Nepal V West Indies

Nepal the defending Plate champion would be fighting its pride on Saturday 1st March, as this World Cup has been disappointing so far now. Despite reaching the plate final, its will be afailure if we cannot win the Plate atleast.

Nepal have good bowlers and 4 of our bowlers are inside top 12 wicket takes of the series. Paras Khadka and Raj Shrestha being the pick. Amit Bhattrai and Rahul Bishwakarma both are providing breaks in between. Paras in particular have taken 12 wickets at 11.33. He needs to fire for us to win this match.

Our batting is in disarray. We havent been able to convert our good start to good total. Middle order is not firing at all. Gyanendra Malla has been the biggest failure who just scored 25 runs in 5 innings. Paras is also struggling. We are depending in the lower order for runs. Mahesh Chetri have been better than all other. The leading scorer of the team has just an average of 25.40. We need better than this to win against team like West Indies.

Mahesh Chettri has been phenomenal with the glove. He has dismissed 14 batsman with his glovework in 5 match. Most surprisingly, 9 out of that 14 coming from stumping, which shows his brilliance.

Nepal needs to improve batting and keep on bowling and fielding as they have done against all other teams so far. A total of 230 would be very tugh for Windies to chase, given the way our bowlers are bowling.

Best of Luck boys

good job guru...thats the way to create an interest in Nepali cricket..We have got a long way to go , but we can reach there...

U-19 World Cup: Can we win West Indies in the plate championship Final?
 
We have created few major upsets in the last three U-19 World cup winning big guns like Pakistan and Bangladesh (in 2002), South Africa (twice!!! in 2004 and 2006), and New Zealand (in 2006 plate championship final), now this time can we stun West Indies?
 
Nepal is playing West Indies in Final tomorrow Saturday, March 1 (10:00 am local time of Malaysia, 2:00 am GMT).
 
 

Team Members of Nepal are:
 

 
 (Left to right): Paras Khadka (Captain), Rahul Kumar, Anil Mandal, Subash Pradhan, Sagar Khadka, Gyanendra Malla, Antim Thapa, Puspa Thapa

 

Amrit Bhattarai, Abhaya Rana, Raj Shrestha, Chandra Sawad, Akash Gupta, Rom Shrestha, and Mahesh Chhetri (Wicket Keeper)

...and one person we can never forget for all that we have achieved until now and putting Nepal's cricket in world map

 

Sri Lankan  coach Roy Luke Dias

Road to the Plate Championship Final U-19 World Cup 2008:

Nepal qualified to World cup beating spirited Afghanistan team in Asian Cup Final in 2007 by 48 runs. Nepal was placed in Group C with test playing nations Sri Lanka, Australia, and Namibia in group stage match. There were all together 16 nations (12 test playing nations and 4 nations qualified from the regional qualification) divided 4 in each group.

 

Game 1: Vs Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka posted the total of 236 in total of 50 overs losing their 9 wickets, while Nepal's batsmen failed to shine and got all out in playing 48.5 overs and only being able to accumulate the total of 175. So, Sri Lanka won by 61 runs.

click here to see the total score card for this match.

 

Game 2: Vs Australia

Australia U-19s with total of 206 (Hughes 46, Pascoe 37, Khadka 4-32, Shrestha 3-32) beat Nepal U-19s 110 all out (Vishwakarma 33, Rose 3-21, Pattinson 3-25, Smith 3-25) by 96 runs. Nepal's batting line up once again collapsed.

click here to see the score card for this match.

 

Game 3: Vs Namibia

In this nail biting match, a patient half-century from Mahesh Chhetri, some tidy medium-pace bowling and a whole lot of nerve from young Gyanendra Malla snatched Nepal a thrilling three-run victory. Defending a total of 164, Nepal had done well to chip away at Namibia's batting order but at 142 for 7 in the 42nd over it appeared they were running out of options. That is when left-arm medium-pacer Raj Shrestha dismissed top-scorer Louis van der Westhuizen for 65 and set into motion a tense next seven overs.

Taking a gamble on 17-year-old Gyanendra Malla, who had never bowled in his first-class career, Nepal's captain Paras Khadka got it spot on. In the 45th over Malla had Pikky Ya France edging behind, and then bowled Morne Engelbrecht for 7 with the last ball of the 49th over to finish a tense contest. Nepal's grip had been administered by a tight start with the ball, tightened through slow left-arm spinner Rahul Vishwakarma's economical 2 for 23 and finally it was Malla who stole the show.

