Digitally empowered Nepali Sports :: Article

We have been blogging from last 3 years, till then we have found lots of digital improvement in Nepali scenario. We feel proud to say that Nepali has the strong position in Digital world. The powerful posts and union of Nepali citizen in social networking sites is enough to illustrate the digital power of Nepal. 

Regarding the breaking of News, Sports and others, FACEBOOK has been the best media. Lots of people are engaged in it who are totally involved and dedication for the nationality from all the possible ways. Engagement of natives against the hidden colonism of border country is sure to ensure the protection of national sovereignty.

Moreover, Nepali Sports is growing much via digital media. Listening news on sports on Television is very rare because every bulletin has sports news at the end of program. So sports is totally hated by media in case of publishing the sports news. Broadcasting one or two short lengthed program in the television doesn't implies the full dedication of media on Sports. This claims and demands the establishment of Sports television which is awaited much.

ACC T20 Cup 2013 :: TU Ground, Kritipur

In matter of supporting the nation from all the possible way, Nepali stands in front of all other. Despite the poor facility of internet, the involvement of people in the world of networking is sky rocketing. Millions of Nepalese youths are involved in gossip, analysis, talks and so on regarding the various sports happenings. Number of portals are registered for the distribution of sports news to the world. Inauguration of number of portals in the single field is really making the sector of Nepali Sports, a competitive one. This is making the sites more informative in order to reach the thousands of viewers.

Those people who haven't played a cricket is now running a page for the score update, one who haven't any interest in football is now searching more and more pages to like and seize the informations,.... and so on. This is the scenario of Nepali Sports Supporters. The political leaders who have never put their investment in sports are now curious regarding the results of sports. In nutshell, the sports of Nepal is being powerful digitally day by day. The most awaited things is the implementation of all the activities of digital world in real world. Hope the day is very soon to come.

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ACC U-19 Asia Cup 2012

NOTICE :: ACC has changed the initial fixture of match. The updated match fixture of ACC U-19 Asia Cup is as provided. 

Asian Cricket Council is organizing U-19 Asia Cup-2012 from 23rd of June at Malaysia. The detail available of the event is provided:

Venue : Bayuemas Oval, Kinrara Oval, Royal Selangor Club, Selongor Turf Club ::
             Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Date   : 23rd June - 1st Jult

Match Schedule:

GROUPS

.........Group A.........	.........Group B.........
Nepal	Afghanistan
Malaysia	Bangladesh
Pakistan	Sri Lanka
India	Qatar

• 50 overs a side
• Matches starts at 0200 hrs GMT
• Matches at Selangor Turf Club start at 0230 hrs GMT

Date	Matches	Venue	Time(GMT)
June 23rd Saturday	Malaysia Vs India	Kinrara Oval
	Nepal Vs Pakistan	Bayuemas Oval
	Afghanistan Vs Sri Lanka	Bayuemas Oval
	Bangladesh Vs Qatar	Selangor Turf Club
June 24th Sunday	India Vs Pakistan	Kinrara Oval
	Bangladesh Vs Sri Lanka	Bayuemas Oval
	Malaysia Vs Nepal	RSC
	Afghanistan Vs Qatar	STC
June 26th Tuesday	Afghanistan Vs Bangladesh	Kinrara Oval
	India Vs Nepal	Bayuemas
	Qatar Vs Sri Lanka	RSC
	Malaysia Vs Pakistan	STC
June 28th Thursday Semi-Final 1	A1 Vs B2	Kinrara Oval	.........
June 29th Friday Semi-Final 2	A2 Vs B1	Kinrara Oval	.........
July 1st Sunday Final	SF1 Vs SF2	Kinrara Oval	.........

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Player without Nation : Issue of Sharad Veswakar

‘I love scoring goals for England and playing for England. That’s one of the reasons I didn’t retire - I love playing for my country,’ said David Beckham once, despite knowing he would not feature in the future plan of English football team. Arguably, David Beckham is one of the most celebrated names, if you consider European football post 1990s.

Sports psychologists tell you: Pride of playing for the country does make sportsmen run that extra mile, push the barriers a bit further, and makes them feel responsible. Because, in the back of their head, they’re thinking about trying to uplift masses that back them.

But can we imagine a situation where a player plays without a country? Impossible you’d say? Then what is the case of Sharad Vesawkar, one of the mainstays of Nepali Cricket team?

Sharad Veswakar, who has represented Nepal right from Under-15 level to national cricket team, does not have a citizenship of Nepal. Something wrong there? Yours truly says - it’s completely insane. It’s as if he doesn’t exist, except in the record books, where his century for Nepal stands.


Nepal Citizenship Act 2006 says, “Any person born at the time when his father or mother is a citizen of Nepal, shall be a citizen of Nepal by descent.” Furthermore, it adds, “A child born to a Nepali female citizen from marriage with a foreign citizen in Nepal and having permanent domicile in Nepal may be granted naturalized citizenship as prescribed, provided the child has not acquired the citizenship of a foreign country on the basis of citizenship of his father.”

