Anything/Everything About Nepal’s Cricket

Mission Malaysia: Girls get ready

It was pleasant to witness national cricket coach Roy Dias shouting at Nary Thapa to hit the ball over his head for a six and women”s coach Pradip Pandey telling Sonu Khadka to bowl on the line of off stump at the Tribhuwan University Cricket ground, where the women”s cricket team in undergoing closed camp training for the upcoming ACC Women”s Twenty20 Championship.

Eighteen girls are in training, fighting for a place in the final 14 for the national team for the event scheduled to be held in Malaysia from July 3 to 11. Read More …

Raju Basnet calls it a day

After almost 12 years of highly successful domestic and unexplainably fluctuating international cricket career, Raju Basnet has called it a day. At 30, Raju helped Region No 3 Kathmandu become the inaugural national Twenty20 champions and announced his retirement from national and international cricket. Read More …

Mulpani’s second innings set to begin

Famous ‘Mulpani Cricket’ is beginning its second innings. Once presented as an ambitious cricket academy, Mulpani will soon become a cricket ground.

Lack of financial resources has hampered the plan. The plain created out of hillocks was already being used for cattle grazing and driving practice. There were even encroachments in the land provided to Cricket Association of Nepal by National Sports Council.

Bandula Warnapura visits Mulpani. Photo: Dipesh Shrestha/myrepublica.com

Bandula Warnapura, Asian Cricket Council (ACC) development manager, told this author pointing to people learning motorcycle, “at least people are learning something here.” He too was enthusiastic about the ground. Read More …

The Story of Binaya Raj Pandey

The simplicity of Binaya Raj Pandey matches cricket – the game of gentlemen. If compared, the relations between Pandey and cricket make a long list. Pandey is such a leader of cricket who drafted the first blueprint of Nepali cricket jokingly five decades ago. After traveling long road, he now plans the future of cricket seriously. Read More …

Blinds See Hopes in Cricket

Even before the rays of sun touches the green grass of the Annapurna Stadium of Prithivi Narayan Campus, a group of visually impaired people gather for the cricket training. Read More …

Cricket Academies Going Good

As cricket continues to grow as sports and craze of people increases craze, the training centers in Kathmandu have started being filled with enthusiastic trainees dreaming of stardom. Read More …

The Real Winner of the World Cup

The world champion in cricket is yet to be decided but the biggest winner of the World Cup 2007 has already been decided; and it’s neither Australia nor Sri Lanka, New Zealand or South Africa. One among these four will take the coveted trophy home, but for me and many, the biggest winner of the Caribbean festival is Ireland. Read More …

Sanath Jayasuriya: The Smiling Marauder

Sanath Jayasuriya is no new name to cricket. After rising to fame in 1996 World Cup, the Sri Lankan left-hander has been one of the best players in contemporary cricket. There are quite a few records in the name of Jayasuriya which make him a legend of the game. Read More …