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CAN selects squad for ACC Trophy
Cricket Association of Nepal has selected a 14-member final squad and four reserve players for the upcoming ACC Trophy Elite Cup. The selection committee headed by Bijaya Kumar Sharma selected the squad after the closed camp with Kanishka Chaugain, who just returned from the United States, replacing Dhirendra Chand. Squad: Binod Kumar Das (captain), Paras Khadka, Shakti Gauchan, Mehboob Alam, Basanta Regmi, Sanjam Regmi, Amrit Bhattarai, Deependra Chaudhary, Raj Kumar Pradhan, Paresh Lohani, Kanishka Chaugain, Gyanendra Malla, Sharad Vesawkar and Mahesh Chhetri. Reserves: Dhirendra Chand, Raj Shrestha, Manjeet Shrestha and Yashwant Subedi.
Nepal win three in a row
Nepal won all three friendship match played at TU international cricket ground with Old Collegians of Australia. In the final match, Nepal made 184 runs from alloted 20 overs losing four wickets. Paresh Lohani contributed 70 runs from 50 balls and sent five fours and three sixes to the boundary. Dipendra Choudhary hit three fours and three sixes of his 54 runs off 40 balls. In reply old Collegian were all out for 67 runs from 18.1 overs. Paresh Lohani named Man of the Match.
Kanishka shines again
Kanishka Chaugai's 54 runs hitting four fours and two sixes helped Nepal to beat visitor Old Collegians of Australia by 26 runs. Batting first, President-11 scored 159 runs off 25 overs and lost their 7 wickets. In reply, Autralian were managed to scored 133 runs losing 5 wickets. Darren Fletcher topped score with unbeaten 58 runs, declared Man of the match.
President-11 beat Australia
President-11 scored 162 runs losing seven wickets from 20 overs and bowled out visitors Old Collegians of Australia in 53 runs off 42 balls. Kanishka Chaugai hammered 55 runs for President -11. Chaugai hit four sixes and one fours.Captain Gyanendra Malla contributed useful 33 runs while Rahul BK made unbeaten 31 runs and Yaswant Subedi scored 25 runs. Visitor Old Collegians bundled out in 13 overs scoring 52 runs only. Ben Kole who scored 18 runs was the highest scorer for Old Collegians. Kanishka Chaugai declared Man of the Match.
President Pandey departs
President of Cricket Association of Nepal Binay Raj Pandey on Saturday left for Dubai to attend the annual ICC general assembly slated for June 29 to July 4. Pandey is also attend July 5-6 ACC annual general assembly in Karachi.
Kanishka Chaugai is Recalled for ELite ACC 2008Former U-19 skipper Kanishka Chaugain is recalled in the 19-member preliminary squad for the upcoming ACC Trophy Elite 2008 to be held in Malaysia from July 23 to August 3.
Opening batsman Chaugain has not played for his country since he left for higher studies in the United States in 2006. Chaugain, who is still in the US pursuing his study and playing for local club there, was called following a dismal batting performance in the recently concluded ICC World Cricket League Division-V Cricket Tournament in Jersey.
Among the other members picked up are Binod Das, Paras Khadka, Shakti Gauchan, Mehboob Alam, Raj Kumar Pradhan, Dipendra Chaudhary, Sanjam Regmi, Mahesh Chhetri, Dhirendra Chand, Basanta Regmi, Gyanendra Malla, Amrit Bhattarai, Manjit Shrestha, Yashwant Subedi, Raj Shrestha, Sharad Vesawkar, Paresh Lohani and Anil Mandal. The players will undergo closed camp training from Thursday.
Earlier, Nepal's Sri Lankan coach Roy Luke Dias had hinted at calling Chaugain for the ACC Trophy after Nepal failed to advance to the Division-IV because of the poor batting performance in Jersey. However, no major changes occurred in the team as hinted by Dias and skipper Binod Das.
Meanwhile, the Asian Cricket Council published the schedules for the tournament. Without mentioning the groups, the ACC has divided the 10 teams into two pools with Nepal drawn against Kuwait, Qatar, Singapore and Hong Kong in one group. Other five - hosts Malaysia, Afghanistan, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, UAE - are in the other group.
