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By a Staff Reporter Kathmandu - Nepal and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are set to face off in the finals of the ACC Men's Premier Cup on Monday at TU Cricket Ground in Kathmandu. The first semi-final match was cancelled due to heavy rain and went scoreless, which automatically qualified Nepal for the final. Nepal had previously confirmed its spot in the semi-finals as the winner of Group A, while Kuwait became the runner-up of Group B. As the semi-final match was aborted due to the rain, Nepal reached the finals as it is a group winner. According to the tournament rule, if there is no result, the team that finished higher in the group stage will be declared the winner. The match was reduced to 42 overs as rain interrupted the game twice at TU Cricket Ground. After being inv...

By a Staff Reporter Kathmandu - Sandeep Lamichhane's all-around performance helped Nepal outplay Qatar by 68 runs in a low-scoring match of the ACC Men's Premier Cup at TU Cricket Ground on Thursday. With this, Nepal remained unbeaten throughout the group stage and advanced as the ground winners. Invited to bat first, Nepal struggled to score runs until Sandeep Lamichhane, the no. 10 batsman, joined the crease in the 27th over after the fall of Dipendra Singh Airee's wicket. Sandeep played a crucial role in boosting Nepal's score with his unbeaten knock of 42 runs off 58 deliveries, including 6 fours. However, Nepal was eventually bowled out for 157 runs in 40.3 overs. Skipper Rohit Paudel contributed 27 runs off 36 deliveries, while openers Kushal Bhurtel and Aasif Sh...

By a Staff Reporter Kathmandu - Nepal secured a resounding 84-run victory over Oman in an ongoing ACC Premier Cup at TU Cricket Ground on Friday, thanks to young allrounder Kushal Malla's heroic maiden century innings. Nepal's Inning Nepal's 50th ODI match saw them posting their highest total in ODI so far, with 310 runs losing 8 wickets in the allotted 50 overs. Invited to bat first, Nepal had a shaky start to the inning, losing both openers Kushal Bhurtel and Aasif Sheikh for 0. However, skipper Rohit Poudel and Bhim Sharki steadied the ship with a 54-run partnership for the third wicket. Later, Rohit got caught by Kashyap Prajapati off Fayyaz Butt's delivery in 17.1 over. Bhim collected 33 runs off 56 deliveries, while Rohit scored 23 off 34 before Aarif Sheikh added...

By a Staff Reporter Kathmandu - Nepal kicked off their ACC Premier Cup campaign in style with a six-wicket win over Malaysia at the TU Cricket Ground on Tuesday, thanks to an impressive performance from Bhim Sharki and Kushal Malla. Malaysia's Inning Opening with the bat, Malaysia posted 235 runs in the allotted 50 overs losing 9 wickets, with skipper Ahmad Faiz top-scoring with 76 runs off 95 deliveries, including eight fours and one six. Virandeep Singh contributed the second-highest of 46 runs off 94 deliveries, while opener Muhammad Amir departed for 17. Other contributors to Malaysia included Vijay Unni (12), Syed Aziz (13), Muhamad Syahadat (15), Khizar Hayat (22), and Syazrul Idrus (21). With Fitri Sham departing for a golden duck, Muhammad Wafiq remaining undefe...

By a Staff Reporter Kathmandu - Nepal has earned a direct spot in the World Cup Qualifiers defeating UAE by 9 runs through the Duckworth-Lewis method in the ICC World Cup League-2 tri-series at TU Cricket Ground. Chasing a huge winning target of 311 runs for victory, Nepal lost 6 wickets scoring 269 runs in 44 overs. Due to bad lighting conditions, Nepal won the match through the Duckworth-Lewis method. The umpire stopped the game and dropped the bails. UAE expressed their displeasure while the Nepali players started celebrating their historic win. Nepal's Inning Kushal Bhurtel, Bhim Sharki, Aarif Sheikh, and Gulsan Jha each contributed a half-century innings in Nepal's victory. While Aasif, who partnered with Kushal Bhurtel in opening the inning departed for a duck out...

