Nepali Cricket

celebration after victory on cricket match

appeal for a wicket

Cricket was introduced to Nepal by the ruling Rana dynasty when they returned from studies in England and India in the 1920s, though the game was kept very much for themselves and the other

Nepalese cricket players at the pavellian

elite. The Cricket Association of Nepal was formed in 1946 to promote cricket amongst the aristocracy.

When King Tribhuvan overthrew the Rana family in 1951, cricket began to spread to the rest of the population. A team of Nepali players visited India in 1954, and in 1961 the Cricket Association of Nepal became part of the National Sports Council, to attempt to promote cricket in the whole of Nepal, though this tended to be limited to Kathmandu until the 1980s.

Nepalese Cricket Team

ICC membership

Improvements to the communication and transport infrastructures in Nepal allowed the game to expand outside Kathmandu in the 1980s and Nepal became an affiliate member of the International Cricket Council in 1988. A major development programme was begun in the early 1990s, with regional and district tournaments established and cricket being promoted in schools.

nepali cricket fans

The interest in cricket increased quickly, and demand to play was such that teams in tournaments had to be restricted until more facilities were built in the mid 1990s. Nepal became an associate member of the International Cricket Council in 1996,which was the year the national side played for the first time, in the ACC Trophy in Kuala Lumpur, in which Nepal finished fourth out of six teams in their first round group, beating Brunei and Japan.

Achievements

2006 Winners, Plate Championship, U-19 World Cup
2006 Winners, ACC U-15 Elite Cup
2006 Runners-up, ACC Fast Track Countries Tournament
2006 Winners, Asian Region’s ICC Development Award for Best Women’s Cricket Initiative
2006 Winners, ICC Region’s ICC Development Award for Best Women’s Cricket Initiative
2006 Winners, ACC Premier League
2007 Finalists, ACC Women’s Tournament

Nepalese Batsmen

2007 Winners, ACC U-19 Elite Cup
2008 Plate Finalists, U/19 World Cup
2008 Third, ICC World Cricket League Division 5
2008 Winners, ACC U-19 Women’s Championship
2009 Winners, ACC U-17 Elite Cup
2009 Third, ACC Women’s Twenty20 Championship
2010 Winners, Pepsi ICC World Cricket League Division 5
2010 Finalists, ACC U-16 Elite Cup
2010 Finalists, ACC Trophy Elite
2010 Winners, ACC U-19 Women’s Championship

First in ACC Rankings for 2009 and 2010 seasons
Second in ACC Rankings for 2007 and 2008 seasonsHistory of Nepali cricket

Nepalese Coach and Nepalese team captain(Paras Khadka

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