 

Earlier Chhetri,Nepal's wicketkeeping-opener, played a lone hand in his side's total of 164 against a disciplined Namibian bowling attack, scoring precious 62 runs for which he was awarded man of the match.

 

Namibia Under-19s v Nepal Under-19s

Played at University Sains Malaysia, Penang (neutral venue), on 21 February 2008 (50-over match) Result Nepal Under-19s won by 3 runs

	Nepal Under-19s innings (50 overs maximum)			R	B	4s	6s	SR
		MK Chhetri	c Steenkamp b Strauss	62	133	4	0	46.61
		AK Mandal	b Strauss	7	19	0	0	36.84
		G Malla	c Ya France b Engelbrecht	0	8	0	0	0.00
		S Khadka	c & b van der Westhuizen	7	46	0	0	15.21
		P Khadka	c Silver b Ya France	12	20	2	0	60.00
		AK Gupta	c Botha b Silver	21	26	2	1	80.76
		RK Vishvakarma	b van der Westhuizen	3	11	0	0	27.27
		Rom Shrestha	c Ya France b Engelbrecht	26	27	2	0	96.29
		P Thapa	not out	2	5	0	0	40.00
		Raj Shrestha	run out (Steenkamp)	0	1	0	0	0.00
		A Bhattarai	run out (Strauss)	1	2	0	0	50.00
		Extras	(b 2, lb 9, w 12)	23
		Total	(all out; 49.5 overs; 172 mins)	164	(3.29 runs per over)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	M Engelbrecht	9	0	28	2	3.11	(4w)
	E Oosthuizen	2	0	12	0	6.00	(3w)
	KM Strauss	9.5	2	37	2	3.76	(1w)
	LP van der Westhuizen	10	2	17	2	1.70
	BM Scholtz	10	4	18	0	1.80	(1w)
	HN Ya France	5	0	23	1	4.60	(1w)
	S Silver	4	1	18	1	4.50

 

 

	Namibia Under-19s innings (target: 165 runs from 50 overs)			R	B	4s	6s	SR
		R van Schoor	lbw b Bhattarai	0	2	0	0	0.00
		S Silver	st Chhetri b Vishvakarma	41	81	4	0	50.61
		C Bouwer	run out (Thapa)	1	10	0	0	10.00
		DH Botha	b P Khadka	5	19	1	0	26.31
		LP van der Westhuizen	c Rom Shrestha b Raj Shrestha	65	75	3	1	86.66
		E Steenkamp	c Raj Shrestha b P Khadka	11	29	1	0	37.93
		KM Strauss	c S Khadka b Vishvakarma	0	4	0	0	0.00
		HN Ya France	c Chhetri b Malla	10	39	0	0	25.64
		M Engelbrecht	b Malla	7	24	0	0	29.16
		E Oosthuizen	run out (Raj Shrestha)	7	10	1	0	70.00
		BM Scholtz	not out	1	4	0	0	25.00
		Extras	(lb 5, w 7, nb 1)	13
		Total	(all out; 49 overs; 191 mins)	161	(3.28 runs per over)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	A Bhattarai	8	1	21	1	2.62	(1w)
	P Khadka	10	2	30	2	3.00	(3w)
	Raj Shrestha	10	1	32	1	3.20
	S Khadka	9	0	47	0	5.22	(1nb, 1w)
	RK Vishvakarma	10	2	23	2	2.30	(2w)
	G Malla	2	0	3	2	1.50

Toss Nepal Under-19s, who chose to bat first Player of the match MK Chhetri (Nepal Under-19s)   Nepal's players leave the field after their three-run win over Namibia

However, this morale boosting win wasn't enough to take Nepal to the second round as we finished third from the group behind Australia and Sri Lanka. So, once again this world cup we played for the plate championship among the eliminiated teams in the first round.

 

Plate Championship Quarter-final: Vs Zimbabwe

Nepal were themselves staring down the barrel at 79 for 7, before being rescued by Paras Thapa, who blitzed a 49-ball 40 and added 53 runs with Shrestha (19). They were also aided by some wayward bowling by Zimbabwe, who conceded 40 extras.

But Zimbabwe bowed down infront of discipline Nepali bowling and sharp fielding and were bowled out for mere 59 . It is zimbabwe's second-successive defeat against Nepal in world cup.

Amrit Bhattarai and captain Paras Khadka, Nepal's opening bowlers, took three wickets each as Zimbabwe were reduced to 24 for 6. Tinashe Chimbambo (20) and Solomon Mire (16*) offered some resistance before left-arm seamer Raj Shrestha nailed the last three wickets.

