Mehboob Alam is already a golden record book of Nepali cricket; and the 29-year-old allrounder from Rajbiraj put yet another feather on his cap Wednesday by becoming the first Nepali bowler to claim 100 international one-day wickets. On Wednesday at Navile, Italy, when Argentine batsman Grant Dugmore edged Alam to Mahesh Chhetri, little did he ...
Pawan Ghimire, a major in the Nepalese army, only became aware of the difficulties faced by blind people after he lost his own sight in an ambush by Maoist rebels during the country’s civil war. Ten years later, he is waging a campaign to revolutionise perceptions of disability in this deeply traditional Hindu country and ...
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has lifted the conditional ban on the TU Ground to host international matches after an inspection. ICC chief Executive, in his letter to Binaya Raj Pandey, the president of Cricket Association of Nepal, said: “I am pleased to confirm that international matches can continue to be staged at the ground ...
[Originally published at Asian Cricket Council website] Nepal’s Gyanendra Malla and Afghanistan’s Hasti Gul have achieved much for their countries on the playing field, now they’re trying to do more off the field. Both have started academies in their home towns, with an eye to creating their successors in the national teams of the future. ...
Shakti Gauchan, 26, became the first Nepali cricketer to complete 1,000 runs in international one-dayers during his half-century against Malaysia in the ACC Trophy Elite 2010 semifinal match at the Hubara, Kuwait. He now has 1,034 runs from 44 innings of 52 matches at an average of 27.95. His half-century on Wednesday was his fourth ...