Yes, Veswakar has a Nepali mother and has been residing in the country as far as he can remember. Yet the boy in his mid-twenties is not our own, at least legally. Worse, this is the status WE have given him. We take a lot of pride in collecting hundreds of thousands of rupees to send SMS to India, just to help a Nepali-speaking person become an Indian Idol (It should be noted that yours truly has no malice against Prashant Tamang or his singing). Yet we act indifferent, when somebody takes pride in playing for us and treat him with disdain.

“President is the only person we’ve not spoken to, on this issue. From the rest we’ve already received assurances,” this is what Nepali captain Paras Khadka had to tell this scribe during a conversation some time ago. Just over two years ago, a delegation of cricketers had met Madhav Kumar Nepal, then Prime Minister, to return with a bagful of promises. Two prime ministers later, the issue is just there, while several thousand more - a number of them non-Nepalis - have become ‘proud’ citizens of this country.

Over the years, we’ve seen so many cricketers, who showed a lot of promise at early age, taking to a foreign land, to have a secure future. But this man hasn’t budged. Whether he could not go out or did not wish to - is not the question. The question is: Can’t somebody stand up and say - you’ve done us proud and deserve to be a citizen of this country? Not that giving him citizenship would hurt national coffers.

He told this scribe once, “Whenever the issue is raised, I feel as if it’s a joke. I try not to think about it and focus on my cricket.” But any sane man can understand focus becomes a tad more difficult when you have more serious issues in your head.

Perhaps, it is a joke. Some cruel joke, where he is a victim of his own stardom, for he can’t go and pay a few thousand rupees - just like many do - to become a Nepali citizen. Till he musters up courage to do that, perhaps he will remain a refugee in his own country. For we have a habit of forgetting things - taking it too easy - especially if the issues are related to sports, no matter how important.

But, yours truly wishes his status would change and change for good. No matter how faint, hope remains.

Source : The Kathmandu Post

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Nepal will face Australia, England and Ireland in WCC

Nepal will join the defending champion and host Australia along with 1998 winner England in the Group A of ICC World Cup 2012 to be held in Queensland, Australia.

Scotland, Nepal, Ireland, Afghanistan, PNG and Namibia will join the Full Members at the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup 2012 in Australia are now known following the completion of the qualifying tournament in Ireland. And the team groupings for the 15-day celebration of youth cricket have now also been finalized.

The event will get underway in Queensland exactly one year from today and Scotland will be there as the leading Associate after winning eight of its nine matches during the qualifiers, which took place in Dublin and Derry.

Group B is made up of the last event’s runner-up and two-time winner Pakistan, New Zealand, Scotland and Afghanistan while 2000 and 2008 champion India has been drawn in Group C along with West Indies, Zimbabwe and PNG. Sri Lanka, South Africa, Bangladesh and Namibia make up Group D.

ICC Chief Executive Haroon Lorgat  said: “The ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup is a very important tournament for us and I want to congratulate those six teams who have qualified to take part in Queensland next year.”

“This tournament has proved to be an important stepping stone for elite young cricketers aspiring to play international cricket. It’s an opportunity for them to develop and test their skills in a high-pressure situation against the world’s best at this level,” he added.

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
Australia	Pakistan	India	Sri Lanka
England	New Zealand	West Indies	South Africa
Nepal	Scotland	Zimbabwe	Bangladesh
Ireland	Afghanistan	PNG	Namibia

Best of Luck to all the Gurkhalies, You must make the victory the reality :::

The Nationality developed in Sports :: From Nepal

No person is an exception to this topic. A person who doesn't know Cricket, shows interest at the match if his/her country plays. Same in a person who doesn't know Football loves his/her nation playing in international level of Football Tournament. And this is The Sports Nationality. 

Mikasha's Station strongly places in post by seeing the interest of thousands of Nepali supporters clattering in social networking sites with thousands of comments and likes. There was no media to broadcast the live score except ESPN which was malfunctioning in many of the matches. At such critical condition, Nepali supporters broke the stone and searched different places and found NRN-Ireland which regularly went providing the most quick update, quicker than any other so called ESPN. Mikasha's Station too in collaboration with NRN-Ireland has broadcasted the live score event as a result of which we are much more impressed. We were impressed by the love of Nepali supporters towards their team despite their economic and technical difficulties. 

Nepal Government is thousands step behind the Nepalese. No Nepali media came ahead to broadcast the event. In this globalized world it would be easier to telecast the event via Communication Satellite but it was discarded by all the medias. Nepal Television (NTV) holding the paid authority to telecast the event was also found very late on updating the event. Mikasha's Station on Facebook as Score Breaker and on Twitter as @Mikasha judged the devotion of Nepali towards their Sports Team. 