Paras Khadka was adjudged 'man of the match' for his all round performance.

 

Nepal Under-19s v Zimbabwe Under-19s

Played at Institute Perguruan Temenggong Ibrahim, Johor (neutral venue), on 24 February 2008 (50-over match) Result Nepal Under-19s won by 99 runs

	Nepal Under-19s innings (50 overs maximum)			R	B	4s	6s	SR
		MK Chhetri	c Masvaure b Jaure	16	48	0	0	33.33
		AK Mandal	lbw b Masvaure	1	5	0	0	20.00
		G Malla	b Jarvis	0	7	0	0	0.00
		P Khadka	c Masvaure b Jaure	20	35	1	1	57.14
		S Khadka	lbw b Matsika	2	19	0	0	10.52
		AK Gupta	c Gaisford b Matsika	9	15	2	0	60.00
		RK Vishvakarma	c Gaisford b Matsika	0	3	0	0	0.00
		P Thapa	run out (Mire)	40	48	3	1	83.33
		Raj Shrestha	c Masvaure b Jaure	19	71	3	0	26.76
		A Rana	c Masvaure b Dinembira	2	8	0	0	25.00
		A Bhattarai	not out	9	14	0	0	64.28
		Extras	(b 4, lb 7, w 28, nb 1)	40
		Total	(all out; 45.1 overs)	158	(3.49 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-12 (Mandal, 1.2 ov), 2-13 (Malla, 2.6 ov), 3-52 (P Khadka, 14.2 ov), 4-56 (Chhetri, 16.3 ov), 5-58 (S Khadka, 19.3 ov), 6-59 (Vishvakarma, 19.6 ov), 7-79 (Gupta, 23.3 ov), 8-132 (Thapa, 35.6 ov), 9-137 (Rana, 37.3 ov), 10-158 (Raj Shrestha, 45.1 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	KM Jarvis	10	2	30	1	3.00	(1nb, 8w)
	P Masvaure	9	1	28	1	3.11	(3w)
	ES Jaure	8.1	1	34	3	4.16	(7w)
	S Matsika	10	1	34	3	3.40	(2w)
	T Chitongo	7	0	15	0	2.14	(2w)
	H Dinembira	1	0	6	1	6.00

	Zimbabwe Under-19s innings (target: 159 runs from 50 overs)			R	B	4s	6s	SR
		H Dinembira	c Chhetri b Bhattarai	1	17	0	0	5.88
		T Mashonganyika	c Malla b P Khadka	0	11	0	0	0.00
		PJ Moor	c Chhetri b Bhattarai	4	11	0	0	36.36
		T Chitongo	c Chhetri b P Khadka	1	8	0	0	12.50
		P Masvaure	lbw b P Khadka	0	7	0	0	0.00
		T Chimbambo	st Chhetri b Vishvakarma	20	34	3	0	58.82
		JWM Gaisford	lbw b Bhattarai	3	6	0	0	50.00
		SF Mire	not out	16	50	1	0	32.00
		ES Jaure	lbw b Raj Shrestha	0	9	0	0	0.00
		S Matsika	b Raj Shrestha	1	11	0	0	9.09
		KM Jarvis	st Chhetri b Raj Shrestha	0	1	0	0	0.00
		Extras	(lb 5, w 8)	13
		Total	(all out; 27.2 overs; 111 mins)	59	(2.15 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-5 (Mashonganyika, 3.5 ov), 2-10 (Moor, 6.1 ov), 3-13 (Chitongo, 7.4 ov), 4-13 (Dinembira, 8.1 ov), 5-15 (Masvaure, 9.5 ov), 6-24 (Gaisford, 12.4 ov), 7-52 (Chimbambo, 20.6 ov), 8-56 (Jaure, 23.6 ov), 9-58 (Matsika, 27.1 ov), 10-59 (Jarvis, 27.2 ov)

....contd: below

Ok Guys,

Lets support Nepal, its nice to hear Nepal winning.

Cheer up!

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	A Bhattarai	8	0	14	3	1.75	(4w)
	P Khadka	7	2	13	3	1.85	(1w)
	Raj Shrestha	6.2	1	16	3	2.52	(3w)
	A Rana	2	0	8	0	4.00
	RK Vishvakarma	4	2	3	1	0.75

Toss Zimbabwe Under-19s, who chose to field first Player of the match P Khadka (Nepal Under-19s)

Plate Championship Semi-final: Vs Namibia

In this re-match of group stage, it turn out to be another one of the most entertaining matches of the tournament. This match was reduced to 34 over because of unfavorable weather.

