CAN, instead of four two-day cricket matches as proposed by coach Pubudu Dassanayake, opted for a trip to India during which the national squad will undergo training and play practice matches.

Coach Dassanayake had proposed two-day matches in order to give more exposure to the players.

CAN President Tanka Angbuhang said they postponed the two-day matches for the two to three week tour to India. “Our players had enough practice on the home ground and it was all against similar opponents. Thus, we are taking the players to India,” said Angbuhang.

“We want our players to get acquainted with conditions of other pitches,” he added.

However, Aangbuhang said that CAN is yet to finalize opponents for the practice matches.

Angbuhang also informed that CAN would conduct the two-day matches later in the year.

National captain Paras Khadka said that the India tour, which CAN has announced to conduct in late January, would be fruitful for the team.

“This is a good step taken by CAN for the players before heading for the UAE for the World T20 Qualifiers to be held in March,” said Khadka.

Coach Dassanayake said that he would start a closed camp training within a week before heading for India.

“We will select 25 promising players for the closed camp before the tour. We will also start a camp for the fast bowlers as soon as possible,” said Dassanayake.

“I have selected some fast bowlers and the selectors also have referred some bowlers for the upcoming camp,” he added.

Dassanayake opined that it would be ideal to take 15 to 16 players for the India tour.

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The players were selected by the selection committee headed by Bijaya Kumar Sharma analyzing their performance during the National U-19 Woman Cricket Tournament held in Kathmandu.

Five players from winners Region No 7 (Janakpur) made to the squad including Anuradha Chaudhary, Sarswoti Chaudhary, player of the final Mamta Chaudhary, Santoshi Chaudhary and captain Kabita Gautam.

Best batswoman of the tournament Pratikshya Bashyal, player of the tournament Indu Berma and Aaksha Gurung represent runners-up Region No 4 (Bhairahawa) in the squad.

Three players each from Region No 6 (Baitadi) and Region No 3 (Kathmandu) are also selected for the camp. Baitadi captain Sonu Khadka, Dropati Kunar, Puja Bhatta, Kathmandu captain Shradda Aryal, best bowler of the tournament Shilu Rijal and Sangeeta Gauchan are selected.

Nepalgunj’s Saraswoti GM and Samana Pun, Biratnagar’s Rubina Chhetri and Birgunj’s wicketkeeper Manisha Chaulagain are also selected from the team.

No one from Pokhara made to the squad.

The squad will train for the ACC event to be held in Kuwait from February 1 to 10.

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Batting first Bhairahawa scored 66 for 8 wickets in allotted 20 overs. Janakpur needed 14.3 overs to overcome the target in the loss of four wickets.

Bhairahawa batswoman scored slow failing to cope with tight bowling by Janakpur girls. Kabita Gautam claimed Nitu Bhandari in the third over and Bhairahawa remained longing for a watch winning knock.

Pratikshya Bashyal, who was out in the last over, could not get runs as required. Her 52-ball knock for 19 runs was the tale of the Bhairahawa batting, which was also marred by four run-outs.

Indu Berma scored 11 in 12 balls with two fours and Asna Thapa remained unbeaten on 11 off 17 balls as no other batswomen reached double-digit. Janakpur women gave away 17 runs as extras.

Janapur with the trophy. Photo courtesy: CAN

Kabita claimed a couple of wickets while Santoshi Chaudhary and Mamta Chaudhary took a wicket each for Janakpur.

Janakpur openers gave the team a solid start adding 28 runs in 5 overs before Anuradha Chaudhary was out for 14 off 20 balls. She hit a couple of boundaries.

Other opener Shanti Chaudhary scored 9 while Mamta partnered Usha Bhujel for another 28-run partnership taking the team near the victory. Pooja Pandey, the lone wicket taker for Bhairahawa added a little spice to the match claiming two wickets in 14th over when the score was leveled. Usha was out for 17 off 28 balls with three fours and Kabita was out for naught.

Pooja returned with a figure of 4 wickets for 23 runs.

It was disheartening for Bhairahawa, who had played well during the tournament to claim the best batswoman and player of the series titles, to finish second.

Pratikshya Bashyal was adjudged the best batswoman of the tournament for her 93 runs at an average of 46.5 in three matches.

Indu Berma was awarded Player of the Series for her 115 runs off 98 balls in 5 matches at an average of 57.5 and taking 7 wickets in 13.2 overs.

Kathmandu’s Shilu Rijal was awarded best bowler for her 8 wickets in 5 matches. Birgunj’s Manisha Chaulagai was adjudged best wicketkeeper.

