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ICC Statement regarding ICC World Cricket League round-three matches between Nepal and Namibia

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has in recent weeks been in discussions with various stakeholders regarding the staging of the ICC World Cricket League (WCL) Championship round-three matches between Nepal and Namibia. These matches are scheduled to take place on April 16 and 18. Whilst acknowledging that Nepal cricket does not currently have a functioning governing body and that a case is currently before the Supreme Court in this regard, the intention of these discussions was to find a solution that would allow Nepal to compete in these matches, and potentially host them. With the agreement of the CAN Adhoc Committee and the CAN Elected Committee, and the support of the National Sports Council, the following will now take place:… Read More

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Nepal prepares to battle for WCL Div 2

Pepsi ICC World Cricket League (WCL) Division 2 will see six Associate teams locking horns in Namibia and Jimmy Hansra of Canada, Nicolaas Scholtz of Namibia, and Paras Khadka of Nepal, say their teams are prepared for a tough battle. During the eight-day tournament that commences on 17 January, Canada, Kenya, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands and Uganda will compete for the opportunity to progress to ICC’s four-day Intercontinental Cup and the Pepsi ICC World Cricket League Championship 2015-17. Newly-promoted Nepal will be led by veteran skipper Paras Khadka, who said: “Everyone is working hard and we are very keen to play our very best and win the tournament. If we play to our potential we will come out with flying colours.… Read More

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WCL Division 3 fixtures released

With just over three weeks to go the Pepsi ICC World Cricket League (WCL) Division 3, the International Cricket Council (ICC) announced the fixtures for the tournament, which will take place from 23 to 30 October in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Bermuda, Nepal, Singapore, Uganda, USA and host Malaysia will lock horns in the eight-day tournament across three grounds, Kinrara, Bayeumas and Selangor Turf Club, with the tournament final to be played at Kinrara on Thursday, 30 October. The two finalists will gain promotion to Pepsi ICC WCL Div. 2, which will be played in Namibia from 17 to 24 January 2015. Pepsi ICC WCL Div. 2 is the final step in the qualification pathway to the ICC’s four-day, first-class competition… Read More

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Karn takes 8 to beat Bahrain

Led by Avinash Karna’s 8 wicket haul Nepal U-19 has defeated Bahrain U-19 by 196 runs in ACC U-19 Elite Cup. This is the third consecutive win for Nepal in the championship. Batting first after winning the toss, Nepal team posted 259 for 9 in the allotted 50 overs. Nepal innings did not start too well, losing its first wicket in 28 runs. Captain Bhuwan Karki was the highest scorer for Nepal, with 83 off 63 balls, which included 8 boundaries and 3 sixes. Bibhatsu Thapa scored 44, as Nirmal Thapa put up 25. Nepal’s score was pushed to more than 5 an over, due to some quick scoring towards the end. Last 5 overs saw Nepali Colts scoring just… Read More

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ACC T20 Cup: Nepal to start in flying colors

Nepal’s captain Paras Khadka believed his team will come up with flying colors in the ACC Twenty20 Cup that starting on the day of Fagu Purnima, the festival of colors. “We have prepared best and we are at very high level of confidence,” Paras said. “We want to start in the winning note and continue winning.” Nepal is playing Maldives, a team that had never defeated Nepal in any form and level, on Wednesday at the TU Cricket Ground. In the only T20 cricket played between the teams, Nepal defeated Maldives by 75 runs in the Asian Games, Gongzhou. “Strength is adaptation” When asked about strength of Nepali team, Paras said: “adaptiveness”. “Our training in Pokhara was good, we trained… Read More

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Duel with the Godfather

ICC World Cricket League Division 4 has brought former Sri Lankan batsman Roy Dias at a stage, where he would not feel very easy. The Head Coach of Malaysian cricket would be under pressure when the home team plays against Nepal at Selangor Turf Club, Kuala Lumpur on September 6.

