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IN 2010

29 Jan- 8 Feb: CRICKET IN SOUTH ASIAN GAMES

20-27 FebWORLD CRICKET LEAGUE DIVISION 5

8th-18th March: Under-16 Elite Cup (in Nepal)

21st-30th April: ACC Trophy Elite

22nd-30th September: Under-19 Women’s Championship

scorecards of ACC T20

Group Match 1 : Nepal vs Malaysia
Group Match 2 : Nepal vs Kuwait
Group Match 3 : Nepal vs Oman
Group Match 4 : Nepal vs Qatar
Group Match 4 : Nepal vs Bahrain

5th place playoff : Nepal vs Singapore

next mission – mission SAG

The next mission for Nepali cricket is South Asian Games, to be held in Bangladesh, from jan 29 to feb 8.
It will be U-21. So, only the players below 21 years are lucky to be playing with the likes of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka.
Nepal team is holding a closed camp from December 12 with 28 players. 5 of those playing in ACC T20 who were U-21 are already selected for final team.

There is high certainty of practice matches in Bangladesh or India.

C’mon boys,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,best of luck

nepal 5th in ACC T 20

Nepal became 5th in recently concluded ACC T 20 tournament.
Being 3rd in the group stage by run difference, nepal couldn’t reach semis. However, winning 5th place playoffs put nepal in 5th place

Paras Khadka the new captain

All rounder Paras Khadka has been named as the national captain for the ACC Twenty20 Elite Cup. He is the 8th captain of the team.

Paras had captained U-17 in 2004 and under his leadership, Nepal won the ACC U-19 Elite Cup in 2007 and finished plate runners-up in the Youth World Cup in Malaysia in 2008. He has played in U-15, U-17, U-19, Senior sides.

Know more about him reading his interview by ACC before U-19 world cup here .
A page on wikipedia about him here

Nepal cricket: where is it going?

This always comes to my mind. Is our cricket going forward? Or backward?
So, I have come up with certain positives and negatives of Nepal cricket
Positives
1. very good players (at least we think so)
2. good coach (!) he really is, I think
3. Now we are ranked about 27th in world (cricketeurope.com) (i.e.17th after regular 10). This is good as compared to other fields. (we are below 175 in football and 170 or below in human development), out of about 200 countries in the world. (Believe it or not) In that matter, it’s great
4. Good support from fans. (thousands of spectators and live coverage of all matches played here). No other team of this level might have this
5. Good public interest (as above)
6. Increasing interest of players. (according to a report, last year Nepal had one of the best increase in no. of players playing all levels.)
7. Increasing influence of T20 (interesting, since our batters didn’t last long earlier now it’s good for them) (Also, now game completes faster, so much interest)
8. TU ground is really good bowling pitch, so our bowlers are good (my view)
Negatives
1. Poor nation, poor CAN, poor players. (explain many things)
2. lack of regular trainings
3. players need to work to earn, can’t concentrate on playing
4. lack of proper match practice
5. my main concern- lack of before-tournament training::: 15- day trainings before major tournaments isn’t gonna help
6. lack of killer instinct in players——- losing semi-finals 4 in 4 years of major tournaments reaching final of each was rewarding

coming future
1. ACC T20 from 3rd week of November. My best wishes to the team. Last time we were 4th out of 5 teams in the group. This time I hope we will at least reach semi final
2. rumors about change of captain. May anything that happen, happen for the good
3. cricket has been included in SAG. Now we will get to play with the likes of India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh. Very good opportunity to learn.
4. Top 3 of ACC may get chance in Asian games. (wow!
5. ICC WCL in Feb. in home ground. Start preparing and who knows?
BEST OF LUCK

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Nepal cricket covered in Al Jazeera

Nepal cricket covered by Al Jazeera TV. Watch the video on youtube.

Click Here

ACC T20 this month

ACC T 20 tournament is starting this month in UAE from 20th november. 8 top teams of Asia participating. the top 3 might get chance to play in asian games. (not quite sure of it). our team has started preparing. closed camp has been started. there is a possibility of changing the captain. in a practice match, nepal beat a team from mumbai.

last time, we were 4th out of 5 teams in the group. hoping for better performance this time

teams are :Afghanistan, Hong Kong, Kuwait, Nepal, Oman, Qatar, Singapore and the UAE

CAN name preliminary team for ACC Women’s T20

myrepublica.com

KATHMANDU, May 24: Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) named a 25 member initial squad for ACC Women´s T20 championship to be played from July 1-12 in Malaysia. The team was selected by the selection committee headed by coach Arun Aryal. The selected players will attend closed camp training in Kathmandu from the second week of June. Preliminary squad: Rashmi Sharma, Ambika Budhathoki, Jyoti Pandey, Rubina Chhetry, Sarita Magar, Gita Chudal, Nima Tamang, Nira Rajopadhyay, Gita Khadka, Manita Gautam, Arati Bidari, Khina Thapamagar, Nitu Thapa, Sraswoti Lamgade, Nary Thapa, Manisha Rawal, Samana Pun Magar, Keshari Chaudhary, Binu Budhamagar, Maya Rawat, Ritu Kanujiya, Janaki Bhatta, Rachita Ojha, Sonu Khadka and Rekha Rawal.

Nepali women cricket team placed in Group A in ACC T20

As on myrepublica.com

KATHMANDU, May 24: Nepal have been pitted in Group A of the ACC Women´s T20 Cricket to be played from July 3-11 at various locations in Malaysia.

Thailand, Singapore, Qatar, Bhutan and Iran have also been placed in Group A. Similarly Malaysia, Hong Kong, UAE, China, Kuwait and Oman are placed in Group B.

Nepal will play their inaugural match on July 3 against Iran. They will take on Singapore, Qatar, Bhutan and Thailand on July 4, July 5, July 7 and July 8, respectively. Two teams from each group will advance to the semifinals.

Teams finishing first, second and third will qualify for the Asian Games cricket to be held in Guangzhou next year.

Asian giants India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh and hosts China have automatically been qualified for the Asian Games. Nepal are yet to qualify for any Asian Games team event.

Nepali eves last participated in the 2007 edition of ACC Women´s Cricket and in 2008 they played in the U-19 ACC Women´s Cricket. Nepal finished second while Thailand won the senior level tournament. But in the U-19 category, Nepal defeated Thailand by 83 runs in the semifinal. In the group stage, Nepal had defeated Thailand by 55 runs. Singapore, placed in the same pool with Nepal, were defeated by Nepal.

The selection of players for the qualifiers will be based their performance during the recently concluded fifth national games. The initial selection of players is said to take place on Sunday while training is set to begin in the first week of June.