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By a Staff Reporter Kathmandu - Nepal T20 League, the first-ever franchise league going to be organized by the Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) gets postponed for the 3rd time, confirms CAN's president Chatur Bahadur Chand. "The Nepal T20 League, scheduled to kick off on December 23, 2022, will not go according to the plan as the foreign players are yet to receive their work permit," said the president of CAN, Chatur Bahadur Chand. "If the tournament doesn't start within a few days, we will terminate the contract with seven3sports, and the tournament for this season may get halted," Chand added. As per the initial announcement made by CAN, NepalT20 shall have commenced by September 24. Following the directives of the Ministry of Home Affairs, CAN proposed a new d...

By a Staff Reporter Kathmandu - Sudurpaschim Province beat Lumbini Province by 6 wickets to lift the title of Wai Wai U19 National Cricket Tournament. Lumbini's Inning Lumbini Province, who won the toss and elected to bat first at TU Cricket Ground, lost all its wickets in 29.1 overs for 92 runs. With opener Dev Khanal's leaving the crease early for 7 runs following an lbw, Lumbini collapsed for a puny run. Opening with a bat, Aakash Tripathi scored the highest runs of 38 off 69 delivery with 2 fours. Moreover, Nar Sarki contributed 11 runs off 18 balls. Other batsmen failed to score in double figures. Prajjwol Thapa (5), Manoj Magar (1), Bishal Bikram KC (7), Vishal Bhusal (0), Nirmal Gurung (0), Avishek Gautam (0), and Durgesh Gupta scored 5 runs. Ramesh Kurmi remaine...

By a Staff Reporter Kathmandu - Reigning champions Lumbini Province beat Madesh Province by 58 runs to set the final showdown against Sudurpaschim Province on Monday in an ongoing Wai Wai U19 National Cricket Tournament. Both sides saw each other in the tourney's final of the 2021 edition as well, where Lumbini stunned Sudurpaschim to clinch the title. Lumbini's Inning Invited to bat at TU Cricket Ground, Lumbini scored 222/9 in the scheduled 50 overs. Following a class batting inning from its Wicketkeeper batsman, Prajjwol Thapa, Lumbini offered a competitive target of 223 runs to Madhesh. The number 3 batsman Prajjwol, who stepped into the crease in 13.3 overs, lasted till 44.6 overs and scored the utmost of 85 runs off 128 deliveries including 9 fours and 2 sixers. ...

By a Staff Reporter Kathmandu - Lumbini Province secures a comfortable victory of 6 wickets with 204 balls remaining over Province 1 in an ongoing Wai Wai U19 National Cricket Tournament. Province 1's Inning With Lumbini's spinner Nirmal Gurung marking his maiden 5-wicket haul, Durgesh Gupta claiming 2 wickets, and Avishek Gautam & Tul Bahadur Thapa booking apiece, Province 1 collapsed in 26.2 overs with 69 runs in the pocket. Nirmal Gurung bowled Province 1's key batter, Sonu Ansari, in the second ball of the inning. Province 1's opener Suvan Gahatraj and then middle order Estain Rijal contributed 22 and 19 runs to the tally. However, other batsmen returned to the dugout with single-digit runs. Dipesh Kandel (5), Faijal Rahaman (0), Bhupal Dangol (5), Abhinaya Rajb...

By a Staff Reporter Kathmandu - A 38 runs inning from a bat and a 4-wicket haul from Durgesh Gupta guided Lumbini Province towards 85 runs victory over Bagmati Province in an ongoing Wai Wai U19 National Cricket Tournament. Lumbini's Inning Lumbini Province, who won the toss and elected to bat first at Mulpani Cricket Ground collected 234 runs in 49 overs. Lumbini's openers continued with an inadequate performance which once again stopped them to score a half-century. Aakash Tripathi and Dev Khanal, who opened the inning, contributed 40 and 46 runs. With Skipper Bishal Bikram KC scoring 11 runs, Prajjwol Thapa collected 9. Sunil Bhandari (1), Vishal Bhusal (20), Nirmal Gurung (9), Tul Bahadur Thapa (28), and Nar Sarki added 8 runs to the tally. While Durgesh Gupta earne...