14 Membered Squad Announced for WCL Division 3

Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) has announced 14 membered squad for the upcoming Pepsi World Cricket League Division 3. 

Pepsi WCL Division 3 will be hosted in Kuala Lampur, Malaysia from 23rd October to 30th October 2014. Initially, ICC has scheduled Division 3 to be hosted in Uganda but visualizing the threat of Ebola Epidemic on the periphery of Uganda, the decision has been amended. 

The 14 membered Nepali Squad comprises !
1. Paras Khadka (C)
2. Gyanendra Malla (VC)
3. Subash Khakurel (WK)
4. Sharad Vesawkar
5. Shakti Prasad Gauchan
6. Basanta Regmi
7. Binod Bhandari
8. Sompal Kami
9. Sagar Pun
10. Mehboob Alam
11. Bhuwan Karki
12. Aarif Sheikh
13. Naresh Budhayer
14. Amrit Bhattarai

In the above listed squad, Amrit Bhattarai is back almost after the year. The last game he played was against Afghanistan at Sharjah on T20 Qualifiers. 

Along with Nepal and the host Malaysia, the teams participating in WCL Division 3 are, Uganda, USA, Bermuda and Singapore. 

Nepal will play its first match against Uganda on 23rd October. 

Top 2 teams will proceed to Division 2, Last 2 will relegate to Division 4 and the rest will remain unchanged after the tournament. 

ICC to limit the Regional Cricket Bodies

The ICC will take direct control of all regional cricketing activities across the world by limiting involvement of regional bodies, the ACC CEO Syed Ashraful Huq has said. The cutoff date is the end of 2015, after which the future of bodies like the Asian Cricket Council will be uncertain.

The future tournaments will be in doubt if
the ICC limits the influence of regional bodies

"I think they don't want to abolish the ACC wholly, but minimize the activities," Huq told the BBC Bangla Service. "It is not just the ACC but all the regional bodies - Africa, Europe, North and South America and Asia-Pacific - which will be directly controlled by the ICC.

"Twenty-one countries, apart from Test-playing countries, from Saudi Arabia to China - we have been working in their development work - coaches, umpiring and other areas of cricket. We have U16, U19, Challenge Cup, Premier Cup, but whether all these will stay or not, I am not really sure.

"[The change] is still in a discussion phase. We have been told unofficially that our activities will continue till the end of 2015. The commercial contract of the ICC will end at that time, so what will happen after that no one really knows. The ACC will remain as an organisation on paper. The headquarters might not stay."

According to Huq, the ICC will do the development work of all non-Test playing nations, as part of their vision to streamline cricket activities across the world. He questioned the Big Three's plan to downsize the global game, and felt that cricket would lose out to other sports. "The ICC is going to directly be in charge of the development work in the non-Test playing nations, something that we have been doing," Huq said. "I don't know what good it will bring by taking out the regional body. In the last World T20, four of the six non-Test playing nations were from Asia. It is the direct result of what we have been doing over the years.

"The ICC is being controlled by three countries - India, Australia and England. What they are saying is that there is no need for so many nations playing cricket. There are ten Test-playing nations and eight or 10 other nations that play cricket, but they feel that spending so much on the others is not bringing the desired results.

"But the fact is that they don't want to run cricket in many countries. I think we should focus on globalisation. Our main competitor is football but if we can't make all countries play cricket, how can we call it a global sport?"

Extract : espncricinfo.com

Nepali Cricket Squad Declared for Close Camp :: Asian Games

Arun Aryal 

Cricket Association of Nepal has declared woman and man's cricket team for close camp with 19 members in each camp. 17th Asia Games is going to be hosted by South Korea from 20th of September to 4th of October 2014. Paras Khadka from men's team and Rubina Chhetri from women's team will lead the Nepali Cricket Team.

Pubudu Dassanayke, whose tenure has been extended by 1 years by the cabinet meeting won't be coaching the squad this time. CAN had announced the name of Arun Aryal as the National Coach during the Asian Games.

Aryal, who will be coaching the current squad for the Asian Games had the experience of coaching Nepal Army team. Under this guidance, Nepal army have won the Senior Level Domestic T20 title.

Following are the name of the players who will be competing to secure the place in the final squad from men's and women's national representatives!

Men's Close Camp :
1.  Paras Khadka
2. Gyanendra Malla
3. Sharad Vesawkar
4. Subash Khakurel
5. Shakti Gauchan
6. Sagar Pun
7. Sompal Kami

Mehboob Alam's 10 Wickets History :

Mehboob Alam, the Nepali Cricket Legend,  is the earliest bowler to take all 10 wickers within limited overs in an ODI match. This world record was registered in his name when Nepal stunned Mozambique on 25th May 2008 during World Cricket League Division 5 Group A matches played at Grainville, St. Saviour (neutral venue). 

