Category Archives: International

The Asian Cricket Council (ACC) announced the schedule for the ACC Asia Cup 2018 Qualifiers to be held in Malaysia from August 29 to September 6. Nepal will compete to UAE, Oman, Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia for the prized spot in the Asia Cup 2018. The winner of the Qualifiers will join defending champions India and Pakistan in Group A of the Asia Cup. Group B is made up of Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. The top two teams from each of the groups will progress to the Super Four section, from where the top two teams will then play each other in the final. The 14th edition of the Asia Cup is being held in the UAE for… Read More

Nepali spin sensation Sandeep Lamichhane has hit another landmark in his high flying career. The 17-year-old teenager is amongst hundreds of cricketers who will go under the hammer on January 27 and 28 for the 2018 Indian Premier League (IPL). Despite being one of the only two associate players to go into the auction, Sandeep is fully focused on his national duty. Nepal is playing ICC World Cricket League Division 2 from February 6 to 16 in Namibia. Along with the hosts, Nepal will be facing Oman, Canada, UAE and Kenya in order to open up pathway for the ICC World Cup 2019. Sandeep, who had missed the deadline for the IPL auction had to call for help in order to get into the… Read More

Nepal announced a preliminary squad of 21 players for the ICC World Cricket League Division Two tournamnet to be held in Namibia from February 6 to 16, 2018. The ICC WCL Div 2 teams include Canada, Oman, Kenya, UAE, Nepal and Namibia. Sagar Pun and Binod Bhandari, two prominent players of the national team, failed to make to the preliminary squad. The selections were made by ICC’s representative Aminul Islam, head coach of the Nepal cricket team Jagat Tamata and captain Paras Khadka. U-19 players Rashid Khan, Kishore Mahato, Rohit Kumar Paudel, Lalit Narayan Rajbanshi, and Anil Kumar Sah have been included in the squad. Similarly, right-handed opening batsman Sunil Dhamala and middle-order batsman Sidhhant Lohani have made a comeback in the team after… Read More

United Arab Emirates rode on fifties from Rohan Mustafa and Ghulam Shabber to register a seven-wicket victory over Nepal in the ICC World Cricket League Championship match at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi on December 6. Chasing 222 for a win, UAE was off to a brisk start with Mustafa, the skipper, setting the tone with a stroke-filled 62 off 71 balls. He added 42 runs for the opening wicket with Ashfaq Ahmed (19), before he found an ally in Shabber, the wicketkeeper-batsman, to put on 81 for the second wicket. Shabber himself composed a patient 81 not out off 116 deliveries, getting together with Rameez Shahzad (37 off 47 balls) for another handy partnership of 67 for… Read More

Nepal lost to Hong Kong by 83 runs in the ICC World Cricket League Championship round six match at the Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok. Spinner Ehsan Khan registered his career-best figures of five wickets for 17 runs wrapping up the last five batsmen after pace bowlers Aizaz Khan and Tanwir Afzal dent early blows to the Nepal chase. Aizaz Khan was the enforcer-in-chief claiming important wickets inducing poor shot selections. Skipper Paras Khadka made the top-score for Nepal with 26 runs to his name including three fours, before falling prey to an inswinging delivery. Nepal’s vice-captain Gyanendra Malla had a decent start but failed to capitalize as he was dismissed mistiming an uppish drive on an Aizaz delivery on… Read More

The International Cricket Council’s Full Council meeting in Edinburgh, England on Thursday unanimously ratified the suspension of the Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN). ICC Chairman Shashank Manohar also announced that an ICC delegation will visit Nepal before October this year to assess the situation. The 53-member Full Council also unanimously ratified the suspension of the USA Cricket Association (USACA). Manohar announced that ICC delegations comprising Board Directors and senior management will visit the Nepal and USA to meet with the relevant stakeholders and provide an update during the October meetings. “Both Nepal and the US are important Members of the ICC as they have tremendous talent and potential. The ICC, as part of its game and market development strategy, will… Read More

Sharad Vesawkar, when on form, knows how to win matches. It was evident in Nepal’s first win in the ICC World Cricket League Championship at the TU Cricket Ground, Kathmandu on April 16 against Namibia in front of the sold-out crowd. Sharad earned the accolades as the finisher when his hard-hitting was crucial when Nepal qualified for the first-ever ICC World T20 in 2014; and on Saturday, he played a patient knock to take Nepal to the five-wicket victory chasing Namibia’s 195 for 9. Sharad fittingly hit a four off JJ Smit’s first ball of 49th over to finish the match at 50* off 99 balls. His half-century is second in the tournament when with 200 runs in 5 innings he is… Read More