KATHMANDU, Jan 21: The Non-Resident Nepalese Association (NRNA) has provided one million rupees to the Nepali national cricket team participating in the T20 World Cup. The cash was handed over to Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) authorities at a program held on Saturday at the NRNA, headquarters in Baluwatar, Kathmandu.

KATHMANDU, Nov 7: Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) has announced the preliminary squad for the four-nation T-20 series to be held in Hong Kong. CAN announced a 22-player squad for the Hong Kong series through a statement on Tuesday.

KATHMANDU, Sept 24: The newly-elected Chairman of Cricket Association of Nepal, Chatur Bahadur Chand, has said that challenges galore to take Nepali cricket team to the height that of neighboring countries India and Pakistan.

KATHMANDU, Aug 6: The Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) has appointed former Indian cricketer Devika Palshikar as the consultant coach of the Nepali national women cricket team. The appointment takes place at a time when Nepal is preparing for the 2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier.

KATHMANDU, August 1: The Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) has selected 24 players for the Asia Qualifiers of the ICC Women's T20 World Cup, which is scheduled to take place in Malaysia from August 28 to September 6.

KATHMANDU, May 23: Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) has announced the preliminary name-list of Nepali national cricket team to take part in the ICC One Day World Cup qualifiers to be held in Zimbabwe.

KATHMANDU, Feb 16: The Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) of Nepal Police has recommended the public prosecutors to file cases against 12 individuals found guilty in the ‘spot fixing’ scam in the Nepal T-20 League, which concluded last month at Tribhuvan University Cricket Ground.

POKHARA, Feb 1: President of the Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN), Chatur Bahadur Chand has stated that the demand to seek the resignation of the Working Committee is not justified. During a press conference organized in Pokhara on Wednesday to publicize the decisions taken by CAN board the previous day, he made it clear that there was no reason to ask for the resignation of the committee.

KATHMANDU, Jan 29: A group of seven central members from the Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) has called for the Executive Committee to step down, accusing them of creating conditions that led to serious offenses, such as spot-fixing, during the Nepal T-20 League.

KATHMANDU, Jan 28: The Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) has announced a preliminary squad of 28 players for Nepal’s tri-series against Namibia and Scotland in February under the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup League-2. Team Nepal’s suspended captain Sandeep Lamichhane, who is facing a court case for raping a minor but was recently released from prison on bail, has not been included in the squad.

KATHMANDU, Jan 21: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CIB) of Nepal Police has concluded that there was match-fixing in the T-20 cricket league organised recently by the Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN).

KATHMANDU, Nov 12: The Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) has appointed Rohit Kumar Paudel as the new captain of the national team. The post of captain of the national team fell vacant after Sandeep Lamichhane was suspended after he faced allegation of raping a minor.

KATHMANDU, Sept 8: The Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) has said it would not initiate any investigation immediately on Captain of the National Cricket Team, Sandeep Lamichhane, regarding the allegation involving rape of a minor.

KATHMANDU, August 8: The Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) appointed former Indian cricketer Manoj Prabhakar as the head coach of the national team on Monday. The post of head coach was vacant after the resignation of Pubudu Dassanayake.

KATHMANDU, June 13: The Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) has announced a 15-member team under the captainship of Rubina Chhetri for the upcoming ACC Women's T20 Cricket Championship.

KATHMANDU, Aug 21: The Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) is preparing to insure the players of the national cricket team against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

KATHMANDU, Feb 4: Nepal head coach Umesh Patwal has tendered his resignation to the International Cricket Council (ICC) and the Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) on Monday, according to sources.

KATHMANDU, Oct 2: The International Cricket Council (ICC) has welcomed the recently concluded elections to elect new leadership of the suspended Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) and described the latest progress as ‘momentous development’.

KATHMANDU, Sept 28: Chatur Bahadur Chand has been elected the president of Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) on Saturday.

KATHMANDU, Sept 28: The Special General Assembly of suspended Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) and the election process to elect new leadership of the CAN was inaugurated in Kathmandu on Friday.

KATHMANDU, Sept 21: The president of elected body of Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) Chatur Bahadur Chand is among the candidates set to contest for the presidency of new central working committee in the elections scheduled for September 27 and 28. The election that was deferred earlier was fixed as the International Cricket Council (ICC), Independent Panel and National Sports Council (NSC) agreed on the dates on Monday.

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KATHMANDU, Nov 16: Nepal national women’s cricket team is set to participate in the Woman T20 Smash organized by the Cricket Association of Thailand (CAT) from 11 to 19 January in Thailand.

KATHMANDU, Nov 15: Nepal’s sports bodies are on the road to redemption with the National Sports Council (NSC) coming to full shape, Minister for Youth and Sports Jagat Bahadur Bishwakarma said in Kathmandu on Wednesday.

KATHMANDU, Oct 28: As the elected Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) decided to withdraw the case that it filed at the Supreme Court against the National Sports Council (NSC) long time ago, cricket officials are now hopeful of the International Cricket Council (ICC) lifting the ban on the CAN imposed two and a half years ago.

KATHMANDU, Oct 14: The stagnated reinstatement of suspended body of the Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) has been boosted by rekindled process of withdrawing the pending court-case from the Supreme Court, according to a press release by the Vice-president of the CAN Diwakar Ghale on Saturday.

KATHMANDU, Sept 6: Nepal national cricket team’s participation in ICC World T20 back in 2014 introduced the sports to many new fans in the country. To an extent, it introduced the shortest and simplest format of cricket for Nepali enthusiasts ranging from the laymen to big corporate bodies.