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LIVE: ACC U-19 Asia Cup

Match: Nepal Vs Pakistan Venue: Bayuemas Oval Date: 23 June, 2012 For tournament preview, click here

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Nepal plays India in opener

Nepal will meet India in the opening match of the ACC U-19 Asia Cup at the Kinrara Oval, Kuala Lumpur on June 23. In the fixture published by the Asian Cricket Council (ACC), Nepal will meet hosts Malaysia at Selangor Turf Club on June 25 and Pakistan at Royal Selangor Club on June 26.

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Nepal enters semis

Nepal has entered the semi-finals of ACC U-16 Elite Cup, beating Iran by 167 runs at Bayuemas Oval in Malaysia on Tuesday. This was the third consecutive win for the Nepali boys. Nepal’s dominating performance continued having defeated Kuwait by 79 runs and Bahrain by 8 wickets in its previous two matches. On Tuesday, batting first, Nepal posted 246 for 8 in the 40 overs. Nepali innings saw two half-centuries with vice-captain Adil Khan scoring 71 as Jagdish Chand scored 51. The score was lifted by Asif Sheikh’s 37. Chasing a more than run a ball, Iran never looked in pursuit of the target and was folded for 79 in 28 overs, as the last Irani batsman could not take… Read More

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ACC U-16 pools finalized

Nepal has been placed in Group B for the ACC U-16 Elite Cup. In the recently published group division by ACC, Nepal has been kept with Malaysia, Bahrain, Kuwait and Iran. The matches will be played in Kuala Lumpur and Penang, Malaysia. The tournament, which is to be played during May 2 – 13 this year, will have participation from 10 Non-Test playing nations in Asia. In the other pool, Group A, Singapore has been placed along with Hong Kong, Saudi Arabia, Thailand and Oman. Singapore is the defending champions of the Cup. In the first edition of the championship in March 2010, Singapore had defeated Nepal to lift the title. Nepal’s Nischal Pandey had been declared man of the… Read More

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Nepal look to defend title

Nepali girls will play Chinese girls in the opening match of the ACC U-19 Women’s Championship in Kuwait on February 3. According to the provisional fixture published by Asian Cricket Council (ACC), defending champions Nepal faces Malaysia on February 4, UAE on February 5 and Thailand on February 7.

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Dias’ side beats Nepal

Oman relieved Nepal out of misery at the ACC T20 Cup, beating them by 2 runs to emerge as the winner of third-place play-off, at the Tribhuvan University Ground in Kathmandu. Generally, the third place play-off is a drab affair, and is taken as the competition to find who is worse of the two losing semi-finalists. But it could have been an opportunity for Nepali team to stamp some authority. However, the hosts failed to do that. This was also the first match that Roy Dias was fielding a side against the team he had coached earlier. Not many have forgotten that Dias was Nepal coach and has been out of the country for only a year, after staying with… Read More

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Hosts run out of steam

The hosts, Nepal, were reduced to mere spectators as Afghanistan juggernaut rolled at the ACC T20 Cup semi-finals, Friday morning. The match drew the largest number of spectators of the championship, but they had to come back empty-handed on the day their favorite team looked ordinary. The match was a complete contrast to the one Nepal played against Saudi Arabia, where batting clicked and bowling was sharp. It was as if the hosts had run out of steam. The match was reduced to 16-over-a-side affair, as the haze and dew made it difficult to start the match on time. Nepali openers looked out of sorts against lively pace from Afghan bowlers. Hamid Hasan, the pacer from Afghanistan, bowler 4-over quota… Read More

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Mehboob shines, Nepal stays afloat

Finally Nepal came good with both bat and ball to thrash hapless Saudi Arabia by 95 runs in its last league match of the ACC Twenty20 Cup. Nepali team entered the field under some pressure, having scraped through to two tight wins, off last ball in two matches and lost one. The batting needed to fire, and win the match by a good margin, to have some chance to qualify for the semis.

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Nepal’s hope alive

After a huge-margin win over Saudi Arabia, Nepal would have qualified for semifinal had Kuwait defeated Hong Kong or taken the match until the 16.4 overs in second innings. However, Hong Kong chased 131-run target in 14.5 overs and qualified for the semifinals as well as the Twenty20 World Cup Qualifiers.