Chasing 144 run made by Nepal, Namibia were comfortably placed at 67 for 2 before a middle-order collapse swung the tide towards Nepal. Raymond van Schoor and captain Louis van der Westhuizen added 50 before Sagar Khadka got the breakthrough, and soon after Raj Shrestha removed Ewaid Steenkamp.

Paras Khadka, the Nepal captain, effected a run-out to dismiss Tiaan Louw, reducing Namibia to 81 for 5. van Schoor though was holding up one end, and his 35-run stand with Keady Strauss before Shrestha struck again. But the crucial dent to Namibia's came into in the penultimate over of the match by Rahul Vishwakarma, his two wickets all but sealed the match, and left them needing 16 off seven balls. Van Schoor perished in the final over bowled by Paras, and No. 10 Gert Jan Coetzee's 9 from four deliveries wasn't enough as Namibia fell short of their target by five runs. And Nepal secured this place in final by winning 4 runs.

Besides his two wickets and a run-out, Paras also top scored for Nepal with 44 for which he got his well deserving 'man of the match' second time in a row.

 

Namibia Under-19s v Nepal Under-19s

Played at Johor Cricket Academy Oval (neutral venue) on 26 February 2008 (50-over match) Result Nepal Under-19s won by 4 runs

	Nepal Under-19s innings (34 overs maximum)			R	B	4s	6s	SR
		MK Chhetri	lbw b Strauss	9	31	0	0	29.03
		AK Mandal	run out (van Schoor/van der Westhuizen)	23	54	2	0	42.59
		G Malla	lbw b Coetzee	1	4	0	0	25.00
		P Khadka	c van der Westhuizen b Strauss	44	63	3	0	69.84
		AK Gupta	c Engelbrecht b Silver	11	9	2	0	122.22
		RK Vishvakarma	c Louw b Scholtz	2	10	0	0	20.00
		P Thapa	c Ya France b Silver	6	4	0	1	150.00
		Rom Shrestha	b Silver	18	22	0	1	81.81
		S Khadka	not out	7	6	1	0	116.66
		Raj Shrestha	not out	1	1	0	0	100.00
		Extras	(lb 4, w 17)	21
		Total	(8 wickets; 34 overs; 124 mins)	143	(4.20 runs per over)

Did not bat A Bhattarai

Fall of wickets1-26 (Chhetri, 7.5 ov), 2-28 (Malla, 9.1 ov), 3-71 (Mandal, 21.4 ov), 4-86 (Gupta, 22.3 ov), 5-99 (Vishvakarma, 25.3 ov), 6-106 (Thapa, 26.3 ov), 7-133 (P Khadka, 32.3 ov), 8-137 (Rom Shrestha, 33.2 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	M Engelbrecht	7	0	15	0	2.14	(4w)
	KM Strauss	6	0	25	2	4.16	(3w)
	GSJ Coetzee	5	0	18	1	3.60	(1w)
	LP van der Westhuizen	4	0	22	0	5.50	(2w)
	BM Scholtz	7	0	39	1	5.57	(1w)
	S Silver	5	0	20	3	4.00

	Namibia Under-19s innings (target: 144 runs from 34 overs)			R	B	4s	6s	SR
		S Silver	c Vishvakarma b Bhattarai	7	16	1	0	43.75
		C Bouwer	lbw b P Khadka	8	31	0	0	25.80
		R van Schoor	c Mandal b P Khadka	48	73	2	0	65.75
		LP van der Westhuizen	lbw b S Khadka	33	28	2	1	117.85
		E Steenkamp	b Raj Shrestha	1	4	0	0	25.00
		T Louw	run out (P Khadka)	7	19	0	0	36.84
		KM Strauss	c & b Raj Shrestha	15	24	0	0	62.50
		M Engelbrecht	st Chhetri b Vishvakarma	0	3	0	0	0.00
		HN Ya France	c Malla b Vishvakarma	1	2	0	0	50.00
		GSJ Coetzee	not out	9	4	0	1	225.00
		BM Scholtz	not out	0	0	0	0	-
		Extras	(lb 5, w 5)	10
		Total	(9 wickets; 34 overs; 128 mins)	139	(4.08 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-15 (Silver, 6.3 ov), 2-17 (Bouwer, 7.6 ov), 3-67 (van der Westhuizen, 18.2 ov), 4-68 (Steenkamp, 19.2 ov), 5-81 (Louw, 24.4 ov), 6-116 (Strauss, 30.6 ov), 7-126 (Engelbrecht, 32.2 ov), 8-128 (Ya France, 32.5 ov), 9-131 (van Schoor, 33.3 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	A Bhattarai	7	0	16	1	2.28	(2w)
	P Khadka	7	1	29	2	4.14
	Raj Shrestha	6	1	23	2	3.83	(2w)
	S Khadka	7	0	33	1	4.71	(1w)
	RK Vishvakarma	7	0	33	2	4.71

Toss Nepal Under-19s, who chose to bat first Player of the match P Khadka (Nepal Under-19s)

Plate Championship Final: Vs West Windies

Can we win???