By a Staff Reporter Kathmandu - Nepal retained their ODI (One Day International) status for the next four years with a convincing victory of 117 runs over UAE at TU Cricket Ground. UAE's Inning UAE, chasing a winning target of 248 runs, were bowled out for a mere 71 runs in 22.5 overs, which is their lowest total in ODI history. Lalit Narayan Rajbanshi picked up 5 wicket haul, Sandeep Lamichhane claimed 2, while Sompal Kami, Dipendra Singh Airee, and Gulsan Jha each chipped in one wicket to dismiss UAE cheaply. Lalit sent off UAE's opening batsman Vriitya Aravind and lower-order batsman Zahoor Khan for a duck each. In contrast, he dismissed Muhammad Waseem, Aayan Afzal Khan, and Junaid Siddique, for 1, 29, and 1 run, respectively. Aayan scored the highest for the...

Kathmandu - Nepal kicked off the final tri-series of the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 2 with a 52-run victory over Papua New Guinea. Nepal's Inning Invited to bat first, Nepal put up an impressive total of 297 runs before losing all of their wickets in 49.1 overs. Nepal's opener, Aasif Sheikh, scored his first International ODI century, contributing 110 runs off 110 balls with 12 fours and 2 sixes. With this, he became the fifth player from Nepal to score an ODI century after Paras Khadka, Rohit Paudel, Dipendra Singh Airee, and Kushal Bhurtel. Opener duo Kushal Bhurtel and Aasif shared a 110-run partnership before Kushal departed for 45 off 53 balls in 18.4 overs. Kushal Malla, who came in as the number 3 batsman, collected only 2 runs off 8 deliveries, while Gyane...

By a Staff Reporter Dubai - Nepal pulled off a stunning victory against hosts UAE by 42 runs in a tri-series under the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 2, climbing up to a fifth place with 32 points and pushing UAE down to 6th in the points table. Nepal's Inning Nepal, who won the toss and elected to bat first posted 229/8 in the allocated 50 overs. Gyanendra Malla paired with Aasif Sheikh to open the innings for Nepal as the regular opener Kushal Bhurtel was ruled out following an injury. Despite a poor start to their innings with the loss of the opening pair Gyanendra Malla and Aasif Sheikh for 11 and 6 runs respectively, Bhim Sharki's score of 70 runs off 99 deliveries helped Nepal recover. The third batsman Kushal Malla got bowled off Rohan Musafa's delivery ...

By a Staff Reporter Dubai - Nepal secured a 3-wicket victory over Papua New Guinea in a tri-series match under the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 2 at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium. Opener Aasif Sheikh and eighth batsman Sandeep Lamichhane formed an unbeaten 77-run partnership, helping Nepal chase the winning target of 179 runs, posting a total of 182/7 in 48 overs. Despite Kushal Bhurtel being dismissed for a royal duck out, the duo of Aasif and Sandeep rescued Nepal from defeat. Opener Aasif played a not-out inning contributing the highest of 86 runs off 130 deliveries with 2 fours and a six. In addition, Sandeep Lamichhane, batting in the eighth position, was the star of the show as he scored 35 runs off 50 deliveries and hit the match-winning shot in th...

By a Staff Reporter Ajman - Nepal National U19 Cricket team had qualified for U19 Cricket World Cup defeating hosts UAE by 7 runs in ICC U19 Men's Cricket World Cup Qualifier at Eden Garden Oval in Ajman. Invited to bat first, Nepal lost all its wickets at 48.5 overs with 191 runs on the scoreboard. Nepal, who had a poor start with the bat, regained momentum with Skipper Dev Khanal's knock of 51 runs off 84 deliveries. Earlier, the top order batters Deepak Bohara (0), Arjun Kumal (3), and Akash Tripathi (9) were dismissed early, collectively adding only 12 runs. Other contributions came from Uttam Thapa Magar (36), Bishal Bikram KC (38), Milan Bobara (10), Dipesh Kandel (15), Subash Kandel (2), Hemant Dhami (13), and Aakash Chand (4). In return, Nepal's spinner Dip...