Prizes were given away by Tanka Angbuhang, president of Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN), CAN vice-presidents Tarini Bikram Shah and Sriniwas Rana, CAN General Secretary Ashok Nath Pyakuryal and national coach Pubudu Dassanayake.

Meanwhile, Angbuhang gave Rs. 5000 cash to both winner & runner up teams.

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Puja Bhatta and Dropati Kunwar shared the record partnership but Baitadi lost the match by three runs against Bhairahawa chasing the target of 125 runs.

Bhatta scored 21 runs off 54 balls while Kunwar scored 47 runs off 54 with four boundaries for the record partnership. Bhatta was short to the crease in the fourth ball in the 18th over and Kunwar was also short to the crease in the next over´s fourth ball. After the fall of Bhatta in the 18th over, the other batswomen continued to give away their wickets.

Two of the Baitadi batswomen were out in duck and the other remaining could not cross the double figure margin. Aksha Gurung was the successful bowler for Bhairahawa as she grabbed two wickets. Indu Berma and Prabina Khadka ran out the openers.

Earlier, Bhairahawa had won the toss and scored 124 runs for the loss of three wickets in the allocated 20 overs. Pratikshya Bashyal was unbeaten for 41 runs off 51 balls while Gurung scored 23 runs off 25 balls. Gurung was adjudged the player-of-the-match for her all-round performance. Roshani Chand grabbed two wickets while Puja Bhatta took a wicket.

In the first semifinal, Janakpur defeated Nepalgunj by 20 runs. Winning the toss, Janakpur opted to bat first and scored 92 runs losing all the wickets in 20 overs. Anu KC and Amrita Kasai grabbed three wickets each for Nepalgunj to restrict Janakpur to a moderate total.

Saraswoti Chaudhary scored unbeaten 20 runs off 18 balls to guide the team to victory after the openers failed to give a good start. Kritu Dahal scored 17 runs and became the second batswomen to reach the double figure. Four of the Janakpur batswomen were out on duck while the other failed to reach the double figure margin.

Player-of-the-match Mamata Chaudhary´s three wickets haul helped Janakpur restrict Nepalgunj to just 72 runs for the fall of eight wickets. Manisha Rawal scored 15 runs off 20 balls as opener. Anu KC scored not out 12 runs off nine balls but could not guide the team to victory. Kritu Dahal, Saraswoti Chaudhary and Laxmi Chaudhary grabbed a wicket a piece for Janakpur.

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Baitadi beat Birgunj by 29 runs in the match played at IOE Ground. Baitadi opted to bat first and scored 105 runs losing nine wickets.

Puja Bhatta, who was later adjudged the player-of-the-match, scored 29 runs off 40 balls while Draupadi Kunwar scored 23 off 33 balls. Puja Giri grabbed three wickets while Subhadra Adhikari, Nirmala Pakuwal and Rojina Aryal shared two wickets each.

In reply, Birgunj could manage to score only 76 runs in the allotted 20 overs with the loss of seven wickets. Manisha Chaulagain was the highest scorer with 24 runs off 33 balls. Sonu Khadka, Anjali Chand and Roshani Chand grabbed two wickets each.

In another match played at the TU Cricket Ground, Nepalgunj defeated the host Kathmandu by 51 runs. Batting first, Nepalgunj scored 101 runs losing seven wickets. Player-of-the-match Samana Pun scored 27 runs off 39 balls and also grabbed two wickets. Ashmita Thapa was not out in 19 runs. Shilu Rijal and Shraddha Aryal grabbed three wickets each for Kathmandu.

Chasing the target of 102 runs, Kathmandu could manage to score 50 runs off 15.2 overs. Sangita Gauchan was the highest scorer with 14 runs off 33 balls. Kamala BC grabbed two wickets while Mamata Chaudhary and Samjhana Sharma took a wicket each.

In another match held at the TU Cricket Ground, Bhairahawa outplayed Pokhara by 55 runs. Batting first, Bhairahawa scored 120 losing only one wicket. Pratikshya Basyal was not out in 49 runs off 52 balls while player-of-the-match Indu Barma scored unbeaten quick-fire 27 runs off 15 balls.

In reply, Pokhara could manage to score 65 runs in 18.2 overs. Trishna Devkota scored 12 runs off 35 balls. Soniya Poudel, Pooja Pandey and Indu Berma shared two wickets each.

At the IOE Ground, Janakpur thrashed Biratnagar by six wickets. Player-of-the-match Kabita Gautam grabbed three wickets to restrict Biratnagar for 69 runs off 18.1 overs. Samjhana Budhathoki scored 18 runs for Biratnagar.

