Nepal beat Kuwait In ACC T20 Cup 2011,scorecard

ACC T20 Cup 2011

Kathmandu – Nepal won a nail-biting thriller against Kuwait by just 1 run in a must win match today at TU Ground.
Nepal bowlers tried everything to restrict Kuwait below the target but the match came to the wire at the last over. Prithu Baskota was given the ball and he gave SIX in his first ball, then wicket off a wide ball. He gave 3 wides in a row. It was wicket again in his second ball, a single in his third. Azmatullah Nazeer then hit fourth ball out of the boundary. The pressure was on both the team.
With last wicket needed and 2 runs needed off 2 balls, Prithu then delivered what was expected by a large audience and the team. Khakurel broke the stump of Nazeer and Nepal won the match by 1 run.
Saud Qamar’s 39 off 42 balls (3 fours, 1 six) couldnot save the defeat. Captain Azmatullah Nazeer tried pull back at the end hitting 12 off 5 balls (1 four, 1 six) but the luck didn’t favor them today.
Paras Khadka & Basanta Regmi took two wickets each while Man of the Match Prithu Baskota took 3 wickets.
Before, Kuwait invited Nepal for batting on a chilly morning. Nepal had a good start with the Openers Subash Khakurel and Anil Mandal. They had a 49 runs stand today. Wicket keeper Subash was the top scorer for Nepal. He made 40 runs off 32 balls, 8 fours but was leg before off Abdullah Akhunzada.
Gyanendra Malla (16 off 22 balls), Prithu Baskota (16 off 16 balls), M. Alam (14 off 8 balls) were the performance of Nepali batters today. Paras Khadka went for a duck. While, unbeaten Basanta Regmi scored 10 off 7 balls with 1 six closed the innings for Nepal.
At the end of 20 overs, Nepal posted a challenging total of 126/6. Mohammed Asghar & Abdullah Akhunzada took two wickets each for Kuwait.
A large number of spectators around 7,000 attended the Tribhuvan University Ground to cheer their home team.
Nepal will face Saudi Arabia tomorrow in a must win situation to reach the semi-finals of the tournament and book a place in 16 team ICC World 20 Qualifiers provided Hongkong lose to UAE.
Nepal vs Kuwait Full scorecard ACC T20 cup 2011

Asian Cricket Council Twenty20 Cup

Nepal vs Kuwait

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at Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur

Kuwait won the toss and elected to bowl first.

Nepal won by 1 run

Batting - Nepal 1st innings		Runs	B	4's	6's	S/R
Khakurel+	lbw Abdullah Akhunzada	40	32	8	0	125
Mandal	c Yasar Idrees b Mohammed Asghar	9	20	1	0	45
Malla	st Roshantha b Abdullah Akhunzada	16	22	0	0	72.73
Khadka*	c Mohammed Irfan b Mohammed Asghar	0	5	0	0	0
Baskota	st Roshantha b Azmatullah Nazeer	16	16	1	0	100
Alam	c Yasar Idrees b Ali Zaheer	14	8	0	1	175
B Regmi	not out	10	7	0	1	142.86
Bhandari	not out	8	11	0	0	72.73
Bhattarai		0	0	0	0	0
S Regmi		0	0	0	0	0
Airee		0	0	0	0	0
Extras	(b 0, lb 2, w 10, nb 1, pen )	13
Total	(20.0 overs , 6 wickets )	126   ( 6.3 runs per over)

Fall of wickets: 1 - 49 (Mandal, 7.4), 2 - 54 (Khakurel, 8.3), 3 - 55 (Khadka, 9.4), 4 - 87 (Baskota, 15.2), 5 - 102 (Alam, 16.5), 6 - 104 (Malla, 17.2)

Bowling O M R W Econ Mohammad Murad 2 0 21 0 10.50 (1nb, 3w) YCLGW Gedara 2 0 13 0 6.50 (2w) Azmatullah Nazeer 4 0 27 1 6.75 (2w) Mohammed Asghar 4 0 17 2 4.25 Abdullah Akhunzada 4 0 16 2 4.00 Ali Zaheer 4 0 30 1 7.50 (1w)

