CAN calendar published

REPUBLICA, KATHMANDU, Nov 10:

The Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) is planning to send the Nepali cricket team for training abroad as part of preparations for the upcoming 11th South Asian Games (SAG). The SAG will be held in Dhaka from January 19 to February 8, 2010.

Cricket is being included in the biggest sporting event of South Asia for the first time. Players below 21 years of age will participate in the cricketing event.

“We have taken the SAG seriously. The age group players that will compete in the SAG will reflect the future national team. The SAG players will also get an opportunity to participate in the Pepsi World Cricket League Division-5,” said Chairman of CAN Binaya Raj Pandey.

According to Pandey, CAN is preparing to train the players in Kolkata and the decision will be finalized by next week. The players were scheduled to be trained in Bangladesh but the SAG host canceled the program citing busy schedule.

Nepali players got chances to play friendly matches with international teams after Nepal started exchange program with the test playing countries. Nepal´s national team is set to play a practice match in Delhi next week as part of the preparation for ACC Twenty-20. The CAN will give continuity to the exchange program in the new calendar as well.

Paras Khadka named cricket captain

REPUBLICA, KATHMANDU, Nov 11:

Paras Khadka has been named the captain of national cricket team for the ACC Twenty20 Elite Cup. Paras, 23, will be the eighth cricketer to lead the national team when he will lead the team against Malaysia on November 22 at Sharjah Cricket Stadium.

Binod Das, whom Paras succeeded, is in the 14-member squad announced on Wednesday. The squad consists two debutants – Naresh Budayair and Binod Bhandari.

Others in the team are Mehboob Alam, Sanjam Regmi, Paresh Lohani, Dipendra Chaudhary, Gyanendra Malla, Sarad Vesawkar, Shakti Gauchan, Basant Regmi, Amrit Bhattarai and Mahesh Chhetri.

Rahul Kumar BK, Ajay Rajbanshi and Chandra Sawad are named as alternatives.

The team will be managed by Naresh Kumar Shrestha while Roy Luke Dias will be the coach. Manjur Alam Khan has been named Dias’ deputy.

New sponsor for national cricket

REPUBLICA, KATHMANDU, Oct 30:

Barun Beverage Nepal Pvt Ltd (Pepsi) and Standard Chartered Bank will sponsor the senior cricket tournament from this year, states a press release issued by the Cricket Association of Nepal. Barun Beverage will provide a support of Rs 1.6 million to conduct the tournament.

Previously, Springwood, a product of the Surya Nepal was the main sponsor of the tournament. Springwood was the main sponsor for the last three editions. “We looked up for new sponsor after Surya Nepal said that its business had declined last year. Last year, Surya Nepal provided a cash of Rs 800,000 citing decline in their business. Earlier, they used to support us with Rs 1.6 million for the tournament”, said Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) president Binay Raj Pandey.

The CAN is also looking for sponsor for the U-16 National Cricket Tournament. “The sponsor for U-16 will be finalized within two weeks,” said Pandey.

The CAN has also decided to discontinue the U-15 and U-17 national tournament from this year. “We decided to discontinue these tournaments as per the international norms. The International Cricket Council and Asian Cricket Council have omitted these age level games from their programs. Besides, there will be problem of age verification for these groups.”

Meanwhile, the CAN is also set to conduct the Inter-school U-16 boys´ and girls´ national cricket tournament under the coordination of the Ministry of Youth and Sports from this year.

CAN XI defeat SIDCO Mumbai

from republica.com, KATHMANDU, Oct 30:

Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) XI won the Friendship Match against SIDCO, Mumbai, by 8 wickets on Friday at the Tribhuvan University grounds, Kirtipur.

CAN XI won the toss and invited SIDCO to bat first in the 40 overs match. The Nepali team bowled out SIDCO for 72 runs in 18.2 overs. Mehboob Alam took five wickets — the highest number of wickets in the match. Alam bowled Sudhir Kohli for a golden duck while Sanjay Patil and Darshan Kumar couldn´t score any run. The highest scorer for SIDCO was Kailash Mhatre (14), who was ousted LBW by Binod Das.

CAN XI retaliated with an easy win, losing two wickets in 7.1 overs scoring 76 runs. Paresh Lohani was bowled out for 16 runs while Dipendra Chaudhary suffered a catch out for the same number of runs. Gyanendra Malla topscored with unbeaten 21 runs.