Janakpur reached the target in 18 overs losing four wickets. Saraswoti Chaudhary scored unbeaten 18 runs off 12 balls. Sabnam Rai grabbed two wickets for Biratnagar.

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Janakpur also qualified for the semifinal beating Birgunj by 45 runs at the TU Ground.

At IOE, Bhairahawa scored 125 for 9 wickets batting first. Prarikchhya Bashyal topscored with 29 in 42 balls while Indu got quickfire 28 off just 20 balls in a knock that included 5 fours. Ekta Gurung contributed with 14 off 16.

Mamata Chaudhary and Anu KC got three wickets each for Nepalgunj.

In reply, Indu claimed 4 wickets for 17 runs as Nepalgunj were bowled out for 79 in 13.4 overs. Aksha Gurung and Sudha Thapa assisted with 2 wickets each. Samjhana Sharma and Kamala Budathoki topscored for losing side getting 9 runs each.

In earlier match, host Kathmandu beat Pokhara by 78 runs.

Kathmandu's Shilu Rijal during her 4 wicket haul. Photo by Kaushal Adhikari

Batting first, Kathmandu scored 128 for 2 with Sangita Gauchan and captain Shradda Aryal topscoring for the team. Sangita remained unbeaten on 38 off 44 balls while Shradda got 36 off 43 balls. Shilu Rijal con-tributed with 15 runs. All three of them hit 3 fours each. Cristine Tamang scored 13.

For Pokhara Prabha Nepali and Arya Aryal claimed a wicket each.

Player of the match Shilu then grabbed 4 wickets for 10 runs while Karuna Lama grabbed 3 wickets for 7 runs to bowl out Pokhara for 50 runs in 13.4 overs. Sumina Maharjan assisted with 2 wickets and Shradda claimed a wicket.

For Pokhara, Only Prabha scored in double-digit getting 11 off 15 balls.

At TU Ground, Janakpur outplayed Birgunj to move to the semifinals. Batting first, Janakpur scored 120 for 5 wickets with Anuradha Chaudhary and Shanti Chaudhary getting runs for the team. Player of the match Anuradha scored 45 off 50 balls with 6 fours and Shanti got 38 off 41 with four boundaries.

Rojina Aryal claimed 2 wickets for Birgunj. Subhadra Adhikari, Puja Giri and Nirmala Pakuwal each got a wicket.

Birgunj were bowled out for 75 in last over. Preety Thapa (18 off 25 balls) was the top scorer while other notable contributors were Rabina Ghimire (10) and Manisha Chaulagain (9). Laxmi Chaudhary led the bowl-ing with 3 for 15 as Mamata Chaudhary, Kabita Gautam and Anuradha each claimed a wicket.

In another match, Baitadi handed over Biratnagar their second defeat registering a 12-run victory. Batting first, Baitadi scored 95 for 5 wickets with player of the match Dropati Kunwar scoring 44 runs of 60 balls and Manisha Sodari getting 21.

Rubina Chhetri bowled well to claim 4 wickets giving away just 6 runs in 4 overs.

Sabina Shrestha got 35 off 55 balls for Biratnagar but no other batswomen contributed for the total as the team was restricted to 83 for 9 wickets. Chetana Bohara grabbed two wickets while Puja Bhatta, Roshani Chand and Anjali Chand each got a wicket.

On Friday, Birgunj meets Baitadi at IOE Ground and Kathmandu plays Nepalgunj at TU Ground in second matches of the day. The winners of both these matches will qualify to the semifinals.

Early in the morning, Bhairahawa will play Pokhara at TU Ground and Janakpur plays Biratnagar at IOE.

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AT TU GROUND

Janakpur 120/5 (Anuradha 45, Shanti 38, Rojina 2/24) beat Birgunj 75 in 19.5 over (Preety18, Laxmi 3/15) by 45 runs & enters semifinal.

Baitadi 95/5 (Dropati 44, Manisha 21, Rubina 4/6) beat Biratnagar 83/9 (Sabina 35, Chetana 2/16) by 12 runs.

AT IOE GROUND

Bhairahawa 125/9 in 20 overs (Pratikchhya Bashyal 29, Indu Berma 28, Mamata Chaudhary 3w, Anu KC 3w) beat Nepalgunj 79 all out in 13.4 overs (Indu Berma 4/17) by 46 runs and entered the semifinal.

Kathmandu 128/2 (Sangita Gauchan 38*, Shradda Aryal 36*, Shilu Rijal 15) beat Pokhara 50 all out in 13.4 ov (Shilu Rijal 4/10, Karuna Lama 3w) by 78 runs.

