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.

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

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.

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	-

]]> http://www.cricket.com.np/new/2008/04/06/kathmandu-wins-national-league/feed/ 0 http://www.cricket.com.np/new/2008/04/05/sightscreen-trouble-gets-ugly/ http://www.cricket.com.np/new/2008/04/05/sightscreen-trouble-gets-ugly/#comments Sat, 05 Apr 2008 12:33:55 +0000 Cricket.com.np http://www.cricket.com.np/new/2008/04/05/sightscreen-trouble-gets-ugly/ At the Institute of Engineering Ground, the rehearsal of the title-clash between Region No 3 Kathmandu and Region No 4 Bhairahawa was abandoned due to rainfall after a farcical event that saw the match stopped for more than 100 minutes.

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.

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.

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	-	-

]]> http://www.cricket.com.np/new/2008/04/03/kathmandu-enters-final/feed/ 0 http://www.cricket.com.np/new/2008/04/03/kumar-rescue-birgunj-against-baitadi/ http://www.cricket.com.np/new/2008/04/03/kumar-rescue-birgunj-against-baitadi/#comments Thu, 03 Apr 2008 14:00:19 +0000 Cricket.com.np http://www.cricket.com.np/new/2008/04/03/kumar-rescue-birgunj-against-baitadi/ 2006 champion Birgunj, playing for the pride, needed a valiant innings from No 9 Kumar Prasun to pull off a narrow victory against lowly Baitadi. Prasun scored 34 off 36 balls with three fours and three sixes to rescue his team from 88/7 in 18.5 overs chasing Baitadi’s 141 at the Lab Ground.

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	-

]]> http://www.cricket.com.np/new/2008/04/03/kumar-rescue-birgunj-against-baitadi/feed/ 0 http://www.cricket.com.np/new/2008/04/02/shakti-steers-bhairahawa-to-final/ http://www.cricket.com.np/new/2008/04/02/shakti-steers-bhairahawa-to-final/#comments Wed, 02 Apr 2008 15:31:01 +0000 Cricket.com.np http://www.cricket.com.np/new/2008/04/02/shakti-steers-bhairahawa-to-final/ Captain Shakti Gauchan guided Region No 4 Bhairahawa into the final of the Springwood National League Cricket Tournament with a 55-run victory over Region No 2 Birgunj at the Lab School Ground on Wednesday.

Shakti scored unbeaten 72 as the defending champion posted 198/8 in the 42-over match before Birgunj was bowled out for 143 in 39 overs. In the other match, Region No 3 Kathmandu thrashed four-time champion Region No 1 Biratnagar by 147 runs.

Birgunj captain Binod Das gave his team a good start with a wicket in the first ball as Basanta Regmi skied one to Binay Sah at long-on. It was Binod’s 50th wicket in the national league and he became the second player after Raju Basnet to reach the landmark.

He then added two more while Sameer Thapa and Sanjam Regmi also grabbed two each as Bhairahawa went down to 74/7 in 20 overs. But then, Shakti turned the tables on Birgunj partnering 54 with Amrit Bhattarai, who hit 29 off 41 balls with two fours and two sixes.

Sagar Khadka, who had earlier went out of the field after sustaining injury on forehead hit by Binod’s delivery, came back to add unbeaten 68 with his captain to take the team to a good total. Sagar got 16 while Shakti hit eight fours and two sixes in his 89-ball knock.

Birgunj did not start well losing Suraj Timilsina in the second over and never recovered. In 12 overs, it was 53/5 needing heroics of opener Anil Mandal who was looking good. Anil got 50 of 81 balls with six fours but was undone by an arm ball from left-arm spinner Basanta to put Birgunj at 93/6.

Raj Mohammad (25) and Binod Das (18) tried to fight but it got all out for 143. Amrit took three wickets to cap an excellent day while Faizal Khan, Basanta and Rahul BK each took two wickets.

 

Bhairahawa Innings 198/8 (Overs 42)

Batsman	Fieldsman	Bowler	Runs	Bls	4s	6s
B Regmi	c B Sah	b B Das	0	1	0	0
M Vhaishya+	c S Pandey	b B Das	22	54	2	0
Amit Shrestha	lbw	b Sameer Thapa	16	28	1	1
A Thapa	c S Pandey	b Sameer Thapa	4	7	0	0
S Gauchan*	not out		72	89	8	2
S Khadka	not out		16	24	1	0
Bijaya Thapa		b S Regmi	1	2	0	0
A Gupta		c&b S Regmi	0	1	0	0
R BK	c S Regmi	b B Das	6	7	1	0
A Bhattarai		c&b R Mohammad	29	41	2	2
extras		(b5 lb10 w15 nb2)	32
TOTAL		8 wickets for	198

 

FOW1-0(B Regmi) 2-20(Amit Shrestha) 3-38(A Thapa) 4-64(M Vhaishya) 5-66(Bijaya Thapa)6-66(A Gupta) 7-74(R BK) 8-130(A Bhattarai)

 

Bowler	O	M	R	W	wd	nb
B Das	9	1	38	3	6	-
R Mohammad	6	1	29	1	1	2
Sameer Thapa	8	1	28	2	1	-
H Ansari	3	0	16	0	2	-
S Regmi	9	1	50	2	4	-
M Hawari	4	1	10	0	-	-
S Timilsina	3	0	12	0	1	-

 

Birgunj Innings 143 All Out (Overs 39)