Ujjwal dai wrote on fb

Good or Bad: Annapurna Post selects Nepali Cricket Team (in batting order): 1. Mehboob Alam 2. Paresh Lohani 3. Dipendra Chaudhary 4. Gyanendra Malla 5. Sarad Vesawkar 6. Shakti Gauchan 7. Paras Khadka 8. Binod Bhandari (or Naresh Budair) 9. Sanjam Regmi 10. Chandra Saud 11. Binod Das

2009-10-30  शुक्र 5:58साँझ · टिप्पणी गर्नुहोस् · मनपर्‍यो / नरूचाउने · (10) वटा टिप्पणीहरू हेर्नुहोस्(10) प्रतिक्रिया लुकाउनुहोस्

	Monish K Shrestha
	Paras & Sanjam should be up the order… for T-20, both should come before Shakti.. they’re wasted down at 7 & 8..
	2009-10-30 शुक्र 6:13साँझ
	सोभित मान श्रेष्ठ
	too many Pace bowlers, chandra should be replaced by Ajay
	2009-10-30 शुक्र 6:47साँझ · Delete
	सोभित मान श्रेष्ठ
	dont ignore Shakti, he had won lot of Man of the series inside country…
	2009-10-30 शुक्र 7:05साँझ · Delete
	Sohan Shrestha
	If it is T-20 take few from corporates who had performed nice hitting skill in Soaltee super sixes…hamro no. pani aaunu paryo he he he. wot say ujjwal…
	2009-10-30 शुक्र 7:28साँझ
	Ujjwal Acharya
	Sohan dai, if Nepal loses out again, that should be considered.
	@ others: this is not the CAN list, Annapurna Post today printed this.
	2009-10-30 शुक्र 7:32साँझ
	Sohan Shrestha
	ha ha ha.. lets see, i wish they win.
	2009-10-30 शुक्र 8:00साँझ
	Sam Marsh
	No doubt they’d give England a good beating, like everyone else.
	2009-10-30 शुक्र 8:05साँझ
	Prabin Kumar Karki
	lets hope Afghanistan sanga pheri semifinal naparos…..
	2009-10-31 शनि 1:26बिहान
	Mohammad Tajim
	Where is Akash Gupta in all this? He should be in playing 11.
	2009-10-31 शनि 3:08बिहान
	Nikesh Koirala
	some need to change..paresh need to be out and need include akash… sharad need to place in second down…rest is fine..
	2009-11-01 आइत 1:30बिहान

CAN prez, sports minister meet PM

Republica, KATHMANDU, Aug 8:

Minister for Youth and Sports Ganesh Tiwari Nepali and Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) President Binayraj Pandey met with Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal on Saturday. The duo met with the prime minister after they were invited to discuss about Nepali cricket.

National cricket players had submitted a memorandum to the prime minister last week demanding among other things better prospects for cricketers.

“CAN supports the players´ demands so we requested the prime minister to work toward fulfilling the demand,” Pandey said.

The players in their four-point memorandum had called for forming cricket teams in army, police and APF among others. In reply, the prime minister said corporate houses should also take initiative to form such cricket teams, Pandey said.

The prime minister during the meeting inquired about the CAN activities. He lauded Nepali youths´ performance. On the occasion Pandey informed the prime minister that Nepal could do better if better infrastructure for cricket is developed.

Pandey also informed the prime minister about the Pepsi World Cup Division-5 cricket to be held at Kathmandu in February 2010. “The prime minsiter has asked us to bring a proposal for cricket project, Pandey said adding,“We will request him to construct cricket stadium and an indoor training house at Mulpani.”

Our TEAM NEPAL has posted 186 to chase to pathans

Nepal has made good 186 runs for the lost of 8 wickets in their alloted 50 overs.

Nepal started shaky as they lost openers very early, and got some resistance but then fell in regular intervals. In the end of 10 overs Nepal was 39 for 2 wickets and 60 for 2 in 15 overs. Then they started blocking all the bowls keeping their wickets intact. But loosing wickets in between, Nepal unable to gear up till 45 overs.

Then they started attacking as  they scored 48 runs in last 5 overs and ended with 186 for 8 wickets in whole 50 overs.  Here, at last Prithu got a very proudable score of 81 runs who was well supported by Rom with 28 runs.

Now, it’s turn to our Bowlers to stop the pathans to go pass and get a quilification for the another quilification round for Youth World Cup where Nepal has a very good past.

Let’s see what happen there….

HK end Nepal’s unbeaten streak

THE KATHMANDU POST REPORT, April 27 -

Hong Kong ended Nepal’s unbeaten streak of 22 matches in the ACC U-19 Elite Cup Cricket on Monday. Four time title defenders Nepal hadn’t lost a mach in this edition of tournament since their defeat against Bangladesh in 1999.

Nepal had already reached the semi-final of the tournament with a match against Hong Kong to spare. The 36-run Hong Kong win ensured their place in the last four as well. Man-of-the-match Irfan Ahmed scored a century as Hong Kong put up a target of 194 runs. Batsmen faltered in the flat pitch of the Unity Ground as Nepal was all out with 36 runs short of the target.

Anil Mandal top scored with 29 runs while Sagar Khadka and Sunny Pun added 25 and 18 runs respectively. Captain Gyanendra Malla who had batted well in the last couple of matches said his wicket was the turning point of the match. “My wicket was crucial. We lost the match from then on,” Malla said, “Today’s match has shown that we need to work hard on all departments of the game.” Nepal gave away 85 runs in the last ten overs.