Nepal will open their campaign with a match against Hong Kong on July 25 before playing Qatar the next day. Nepal will play Singapore on July 28 and end their league matches on July 30 following a match against Kuwait.
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Nepal finished third
Nepal beat USA by 98 runs to finish third in the ICC World cricket League Division 5. Electing to bat first, Nepal made 189 runs in 49.3 overs nad bowled out USA for 91 runs in 42.4 overs. Paras Khadka scored 48 runs.
Afghanistan win a thrilling final
Man-of-the-match Hasti Gul Abed was delighted with his side’s performance as Afghanistan overcame home side Jersey in a dramatic two-wicket win in the final of the ICC World Cricket League Division 5.
Having bowled Jersey out for just 80, 28 not out from Hasti Gul Abed helped his side recover on a difficult batting wicket to be crowned event winners.
After winning the toss, Jersey decided to bat and would surely have hoped for its opening pair of Peter Gough and Steve Carlyon, who put on a century opening stand against the USA yesterday, to give them a solid start. But fast bowlers Dawlat Ahmadzai and Hasti Gul Abed bowled an outstanding opening spell, giving no room to the opening batters, and their accuracy was rewarded with the wicket of Peter Gough moments after he had accidentally received a blow to the back of the head from a thrown ball when attempting a quick single.
The reliable trio of Matt Hague, Ryan Driver and Andy Dewhurst quickly followed as they were reduced to 25-4, with Abed claiming three of the first four wickets to fall.
A 42-run stand between Carlyon, who made 17, and Jonathan Gough, who eventually top scored with 23, created some kind of respectability to the score, but Jersey then suffered a major collapse as it lost its last six wickets for 13 runs as Hamid Hassan ripped through the lower order with his excellent fast bowling rewarded by four wickets.
Jersey knew it would need quick wickets before the lunch interval if they were to stand a chance of victory and a crazy run out, following a mix-up between the two openers, saw Karim Khan heading back to the pavilion.
29-year-old Ryan Driver then raised the hopes of a large Jersey crowd when a mistimed shot off his bowling by Noor Ali Noori, off just the second ball he faced, was caught by Sachin Patidar.
Resuming on 25-2, Jersey was in inspired form after lunch and the accurate medium-pace bowling of Driver, who played county cricket for Lancashire and Worcestershire, put Afghanistan in all kinds of trouble as they slumped to 42-7.
A 20-run partnership between Asghar Stanikzai, who made 10, and Hasti Gul Abed, the younger brother of coach Taj Malik, edged Afghanistan closer to its target before Matt Hague grabbed the vital wicket of Stanikzai. But as the crowd of over 1,000 cheered on the home side, who never gave up hope, some lusty blows from Hasti Gul Abed, who hit two fours and two sixes, as he made 29 not out, gave victory to Afghanistan, as he sealed his win with a single through gully which led to memorable scenes of celebration.
Nepal lose to Afghanistan
Afghanistan defeated Nepal by 37 runs in the semi-final of the ICC World Cricket League Division-V Tournament dashing Nepal’s hopes of playing the 2011 World Cup. >> more
Nepal topped group
Nepal topped Group A after its match against the USA was abandoned due to rain at the Farmers CC. Nepal, batting first, was restricted to 182 all out in 50 overs and before the USA could start its target chase, rain came down to force a no-result. >> more
Nepal enters Semi-Final
Nepal defeated Vanuatu by 137 runs to enter the semi-finals of the ICC World Cricket League Division 5 Tournament at the Victoria College in Jersey today.
Put into bat first, Nepal accumulated 220-9 in 46 overs before restricting Vanuatu for 83 runs in 32.1 overs. Mahesh Chhetri scored a half century, while Mehboob Alam cracked 34 and Basanta Regmi took two wickets as Nepal registered their fourth consecutive victory in Group A to accumulate eight points. >>more
Nepal prove too strong for Norway
 Nepal proved much too strong for Norway at Farmers Field on Monday, and their 108-run victory virtually guaranteed them a place in Friday’s semi- finals. with the Nepalese on 73 for five, it seemed as if Norway might bowl themselves into a winning position against one of the fancied sides in the tournament.
