Kathmandu, Aug 22:  President Ram Chandra Paudel has extended best wishes to the Nepali national cricket team leaving for Pakistan to play the Asia Cup international cricket tournament.

KATHMANDU, April 17: Nepal played it in style to thrash the team Netherlands by nine wickets in the first match of the Triangular International T20 Series at Kirtipur-based Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground on Saturday.

UAE, Nov 8: Will Delhi Capitals (DC) revive their fortunes just in time to reach the final? Or will Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) continue their resurgence and make it to the summit clash?

WELLINGTON, Jan 29: Rohit Sharma belted two sixes off the final two deliveries of a Super Over to give India victory in the third Twenty20 international against New Zealand at Seddon Park in Hamilton on Wednesday and clinch the series with two games to spare.

KATHMANDU, Jan 2: Nepal’s most lucrative franchise T20 league Everest Premier League (EPL) has underlined the exclusivity of foreign players to be involved in the league to freshen up the things for the upcoming season of league to be held in Kathmandu.

KATHMANDU, Nov 26: The U-19 national cricket team all-rounder Kushal Malla was sold at the highest price during the closed auctions for the second season of Pokhara Premier League (PPL) amid ‘Players Release and Retain’ event held in Kathmandu on Monday.

KATHMANDU, Nov 23: The match sheet for the men's and women's T-20 Cricket championship under the 13th South Asian Games (SAG) has been made public.

KATHMANDU, Oct 10: Host Oman has defeated Nepal by 6 wickets in Pentangular T20I Series held at Al Amerat on Thursday.

KATHMANDU, Oct 7: Nepal has defeated the Netherlands by four wickets in a nail-biting T20 match held at Al Amerat Cricket Ground Oman Cricket in Oman.

DPL to be held in February next year

October 3, 2019 17:01 pm

DANGADHI, Oct 3: Fourth edition of the Dhangadhi Premier League (DPL)--one of the popular franchise Twenty20 tournaments of the country--is taking place between February 15-27, 2020.

KATHMANDU, Sept 19: Nepal today announced 15-member Nepal National Cricket Team for a Tri-nation T20 series to be held in Singapore and T20 series to be organised in Oman.

KATHMANDU, Aug 5: Nepal’ new head coach Umesh Patwal tried a few different things at the ICC World T20 Asia Finals qualifiers. Nepal lost the first match against Qatar and rounded-up the poor outing with a humiliating loss against host Singapore in a virtual final.

KATHMANDU, July 28: Nepal national cricket team failed to book the spot in the ICC World T20 Qualifiers after losing a crucial match against Singapore played at the Indian Association Ground in Singapore on Sunday.

KATHMANDU, July 27: Nepal national cricket team has registered a victory against Kuwait on its third match of ICC World T20 Asia Regional Final Qualifiers in Singapore on Saturday.

KATHMANDU, July 25: Nepal national cricket team recovered from a humbling four-wicket defeat at the hands of Qatar in the opener as it beat Malaysia by seven wickets in the ongoing ICC World T20 Asia Regional Final Qualifiers in Singapore on Wednesday.

KATHMANDU, July 1: Middle order veteran batsman Sharad Vesawkar has returned in the 14-men final squad for the ICC World T20 Qualifiers Asia Regional Finals set to be held in Singapore next month.

MAHENDRANAGAR, June 27: The departmental team Armed Police Force (APF) Club has clinched the Fourth Prime Minister (PM) Cup T20’s Women’s Cricket Tournament with a six-wicket win over Sudur Paschim Province in Mahendranagar on Wednesday.

KATHMANDU, June 19: Jitendra Kumar Mukhiya has made a comeback to the national cricket team setup after the selection committee announced a 25-men preliminary squad for ICC World T20 Asia Regional Final set to be held in Singapore next month.

KATHMANDU, May 24: The Tribhuvan Army Club of Nepal Army has made a winning start to the 3rd Prime Minister Cup One-Day Cricket National Tournament by beating State 2 with 171 runs.

KATHMANDU, May 24: Nepal is set to participate in the Think20 (T20) Summit kicking off in Japan on Friday. Former Foreign Minister Prakash Sharan Mahat and Director of the Center for South Asian Studies, Nishchal N Pandey, have been invited to the T20Summit, which is the research and policy advice network for the G20 nations.

KATHMANDU, May 23: The third edition of the Prime Minister Cup is set to carry a greater value than its previous editions. It is the only marquee 50-over event in the One-Day International (ODI) nation that hosts three ICC-sanctioned franchise T20 events.

KATHMANDU, May 3: Nepal has made a progress in the ICC Men's T20 Team Rankings by climbing up three points to claim 11th position.