Batting - Kuwait 1st innings		Runs	B	4's	6's	S/R
Mohammed Asghar	c Airee b Khadka	9	6	2	0	150
Yasar Idrees	b B Regmi	21	21	3	0	100
Mohammed Irfan	run out ( Bhattarai )	11	7	2	0	157.14
Saud Qamar	st Khakurel b Baskota	39	42	3	1	92.86
Roshantha+	run out ( Khadka )	11	10	1	0	110
Haroon Shahid	c & b S Regmi	6	5	0	0	120
Mohammad Murad	b Khadka	8	17	0	0	47.06
Abdullah Akhunzada	b B Regmi	1	3	0	0	33.33
Azmatullah Nazeer*	st Khakurel b Baskota	12	5	1	1	240
Ali Zaheer	lbw Baskota	0	1	0	0	0
Gedara	not out	1	1	0	0	100
Extras	(b 1, lb 1, w 4, nb 0, pen )	6
Total	(19.5 overs , 10 wickets )	125   ( 6.41 runs per over)

Fall of wickets: 1 - 11 (Mohammed Asghar, 1.3), 2 - 34 (Mohammed Irfan, 4.3), 3 - 49 (Yasar Idrees, 6.4), 4 - 68 (Roshantha, 10.2), 5 - 76 (Haroon Shahid, 11.6), 6 - 93 (Mohammad Murad, 16.6), 7 - 100 (Abdullah Akhunzada, 17.6), 8 - 117 (Saud Qamar, 19.1), 9 - 118 (Ali Zaheer, 19.2), 10 - 125 (Azmatullah Nazeer, 19.5)

Bowling O M R W Econ A Bhattarai 4 0 25 0 6.25 P Khadka 4 0 23 2 5.75 B Regmi 4 0 22 2 5.50 S Regmi 4 0 25 1 6.25 (1w) M Alam 2 0 11 0 5.50 P Baskota 1.5 0 17 3 9.27 (3w)

Match details
Toss: Kuwait won the toss and elected to bowl first.
Umpires: Ashwani Rana and Sanjay Sarda
Referee: S Sarkar

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CAN shortlists Dasanayake, Senanayake & Habib as Nepali Cricket Coach

Pubudu Dasanayake, Sri Lanka´s former Test cricketer is all set to take the charge of coaching Nepali team. Dasanayake with another Sri Lankan cricketer Charith Senanayake and England cricketer of Pakistini origin Aftab Habib have been shortlisted by CAN technical committee led by Vice President Shree Harsha Koirala.

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According to a CAN source, Dasanayake had sought $ 10000 per month to take the charge of Nepali cricket but later settled for $ 5000 per month. “We´d discussed different names in the technical committee meeting and I´d suggested that the coach above fourty could be outdated and unaware of latest technology,” said General Secretary Paneru.
Dasanayake, 41, had played 11 Test and 16 One-Day-International matches for Sri Lanka and also played 108 First Class matches. Previously, He was coaching Canadian national team for the last four years. Dasanayake, former wicketkeeper batsman, was successful coach for Canada as the team qualified for the World Cup 2011 under his guidance.
Dasanayake will be the second Sri Lankan coach for Nepal if CAN appoints him. Former Sri Lankan cricketer Roy Luke Dias was first SL Coach for Nepal who returned to home on December after completing his 9-year long tenure in Nepal.
Dasanayake had debuted against South Africa in 1993 in Test and scored 196 runs in 17 innings with an average of 13.06. He had scored 85 runs in 16 ODI-s for Sri Lanka. In 2001, Dasanayake moved to Canada and played for the Canadian team. He was captain of Canada in 2005. He was appointed provisional coach in 2007 and later given the full charge of the Canadian team.
Meanwhile, Charith Senanayake, 49, played three Test and seven ODI matches. He had made his Test debut in 1991 against New Zealand. Senanayake was team manager of Sri Lankan cricket team in 2008.
English Cricketer, Habib is a familiar name for Nepali cricketers. He had played two Test matches against New Zealand and he coached Hong Kong in 2007. Under his guidance Hong Kong won ACC Trophy Elite Cup held in Malaysia in 2008 and ACC U-19 Elite Cup held in Kuwait 2009.