Nepal Vs Mozambique, WCL Div 5, 2008 season :: SUMMARY

Mehboob Alam; From his official Facebook Profile

Mozambique, winning the toss choose to field first. Nepali Squad was invited to bat on the first inning. Nepal made the total 238/7 off 50 overs at 4.76 RPO. Gyanendra Malla contributed 71 off 152 balls, Paras Khadka 44 off 55 balls, Shakti Gauchan 34 off 89 balls, Mehboob Alam 23 off 25 balls played and so on  by the other players. 

On the interesting second inning of the match, Mozambique was stunned by the outstanding bowling action of Mehboob Alam who took all the 10 wickets within the small sctotal 19 runs). Kaleem Shah scored 9 runs and Shoaib Younis scores 2 runs. Beside these 2 played none were able to score a single run. This inning lasted for 14.5 overs where Alam bowled for 7.5 overs with 1 MAIDEN, 12 RUNS and 10 WICKETS. Alam took 4 LBWs, 5 OUT and a CAUGHT behind. 

ore of just 11 runs plus 8 extra (

SCORECARD DETAILS :

Nepali Cricket's Int'l Tournament 2013

The year 2012 brought beams of hope to both the Nepal and non-Nepali regarding the boosting status of Nepali Cricket. Nepali Cricketers have been proving themselves as the tough competitors to the renowned cricket teams of non-Test Playing nations. This type of aptitude will surely aid this nation to place in test-playing nations's category but lots of steps are necessary before grasping that height. 

The image below clearly shows the international cricket tournament belonging to Nepal in year 2013 :

Cricket Tournaments 2013

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ICC U-19 World Cup, 2012

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Nepali Squad : ICC U-19 World Cup Cricket, 2012 Australia

The squad of Nepali Players for upcoming ICC U-19 World Cup as announced by CAN.

Prithu Baskota ( Captain )
Pradeep Airee ( Vice Captain )
Naresh Budhaayer
Mahamad Hasim Ansari
Bhuban Karki
Krishna Karki
Avinash Karn
Saurabh Khanal
Rahul Kumar Vishwakarma
Rajesh Pulani
Subash Khakurel
Sagar Pun
Fajlur Rahman
Ramnaresh Giri
Gopal Singh

Reserve Players 

1. Surendra Chand

2. Pawan Shrestha

3. Rupesh Shrivastav

4. Prajesh Bahadur Sing

Coach – Pubudu Dassanayake
Assistant Coach – Jagat Tamata
Team manager – Kiran Rana

Pepsi ICC World Cricket League Division 4 2012

Malaysia as the neutral venue of world circket with high infrastructure has the series of tournaments to be hosted. After the hosting of last U-19 Asia Cup, it is going to host World Cricket League Division 4 of ICC which is the most conveinent way for the participants to make their position in World Cup 2015. 

As the latest information given by ICC, the tournament will be held from 3rd to September to the 10th of September 2012. 

ICC World Cricket League

Nepal, Denmark, Malaysia(Host), Singapore, Tanzania and USA are the participants among whose top 2 will be upgraded to Division 3. The match of Division 3 will be organized on 2013. This Division League is the best way for the cricket nations to secure their seats in World Cricket Cup. 

Kinrara Oval, Selangor Turk Club, Royal Selangor Club are the three stadiums on which the matches will be played. The fixture of this match will be uploaded as soon as it is declared by ICC. Stay close with Mikasha Station for Live Score update. 

                         Venue : Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
                    Dates : 3rd - 10th September 2012
                    Teams : Nepal, Denmark, Malaysia, Singapore, Tanzania, USA

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ICC Under 19 World Cup 2012 :: Fixtures

