Bhairahawa beat host Kathamandu by 37 runs at the TU Cricket Ground. Batting first, Bhairahawa scored 117 for 7 in 20 overs. Player of the match Indu Berma scored 33 not out off 36 balls with four boundaries to help her team reach the total.

Praikshya Bashyal and Aksha Gurung each scored 13 while Kamala Rai was the most successful Kathmandu bowler taking 4 wickets for 13 runs. Shilu Rijal, Sumina Maharjan and Shraddha Aryal each grabbed a wicket.

Sangita Gauchan scored 29 off 37 balls for Kathmandu in the reply but other batswomen could not hold long enough as Kathmandu were bowled out for 80 in 19.4 overs. Indu, Aksha, Babita Giri and Saiya Gurung each took two wickets for the winners.

In second match at the TU Ground, Nepalgunj outplayed Pokhara for a huge 80-run victory. Batting first, Nepalgunj scored 123 for 1 in 20 overs with Saraswoti GM getting a half-century. Her unbeaten 52 off 58 balls scored with the help of 7 boundaries put Nepalgunj on top.

Gita Gosai, who lost her wicket to Aarya Aryal, score 23 and Ashmita Thapa got 19 not out.

Amrita Kasai and Samana Pun grabbed 3 wickets each to bowl out Pokhara for 43 in 13.1 overs. Only Aarati Bidari got double-digit scoring 14. Anu KC and Kamala BC took a wicket each to support Amrita (3 for 5 in 2.1 overs) and Samana (3 for 11 in 3 overs).

At IOE Ground, Birgunj scored 100 for 7 in 20 overs – thanks to 33 not out by player of the match Rachana Aryal and 20 by Manisha Chaulagain. Rubina Chhetri bowled the best for Biratnagar taking 3 wickets for 7 runs off 4 overs while Sabnam Rai got 2 for 21 in 4 overs.

Biratnagar only managed to score 71 in 16 overs and lost by 29 runs. Rubina was highest scorer with 12. For Birgunj, Puja Giri claimed 4 wickets for 22 runs and Pushpa Aryal got 2 wickets for 15 runs.

In the only match won by the team batting second, Janakpur defeated Baitadi by 8 wickets. Baitadi batted first scor-ing 54 in 13.4 overs with Manisha Godari (18) and Puja Bhatta (14) getting runs.

Anuradha Chaudhary bowled tight taking 3 wickets for 4 runs in 3 overs while Kritu Dahal got a couple of wicket.

Janakpur lost Usha Bhujel (2) and Shanti Chaudhary (1) cheaply but player of the match Anuradha (26 not out off 21 balls) and Kabita Gautam (21 not out of 14 balls) took Janakpur to the target in 7.5 overs. Sonu Khadka and Anjali Chand each took a wicket.

On Thursday, Kathmandu meets Janakpur, Nepalgunj meets Bhairahawa at IOE Ground while Biratnagar plays Baitadi and Pokhara locks horns with Birgunj at the TU Ground.

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Region No 7 Janakpur, Region No 8 Pokhara, Armed Police Force (APF) Club and Nepal Police Club (NPC) will participate in the Standard Chartered One-Day National Cricket to start on May 3, and Twenty20 National Cricket set to begin on May 14.

The tournaments will serve as the qualification route for national team to participate in the ACC Twenty20 Cup, to be held in Nepal in December 1 to 10. The ACC Twenty20 Cup is the qualifiers for the ICC World Twenty20 Cup.

“National tournaments are crucial as ACC Twenty 20 Cup is approaching,” CAN president Binaya Raj Pandey said at a press meet on April 29.

The tournaments will be played at TU Cricket Ground and IOE Cricket Ground.

Participating teams have divided into two groups with group winners competing in the final of the One-Day event. The final will be played on May 13.

Group A consists of Region No. 2 Birgunj, Region No 3 Kathmandu, Region No 6 Baitadi, Pokhara and NPC. Group B includes Region No. 1 Biratnagar, Region No 4 Bhairahawa, Region No 5 Nepalgunj, Janakpur and AFP.