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Nepal joins Australia & England in ICC U19 WC 2012

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

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Nepal’s fixtures for U19 World cup Qualifier tournament

KATHMANDU: Nepal U19 team will face their art rivals – Afghanistan, in the opening match of the ICC Under-19 World Cup qualifiers to be held on Ireland from July 28.
International Cricket Council (ICC) has already decided to scrap the format from next year, this will be the final opportunity for these 10 nations — two each from five continents — to make it to the ICC event through qualifiers.
Nepal are preparing for the 10-team round robin qualifiers under coach Jagat Tamata. Top six nations will make it to the ICC U-19 World Cup to be held in 2012.
After the match against Afghanistan, Nepal will face Scotland the next day. Nepal will play against Kenya on June 31 before facing Vanuatu on August 1. Nepal are scheduled to take on Canada on August 3 before playing three back-to-back matches against Namibia, Ireland and Papua New Guinea from August 5. Nepal will wrap up the campaign with a match against the United States of America on August 9.
Nepal have already picked a 18-member squad under the captaincy of Prithu Baskota, who led the team to runner-up finish in the U-19 Elite Cup behind Afghanistan in Thailand earlier this year.
Nepal’s fixtures for the tournament:
• July 28 vs Afghanistan
• July 29 vs Scotland
• July 31 vs Kenya
• August 1 vs Vanuatu
• August 3 vs Canada
• August 5 vs Namibia
• August 6 vs Ireland
• August 7 vs PNG
• August 9 vs USA

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Fixtures and Squads ICC U19 Cricket World Cup Qualifier