Match Fixtures

Date and Time	Match	Weather
Sat Aug 11 23:30 GMT (prev day) | 09:30 local 05:00 IST	1st Match, Group A - Australia Under-19s v England Under-19s Tony Ireland Stadium, Townsville	N/A
Sat Aug 11 23:30 GMT (prev day) | 09:30 local 05:00 IST	2nd Match, Group C - Papua New Guinea Under-19s v Zimbabwe Under-19s Endeavour Park, Townsville	N/A
Sat Aug 11 23:30 GMT (prev day) | 09:30 local 05:00 IST	3rd Match, Group D - Bangladesh Under-19s v Sri Lanka Under-19s Allan Border Field, Brisbane	N/A
Sat Aug 11 23:30 GMT (prev day) | 09:30 local 05:00 IST	4th Match, Group B - Afghanistan Under-19s v Pakistan Under-19s John Blanck Oval, Buderim	N/A
Sun Aug 12 23:30 GMT (prev day) | 09:30 local 05:00 IST	5th Match, Group D - Bangladesh Under-19s v South Africa Under-19s Allan Border Field, Brisbane	N/A
Sun Aug 12 23:30 GMT (prev day) | 09:30 local 05:00 IST	6th Match, Group B - New Zealand Under-19s v Scotland Under-19s John Blanck Oval, Buderim	N/A
Sun Aug 12 23:30 GMT (prev day) | 09:30 local 05:00 IST	7th Match, Group C - India Under-19s v West Indies Under-19s Tony Ireland Stadium, Townsville	N/A
Sun Aug 12 23:30 GMT (prev day) | 09:30 local 05:00 IST	8th Match, Group A - England Under-19s v Ireland Under-19s Endeavour Park, Townsville	N/A
Mon Aug 13 23:30 GMT (prev day) | 09:30 local 05:00 IST	10th Match, Group B - Pakistan Under-19s v Scotland Under-19s Kev Hackney Oval, Buderim	N/A
Mon Aug 13 23:30 GMT (prev day) | 09:30 local 05:00 IST	11th Match, Group A - Australia Under-19s v Nepal Under-19s Tony Ireland Stadium, Townsville	N/A
Mon Aug 13 23:30 GMT (prev day) | 09:30 local 05:00 IST	12th Match, Group C - Papua New Guinea Under-19s v West Indies Under-19s Endeavour Park, Townsville	N/A
Mon Aug 13 23:30 GMT (prev day) | 09:30 local 05:00 IST	9th Match, Group D - Namibia Under-19s v Sri Lanka Under-19s Allan Border Field, Brisbane	N/A
Tue Aug 14 23:30 GMT (prev day) | 09:30 local 05:00 IST	13th Match, Group D - Namibia Under-19s v South Africa Under-19s Peter Burge Oval, Brisbane	N/A
Tue Aug 14 23:30 GMT (prev day) | 09:30 local 05:00 IST	14th Match, Group B - Afghanistan Under-19s v New Zealand Under-19s Kev Hackney Oval, Buderim	N/A
Tue Aug 14 23:30 GMT (prev day) | 09:30 local 05:00 IST	15th Match, Group C - India Under-19s v Zimbabwe Under-19s Tony Ireland Stadium, Townsville	N/A
Tue Aug 14 23:30 GMT (prev day) | 09:30 local 05:00 IST	16th Match, Group A - Australia Under-19s v Ireland Under-19s Endeavour Park, Townsville	N/A
Wed Aug 15 23:30 GMT (prev day) | 09:30 local 05:00 IST	17th Match, Group D - Sri Lanka Under-19s v South Africa Under-19s Peter Burge Oval, Brisbane	N/A
Wed Aug 15 23:30 GMT (prev day) | 09:30 local 05:00 IST	18th Match, Group B - Afghanistan Under-19s v Scotland Under-19s John Blanck Oval, Buderim	N/A
Wed Aug 15 23:30 GMT (prev day) | 09:30 local 05:00 IST	19th Match, Group A - Ireland Under-19s v Nepal Under-19s Endeavour Park, Townsville	N/A
Thu Aug 16 23:30 GMT (prev day) | 09:30 local 05:00 IST	20th Match, Group D - Bangladesh Under-19s v Namibia Under-19s Peter Burge Oval, Brisbane	N/A
Thu Aug 16 23:30 GMT (prev day) | 09:30 local 05:00 IST	21st Match, Group B - New Zealand Under-19s v Pakistan Under-19s John Blanck Oval, Buderim	N/A
Thu Aug 16 23:30 GMT (prev day) | 09:30 local 05:00 IST	22nd Match, Group A - England Under-19s v Nepal Under-19s Tony Ireland Stadium, Townsville	N/A
Thu Aug 16 23:30 GMT (prev day) | 09:30 local 05:00 IST	23rd Match, Group C - India Under-19s v Papua New Guinea Under-19s Endeavour Park, Townsville	N/A
Thu Aug 16 23:30 GMT (prev day) | 09:30 local 05:00 IST	24th Match, Group C - West Indies Under-19s v Zimbabwe Under-19s Endeavour Park No 2, Townsville	N/A

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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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 :::

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