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Agencies Australia’s batsman Steve Smith has been ruled out of the rest of Australia's Twenty20 series against Sri Lanka with concussion. The 32-year-old landed heavily on his head while attempting to take a catch in the final over of Sunday's second game of the five-match series in Sydney, BBC reported. He received medical treatment before slowly getting back on his feet. "My head has felt better but I will be ok," he said on Twitter. "Steve Smith has concussion, will be subject to low level protocols for the next few days and full recovery [is expected] in six to seven days," BBC quoted a statement from Cricket Australia. He is expected to be fit to travel to Pakistan later this month for Australia's tour. Earlier, Smith was hit by a Jofra Archer bouncer during ...

By a Staff Reporter Muscat - Nepali national cricket team’s skipper Sandeep Lamichhane has shattered the record of Afghanistan’s leg spinner Rashid Khan. Lamichhane reached the mark of 50 wickets in T20I on Monday after taking a wicket of Ireland in the four-nation T20I series being held in Oman. Lamichhane reached the milestone in just 29 T20I matches. He has become the third fastest player to take 50 wickets in T20I. He forced a catch out of Ireland’s Dockrell in the first ball of the 18th over to reach the milestone. Sri Lanka’s former spinner Ajantha Mendis holds the record of the fastest player to take 50 wickets in T20I. He took 50 wickets in 26 matches. Ireland’s bowler Mark Adair is second in the list with 50 wickets from 28 matches. Lamichhane now holds the record...

By a Staff Reporter Muscat - A superb batting performance by Dipendra Singh Airee helped Nepal register a record win against hosts Oman during their four-nation T20I series opener on Friday. Nepal defeated Oman by 6 wickets to set a new record. This is the first time Nepal defeated Oman in T20I. Nepal met their target of 136 runs in 19.3 overs losing 4 wickets. Unbeaten Dipendra Singh Airee contributed 73 runs off 53 balls including eight boundaries and a six. Nepal were in need of nine runs from six balls in the last over. Airee scored a boundary in the first ball of the last over to help Nepal inch closer to victory. He again scored another four in a third ball from Mohammad Nadeem to ensure victory for Nepal. This is the second half century of Airee in his T20I career. ...

By a Staff Reporter Kathmandu - Leg spinner of the Nepali national cricket team Sandeep Lamichhane is all set to debut at the captain of the team during a four-nation T20I series match of Nepal against Oman on Friday. Lamichhane is leading the national team at the age of 21 years 193 days, making him the eighth youngest cricketer to take charge of the national team. Malaysia’s youth wicketkeeper batsman Barandeep Singh holds the record of the youngest captain of the national team at 20 years 190 days in T20I. He achieved the feat in 2019. Lamichhane, on the other hand, has moved ahead of New Zealand’s prolific skipper Kane Williamson in terms of age in leading the national team. Williamson, who is considered as one of the best captains in the world, had made his debut as the ...

By a Staff Reporter Kathmandu - The national cricket team of Nepal reached Oman on Wednesday morning to take part in the ICC T20 World Cup Global Qualifiers and a four-nation T20 I series. The cricket team had left Tribhuvan International Airport at 6.30 pm on Tuesday evening. They reached Oman at 3.30 am local time via the UAE. The Nepali team will undergo PCR test today and play a practice match on Thursday. Nepal will face the hosts Oman in a four-nation T20 I series on Friday ahead of their ICC T20 World Cup Global Qualifiers. The match will help Nepal figure out the level of Oman who are also in the same group in the World Cup qualifiers with Nepal. It is a good opportunity for both the teams to find their drawbacks and prepare for the qualifiers. The match between Nepal...

By a Staff Reporter Kathmandu - Cricket Association of Nepal has appointed India’s Raghu Ram Srinivas as the fielding consultant coach for the national cricket team of Nepal. According to the Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN), Srinivas has been appointed to train the cricketers undergoing closed camp training at the TU Cricket Ground for the upcoming ICC T20 World Cup Global Qualifiers to be held in Oman in third week of February. Srinivas arrived in Nepal on Sunday, informed CAN.     He is an A-level coach. CAN has given him high regard as fielding coach. CAN expects him to help the national team improve any drawbacks it has. “We are grateful to him for giving us his valuable time in such a short notice,” said chief coach Pubudu Dassanayake. CAN ha...

By a Staff Reporter Kathmandu - Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) has decided not to extend the term of General Manager Raunak Malla. The one-year tenure of Cricket Manager Binod Das and General Manager Raunak Malla had expired in December 2021. A board meeting of CAN held in Bhairahawa on Thursday decided not to extend the contract of Malla. However, CAN has renewed the contract of Binod Das for another one year period. CAN’s Acting Secretary Prashant Bikram Malla informed that the board meeting has already decided not to extend the contract of Raunak Malla. “We had a one-year contract agreement with him and we have decided not to renew the contract. The decision was taken as his work evaluation was not satisfactory,” said Acting Secretary Malla, adding, “The work done by B...

Agencies West Indies spinner Akeal Hosein broke the T20I world record of highest runs by number 10 batsman set by Nepal’s fast bowler Sompal Kami eight years ago. Hosein played an unbeaten innings of 44 runs against England in their second T20I match on Monday smashing three boundaries and four sixes off 16 balls to set the new record. With this feat, Hosein has become the number 10 batsman to score maximum runs in T20I. The record was earlier held by Kami, who achieved the feat in November 2014 against Nepal’s T20I match against Hong Kong. He had scored 40 runs on the occasion. Despite an aggressive batting by Hosein, West Indies lost the match by just one run falling short of the target of 171 runs set by England by a whisker. West Indies made 170 runs in 20 overs losing...

By a Staff Reporter Kathmandu - Nepal APF Club’s opener Asif Sheikh has been adjudged the player of the tournament during the Prime Minister Cup T20 National Cricket Championship which concluded on Wednesday. Sheikh won the award for helping APF win the title. Sheikh had performed exceptionally well throughout the tournament to help APF win the title. He scored two half centuries  in six matches and a total of 227 runs. Similarly, Lumbini Province’s spinner Anil Kharel was declared the best bowler of the tournament. The left-handed spinner took 10 wickets in four matches. Although Lumbini crashed out from the group stage, Kharel’s performance remained memorable. Kushal Bhurtel of Nepal Police Club won the award of the best batsman. Although Bhurtel did not play the...

By a Staff Reporter Kathmandu - Nepal APF Club lifted the title of Prime Minister Cup T20 National Cricket Championship on Wednesday with the help of outstanding performance by fast bowler Kishor Mahato and Amar Singh Rautela. APF defeated Nepal Police Club by 21 runs in the final held at TU Cricket Ground, Kirtipur. Police, who were chasing a target of 158 runs for victory, were restricted at 136 runs in 20 overs losing 7 wickets. Dipendra Singh Aire topscored for Police with 65 runs  off 54 balls that included 3 boundaries and 2 sixes. Airee had received lifeline twice in the match. Wicketkeeper Asif Sheikh missed a chance to stump in the 10th over in Bhuvan Karki’s bowling. Airee had scored 27 runs at that time. He was lucky once again in the 13th over when Avinash Bohara dro...