The International Cricket Council (ICC) today announced the 14-man squads for the 10 teams participating in ICC U19 Cricket World Cup Qualifier in Ireland. Host Ireland will be joined by teams from Afghanistan, Canada, Kenya, Namibia, Nepal, Papua New Guinea (PNG), Scotland, United States of America (USA) and Vanuatu.
The top six sides of the tournament, which will be played from 28 July to 9 August, will qualify for a place at the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup to be held in Australia next year. The 10 ICC Full Members automatically qualify.
The tournament will be played on 14 grounds in Dublin and the North-West, namely Merrion, The Hills, North County, Leinster, Clontarf, YMCA, Oakhill, Coleraine, Bready 1, Bready 2, Limavady, Strabane, Eglinton and Drummond.
The full squads are as follows:
Afghanistan: Shir M. Shirzi (captain), M Jawed Ahmadi, Mohammad Y. Ahmadzai, Nasir J. Ahmadzai, Younas K. Ahmadzai, Aftab Alam, Abdur R Mangal, Abdul R.K. Naseri, Mohibullah Paak, Rahmatullah Sahaq, Hashmatullah Shaidi, Sayed A. Shirzad, Najibullah Zadran, Afsar K. Zazai
Canada: Kevasan Juvarajan (captain), Tristan Ali, Maninder Aulakh, Suddepta Aurka, Gurkaran Dhilon, Nikil Dhutta, Kyle Edghill, Nitish Kumar, Trevor Manoosingh, Rayankhan Pathan, Sarren Ramsany, Jobanjot Singh Sidhu, Akass Shah, Akhlas Umar
Ireland: George Dockrell (captain), George Adair, Richard Berry, Scott Campbell, Adam Coughlan, Shane Getake, Niall Hodgins, Ryan Hunter, Hugh MacDonnell, Andrew McBrine, Graeme McCarter, Barry McCarthy, Sam Shannon, Jason van der Marwe
Kenya: Kennedy Ochieng (captain), Duncan Allan, Harrison Angila, Jignesh Hirani, Irfan Karim, Martin Ndandason, Joseph Ochieng, Rushabhvardhan Patel, Emmanuel Ringera, Raj Savala, Raj Shikotra, Vinit Shikotra, Siddhant Taneja, Rahul Vishram
Namibia: Stephen Baard (captain), Justin Baard, Luke Bolton, Christopher Coombe, Jason Davidson, Andre Engelbrecht, Gerhard Erasmus, Shalako Groenewald, Zhivago Groenewald, Gert Lotter, Tangeni Lungameni, Pelham Myburgh, Wian van vuuren, Johan Wessels
Nepal: Prithu Baskota (captain), Pradeep Airee, Naresh B. Budhaayer, Bhuban Karki, Krishna Karki, Avinash Karn, Subash P. Khakurel, Nischal Pandey, Shubhendi Pandey, Rajesh Pulami Magar, Sagar Pun, Fajlur Rahman, Rupesh K. Shrivastav, Rahul K. Vishwakarma
PNG: Christopher Kent (captain), Charles Amini, Dogodo Bau, Sese Bau, Nigel Boge, Albert Geita, Raymond Haoda, Gia Kelly, Raturima Maha, Alei Nao, Vagi Oala, Lega Siaka, Toua Tom, Norman Vanua
Scotland: Patrick Saddler (captain), Frederick Coleman, Matthew Cross, Henry Edwards, Peter Legget, Anjandeep Luthra, Thomas McBride, Scott McElnea, Ross McLean, Samuel Page, Peter Ross, , Kyle Smith, Stanley Shillington, Aman Bailwal
USA: Gregory Sewdial (captain), Salman Ahmad, Shayan Abdul Ghani, Abhijit Joshi, Cameron Mirza, Prashanth Nair, Mital Patel, Amarnauth Persaud, Gurpreet Sandhu, Hammad Shahid, Jodhbir Singh, Trevor Singh, Pranay Suri, Steven Taylor
Vanuatu: Patrick Matautaava (captain), Ravin Arutambean, Kaluwin Bangalini, Callum Blake, Jelany Chilia, Worford Kalworai, Kendy Kenneth, Nalin Nipiko, Jamal Ngwango, Joshua Rasu, Shem Sala, Jaxies Samuel, Apolinaire Stephen, Ronald Tari
The full schedule for ICC U19 CWCQ 2011 is as follows:
Fixtures
26 July ? Scheduled team arrivals
27 July ? Practice
28 July: Kenya v Vanuatu (Merrion), Namibia v PNG (The Hills), Scotland v Canada (North County), Afghanistan v Nepal (Leinster), Ireland v USA (Clontarf)
29 July: Ireland v Afghanistan (North County), Nepal v Scotland (Merrion), Canada v Kenya (The Hills), Vanuatu v Namibia (YMCA), PNG v USA (Leinster)
30 July: Rest/Reserve Day
31 July: USA v Namibia (North County), Vanuatu v Canada (Merrion), Kenya v Nepal (Railway Union), Ireland v Scotland (The Hills), Afghanistan v PNG (Leinster)
1 August: Nepal v Vanuatu (YMCA), Namibia v Canada (North County), USA v Afghanistan (The Hills), PNG v Scotland (Oakhill), Ireland v Kenya (Leinster)
2 August: Travel Day
3 August: Ireland v Vanuatu (Coleraine), Canada v Nepal (Bready), Namibia v Afghanistan (Limavady), Kenya v PNG (Strabane), Scotland v USA (Eglinton)
4 August: Rest/Reserve Day
5 August: Afghanistan v Scotland (Strabane), Kenya v USA (Bready), PNG v Vanuatu (Bready 2), Ireland v Canada (Limavady), Nepal v Namibia (Drummond)
6 August: Canada v ONG (Eglinton), Vanuatu v USA (Drummond), Ireland v Nepal (Bready), Scotland v Namibia (Bready 2), Kenya v Afghanistan (Limavady)
7 August: Scotland v Kenya (Eglinton), PNG v Nepal (Coleraine), USA v Canada (Bready 2), Afghanistan v Vanuatu (Bready), Ireland v Namibia (Strabane)
8 August: Rest/Reserve Day
9 August: Namibia v Kenya (Drummond), Ireland v PNG (Eglinton), Vanuatu v Scotland (Coleraine), Nepal v USA (Limavady), Canada v Afghanistan (Strabane)
All games begin at 1045 local time
Sushil Poudel ...Espnlivecricket.blogspot.com

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