Batsman	Fieldsman	Bowler	Runs	Bls	4s	6s
S Timilsina	c S Gauchan	b F Khan	6	4	0	1
A Mandal		b B Regmi	50	81	6	0
S Pandey+	c B Regmi	b F Khan	2	9	0	0
S Wonjam		c&b A Bhattarai	4	7	1	0
S Regmi	lbw	b Bijaya Thapa	6	5	1	0
H Ansari	c S Gauchan	b R BK	1	5	0	0
R Mohammad	c Bijaya Thapa	b R BK	25	65	2	0
B Das*		b A Bhattarai	18	37	1	1
B Sah	not out		11	14	0	1
Sameer Thapa		b A Bhattarai	2	2	0	0
M Hawari		b B Regmi	6	5	1	0
extras		(b0 lb8 w3 nb1)	12
TOTAL		10 wickets for	143

 

FOW1-6(S Timilsina) 2-15(S Pandey) 3-25(S Wonjam) 4-42(S Regmi) 5-53(H Ansari)6-93(A Mandal) 7-119(B Das) 8-128(R Mohammad) 9-130(Sameer Thapa) 10-143(M Hawari)

 

Bowler	O	M	R	W	wd	nb
A Bhattarai	7	0	38	3	1	1
F Khan	3	1	8	2	-	-
S Gauchan	7	2	15	0	-	-
Bijaya Thapa	7	0	24	1	1	-
R BK	7	0	29	2	1	-
B Regmi	8	0	21	2	-	-

]]> http://www.cricket.com.np/new/2008/04/02/shakti-steers-bhairahawa-to-final/feed/ 0 http://www.cricket.com.np/new/2008/04/02/paresh-stars-in-kathmandus-big-win/ http://www.cricket.com.np/new/2008/04/02/paresh-stars-in-kathmandus-big-win/#comments Wed, 02 Apr 2008 15:26:10 +0000 Cricket.com.np http://www.cricket.com.np/new/2008/04/02/paresh-stars-in-kathmandus-big-win/ Captain Paresh Lohani played a captain’s knock by scoring 79 as Region No 3 Kathmandu thrashed four-time champions Region No 1 Biratnagar by 147 runs at TU Ground.

Biratnagar proved no match to Kathmandu after captain Paresh Lohani’s fine knock. Paresh scored 79 off 108 balls with 11 fours and Raju Basnet added 41 off 39 balls with three sixes toward the end as Kathmandu posted 235 in 49.5 overs. Gyanendra Malla made a good contribution with 31.

For Biratnagar, Mehboob Alam took three wickets and Raj Kumar Pradhan, bowling with injured hand, got two.

In reply, poor running between the wickets and fine bowling from Kathmandu bowled Biratnagar out for 88 runs in 22.1 overs — its fourth lowest total in the event’s history. Manoj Katuwal (18), Sunny Pun (16), Ajay Rajbanshi (15) and Pashupati Mandal (11) were the only batsmen to score in double-digit.

Paras Khadka (3/9), Abhaya Rana (2/50) and Pramod Basnet (1/24) finished the match as other bowlers were not required.

 

Kathmandu Innings 235 All Out (Overs 49.5)

Batsman	Fieldsman	Bowler	Runs	Bls	4s	6s
P Lohani*	c Manoj Katuwal	b S Baral	79	108	11	0
Rom Shrestha	lbw	b M Alam	3	11	0	0
S Veshwakar	run out RK Pradhan		15	50	0	0
D Chaudhary+	c Manoj Katuwal	b RK Pradhan	11	22	0	0
G Malla	lbw	b M Alam	31	44	1	0
P Khadka	c Manoj Katuwal	b RK Pradhan	7	18	0	0
R Basnet		b A Rajbanshi	41	39	0	3
P Shakya	c M Shrestha	b M Alam	6	3	1	0
A Rana	run out L Shrestha		1	1	0	0
R Shrestha	not out		3	3	0	0
P Basnet	run out M Shrestha		0	0	0	0
extras		(b4 lb6 w28 nb0)	38
TOTAL		10 wickets for	235

 

FOW1-22(Rom Shrestha) 2-79(S Veshwakar) 3-107(D Chaudhary) 4-146(P Lohani)5-159(P Khadka) 6-199(G Malla) 7-205(P Shakya) 8-229(R Basnet) 9-233(A Rana)10-235(P Basnet)

 

Bowler	O	M	R	W	wd	nb
M Alam	10	1	29	3	5	-
P Thapa	4	0	22	0	-	-
M Shrestha	9	0	65	0	9	-
S Baral	10	1	40	1	7	-
A Rajbanshi	6.5	0	41	1	7	-
RK Pradhan	10	0	28	2	-	-

 

Biratnagar Innings 88 All Out (Overs 22.1)

Batsman	Fieldsman	Bowler	Runs	Bls	4s	6s
P Thapa	c P Shakya	b P Basnet	3	6	0	0
S Pun	run out P Lohani		16	32	1	0
P Mandal	run out G Malla		11	16	1	0
Manoj Katuwal*+	lbw	b P Khadka	18	30	4	0
Y Subedi	run out G Malla		9	19	1	0
M Alam		b A Rana	1	2	0	0
R Khadgi	lbw	b A Rana	0	1	0	0
A Rajbanshi	c P Basnet	b P Khadka	15	19	2	0
M Shrestha	c D Chaudhary	b P Khadka	2	7	0	0
RK Pradhan	run out A Rana		1	1	0	0
S Baral	not out		0	0	0	0
extras		(b4 lb1 w7 nb0)	12
TOTAL		10 wickets for	88

 

FOW1-7(P Thapa) 2-31(P Mandal) 3-34(S Pun) 4-62(Manoj Katuwal) 5-67(M Alam)6-67(R Khadgi) 7-71(Y Subedi) 8-77(M Shrestha) 9-78(RK Pradhan) 10-88(A Rajbanshi)

 

Bowler	O	M	R	W	wd	nb
A Rana	10	1	50	2	2	-
P Basnet	7	0	24	1	2	-
P Khadka	5.1	1	9	3	3	-

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