KATHMANDU, April 8: Nepal national team spinner Sandeep Lamichhane has now 50 wickets to his credit in T20 matches. He reached the milestone when his side Delhi Capitals defeated struggler Royal Challengers Bangalore by seven wickets in the ongoing Indian Premier League in Bangalore on Sunday.

KATHMANDU, April 2: Leg spinner Sandeep Lamichhane took 27 wickets in T20 format cricket in 2019 -- the highest in the spinner's category, according to the International Cricket Council (ICC).

KATHMANDU, March 20: The final leg match schedule of the International Cricket Council (ICC) T-20 World Cup Asia Qualifier has been made public today.

KATHMANDU, March 19: First ever women’s franchise-based T20 league, organized by National Cricket League (NCL) Sports Pvt Ltd, is set to be held in Baijyanathpur Cricket Ground, Biratnagar from April 20 to 27. The NCL Women’s T20 Cricket League is the first premier cricket event for women players in Nepal.

Eight-nation T20 league postponed

March 7, 2019 10:42 am

KATHMANDU, March 7: The previously announced proposed eight-nation T20 cricket tournament has been postponed for two to three weeks, according to team manager of national cricket team Raman Shiwakoti.

KATHMANDU, Feb 18: Nepal's national women cricket team which became the first runner-up team in the T-20 Smash Cricket Championship held in Thailand is going for the World Cup Qualifier tournament with high motivation despite short preparation time before going to Thailand again to play in the qualifier matches.

KATHMANDU, Feb 16: NCL Sports Private Limited will organize NCL Women’s T20 Cricket League in Biratnagar from March 15. The tournament which will feature franchise teams will run till March 23.

DHANGADHI, Feb 15: Skipper Dipendra Singh Airee put up an all-round performance scoring the third fifty of the tournament and picked up two wickets as CYC Attariya registered its second win in as many matches defeating Rupandehi Challengers by 39 runs in the seventh match of Dhangadhi Premier League played at the Fapla International Cricket Ground in Dhangadhi on Thursday.

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Nepal sets target of 105 runs for UAE

February 3, 2019 17:56 pm

KATHMANDU, Feb 3: Nepal has set the target of 105 runs for United Arab Emirates (UAE) in the third and final match of T20 series on Sunday.

KATHMANDU, Feb 3: The cricket match between Nepal and the UAE scheduled to be held in Dubai has been affected due to the rain today.

KATHMANDU, Feb 3: Nepal’s Mankeshi Chaudhary registered women’s international blind cricket’s first ever half-century in a 10-wicket win against the host Pakistan in the third T20 match of the bilateral series played at Shalimar Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi, Pakistan on Saturday.

KATHMANDU, Feb 1: Nepal registered a victory in the second match of the ongoing T20 International Series held at the ICC Academy Ground at Dubai on Friday.

KATHMANDU, Jan 31: Nepal starts favorites against the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in a three-match T20 international (T20I) series, that starts in Dubai on Thursday.

KATHMANDU, Jan 17: Debutant Aarati Bidari registered three-wicket-haul to seal Nepal national women cricket team’s semifinal clash against the second-placed team from Group B defeating Thailand ‘A’ by nine wickets during the last Group A match in the ongoing Thailand T20 Smash at Asia Institute of Technology cricket ground in Bangkok, Thailand, on Wednesday.

KATHMANDU, Jan 12: Nepal registered its victory in the opening match of the Women T20 Smash Cricket Tournament in Thailand. It defeated China by 10 wickets, meeting the target of 49 runs posted by the rival in 8.4 balls. Nepal played without losing any wicket.

KATHMANDU, Jan 11: The selection committee of Nepal national women cricket team announced a 14-member squad to participate in T20 Smash, the cricket event hosted by Cricket Association of Thailand, to be played in Thailand starting on Saturday.

4th Annual Nepal-Pak cricket starts

December 13, 2018 10:29 am

KATHMANDU, Dec 13: The fourth Annual Nepal-Pakistan Friendship T20 Cricket Tournament, organized by the Embassy of Pakistan, kicked off Wednesday. At the embassy’s cricket ground in Maharajgunj, the Mayor of Kathmandu Metropolitan City Bidya Sundar Shakya inaugurated the tournament.

KATHMANDU, Oct 3: Nepal defeated Myanmar by eights wickets in the World ICC T20 Asia Region Qualifiers B held in Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday.

KATHMANDU, Sept 29: A total of 179 players registered for the Pokhara Premier League (PPL) T20 Cricket Tournament to be organized by the Queen Events Private Limited will go under the hammer during the player auctions on Sunday.