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Alam creates history
 Left-arm seamer Mahaboob Alam produced an extraordinary record- breaaking performance at Grainville on Sunday, taking all ten wickets at a cost of 12 runs as Mozambique were bowled out for 19 in 14.5 overs. >> more
Nepal crushed Germany
They wrecked the German innings bowled it out for 69 in 39.4 overs. Nepal achieved the target in 20.2 overs with Mahesh Chhetri remaining unbeaten on 23 >> more |
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Updated on4th July 2008
National Round-up
Third CCRC Inter School Twenty20
Apex and National Campus win
Apex Colleg beat Lab College by 8 wickets. Lab were all out for 58 runs in 1702 overs after winning the toss and elected to bat first. Abhisek Tiwary and Rakesh Yadav made 19 and 10 runs for Lab, rest batsmen were failed to reached the double figure. Binay Barakoti, Ganesh Bista and Manish Basnet claimed two wickets each.In reply, Apex college reached the target in 6.5 overs losing two wickets. Sharad Poudel made 27, Neeraj Shakya 15 and Sandesh Katwal hit unbeaten 16 runs. Bikram Baniya and Rakesh Yadav took two wickets each. Bijay Barakoti declared man of the match.
In other match, National Campus trashed Golden Gate Coleege by three wickets. Golden Gate were all out for 83 runs in 18.4 overs after National College invited them to bat first. For Golden Gate Kanishka Chaugai hit 10, Dipendra Choudhary made 17, Manoj Katwal hit unbeaten 13 and Rajan Khadgi 13 runs. Bidur Giri of National Campus took 3 wickets and Sandeep Shrestha and Subendu Pandey claimed two and one wickets. National Campus surpassed the taghet in 19.4 losing 7 wickets. Subendu Pandey scored 36 runs and declared man of the match.. Suraj Timilsina took four wickets.
Kathmandu Don Bosco win
Kathmandu Don Bosco beat Apex College by 7 wickets and entered second round.
Apex set the target of 72 runs from their alloted 17 overs losing 8 wickets. Kathmandu reached the target in 15.2 overs losing only three wickets.
National and Classic win
National College beat Caspian Valley by 25
runs while classic College beat International School by 50 runs played at TU ground on 25th June.
Caspian Valley invited National College to bat first after winning the toss. NC made 117 runs for the loss of 7 wickets. Akash Pariyar hit 44 runs for National College. In reply Caspian College made 92 runs from 19.3 overs losing all wickets. Rupesh Sharma of Natioanl College declared Man of the Match for his all rounder performace.
In other match between Classic College and International School of Tourism and Hotel Management, Classic made 113 runs. ISTH managed only 62 runs. Dirnedra Chand of Classic made 31 runs and adjusted Man of the Match.
CCRC and Sankar Dev win
organiser CCRC 'A' beat Open National College by massive 150 runs while Sankardev Campus beat Thapathali Engineering College by 71 runs playe dat TU Internatioanl Cricket Gorund on Monday, 23rd June.
Batting first, CCRC scored 178 runs losing only two wickets in their alloted 20 overs and bowled out NOC for 28 runs in 16 overs. Antim Thapa of CCRC made unbeaten 54 runs and Pawan Das hit 45 runs while Gyanendra Malla scored unbeaten 40 runs for CCRC.
In other match, Sankardev scored 131 runs losing six wickets from 20 overs. In reply, NOC made only 60 runs losing all wickets from 17 overs.
