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Nepal lifts bilateral series title defeating UAE 2-1

19Nov

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Nepal lifts bilateral series title defeating UAE 2-1

By a Staff Reporter Kathmandu - Nepal lifts historic bilateral ODI series title defeating UAE by 6 wicktes in the third ODI on Friday at TU Cricket Ground. Nepal, who went down in its first outing of the ODI, marked a successful comeback recording a win in the second and third. UAE Inning Opening to bat, UAE collected 176 in the prescribed 50 overs with a wicket in spare. Following a mediocre beginning to the inning, UAE was in a pathetic situation till 31.1 overs with a score of 93/9. The number 8 batsman Aayan Afzal Khan (54*) and the number 11 batsman Hazrat Bilal (20*), then shared a limelight partnership of 83 runs to give an average target of 177 runs to the hosts. The duo pulled the innings to the whole 50 overs. The 17-years old Aayan, with 7 fours and a ...

14Nov

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Nepal goes down to UAE in first ODI

By a Staff Reporter Kathamndu - Nepal went down to UAE by 84 runs in their first outing of the Bilateral ODI series at TU Cricket Ground. UAE Inning Opening with bat, visitors UAE scored 263/7 in the prescribed 50 overs. Muhammad Waseem and Vriitya Aravind, who opened the innings missed the half-century with a small number as they returned to the pavilion for 44 and 40 runs respectively. The UAE Skipper Chundangapoyil Rizwan, who stepped in as the number 3 batsman had an inning to forget as Kushal Bhurtel caught his shot off Gulsan Jha's delivery when he was just at 2 runs. Rohan Mustafa, the renowned name in Nepali domestic cricket then came into the crease to score a half-century. Mustafa contributed 53 runs to the UAE total with 7 fours before Aasif Sheikh caught his...

England sneaks past Pakistan to lift the title of ICC Men’s T20 World Cup

13Nov

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England sneaks past Pakistan to lift the title of ICC Men’s T20 World Cup

By a Staff Reporter England sneaked past Pakistan by 5 wickets to lift the title of ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2022. England, who won the toss at Melbourne Cricket Ground elected to field first. A poor start from the high-profile openers Mohammad Rizwan and Babar Azam limited Pakistan to 137/8 in the prescribed 20 overs. Pakistan's inning The first wicket of the match came in 4.2 overs. Sam Curran bowled Mohammad Rizwan when he was at 15 runs off 14 deliveries. The number 3 batsman Mohammad Haris then entered the crease to collect 8 runs off 12 deliveries. Babar Azam scored 32 runs with 2 fours off 28 balls before returning to the pavilion in 11.1 overs. Adil Rashid delivered and caught to send Babar and Pakistan's title hope off. Shan Masood played the big inning for P...

APF left Army behind to seal the title of PM Cup

12Nov

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APF left Army behind to seal the title of PM Cup

By a Staff Reporter Kathmandu - Nepal Armed Police Force (APF) club left Tribhuvan Army Club (TAC) behind by 4 wickets to set the seal on the title of 5th edition of Prime Minister Cup One Day National Cricket Tournament. A dispute before the toss heated the final match which then resulted in the game getting delayed for 2 hours at TU Cricket Ground. A dispute arose after TAC tried to field medium pacer Sompal Kami who didn't feature in any other outing of the tournament earlier due to Dengue. APF Skipper Sharad Vesawkar refused to take the toss after Army included Sompal in the Playing XI list. Sharad took the toss at 10:30 AM after the match official addressed the issue. He won and decided to field first. The match scheduled to start at 9 AM began at 11 and the overs w...

Rohit named as new Captain, Squad announced for UAE series

11Nov

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Rohit named as new Captain, Squad announced for UAE series

By a Staff Reporter Kathmandu - The Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) on Friday named Rohit Paudel as the new captain of the National Cricket Team. The post was vacant after CAN suspended the then-captain Sandeep Lamichhane who is accused of raping a minor. Moreover, CAN announced the squad for the bilateral ODI Series against UAE under the captaincy of Rohit. Final Squad:Rohit Paudel (C), Gyanendra Malla, Karan KC, Sompal Kami, Kushal Bhurtel, Aarif Sheikh, Lalit Rajbanshi, Dipendra Singh Airee, Aasif Sheikh, Bhim Sharki, Kamal Singh Airee, Sagar Dhakal, Harishankar Sah, Aadil Alam, Arjun Saud, Gulsan Jha.