For Twenty20, to be held from May 14 to 20, Group A includes Biratnagar, Kathmandu, Baitadi, Pokhara and AFP while Birgunj, Bhairahawa, Nepalgunj, Janakpur and NPC are included in Group B.

Schedule will be published here shortly.

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Man of the match Bijay and Ayush added 106-run in 23.3 overs for opening partnership as Kathmandu raced to 135 in 30.3 overs losing just three wickets. Earlier, Baitadi, who had entered the final with four wins in five league matches, had scored 132/9 in 40 overs.

Bijay scored match’s highest 48 off 69 balls with five fours, while Ayush got 40 off 76 deliveries with four boundaries. The duo returned in space of three balls when Bikram Sob bowled the 24th over.

Captain Prithi Baskota hit two fours in 10 balls for his 9 before losing his wicket to Bashu Giri leaving his team 11 runs shy of the title. Pramod Yadav (8) and Pawan Shrestha (6) completed the task without further damage.

Earlier, Baitadi won the toss and elected to bat first. The far-western team lost Pradeep Ayree in the third over. Ayree’s loss slowed down run scoring rate as Baitadi scored only 38 runs in next 14 overs.

They never recovered and despite a few stable partnerships, they always lagged behind in scoring and slogging during the last few overs also did not work. They finished at 132/9 in 40 overs with captain Surendra Bahadur Chand (27 off 82 balls) and Bhuwan Karki (18 of 21) being the top-scorers. Prithu and Ujjwal Thapa each grabbed three wickets while Keshav Yadav got two.

The consolation for Baitadi was Pradeep’s choice as the man of the series for his 125 runs and seven wickets in league matches. Kathmandu’s Prithu was declared best bowler for his 15 wickets in five matches while Birgunj’s Amit Shrestha got the best batsman award for his 150 in five matches.

Prizes were given by Sita Ram Maskey (National Sports Council vice-president), Upendra Prasad Bhattarai (Vice President of Cricket Association of Nepal), Binod Raj Rajbhandari (Member of CAN), Uttam Karmacharya (Member of CAN and Nepal’s first captain), Thakur Pratap Thapa (Member of CAN), Santosh Mardan Thapa (Member of CAN), Sushil Bhattarai (Secretary of Region No. 3 Kathmandu), M.B. Swaminathan (Country Manager, Boost) and Bijay Sharma.

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The event, to be participated by all six cricket development regions of the country, will be played on round-robin league format with top two teams vieing for the championship in the final slated for November 15. TU Cricket Ground and Institute of Engineering (IOE) Ground will host the event.

Participating Teams
Region No 1 Biratnagar
Region No 2 Birgunj
Region No 3 Kathmandu
Region No 4 Bhairahawa
Region No 5 Nepalgunj
Region No 6 Baitadi

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Winners Kathmandu pose with the trophy.

Vice-captain Raju Basnet, captain Paresh Lohani and team manager Naresh Rana receives trophy from National Sports Council member secretary Jeevan Ram Shrestha.

Bhairahawa captain Shakti Gauchan receives the runners-up trophy from Surya Nepal vice-president Shyam Roy.

Man of the Series Shakti Gauchan.

Best batsman Paresh Lohani.

Best bowler Mehboob Alam.

All Photos by Nepal Photo Agency.

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Region No 3 Kathmandu lifted the Springwood National League Cricket Tournament title after emerging the winner of an epic battle with defending champions Region No 4 Bhairahawa at the TU Cricket Ground on Sunday.

The final was decided on the last ball with Bhairahawa felling by just a run. Requiring 169 in 36 overs for victory on a revised target, Bhairahawa ended at 167/9. Kathmandu had earlier scored 199 in 49.3 overs.

It was some terrific batting from the tail-enders that put Bhairahawa back on the track after the match looked dead for them at 136/9 with five overs to go. But No 10 Mohan Thapa attacked the bowling and netted 29 runs off 27 balls with a four and a six, but his efforts went in vain after he could not get four in last two balls.