Wai Wai Women's Regional T20
Baluwatar wins
Baluwatar Cricket Club beat Greenland Children Academy (GCA) by six wickets in the final of the Wai Wai Women’s Regional T20 Open League Cricket Tournament. Batting first, GCA were bowled out for 43 runs in 13.3 overs and Baluwatar overcame the target losing four wickets in 8.4 overs. Woman of the match Shraddha Aryal scored unbeaten 19 and Sarita Magar made 11 for Baluwatar. Samikshya Aryal, who was later named the best bowler, and Radhika Thapa took two wickets each for Baluwatar. GCA’s Neema Tamang was named the best batswoman, while her teammate Geeta Chudal took away the Woman of the Series award. Earlier in the fourth GCA Inter-school Boys’ Cricket Tournament, Rajan Memorial beat Tri-Jyoti by eight wickets in final. Batting first, Tri-Jyoti were bowled out for 82 in 17.5 overs, while Rajan Memorial overcame the target losing two wickets in 17 overs. Nupur Pandey of Suryodaya was named the man of the series, while Navin Nepal and Keshav Saud of Rajan Memorial won the best bowler and batsman’s awards respectively. Gyankunja’s Bikash Shrestha was named the best wicketkeeper, while Ujjwol Sishu Niketan won the fair play award.
U-17 selection cricket
Baluwatar Cricket Club (BCC) and Mahavir Club entered the final of the U-17 Kathmandu District Selection Tournament on Tuesday. BCC beat Tribhuvan Army Club (TAC) by three wickets in Group ‘A’ and Mahavir beat Om Youth Club by six wickets in Group ‘B’. In the first match, TAC were all out for 64 runs in 21.5 overs before Baluwatar chased the total losing seven wickets in 22.1 overs. In another match, Om Youth were bowled out for 102 runs in 24.5 overs and Mahavir overcame the total losing four wickets in 15 overs.
Binod Das to lead 14 members squad
Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) announced the final 14-member squad for the upcoming ICC World Cricket League Division-V here today.
Allrounder Binod Das was named the captain and Paras Khadka his deputy for the May 21-31 tournament slated in Jersey. Others in the squad are Paresh Lohani, Shakti Gauchan, Mahboob Alam, Sanjam Regmi, Sharad Vesawkar, Dipendra Chaudhary, Gyanendra Malla, Mahesh Chhetry, Raj Kumar Pradhan, Amrit Bhattarai, Basanta Regmi and Dhirendra Chand.
Out from the 18-member preliminary squad, that were undergoing closed-camp training, were Manjit Shrestha, Pramod Basnet, Antim Thapa and Yaswant Subedi. All the four players were kept in the reserve list.
Meanwhile, CAN said that it has managed four one-day matches against Pakistani and Bangladeshi team as part of their preparation for the Division-V. Nepali team will play one-day match against Dhaka Club on May 2 before playing three one-dayers with Academy Team of Pakistan Cricket Board in Kathmandu on May 8, 9 and 11.
Nepali team is also scheduled to play three warmup matches against Sussex Academy in London (May 16) before playing Bahamas (May 19) and Guernsey in Guernsey Island (May 21) prior to the tournament in Jersey.
Nepal are pitted against Mozambique, the United States, Germany, Norway and Vanuata in Group A while Group B comprises of Afghanistan, Japan, hosts Jersey, Singapore, Bahamas and Botswana. Top two teams of the tournament will qualify for the WCL Division-IV.
The Nepal team will open their campaign against Mozambique in Grainville on Man 24 before taking on Norway at the Farmers Field on May 26. The Nepali side will play their third league match against Vanuata at the Victoria College the following day before facing the United States at Les Quennevais in their last league match on May 28.
PCB Academy beat CAN-XI
Pakistan Cricket
Board (PCB) Academy team cruised to a seven-wicket win
over CAN-XI in the first of the three friendly one-day
matches here at the Tribhuvan University Stadium.
League Division-V Tournament to be held in
Jersey later this month — could only muster 152 runs
with 24 balls to spare in their allotted 50
overs.
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Inaugural ICC Medical Committee meeting makes recommendations on anti-doping and bowling review
Committee considers a range of issues related to participant health including extreme heat and clinical issues
The ICC Medical Committee held its first-ever meeting in Dubai over the weekend.
The Committee, whose terms of reference were approved by the ICC Board last year in October, was chaired by renowned sports medicine expert Dr Peter Harcourt and also included Dr Nick Peirce, Dr Akshai Mansingh, Craig Ranson (physiotherapist) and Dr Anant Joshi as members. The ICC Medical Committee is empowered to make recommendations which then go forward to the Chief Executives’ >>more
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