma, Trishna Singh, Rekha Rawal, Shova Ale Magar, Mamta Thapa, Sangita Gauchan, Madhu Thapa, Nira Rajopadhyay, Sonu Khadka, Nery Thapa, Roshani Bohara and Sita Rana Magar. Among the 25 called up for the first round of closed camp, Arati Bidari, Anjali Chand, Kabita Gautam, Manisha Rawal, Janaki Bhatta, Mamata Kumari Chaudhary and Geeta Chudal are excluded from the team. The championship is… Read More

Region No 4 (Bhairahawa) qualified to the semifinal of the Pepsi Standard Chartered T20 National Cricket Tournament from pool A along with the group leader Armed Police Force (APF) Club on Thursday. Bhairahawa thrashed Region No 1 (Biratnagar) by 82 runs at the Pulchowk Engineering Ground, Lalitpur to become runner-up in the pool A while APF humiliated Region No 3 (Kathmandu) by 61 runs to top the group. APF will lock horns with pool B runner-up Region No 8 (Pokhara) while Bhairahawa will take on Region No 6 (Baitadi) in the semifinals on Friday at the TU Cricket Ground. In a virtual quarterfinal, Subash Pradhan scored a half-century against Biratnagar to guide Bhairahawa to semifinal. Bhairahawa elected to bat but… Read More

Armed Police Force (APF) Club, Region No 6 (Baitadi) and Region No 8 (Pokhara) confirmed semifinal berths in the Pepsi Standard Chartered T20 National Cricket Tournament on Wednesday. Baitadi defeated Region No 5 (Nepalgunj) by 10 wickets to maintain its winning streak and top Pool B of the tournament. Baitadi has six points from three matches. Region No 7 (Janakpur) defeated Region No 8 (Pokhara) by five wickets on Wednesday but the latter qualified for the semifinals with a superior net run rate as both the teams have two points each. At TU Ground, Kirtipur, Nepalgunj elected to bat but Baitadi bundled the team out for 100 runs in 17.3 overs. Man-of-the-match Santosh Bhatta completed a five-wicket haul for Baitadi while… Read More

Indu Verma put up an all-round performance to help Apex Boarding School of Rupandehi clinched the title of the Third Inter School Wai Wai Girls’ National Cricket Tournament on Sunday. Apex defeated Suryodaya Higher Secondary School by nine wickets in the final played at Belbas, Rupandehi. Apex successfully chased a 74-run target in 8.2 overs losing only a wicket. Pratiksha Bashyal scored unbeaten 22 runs and Indu Verma contributed unbeaten 21 runs to seal the victory for Apex. Sapana Shrestha took the one wicket for Suryodaya. Earlier, Suryodaya had put up 73/8 in 15 overs. Roma Thapa (16 runs), Geeta Prasain (12 runs) and Sapana Shrestha (10 runs) were the major contributors for Suryodaya. Verma claimed two wickets while Soniya… Read More

One-Day champion Armed Police Force (APF) Club started also the Pepsi Standard Chartered T-20 National Cricket Tournament in a winning note as Region No 1 (Biratnagar), Region No 5 (Nepalgunj) and Region No 6 (Baitadi) sealed victory on the opening day of the tournament on Sunday. APF edged past Region No 4 (Bhairahawa) by eight wickets at the TU Cricket Ground, Kirtipur. Bhairahawa elected to bat and put up 109/9 in allotted 20 overs. Opener Sagar Pun (32 runs off 30 balls) and Subash Pradhan (20 runs off 22 balls) were the top scorers for Bhairahawa. Man-of-the-match Basant Regmi took four wickets while Sanjam Regmi and Shakti Gauchan claimed two wickets each for APF. APF met the target in 14.1 overs… Read More

Armed Police Force (APF) Club defended the Pepsi Standard Chartered National One-Day Cricket Tournament title despite a century by Region No 4 Bhairahawa’s Faljur Rahman Khan. Helped by Faljur’s 125, Bhairahawa posted 221 runs in 50 overs. APF Club needed 34.1 overs to surpass the score with national captain Paras Khadka leading the way to 6-wicket victory. APF won the toss and invited Bhairahawa to bat first. Apart from Faljur, Bhairahawa’s batsmen could not settle against bowling attack of APF. Subash Pradhan scored 28 while Sarad Vesawkar was the most successful bowler taking 3 wickets. In reply, APF Club’s star lineup lived up the expectations as every batsmen chipping in useful runs. Paras topscored with 86 not out with 10… Read More

Region No 4 (Bhairahawa) set up a final clash with the Armed Police Force (APF) Club in the Pepsi Standard Chartered National One-Day Cricket Tournament. The all-round performance of Sagar Pun helped Bhairahawa crush Region No 7 (Janakpur) by eight wickets in the semifinal on Thursday while the stellar performance of Basant Regmi sealed a 120-run victory for APF over Region No 2 (Birgunj). It is the fifth time Bhairahawa has reached the final of the national One-Day tournament while it is the consecutive second final for APF. Bhairahawa had played its last final in 2064 BS. APF elected to bat at the TU Cricket Ground, Kirtipur and put up 279/8 in allotted 50 overs as opener Paresh Lohani scored… Read More

Suryodaya Higher Secondary School, Jhapa and Apex English Boarding School, Rupandehi have secured semifinal berths in the Third Inter-school WaiWai Girls’ National T20 Cricket Tournament being held in Bhairahawa. Suryodaya defeated Lahan Public School by 21 runs in a Group A match held on Thursday. As Janajyoti Higher Secondary, Bardiya didn’t take part in the tournament, Thursday’s match was important for Suryodaya to qualify for the semifinals. Suryodaya elected to bat and scored 88/8 in 20 overs as Kajol Shrestha scored 22 runs. Lahan gave away another 22 runs as extras. Anuradha Chaudhary took four wickets for Lahan while Shanti Chaudhary and Samjhana Gautam claimed two wickets each. Chasing the total, Lahan was bowled out for 67 runs in 16.1… Read More

Triton International College set up a final clash against GoldenGate International College in the College Premier League T20 2012, Nepal Qualifier. Triton defeated Kathmandu City College (KCC) by five wickets on Wednesday at the Army School Ground, Bhaktapur while GoldenGate thrashed Laboratory College by 61 runs in the semifinal. KCC elected to bat and put up only 140/8 in 20 overs as man-of-the-match Basant Regmi took five wickets for Triton. Rajesh Pulami scored 51 runs off 36 balls including two boundaries and a six. Shibu Budhathoki contributed 29 runs off 24 balls. In reply, Triton reached the total in 16 overs losing only five wickets. Niraj Basnet and Amit Shrestha contributed 33 runs each while Manjeet Shrestha chipped in 26… Read More

Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) on Monday called up 25 women cricketers for the closed camp training for the upcoming ACC Women´s Championship. Among the 25 players, six are new faces while the other 19 were part of the closed camp training for the ACC Women´s T20 Asia Cup held in China last October. Arati Bidari, Anjali Chand, Kabita Gautam, Manisha Rawal, Janaki Bhatta and Saraswati Chaudhary are the new faces called up for the closed camp. Rubina Chhetri, Karuna Bhandari, Indu Verma, Nary Thapa, Mamata Kumari Chaudhary, Sangita Gauchan, Geeta Chudal, Rekha Rawal, Trishna Singh, Sarita Magar, Silu Rijal, Mamta Thapa, Roshani Bohara, Shova Ale, Neera Rajopadhyay, Rashmi Chaulagain, Sonu Khadka, Madhu Thapa and Sita Rana Magar are the… Read More