Having gone into the last over with eight required, Mohan and last man Faizal Khan ran a run each on first four balls bowled by Paras Khadka. The fifth ball was a straight fuller that Mohan could only defend back to Paras. On the last ball, the team needed four to win but he could only get a two as Kathmandu players roared around the ground in celebration after winning the title for the first time in fourth final.

Before Mohan’s heroics, it was Rahul Biswokarma who scored 36 in 37 balls with two fours and a six to take his team near the required total. After the top order failed to get good runs. Among seven top order batsmen, only Shakti Gauchan (24), Antim Thapa (21) and Bijaya Thapa (19) got to double figure while four other totaled 16 runs.

It was Pramod Basnet who pegged Bhairahawa early by getting two openers in between of which Bijaya slipped while running to get run-out. Left-arm spinner Raju Basnet too got two in the middle while Sarad took two vital wickets – of Shakti and Rahul to simmer Bhairahawa hopes of becoming only second team after Biratnagar to defend the title.

“Rain played the spoilsport,” Bhairahawa captain Shakti said. The match was played on overcast condition and was stopped after three overs of Bhairahawa for rainfall and the target revised.

Earlier, Kathmandu’s decision to bat first proved a good one as their top order batted well. Captain Paresh Lohani and Dipendra Chaudhary added 43 as openers with Dipendra scoring 35 off 48 balls. Sarad got 44 off 81 balls and Gyanendra Malla topscored with 60 off 92 balls. Together, Sarad and Gyanendra added 91 runs for third wicket and took Kathmandu to a competitive total.

Paras’s late assault of 18 off 17 with two sixes and Pramod’s 10 took them to 199 in 49.3 overs. All Kathmandu wickets went to spinners with Basant Regmi taking three, Shakti and Rahul claiming two each.

Kathmandu received Rs 75,000 as the winners while Bhairahawa took home Rs 40,000. National Sports Council member secretary Jeevan Ram Shrestha, Surya Nepal’s vice-president Shyam Roy and Cricket Association of Nepal president Binaya Raj Pandey gave away the prizes to the winners.

Top Performers
Man of the Series: Shakti Gauchan (RN4 Bhairahawa) – Rs 15,000
Best Batsman: Paresh Lohani (RN3 Kathmandu) – Rs 10,000
Best Bowler: Mehboob Alam (RN1 Biratnagar) – Rs 10,000

 

Kathmandu Innings 199 All Out (Overs 49.3)

Batsman	Fieldsman	Bowler	Runs	Bls	4s	6s
P Lohani*	c B Regmi	b S Gauchan	10	33	1	0
D Chaudhary+	run out Bijaya Thapa		35	48	4	1
S Veshwakar	c&b S Gauchan		44	81	2	1
G Malla	c M Vhaishya	b B Regmi	60	92	2	1
P Khadka	c A Gupta	b B Regmi	18	17	0	2
R Basnet	c&b R BK		1	5	0	0
P Shakya	run out A Gupta		1	1	0	0
P Basnet	st M Vhaishya	b R BK	10	11	0	0
Rom Shrestha	lbw	b B Regmi	4	7	0	0
A Rana	run out R BK		1	1	0	0
R Shrestha	not out		1	1	0	0
extras	(b0 lb4 w10 nb0)		14
TOTAL	10 wickets for		199

 

FOW1-43(P Lohani) 2-51(D Chaudhary) 3-142(S Veshwakar) 4-166(P Khadka) 5-171(R Basnet)6-175(P Shakya) 7-190(G Malla) 8-194(P Basnet) 9-198(A Rana) 10-199(Rom Shrestha)

 

Bowler	O	M	R	W	wd	nb
A Bhattarai	7	1	18	0	7	-
F Khan	2	0	16	0	-	-
M Thapa	3	0	13	0	-	-
S Gauchan	10	1	29	2	1	-
Bijaya Thapa	4	0	17	0	1	-
B Regmi	9.3	0	50	3	1	-
R BK	10	0	42	2	-	-
S Khadka	4	0	10	0	-	-

