KATHMANDU, April 12: Nepal U-19 cricket team has thrashed Singapore U-19 by 282 runs in its opening ICC Asia U19 World Cup Qualifiers match on Friday.

Invited to bat first after Singapore won the toss, skipper Rohit Kumar Poudel hit 95 off 105 balls including seven boundaries and one six as Nepal posted a huge target of 282 runs at Selangor Turf Club, Kuala Lumpur. Rashid Khan scored 48, four fours and two sixes off 47 deliveries and Sarraf hit 47 off 53 balls which included four fours and two sixes.

Sarraf took Singapore were restricted to only 65 runs in 30 overs. Kushal Malla and Surya Tamang took two wickets each.

Nepal will face the United Arab Emirates on Saturday; Malaysia on Monday; Oman on Tuesday and Kuwait on Thursday.

Nepal along with six non-Test playing Asian countries are participating in the qualifier. Only the table topper will get a chance as the 13^th nation to play in the U-19 World Cup to be held in South Africa next year.

KATHMANDU, July 21: Nepal defeated Singapore by 22 runs in its fourth match played today under the ICC Asia U-19 World Cup Qualifier cricket championship underway in Singapore.

In the match played in the Singapore-based Indian Association’s cricket ground, Nepal opted to bat first after winning the toss and secured 168 runs in 46.5 overs at the loss of all wickets.

In reply, the host country, losing all wickets, made 146 runs in 46.5 overs.

Singapore’s batsman Rohan Rangarajan made 23 runs while Sean Agarwal contributed 21 runs, Sidhant 25 runs while Yuvraj Singh played with 19 runs and Hanshul Deep scored 32 runs.

Nepali team captain Sandeep Lamichhane alone took four wickets in course of limiting the competitor to 146 runs.

Dipendra Singh Airee hit a half-century and took one wicket for his team. He collected 54 runs with the help of two sixes and two fours in 83 balls. Similarly, opening batsman Sandip Sunar made 26 runs, including one six and two fours while Prakash KC made 23 runs.

In the bowling side, Bir Bikram Biswasray took three wickets while Aryaman Sunil Uchil and Aahan Gopinath Achar two wickets each for Singapore. Bishwasray conceded 29 runs in 10 overs with two maidens, Aryaman gave away 23 runs in five overs and Gopinath conceded 31 runs in 10 overs. RSS

KATHMANDU, July 17: Nepal defeated Singapore by four wickets to win the first match held today under the U-19 World Cup Asia Qualifier Division.

In the today’s match held at the Padang Field of Singapore’s Cricket Club, the host team was invited to bat first after losing the toss.

The Singaporean team was all out in 29 overs after collecting 72 runs. In reply, Nepal met the target in 17.3 overs at the loss of six wickets.

However, the Nepali team seemed losing confidence after batsman Sandip Sunar was out with just one run in his account and Asif Sheikh with four runs. The third batsman from the Nepali team, Pranit Thapamagar contributed 23 runs, the most runs in the opening match, to his team while Anil Shah made 19 runs, Prakash KC six runs and Dipendra Singh Airee mere two runs.

Rohit Kumar Poudel contributed 19 unabated runs to the Nepali team while captain Sandip Lamichhanne took five wickets alone. Sahab Alam took three and Kishore Mahato two wickets. RSS