Army beat Police in style to set final date with APF

11Nov

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Army beat Police in style to set final date with APF

By a Staff Reporter Kathmandu - Tribhuvan Army Club (TAC) reached the finals of the Prime Minister's Cup One Day National Cricket Tournament with a thrilling two-wicket victory over Nepal Police Club (NPC). TAC has made it to the finals of the tournament for the fifth time in a row by chasing a record total over the NPC. Nepal Police Club inning Beginning with the bat at TU Cricket Ground, NPC collected the gigantic 304 runs with a century from skipper Dipendra Singh Airee and a half-century from Aarif Sheikh. Kushal Bhurtel (31), Sunil Dhamala (13), and Amit Shrestha initially contributed 10 runs to the tally. Dipendra Singh Airee then stepped in to smash the highest of 140 runs off 125 deliveries with 11 fours and 5 sixes to be named the first player to score two centu...

10Nov

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England trashed India

By a Staff Reporter England trashed India by 10 wickets to meet Pakistan in the finals of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2022. India, who started with the bat after losing the toss at Adelaide Oval collected 168 runs in the scheduled 20 overs losing 6 wickets. A two-half-century inning each from Hardik Pandya (63) and Virat Kohli (50) was not enough for India to qualify for the finals. With Opener KL Rahul collecting 5 runs off 5 deliveries with a four, Skipper Rohit Sharma bagged 57 runs before getting caught by Sam Curran off Chris Jordan's delivery in the 8.5 overs. Suryakumar Yadav and Rishabh Pant contributed 14 and 6 runs. Ravichandran Ashwin remained not out for 0. England's Chris Jordan booked 3 wickets in his name whereas Chris Woaks and Adil Rashid took a wicket eac...

Pakistan to play final for the first time in 13 years

9Nov

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Pakistan to play final for the first time in 13 years

By a Staff Reporter Pakistan sidelined New Zealand by 7 wickets to march on to the finals of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup for the first time in 13 years. New Zealand won the toss at Sydney Cricket Ground and elected to bat first. It cost them 4 wickets to collect 152 runs in the prescribed 20 overs. Daryl Mitchell's only half-century inning was not enough for New Zealand to head toward the final. Opener batsman got LBW out by Shaheen Shah Afridi for 4 runs. Devon Conway contributed 21 runs before getting run out by the hands of Shadab Khan. Shaheen then bowled New Zealand's skipper Kane Williamson when he was at 46 runs off 42 deliveries with a four and a sixer. Mohammad Nawaz caught Glenn Phillips for 6 runs. Mitchel and James Neesham lasted till the end for 53 and 16 runs...

Bhurtel’s 5-wicket haul gives Police an emphatic win over Madesh

8Nov

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Bhurtel’s 5-wicket haul gives Police an emphatic win over Madesh

By a Staff Reporter Kathmandu - 5-wicket haul by Kushal Bhurtel and 3 half-century innings from Amit Shrestha, Aarif Sheikh, and Dipendra Singh Airee give Nepal Police Club (NPC) an emphatic win of 191 runs over Madesh Province in an ongoing Prime Minister Cup One Day National Cricket Tournament. Nepal Police Club Inning Opening to bat, NPC collected 273 runs before packing up at 49.1 overs at TU Cricket Ground on Tuesday. Although the opener batsmen duo Sunil Dhamala (11) and Kushal Bhurtel (5) failed to perform, middle-order batsmen Amit Shrestha (65), Aarif Sheikh (73), Dipendra Singh Airee (51), and Dilip Nath (40) stole the show. While Yogendra Singh Karki and Lalit Rajbanshi contributed 0 runs, Karan KC and Sagar Dhakal left the crease for 1 run each. Rashid Khan ...

Bhari’s 5 wicket haul keeps Army’s semifinal hope alive

6Nov

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Bhari’s 5 wicket haul keeps Army’s semifinal hope alive

By a Staff Reporter Kathmandu - Sushan Bhari's 5 wicket haul and Skipper Binod Bhandari's half-century inning led Tribhuvan Army Club (TAC) to a 69 runs win over Gandaki Province in an ongoing Prime Minister One Day National Cricket Tournament. TAC, who were offered to bat first after losing the toss collected 165 runs lasting 47.4 overs at Mulpani Cricket Ground. Opener duo Arjun Saud and Anil Mandal contributed 13 and 26 runs to the total. Hari Chauhan (6), Rohit Paudel (4), Kushal Malla (0), and Sushan Bhari got dismissed for 1 run. As it looked like TAC were heading for a big defeat, a partnership of 79 runs between Binod Bhandari and Bhim Sharki turned the momentum of the match. After departure of Bhim for 39 runs, TAC batter continue to return back to the dugout. Bik...