 

Bhairahawa Innings 167/9 (Overs 36) (Revised Target: 169 in 36 overs)

Batsman	Fieldsman	Bowler	Runs	Bls	4s	6s
B Regmi	lbw	b P Basnet	5	4	1	0
M Vhaishya+	c G Malla	b P Basnet	4	40	0	0
Bijaya Thapa	run out R Shrestha		19	12	0	0
A Thapa	c P Basnet	b R Basnet	21	24	1	1
S Gauchan*	lbwb S Veshwakar		24	41	1	1
A Gupta	run out R Shrestha		1	5	0	0
S Khadka	c P Khadka	b R Basnet	6	12	0	0
R BK	c P Basnet	b S Veshwakar	36	37	2	1
A Bhattarai	c P Lohani	b R Shrestha	2	4	0	0
M Thapa	not out		29	26	1	1
F Khan	not out		5	11	0	0
extras	(b2 lb4 w9 nb0)		15
TOTAL	9 wickets for		167

 

FOW1-7(B Regmi) 2-30(Bijaya Thapa) 3-36(M Vhaishya) 4-64(A Thapa) 5-70(A Gupta)6-79(S Khadka) 7-115(S Gauchan) 8-118(A Bhattarai) 9-136(R BK)

 

Bowler	O	M	R	W	wd	nb
A Rana	7	1	21	0	1	-
P Basnet	7	0	37	2	2	-
P Khadka	8	2	36	0	2	-
R Basnet	5	0	30	2	2	-
S Veshwakar	6	1	23	2	2	-
R Shrestha	3	0	14	1	2	-

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Bhairahawa won the toss and invited Kathmandu to bat first. Paresh Lohani followed his two half-centuries with 11 and Sharad Veswakar got 5 before Dipendra Chaudhary complained about the lack of the sight screen and Kathmandu decided to stop the match.

Dipendra complained that as the ball got older it looked like the wall on the background. “When we last played here, we told Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN), we can not play without the screen,” captain Paresh Lohani said. The match originally scheduled for Lab Ground was shifted in the last minute.

The match was resumed after 102 minutes when the technical committee and two teams talked the matters and reduced the match to 45-overs affair. Kathmandu lost Dipendra immediately and Gyanendra Malla played an aggressive knock of 31 hitting two fours and two sixes.

Raju Basnet got 28 in 27 balls to take the team to 143/8 in 45 overs. Basant Regmi got out in the first ball of the innings for the second time in a row as he was trapped in front by Abhaya Rana. Manoj Baishya (10) and Amit Shrestha (1) fell to Pramod Basnet, who scored 32 in 122 balls as opener earlier, as Bhairahawa went down to 27/3 in 10 overs.

The match was stopped by rain in the 15th over with Shakti Gauchan (3) and Antim Thapa (13) at the crease.

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Mehboob Alam took five wickets and Manjeet Shrestha grabbed three as the four-time champions bowled out Birgunj for a paltry 68 runs in 20.5 overs. Binod Das ensured Biratnagar toil hard to achieve the victory by claiming six wickets.

Birgunj got a disastrous start losing first eight wickets for only 25 runs in nine overs. It all began when Mehboob bowled Anil Mandal in the fourth ball to become the third player to get 50 wickets in the national league after Raju Basnet and Binod.

Mehboob’s deadly first five overs gave him five wickets and Manjeet got three in his first four overs as Birgunj was put in an embarrassing position of getting bowled for the lowest total in the event’s history.

Kumar Prasun saved Birgunj’s blushes, scoring 18 off 36 balls with two fours and most importantly taking his team past 44 – the lowest score in the event. Sameer Thapa got nine and the pair added 36 runs to give the team something to bowl for.

Birgunj too struck early when Pashupati Mandal got out in the third over but Sunny Pun (21) and Puspa Thapa (16) added 37 runs before Birgunj pegged them down. From 43/1, Biratnagar went down to 43/5 in less than two overs – Binod grabbing four of them and Sanjam Regmi picking one.

