Nepal will play Jersey in the opening day of the World Cricket League Division 5 at the BSAM Ground, Bhaktapur on February 20.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) released the fixture for the six-nation event on January 6.
Nepal will then meet Singapore at IOE Ground (February 21), Bahrain at BSAM Ground (February 23), Fiji at TU Cricket Ground (February 24) and USA at the same ground on February 26. The final and the playoffs are scheduled for February 27.
“The event, the third step on the road to World Cup 2015 Australia and New Zealand, will see WCL Div. 6 qualifiers Bahrain and Singapore join Jersey, Fiji, Nepal and USA to battle it out in the third tournament of a new WCL structure that will reach its climax at the next ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier which is scheduled for 2013,” ICC said in a release.
The top two sides at this event will win promotion to the WCL Div. 4 to be played in Italy in August, it added.
| Date | TU Ground | BSAM, Bhaktapur | IOE, Lalitpur |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 19 | Practice | Practice | Practice |
| Feb 20 | Bahrain v Singapore | Jersey v Nepal | Fiji v USA |
| Feb 21 | Jersey v Fiji | USA v Bahrain | Nepal v Singapore |
| Feb 23 | USA v Jersey | Nepal v Bahrain | Singapore v Fiji |
| Feb 24 | Fiji v Nepal | Bahrain v Jersey | Singapore v USA |
| Feb 26 | Nepal v USA | Jersey v Singapore | Fiji v Bahrain |
| Feb 27 | Final | 3rd-Place Playoff | 5th-place playoff |
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Nepal has the best chance ever to prove themselves in their own territory. If they fail this time then simply they should quit the cricket and we will assume as Nepal never participated in cricket game. Good Luck upfront.
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Mukesh
Jersey was good last time when we played the same series. US coud be another team to look for !!! Nepal may be the favorite at home but play cautiously !!! Best of luck boys !!
come on nepal…………! go and do it. aabako 2013 ko world cup ma nepak ko team pani dekhana paoos. CHAK DE NEPAL……….! good luck. sara nepali ra pasupati nath ko sath chha timi sanga nepal cricket aaba aagadi badhane kam timro………….! just go and do it,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,! best of luck,,,,,,,,,,,!
Well, let’s wait and see. Our cricket team reminds me of the pacesetters in a 10000 metere race on the athletics track.
Singapore is the best! This time S’pore will be in first place…
this time nepal will surely win. this is our only chance to play in world cup 2015.
aayo gorkhali…………………………………