U-25 SAARC T20 CRICKET

NEPAL has leave to Maldives today for U-25 SAARC T20 CRICKET match to be held in Maldives from 31^st .The eight team are divided into two groups A and B.

Group A

·       Maldives

·       Bhutan

·       Afghanistan

·       Bangladesh

Group B

·       Nepal

·       Pakistan

·       India

·       Srilanka

The schedule for the tournament is:

31 Oct: Maldives vs. Bhutan & Sri Lanka vs. Nepal

1 Nov: Afghanistan vs. Bangladesh & India vs. Pakistan
2 Nov: Sri Lanka vs. India & Maldives vs. Afghanistan
3 Nov: Nepal vs. Pakistan & Bhutan vs. Bangladesh
4 Nov: Maldives vs. Bangladesh & Sri Lanka vs. Pakistan
5 Nov: Bhutan vs. Afghanistan & Nepal vs. India
6 Nov: Group A winners vs. Group B Runners-up                          Group B winners vs. Group A Runners-up

The Nepali squad for this tournament is:

Nepal U-25 Team:

·       Paras Khadka (captain)

·       Gyanendra Malla (vice-captain)

·       Mahesh Chhetre

·        Anil Mandal

·        Sarad Vesawkar

·        Amrit Bhattarai

·        Binod Bhandari

·        Prithu Baskota

·        Rahul Viswokarma

·        Naresh Budayer

·        Pradeep Airee,

·        Krishna Karki

·       Bhuwan Karki and

·       Avinash Karn.

Hope Nepal will show a great performance in this tournament as Nepal is playing with top cricketing team like India, Pakistan and srilanka. It will be a wonderful learning experience for Nepali cricket team. Although Nepal may not win the tournament but the experience that Nepal will obtain from this tournament will help to take Nepali cricket into next level.

ACC TWENTY20 CUP 2011 NEPAL

The tournament is the part of the qualifying process for ICC World Twenty20 2012 in SriLanka. Top three teams from this tournament excluding Afghanistan(Afghanistan is already qualified for the Qualifier in UAE) can play the next stage qualifier which will be held in UAE in early 2012.
Venues:
Kathmandu Nepal

TEAMS

·       Nepal,

·       Afghanistan,

·       Hong Kong,

·       Malaysia,

·       Oman,

·       UAE,

·       Kuwait,

·       Bhutan,

·       Maldives,

·       Saudi Arabia

Date: 1th to 10th December

The group division of ICC Twenty20 world cup is given below

Groups
Group A – England, India, Qualifier 2
Group B – Australia, West Indies, Qualifier 1
Group C – Sri Lanka, South Africa, Zimbabwe
Group D – Pakistan, New Zealand, Bangladesh

Qualifier 1 and qualifier 2 are selected from the qualifier to be played in UAE and the top three teams from the qualifier held in Nepal can join that qualifier in UAE along with   Afghanistan ,Canada, Ireland, Kenya, Netherlands and Scotland.

HISTORY OF CRICKET

1. First international game was played in 1844 A.D.
2. The official history of international test cricket began in 1877 A.D.
3. In 1877 First Test match: Australia beat England by 45 runs in Melbourne.
4. In 1880 First Test in England: a five-wicket win against Australia at The Oval .
5. In 1889 South Africa's first Test match.
6. In 1890 County Championship officially constituted.
7. In 1900 Six-ball over becomes the norm, instead of five.
8. In 1909 Imperial Cricket Conference (ICC - now the International Cricket Council) set up, with England, Australia and South Africa the original members.
9. In 1910 Six runs given for any hit over the boundary, instead of only for a hit out of the ground.
10. In 1912 First and only triangular Test series played in England, involving England, Australia and South Africa.
11. In 1928 West Indies' first Test match.
12. In 1930 New Zealand's first Test match.
13. In 1931 Stumps made higher (28 inches not 27) and wider (nine inches not eight - this was optional until 1947).
14. In 1932 India's first Test match.
15. In 1934 First women's Test: Australia v England at Brisbane.
16. In 1948 First five-day Tests in England.
17. In 1952 Pakistan's first Test match.
18. In 1953 England regain the Ashes after a 19-year gap, the longest ever.
19. In 1971 First one-day international: Australia v England at Melbourne.
20. In 1975 First World Cup: West Indies beat Australia in final at Lord's
21. In 1976 First women's match at Lord's, England v Australia.
    
22. In 1980 Eight-ball over abolished in Australia, making the six-ball over universal.
23. In 1982 Sri Lanka's first Test match
24. In 1991 South Africa return, with a one-day international in India
25. In 1992 Zimbabwe's first Test match
26. In 2003 Twenty20 Cup, a 20-over-per-side evening tournament, inaugurated in England
27. In 2005 The ICC introduces Power-plays and Supersubs in ODIs, and hosts the inaugural Superseries.
    
        
    
    
    
    
    

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