Binod claimed two more wickets but Mehboob ensured his contribution with bat getting the deserved result with an unbeaten 21 off 30 balls that included three fours. With the performance, Binod took his wickets tally to 59 – five ahead of Mehboob and six of Raju, who still has the Sunday’s final to play.

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Paras Khadka’s 3/14 restricted Nepalgunj to a lowly total of 109 in 46.1 overs before Paresh hit second half-century in a row as the hosts raced to victory in 29.2 overs losing just two wickets. At Lab School Ground, Region No 2 Birgunj beat Region No 6 Baitadi by three wickets.

Abhaya Rana took a wicket off his first ball to put Nepalgunj on the back foot straightaway and it could hardly score early on. When Nepalgunj lost second wicket off the last ball of the 12th over, it was 23/2 with a run-rate of less than two.

Anupam Singh (21) and Navin KC (11) provided some defiance against the bowling attack that gave away 22 extras to take the team past three digits. Paras bowled eight overs for his three scalps and Raju Basnet got 2/25. Sharad Vesawkar got the last two wickets in 13 balls to end the innings.

Kathmandu too did not start well losing Dipendra Chaudhary (4) in third over to Navin Shahi but the skipper shouldered the responsibility and carried on from Wednesday’s 79-run knock against Region No 1 Biratnagar to add 99 runs with Sharad Vesawkar and took Kathmandu two runs short of victory.

His 87-ball knock with 10 boundaries came to an end while trying to hit Ismail Ansari for a four to finish the game in style. Paras Khadka (2) and Sharad (16 in 72 balls) finished the match.

 

Nepalgunj Innings 109 All Out (Overs 46.1)

Batsman	Fieldsman	Bowler	Runs	Bls	4s	6s
M Chettri*+		c&b P Basnet	1	7	0	0
S Hussain		c&b A Rana	7	30	1	0
A Singh	c D Chaudhary	b P Khadka	21	80	1	0
Rupesh Sharma	c R Shrestha	b R Basnet	10	35	2	0
S Giri		b P Khadka	4	12	0	0
S Shrestha	not out		13	53	1	0
N KC		b P Khadka	4	9	0	0
N Shahi	lbw	b R Shrestha	11	12	2	0
M Ansari	c P Khadka	b R Basnet	7	6	0	1
S Sunar		b S Veshwakar	9	29	0	0
I Ansari		b S Veshwakar	0	5	0	0
extras		(b7 lb2 w12 nb1)	22
TOTAL		10 wickets for	109

 

FOW1-2(M Chettri) 2-23(S Hussain) 3-49(Rupesh Sharma) 4-56(S Giri) 5-61(A Singh)6-65(N KC) 7-79(N Shahi) 8-88(M Ansari) 9-105(S Sunar) 10-109(I Ansari)

 

Bowler	O	M	R	W	wd	nb
A Rana	8	3	14	1	3	1
P Basnet	8	3	12	1	2	-
A Akhtar	3	0	11	0	5	-
P Khadka	8	1	14	3	1	-
R Basnet	10	1	25	2	1	-
R Shrestha	7	1	22	1	-	-
S Veshwakar	2.1	1	2	2	-	-

 

Kathmandu Innings 110/2 (Overs 29.2)

Batsman	Fieldsman	Bowler	Runs	Bls	4s	6s
P Lohani*	c Rupesh Sharma	b I Ansari	68	87	10	0
D Chaudhary+	c M Chettri	b N Shahi	4	9	1	0
S Veshwakar	not out		16	72	1	0
P Khadka	not out		2	8	0	0
extras		(b0 lb4 w16 nb0)	20
TOTAL		2 wickets for	110

 

FOW1-9(D Chaudhary) 2-108(P Lohani)

 

