The absence of career option in sports has led to yet another flight of talent in the form of country’s most flamboyant all rounder Mehboob Alam. Alam is one of the most successful cricketers of the nation at both domestic and international level. (more…)

It seems that new era of sports have begun in the country with the real story of Nepalese sportsman winning a car worth 2.3 million in a domestic sporting event.

It’s definitely a ray of hope for every sports person in the country that sports will soon become a career option. It seems that All Nepal Football Association (ANFA) team has clearly understood the basic fundamental that professionalism in the game is indispensable to improve its standard beyond certain level. (more…)

Last week I had an opportunity to read a write up on the front page of leading Indian news paper The Economic Times about the audited financial statement of Board of Cricket Control in India (BCCI) for the year 2004/05. (more…)

All the cricket lovers in the country including me are building high hopes with Nepalese cricket. Why should not we? As we have seen some inspirational performance by our Nepalese team at both junior and senior level in recent past. However, being a cricketer my worries aggravates when I see the deteriorated domestic structure cricket in the country. For the development of the cricket it is imperative to have good domestic structure of the cricket. (more…)

Year 2005 will go into the history book of Nepali cricket as a successful year. Despite the year started with two heart-breaking news they just proved ghosts of 2004, an unsuccessful year, and as the year proceeded it brought glorious moments. (more…)

Last week I happened to be in the press meet organized by ICC development committee in Kathmandu. Cricket’s top most governing body’s head Mr. Ishan Mani (President ICC) and Mr. Malcam Speed (CEO) also spoke about cricket of Nepal. They expressed their appreciation for the performance of Nepalese Cricket Team at junior level. However, they also expressed the need for replicating junior level performance at senior level for Nepal’s transition to ODI status. (more…)

Recently concluded ACC U-19 Cup cricket tournament has been common topic of discussion through out the country. People from every walk of life are praising the performance of Nepalese boys and talking about the future of Nepalese cricket. These boys have now become national hero. (more…)

By Purushottam Kattel
As we are midway through the ACC U-19 Cup cricket tournament, coaches and officials from different participating countries are delighted with the way the Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) has been organizing the tournament till date and are spellbound by the ‘wonderful’ cricketing weather as well as grounds and pitches. (more…)