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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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All eight cricket development regions will participate in the league-cum-knockout tournament to be hosted by Kathmandu. The top two teams from two groups will meet in the semifinals and the final will be played on January 1, 2012 at the TU Cricket Ground.

After the competition of the tournament, CAN will pick the cricketers for the closed-camp training for the ACC Women’s U-19 Tournament to be held in Kuwait from February 1 to 10.

Groupings
Group A: Region No 1 (Biratnagar), Region No 2 (Birgunj), Region No 6 (Baitadi) & Region No 7 (Janakpur)
Group B: Region No 3 (Kathmandu), Region No 4 (Bhairahawa), Region No 5 (Nepalgunj) & Region No 8 (Pokhara)

Meanwhile, the Regional Cricket Development Committee Region No. 3 selected final 14 players for the Women’s U-19 National Cricket Tournament.

A selection committee constituting Kiran Rana (chairman), Arun Kumar Aryal and Samson Jung Thapa selected the regional team.

Shraddha Aryal – Captain, Sila Rijal – Vice-Captain, Jeny Sing Thapa, Sangeta Gauchan, Kamala Rai, Asmina Karmachayra, Sandhya K.C., Rabina Bhandari, Sajani Shrestha, Christine Tamang, Karuna Lama, Anita Tamang, Mallika Basnet, Sumina Maharjan, Shanti Khatiwada (reserve), Pabitra Raut (Manager) and Samson Jung Thapa (Coach).

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1. ACC U-19 Women’s Championship, Kuwait, February 1-10

2. ICC World Twenty20 Qualifiers, UAE, March 13-24
Teams: Afghanistan, Nethersland, Canada, PNG, Hong Kong, Bermuda, Denmark, Nepal, Ireland, Kenya, Scotland, Namibia, Uganda, Oman, Italy and USA

3. ACC U-16 Elite Cup, Malaysia, May 2-13, 2012
Teams: Bahrain, Hong Kong, Iran, Kuwait, Malaysia, Nepal, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Thailand

4. ACC U-19 Asia Cup, Malaysia, June 23-July 1
Teams: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Hong Kong, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Qatar, Sri Lanka

5. ICC U-19 World Cup, Australia, August
Teams: Australia, England, Nepal, Ireland, Pakistan, New Zealand, Scotland, Afghanistan, West Indies, India, Zimbabwe, PNG, Sri Lanka, South Africa, Bangladesh, Namibia

6. ACC Trophy Elite, UAE, (dates tbc)
Teams: Afghanistan, Bhutan, Hong Kong, Kuwait Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, Oman, Saudi Arabia, UAE

7. ACC Women’s Twenty20 Asia Cup, China, October 22-31
Teams: Bangladesh, China, Hong Kong, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand

8. ICC World Cricket League Division 4 (venue/dates tbc)
Teams: Denmark, USA, Nepal, Tanzania, Div 5 Winners, Div 5 Runners-up

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The general assembly of CAN that concluded in Chitwan on Sunday elected a 17-member executive committee and 14 others are set to be nominated either by the president or by the executive committee.

“The ICC regulation that restricts government interference on the association´s functioning must be included in the statute within the given deadline. The statute must also be amended to strengthen the rights of districts and regions,” said Aangbuhang.

A group led by former general secretary Tanka Paneru has been claiming that the general assembly and the election held in Chitwan did not conform to the ICC regulations.

Though Aangbuhang panel has maintained that they have a deadline for including the ICC provisions, the Paneru panel has been claiming that the provisions should have been included immediately after receiving ICC´s letter to CAN on November 11, before the recently held elections.

ICC´s letter on November 11 to CAN states that the new provisions should be introduced with immediate effect. Member-boards would be given until June 2012 to comply with the requirements set out in the new provisions, failing which they would be provided with a model constitution or suitable provisions for implementation.

Meanwhile, newly elected President Aangbuhang said that he would give top priority to develop infrastructure and take CAN structure to grassroots level of the Nepali cricket.

“We´ll develop the grounds in Mulpani and Pokhara into a national ground and also build infrastructure in other parts of the country,” said Aangbuhang.

He also said that the new committee will develop a National Cricket Academy temporarily at the TU Cricket Ground and a permanent one at the Mulpani Ground.

Aangbuhang said that his team plans to turn the vision of developing Nepal as a neutral cricketing venue for countries like Pakistan and India into reality.

“We are seeking more sponsors for our cricket teams and for developing infrastructure also. Meanwhile, we are in contact with embassies of India, Australia, Pakistan and Sri Lanka for seeking partnership in infrastructure development,” claimed Aangbuhang.

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