If you ask me, I see why not !

 

We are Red, we are bright

We are junky dynamite.

 

 

 

 

Good luck Team Nepal.  

articles and stats compiled from cricinfo.com

dont be happy man ..

see the weather .. in malaysia..

I don't think we will have match today

http://www.weather.com/outlook/travel/businesstraveler/hourbyhour/MYXX0008?from=weekend_topnav_business

Go Nepal Go!

Toss: Nepal U/19 , Elected To: Bat

Any predictions? I think Nepal must make at least 200 to defend. WI's strngth is its batting and Nepal's strength is its bowling. Lets see....

All the best to players and supporters

 

don't worry, our 9th batsman can bat better than our top ones, so don't worry if we lose early wickets.

Shit,

3 wickets down.

Any information kati over ko match?

looks like it would have been better to field. all teams batting first are struggling.

 

4 w down.

Lau kta harule dubaye.

Aba bagwan le matra bachaulan jasto cha.

look at other teams, they are losing early wickets as well, i guess the pitch is wet and hard to bat into, as long as the pitch doesn't dry up, we should be able to grab wickets as well.

Ya,

our bowlers are great too. Paras should be in pitch for batting.

Lets see what happens.

Lu sathi ho hamro Nepal le harne bho.  60 run ma 9 wicket gai sakyo.

Its pretty bad situation ...
We are defending 74 runs now...
I have no doubt that  we will only be loosing by 3\4 wickets at the best possible situation...

The batting failure again... only two bats man made score of double figure.. and the extras.. if you take our the extras from the equation.. it will be just 57 runs from the bat....

74 runs from 27 overs will be around 2.74 runs per over... had the total been around 130, the story would have been totally different.....

I wont stop wishing the team for their best.. and why not... we have few best bowlers in the team...If Paras and Amrit can utilise the moisture of the pitch, than why not...74 may be a daunting total against othe one of the best bowling side of the tournament... we just need some early wickets to stop the run flow at the start of the innings

BEST OF LUCK

PARAS was hit for 16 runs in is first over... he is one of the best bowlers in the tournament so far....

 

NEPAL LOST BY 7 WICKETS

I do not understand why Paras opted to bat first on such a moist pitch after the rain? Was the toss decision made before it rained?

Well, to reach Plate Championship by beating some relatively good teams is good. West Indies is just very good team. Beating the test nations like South Africa, New Zealand and Pakistan in the past does not prove that Nepal has to beat them, or West Indies again.

I really appreciate how Nepalese U-19 team went to the tournament itself and performed so good despite lack of facilities and turmoil at home. I really hate to see if Paras does not get a financial sponsorship, and refrain from Nepali Cricket. We already lost good players in the past like Kanishka Chaugai and Bardan Chalise due to financial insecurity.

Soon we are going to loose Paras Khadka too. He is also planning for higher studies abroad.

The void Kaniska left in Nepali cricket is too large that it havent been filled yet after almost one n half year. Nepali cricket was pushed two year back each by Kaniska and Brdan. Same will happen when Paras leaves.

Kaniska was a solid opener, and now the senior team is struggling to find partner for Mehboob Alam.  Bardan was a hard hitting middle order batsman with good bowling skill, which could have provided batting stability to the team which have no depth in batting. Now, Paras seems to be heading away from the cricket, so Nepal will loose another genuine all rounder. I cant see Nepali cricket at senior level improving in this manner.

I do not blame any of the players leaving the country. I feel for them.

Based on the comments: The moral of the story is that:

If you plan to go for college abroad, involve yourself in a sport that you can possibly carry on through college, example soccer, basketball, tennis, etc. and possibly get full scholarship to pay for your education and at the same time follow your passion. Make yourself marketable.

If you are really passionate about Cricket then you're pretty much screwed since you were born in Nepal where there's not much meaning to this game other than a few fans, amateur players and crappy fields.