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By a Staff Reporter Nepal Police Club (NPC) and Lumbini Province registered a comfortable victory over Province 1 and Karnali Province in an ongoing Women's Cricket Tournament belonging to the 9th National Games. In the first match of the day NPC registered the second consecutive victory following the excellent performance of Samjhana Khadka and leg-spinner Hiranmayi Roy. Police defeated Province 1 by a wide margin of 118 runs and reached the semi-finals. Chasing a winning target of 159 runs, Province 1 scored 40 runs losing 8 wickets in the allotted 20 overs. Samjhana Khadka of NPC stroked the first half-century of the tournament. She collected 60 runs off 43 balls with 10 fours completing a half-century in 39 balls. In a second match of the day, young spinner Madhu D....

By a Staff Reporter Nepal Police Club (NPC) beat Karnali Province by 63 runs through the Duckworth Lewis method to register the first victory in the Women's Cricket Tournament belonging to the 9th National Games. NPC Women's team made its debut in domestic cricket through this match. NPC, who won the toss at Pokhara Stadium chose to bat first and scored 110 runs losing 6 wickets in the scheduled 20 overs. NPC's Samjhana Khadka scored the highest of 25 runs off 21 balls with 2 fours. Opener Kajal Shrestha and Kabita Kunwar were out at 16 runs each. Apsari Begam, Rewati Dhami, Kabijata Joshi, and captain Rubina Chhetri added 4,14,8 and 9 runs respectively to the total tally. Karnali's Anju Gurung took three wickets spending 24 runs in 4 overs. Bina Thapa and Anjali Chhetri took...

By a Staff Reporter Madesh Province and Bagmati Province mark a winning start to the Women's Cricket Tournament under the 9th National Games. Madesh Province vs Gandaki Province In a first match of the day, Madesh Province beat Gandaki Province by 40 runs. Gandaki failed to chase a modest target of 78 runs as Gandaki were all out for 37 runs in 19 overs. Shila Chhetri scored the highest of 10 runs in 22 balls for Gandaki. No other batter could score runs in double figures. Madhesh Pradesh's Anuradha Chaudhary took 4 wickets giving away 8 runs in 4 overs. Captain Kabita Gautam took 2 wickets in 4 overs with 1 maiden. Shanti Chaudhary took 2 wickets in 4 overs and Santoshi Chaudhary took one wicket. Madesh Province collected 77 runs losing 8 wickets in the scheduled 20 ov...