Earlier, spinner Lal Bdr. Adhikari took three wickets for Nepal. Pacers Rupesh Shrivastav grabbed two wickets while Amril Bhattaria took one.

Coach Roy Dias praised Ahmed’s performance and said the batsmen let him down.

“The boys gave away too many runs in the last ten overs and senior batsmen failed to perform once again.”

Nepal to take on HK

THE KATHMANDU POST, April 26

Nepal will try to maintain its winning streak, as they take on Hong Kong in the last group match of the ACC U-19 Elite Cup Cricket Tournament on Monday.

Nepal, on a crusade to defend the title for the fifth straight time, has already reached the semi-final of the tournament with three wins. Nepal will fight for a win against Hong Kong who hasn’t had an impressive tournament so far. Out of the three matches they played, Hong Kong has won only a single. They defeated Malaysia by six wickets on Sunday.

“We will play for nothing less than a win against Hong Kong which failed to meet the expectation in this tournament,” Nepal’s coach Roy Dias said, “My only worry is the top batting order hasn’t clicked yet.” Captain Gyanendra Malla scored back-to-back half centuries in Nepal’s last two wins, while left arm pace bowler Amrit Bhattaria’s ton saved the first match.

Dias is also worried about the bowling, as two of his main spin bowlers are not hundred percent fit. Sagar Khadka and Lal Bdr. Adhikari are both down with flue.

 in addition, Kantipur writes:

According to our coach Mr. Dais, Lal Bdr. could get rest for another batsman as Subash Pradhan will play in wicketkeeper role and Sunny Pun will be a specialist batsman. In the spin friendly pitch today, Nepal will badly miss a specialist spinner and Sagar will lead it with Gyanendra, Prithu, Anil.

Defending champions The Team NEPAL cruised to the semi-final

The Himalayan Times,  KATHMANDU,

Defending champions Nepal cruised to the semi-finals of the ACC U-19 Elite Cup with a game to spare after the three-wicket win over Singapore at the Hubara grounds in Kuwait on Saturday. The four-time defending champions overcame the 172-run target in the 45th over to register their third consecutive victory. In their previous matches, Nepal defeated Saudi Arabi and Malaysia.

Electing to bat first, Singapore were dismissed for 171 in the penultimate ball in the 50th over. Rezza Gaznavi top scored for Singapore with a patient 39 off 67 balls that included three fours and a six. Irfan Madakia also contributed 30 from 43 balls. Tomthy Singhan, Pren Dadlami (16), Prasheen Param (15), Satyavrat Rao (11) and Abhijit Shukla (11 not out) also chipped in valuable runs for Singapore.

Rom Shrestha was the pick of the Nepali bowlers with 3-29 from 10 overs while Sagar Khadka took 2-24 from 10 overs. Amrit Bhattarai (1-30), Chandra Saud (1-28), Lal Bahadur Adhikari (1-35) and Prithu Banskota (1-9) also bagged one wicket apiece.

Nepal had a disastrous start losing Sunny Pun (two) in the first over and Antim Thapa (four) was run out at 30-2 by the 10th over. But a stand of 46 runs between Anil Mandal and skipper Gyanendra Malla brough the defending champions back into the game. Malla, who was also instrument in their win over Malaysia on Thursday, again helped his team’s run chase with a stroke filled 62 runs. Malla struck eight boundaries in his 63-ball knock. Anil Mandal also contributed 36 off 54 balls including four hits to the fence. Known for his explosive batting, Rom Shrestha played a subdued innings making unbeaten 16 from 39 balls. Sagar Khadka (15 not out) and Prithu Banskota (13) as chipped in valuable runs as Nepal overcame the target in 44.5 overs. Rom was adjudged man of the match for his allround performance.

Abhijit Singh was the pick of the Singapore bowlers with 3-22. Satyavrat Rao also claimed two and Abhiji Shukla bagged one wicket for Sigapore. Nepal’s Sri Lankan coach Roy Luke Dais said that the game was too close. “Our guys lost wickets in regular intervals and invited unwanted pressure for themselves,” said Dias adding that his side was lacking a quality spinner.

Malla also believed that they threw untimely wickets and invited pressure. “We also conveded a bit more runs due to our sloppy fielding,” said the Nepali skipper showing concerns that his players are not taking the responsibility seriously. Nepal will play their last Group ‘A’ match against Hong Kong at Hubara grounds on Monday.

In addition, The Kathmandu Post says:

Earlier, Nepal had problems aplenty with bowling as two main spinners Lal Bdr. Adhikari and Sagar Khadka were down with flu. According to team manager Sailesh Kumar Chaudhary, the coach and the Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) officials are looking at the option of getting players from back home to replace the unfit ones.

” The match was too close for comfort,” coach Roy Dias said, ” as we lost wickets as regular interval and gave away too many runs due to lapse in fielding.”