With Nepal getting to host the WCL Division 5 in 2010,it has a wonderful opportunity to be qualified for the next round. The home ground,local environment and the tremendous home support will platform a perfect place for the Nepalese cricketer. And the Nepalese team as well will surely fancy their chances against the home conditions.
With almost seven months to go from here on,Nepal has to really work hard on their games.Nepalese team will surely be the first favourites but they need to gear up their potentialities.Nepalease team will have tremendous pressure playing in the home ground and they are well aware of this and are used to overcoming in the past.
Nepal has two challenges at the moment. First, the hosting. This is the first time , Nepal has ever received the hosting the ICC event. So it will be tough challenge for Nepal to host the game successfully in spite of the country’s embarrasing political conditions.
The other challenge in Nepal’s cricket is , The senior team is been criticized widely not only at the home level but also at the international level of not doing better as their age group players are doing..They are most of the time bond to losing their crucial matches.And already Nepal has gone back 4 years due to the this year’s earlier loss against Afganistan. And the high hope every year for qualifying for the World Cup seems to be dieing and postponding in each fixtures. So these time around Nepal has a perfect opportunity to get through Division 5 and qualify for the next round in Italy later in 2010. And for the Nepalese cricket team, it is a payback time. It is time to compensate for the Nepalese team, the loss they suffered against Afganistan earlier can be overshadowed by the win next year.
So the Nepalese team have to gear up from now. The cricket administration in Nepal from all level,be it CAN or NSC should start making the right moves from now on like proper selection, proffesional camping , matches with neighbouring countries like India , Pakistan , Bangladesh and Sri lanka which can boost the match fitness. CAN has to provide players the maximum training and practice for the matches to be palyed ahead.And CAN also has to popularize the game by broadcasting more Nepalese games as possible in order to attract the interest of the sponsors,new cricketers,big commercial houses and so on…
And also cricket featuring in Asian Games next year,Nepal will have a tough time also in qualifying for the game. Nevertheless, Nepal has a great opportunity participating in the game in China next year. The CAN may have got the enough idea about the selection of the T20 team for the qualification game from the recently conluded Springwood T20 game held in Kathmandu where the six regions battled each other. The National team selector should have already picked the players for the close camp. Therefore, the selectors and the coach should immediately start the basics for the nourishment of the international t20 team.
Nepalese cricket fans are looking forward for the two achievements Nepal must and must achieve if Nepalese cricket wants to witness the present support of cricket in Nepal go further in the future. The first is to qualify for the Asian games to be held in Ghonjhau next year and the second is to qualify for WCL Division 4 to be held in Italy in June 2010.
We Nepalese cricket fans are looking forward to see the Nepalese flag fluttering in the cricket field in Ghohjhau next year.
We are ever supporting Nepalese cricket and Nepalese team. We pray that Nepal and Nepalese cricket will be able to overcome all the difficulties coming onto its avenues and be able to live up with dream of Nepalese cricket supporters.