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One title, many favorites

Defending champion Afghanistan, host Nepal, the UAE and Malaysia are taken as the semifinal-favorites in the ACC Twenty20 Cup, which kicks off Saturday at the TU Cricket Ground, Kirtipur. However, writing-off Hong Kong and Oman would be injustice too. Saudi Arabia is the lowest profile team among the 10 participants as they arrived in Kathmandu without their chief coach and a coach. Asian Cricket Council (ACC) Development Officer Ikbal Sikander took the charge of Saudi Arabia for this tournament recently and said that none of the team could be taken lightly in the T-20 format of the cricket. “Any team taken as underdog has to lose nothing and it has no pressure. Pressure always comes to favorites,” said Sikander, who… Read More

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Afghanistan rising as Nepal struggles

As Afghanistan batsmen were hitting big shots during their practice session at the TU Cricket Ground on Tuesday morning, their coach Dawlat Ahmadzai said they are in Kathmandu to defend the ACC Twenty20 title. “We are the champions and we´ll defend the title,” said a confident Ahmadzai.

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Shakti left out of ACC T20 Cup squad

Senior cricketer Shakti Gauchan and wicket-keeper Mahesh Chhetri have been dropped from the ACC Twenty20 Cup. In a surprising decision, the Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) left out Gauchan, who had been awarded the Best Bowler in the National T20 event, while announcing the team for the ACC event.

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Coach aims high for ACC T20

When Pubudu Dassanayake arrived in Kathmandu on September 29, he had a successful history of guiding Canada into ICC World Cup 2011 but he faced a similar challenge of taking charge of Nepali national cricket team as he was replacing Sri Lankan veteran Roy Luke Dias. Probably, realizing the challenges, the soft speaken Sri-Lanka born Canadian made a cautious comment about his target.

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Fixture revised for ACC T20

The Asian Cricket Council (ACC) on Thursday revised the groupings and fixtures for the ACC Twenty20 Cup to be held in Kathmandu in December. After the revision, Nepal is now pitted in Group B along with Hong Kong, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. Group A consists of Afghanistan, Malaysia, Bhutan, Oman and the Maldives.

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CAN committed for election, ACC T20 Cup

The newly appointed Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) expressed commitment to conduct ACC Twenty20 Cup successfully and hold the election within two months. “We want to express full commitment to two mandates given to us – the election and the ACC T20 Cup, within two months,” CAN president Tanka Aanbuhang said in his first appearance to the press.

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Blend of young, senior for ACC T20: Coach

Coach Pubudu Dassanayake will field a blend of young and senior players in the upcoming ACC Twenty20 Cup. After retuning from his first assignment at the SAARC Under-25 Twenty20 Cup, the coach said he hoped to fill the weaknesses of the team with the experience of the senior players in the upcoming event.

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Nepal pull out victory against KIC India

Nepal defeated Karnataka Institute of Cricket (KIC) India by 6 wickets in the SAARC Twenty20 Cup in Maldives. After suffering a defeat in first match against Sri Lanka, Nepal displayed strong batting performance to pull up a astonishing win – thanks to half-centuries from captain Paras Khadka and vice-captain Gyanendra Malla.

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Nepal v Malaysia, again

Nepal has lost to Malaysia just once. Two years ago, Malaysia defeated Nepal by 6 wickets during the ACC Twenty20 Cup in UAE. In the inaugural ACC T20 Cup, Nepal had beaten Malaysia by 21 runs in Kuwait. The draw of ACC T20 Cup 2011 added yet another coincidence. Nepal is playing Malaysia in the first match for the third time in a row at the ACC T20 Cup. Nepal’s group also consists of UAE, Saudi Arabia and Bhutan.

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ACC T20 Cup fixture released

Nepal will open the ACC Twenty20 Cup campaign against Malaysia at the TU Cricket Ground on December 3, according to the fixture released by Asian Cricket Council (ACC). Nepal is grouped along with Malaysia, United Arab Emirates, Bhutan and Saudi Arabia for the tournament in Group B. Group A consists of Afghanistan, Hong Kong, Oman, Kuwait and Maldives.

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