Bowler	O	M	R	W	wd	nb
N Shahi	7	1	14	1	2	-
M Ansari	5	0	18	0	2	-
N KC	6	1	23	0	6	-
S Sunar	5	0	20	0	2	-
I Ansari	3.2	0	25	1	4	-
S Shrestha	3	1	6	0	-	-

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He partnered Sanjam Regmi (7) for 56 runs to take his team home after a batting failure. Binod Das (21), Sanjay Bomjam (19), Shovakant Pandey, Hasim Ansari and Raj Mohammad (all 10) got starts but could not continue as Rajendra Bam (4/32) and Sher Singh Khatri (3/32) pegged them down. Birgunj also benefited from 33 extras with Chandra Saud once again leading the wayward bowling with 12 wides.

Earlier, three wickets each from Sanjam and Raj had troubled Baitadi. Jagdish Budair and Binod Bhandari then played aggressively and got a few runs for the team. Jagdish hit three fours and four sixes for his 42 in 35 balls before Kumar got him out while Binod hit two sixes and three fours for a 32-ball 35.

Dhirendra Chand contributed 21 not out while opener Shakti Bhandari got 15 and Kamal Raj Joshi 10. Binod Das, Sameer Thapa and Kumar each took a wicket.

 

Baitadi Innings 141 All Out (Overs 32)

Batsman	Fieldsman	Bowler	Runs	Bls	4s	6s
Shakti Bhandari		b Sameer Thapa	15	29	2	0
DN Jha+		c&b B Das	0	8	0	0
K Joshi	c S Regmi	b R Mohammad	10	32	1	0
B Bhandari	run out S Regmi		35	32	3	2
P KC		b R Mohammad	3	6	0	0
MB Khadka	lbw	b R Mohammad	1	9	0	0
J Budair	c S Pandey	b K Prasuna	42	35	3	4
D Chand*	not out		21	34	1	1
C Saud	st S Pandey	b S Regmi	2	8	0	0
Sher S Khatri	c B Sah	b S Regmi	0	3	0	0
R Bom		b S Regmi	0	2	0	0
extras	(b0 lb4 w8 nb0)		12
TOTAL	10 wickets for		141

 

FOW1-4(DN Jha) 2-22(Shakti Bhandari) 3-43(K Joshi) 4-60(P KC) 5-62(MB Khadka)6-84(B Bhandari) 7-131(J Budair) 8-141(C Saud) 9-141(Sher S Khatri) 10-141(R Bom)

 

Bowler	O	M	R	W	wd	nb
B Das	6	0	32	1	-	-
Sameer Thapa	6	1	18	1	1	-
R Mohammad	8	0	31	3	6	-
S Regmi	6	1	21	3	1	-
M Hawari	3	1	26	0	-	-
K Prasuna	3	0	9	1	-	-

 

Birgunj Innings 144/7 (Overs 28.2)

Batsman	Fieldsman	Bowler	Runs	Bls	4s	6s
A Mandal	c DN Jha	b Sher S Khatri	0	7	0	0
S Pandey+		b R Bom	10	12	2	0
H Ansari	c D Chand	b R Bom	10	13	2	0
S Wonjam	c K Joshi	b Sher S Khatri	19	27	3	0
R Mohammad	lbw	b R Bom	10	22	2	0
B Das*	c&b Sher S Khatri		21	25	3	1
B Sah	c D Chand	b R Bom	0	2	0	0
S Regmi	not out		7	27	0	0
K Prasuna	not out		34	36	3	3
extras	(b6 lb3 w23 nb1)		33
TOTAL	7 wickets for		144

 

FOW1-24(H Ansari) 2-28(S Pandey) 3-49(S Wonjam) 4-53(A Mandal) 5-65(R Mohammad)6-65(B Sah) 7-88(B Das)

 

Bowler	O	M	R	W	wd	nb
D Chand	7.2	1	27	0	2	-
C Saud	3	0	22	0	12	-
R Bom	8	0	32	4	3	-
Sher S Khatri	8	1	32	3	5	-
B Bhandari	1	0	1	0	-	1
K Joshi	1	0	21	0	1	-

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