The supporters were neither supporting the Cricket nor the Football but their National Team. A Nepali being frustrated with Football event was found cheering and exposing the pain of defeat which was supposed to heal with the result of Cricket. They were found wishing the treatment of Defeat in Football by the Victory in Cricket. 

This is the good sign to bright Sports Future. Is the unity of Nepali in International Event for other's defeat against them. It can certainly stood as a news in near future which will surely poke the Government of Nepal to do something for Sports, to build the infrastructure and develop new profession. 

Thank you!

Nepal Qualifies for ICC U-19 World Cup @ Australia - 2012

On a day when rains affected all but one game, plenty of action was witnessed as the jostling for the final six spots to qualify for the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup to be held next year in Australia heated up.

Hosts Ireland featured in another last over finish, this time against Nepal at the Bready Cricket Club. Nepal batted first and was restricted to 187 for seven in 46 overs as rains forced reduction in the number of overs. Ireland skipper George Dockrell picked up 3-15 even as Sagar Pun made 50 off 100 balls with three boundaries and a six.

Boundary :: 4 (Nepal)

In the chase, the home team lost early wickets, but Dockrell (55: 86b, 3×4) and Adam Coughlan (48:86b, 1×4) added 107 runs for the fifth wicket.

Once the partnership was broken, the chase fell apart. Nepal’s left-arm spinner Rahul Vishvakarma picked up four wickets in the final over to bowl out Ireland for 175 and earned his side a 10-run win.

Dockrell’s all-round effort earned him the Man of the Match award, but the skipper was a disappointed man: “We bowled well to restrict them, but they got a few runs towards the end which helped them a lot. The match was in the balance and we seemed to be getting close. But we lost wickets towards the end. We still have two more games to end the tournament well.”

ICC MEDIA Report

Full Scorecard:

Nepal 187 (46 overs maximum)		R	B	4s	6s	SR
SP Khakurel	c †Hodgins b Getkate	5	7	1	0	71.42
Sagar Pun	c Getkate b Dockrell	50	100	3	1	50.00
NB Budayair	c McCarter b Getkate	0	2	0	0	0.00
P Baskota*	b Dockrell	18	35	2	0	51.42
R Pulami Magar	c †Hodgins b Coughlan	8	33	0	1	24.24
P Airee†	c †Hodgins b Coughlan	9	18	2	0	50.00
K Karki	c McCarter b Dockrell	35	60	1	0	58.33
RK Vishvakarma	not out	38	19	3	2	200.00
RK Shrivastavav	not out	3	3	0	0	100.00
Extras	(lb 3, w 17, nb 1)	21
Total	(7 wickets; 46 overs)	187	(4.06 runs per over)

Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Khakurel, 1.1 ov), 2-5 (Budayair, 1.3 ov), 2-34* (Baskota, retired not out, 9.4 ov), 3-57 (Pulami Magar, 19.3 ov), 4-75 (Airee, 23.5 ov), 5-134 (Sagar Pun, 40.2 ov), 6-146 (K Karki, 42.1 ov), 7-162 (Baskota, 44.2 ov)

Ireland (target: 186 runs from 46 overs)		R	B	4s	6s	SR
ARM Berry	b Karn	0	8	0	0	0.00
JB van der Merwe	st †Airee b Baskota	29	51	5	0	56.86
AR McBrine	c †Airee b B Karki	10	32	0	0	31.25
GR Adair	b B Karki	0	2	0	0	0.00
GH Dockrell*	c †Airee b Karn	55	86	3	0	63.95
ASA Coughlan	run out	48	86	1	0	55.81
SC Getkate	c Baskota b Vishvakarma	4	6	0	0	66.66
GJ McCarter	c Shrivastavav b Vishvakarma	4	4	0	0	100.00
BJ McCarthy	st †Airee b Vishvakarma	0	1	0	0	0.00
S Campbell	c Budayair b Vishvakarma	2	2	0	0	100.00
NDS Hodgins†	not out	0	0	0	0	-
Extras	(lb 11, nb 12)	23
Total	(all out; 46 overs)	175	(3.80 runs per over)

Fall of wickets: 1-6 (Berry, 2.3 ov), 2-47 (McBrine, 13.4 ov), 3-47 (Adair, 13.6 ov), 4-54 (van der Merwe, 16.2 ov), 5-161 (Coughlan, 42.5 ov), 6-167 (Dockrell, 44.2 ov), 7-172 (McCarter, 45.1 ov), 8-173 (McCarthy, 45.3 ov), 9-175 (Campbell, 45.5 ov), 10-175 (Getkate, 45.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
A Karn	7	2	25	2	3.57	(3w)
K Karki	5	0	21	0	4.20	(1w)
B Karki	9	1	28	2	3.11	(2w)
P Baskota	10	0	36	1	3.60	(2w)
RK Vishvakarma	9	0	28	4	3.11	(1w)
Sagar Pun	5	0	22	0	4.40	(1w)
RK Shrivastavav	1	0	4	0	4.00	(1w)

Source : CricNepal.com