Cricket led Nepal’s push for medal in style overcoming a hectic schedule caused by flight delay but Nepal’s 17th Asian Games turned from bad to worse after athletes from two disciplines were unable to participate in their respective events on Saturday. While the men’s cricketers began with a bang crushing Kuwait by nine wickets on…
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The National, the popular English-language newspaper from Abu Dhabi, has pitched up Nepali cricket team skipper Paras Khadka, as one of the five players from the non-test-playing nations, who could make it to the Indian Premier League (IPL) this year, if the Indian franchises “wanted to expand their recruitment drive beyond the Test-playing nations”. Hailing…
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Nepal prepare to play their second match in Cricket World T20 against Bangladesh this evening. The match starts 7:15 PM Nepal Time. Nepal are seen as underdogs for today’s match. A win for Nepal will be regarded as a shock result for International Cricket but it will hugely increase their chance of reaching the next…
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Nepal started the T20 Cricket World Cup with 80 run victory over Hong Kong. Hong Kong won the toss and invited Nepal to bat first at Chittagong Stadium. Nepal openers scored 36 runs. Sagar Pun contributed 13 runs and SP Khakurel 22 runs. That brought the duo of Nepal Captain Paras Khadka and Gyanendra Malla.…
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The Nepal Armed Police Force (APF) Club claimed the Senior Women’s National Cricket for the third time in succession with a resounding 144-run victory over Nepalgunj at the TU ground on Monday. A 58-run knock from Sita Rana Magar helped APF put on 187-8 before Ritu Kanujiya’s spell of 4-18 helped them restrict Nepalgunj for…
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Nepal slumped to a humiliating 102-run defeat against UAE in their first World Cup Qualifier match in New Zealand on Monday. Riding on a solid century from Shaiman Anwar, UAE had posted a challenging total of 297 runs losing eight wickets in the Group A game. Anwar smashed eight sixes and eight boundaries for 109…
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Nepal Armed Police Force (APF) Club and Region No 5 (Nepalgunj) set up a second consecutive title clash in the Women”s National Cricket Tournament winning their respective semifinal matches on Sunday. Riding on Jyoti Pandey”s 100 runs — the fifth century of the tournament — and Rubina Rana”s phenomenal six-wicket haul, defending champion APF romped…
Read more Nepal has lost to Namibia by 4 runs in the ICC World Cup qualifier warm up match held at New Zealand on Friday. Chasing the 232-run target, Nepal could manage 227 runs in 50 overs losing nine wickets . Earlier, electing to bat first after winning the toss, Namibia posted a total of 231 runs…
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Nepalgunj registered another win in the Senior Women’s National Cricket Tournament on Monday. Nepalgunj maintained their winning streak in Group B after thrashing Kanchanpur by nine wickets in a one-sided contest while Kathmandu beat Birgunj by five wickets in the other match in Group B. The results saw Nepalgunj remain top in the group with…
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KATHMANDU, JAN 04 – Nary Thapa became the first batswoman in domestic cricket to score a century as she amassed unbeaten 121 in Nepalgunj’s massive 115-run win over Kathmandu during the Senior Women’s National Cricket Tournament at the TU ground on Friday. The first captain of the women’s team, Nary had been out of form…
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