Blind Cricket T20 World Cup: Schedule for Blind Cricket T20 World Cup

The schedule for the Blind Cricket Twenty20 World Cup has been revealed, the tournament to be held from 1st to 13th December in Banglore, India. 

This would be the first Blind Cricket T20 WC and the 9 teams competing in the tournament; Australia, Bangladesh, England, India, Nepal, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka and West Indies.Nepal is the only non test playing nations taking part in the tournament.

The tournament kicks off with a function at the Kanteerava Stadium on the 1st December. The opening matches will be held the next day, as India takes on Australia and Pakistan Battle it out with England. All the teams play each other in a round robin format, 4 matches will be played each day in the group stages and one of the team will have rest day. The top four sides will then progress the semi-finals, which will be played on the 12th December. The final will be held the very next day. 

Nepal takes on Bangladesh in its first match which scheduled on 2nd December. Nepal will face Sri Lanka, South Africa, and Australia on the consecutive days. Team Nepal then gets a break on 5thDecember. Its four back to back matches again for Nepal as it takes on Australia, England, India and Pakistan in the remainder of the group stage.

The Blind Cricket team of Nepal and its management however have been struggling to gather enough funds to actually go to Banglore and compete, thus putting Nepalese participation in the tournament in jeopardy. 

Blind cricket is a version of the sport of cricket adapted for blind and partially sighted players. It has governed by the World Blind Cricket Council (WBCC) since 1996. So far, three Blind World Cups have been held, New Delhi, India (1998); Chennai, India (2002) and Islamabad, Pakistan

Rohit Chand may play for Indonesian club Arema FC

Nepal international defender Rohit Chand is leaving for Indonesia on Thursday for a trial with Indonesian premier league side, Arema FC. It is confirm that Chand will appear in a trial that may last for a month, According to football portal of Nepal goalnepal.com
Arema FC is an Indonesian football team based in Malang, East Java. It is one of the most supported and successful football clubs in Indonesia. This club had reach the quarterfinal of the AFC cup 2012.

Arema football club logo

 Rohit will appear in the trail as a defensive midfielder goal Nepal write giving reference of Nabin Chitrakar, who is helping Rohit to go Indonesia.Rohit is covering his plane fare to Singapore in route to Indonesia. The agent in Indonesia will then cover the air fare from Singapore to Indonesia. Rohit's accomodation in Indonesia will also be covered by the local agent. 

Nepali defender Rohit Chand

 

"It's not a confirmed deal. Rohit needs to prove his worth in Indonesia", Dr. Mustika, an official FIFA agent told.Chand played two seasons in I-League representing HAL where he proved his class with constant performance.
Stick with us for each and every details of Rohit Chand's sojourn to Indonesia.

anantasports.com family wishes very best of luck to Chand. Hope he will shine in Indonesia too.

Pakistan Premier League likely to clash with Indian Premier League next year

The rivalry between India and Pakistan is not only between the two governments but it seems like there is rivalry between both the cricket boards. The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has made a tentative schedule of the inaugural event of the Pakistan Premier League (PPL), which is likely to clash with the Indian version of the Twenty20 competition. According to an official, the opening and closing ceremonies have been set for March 25 and April 10 next year respectively. If the event goes ahead as per the tentative schedule, the knockout stages are certain to clash with the Indian Premier League (IPL) that starts from April 3

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"We didn't have much choice. The window after the South Africa tour is the only period available as per the Future Tour Programme," The Express Tribune quoted the official, as saying.

The South Africa cricket board had reportedly refused to reschedule the dates for the Pakistan series, which includes three Tests, five One-Day Internationals and two Twenty20s between February 1 and March 24, 2013.

However, the official said the discussions were made with the broadcasters and sponsors during the PPL committee's visit to Dubai along with PCB Chairman Zaka Ashraf.

"Broadcasters and sponsors have not shown any reservations. They have given a thumbs-up to the schedule. Only a few matches are coinciding. The IPL will stretch for nearly two months and the clash will not create many problems for us. Even if the leagues have common stars, they will just miss one or two IPL matches. We are now keeping our fingers crossed," the official said.

The PCB is targeting 30 international cricketers, including five 'super stars' for each of team in the league. 

Pakistan cricket team to play against India in last of 2012

     The cricket match between India and Pakistan is always remembered and waited cricket match not only for the Indian and Pakistani but cricket lovers from all over the world and the match between two rivals in expected at last of 2012 in India.  India's home ministry has cleared a limited-overs tour by the Pakistan team, prompting the BCCI to say the tour "is on" at the end of the year. The clearance was given at a meeting in New Delhi on Tuesday between ministry officials and senior representatives of the BCCI - including its chief administrative officer Ratnakar Shetty, IPL chairman Rajiv Shukla and chief executive Sundar Raman. 

Pakistan Vs India will resume from this year

"We have discussed all security aspects (and) the tour is on," Shukla told reporters after the meeting. The tour - which now needs only a formal announcement by the two boards to be official - will comprise three ODIs and two Twenty20s at Chennai, Delhi, Kolkata, Ahmedabad and Bangalore. Pakistan are due to arrive on December 22 and Shukla said the tour would continue till January 7 but the detailed schedule is yet to be announced. 

However, there is little room for flexibility because the series is sandwiched between two legs of England's tour of India. It will be the first bilateral series between the two sides since Pakistan toured India in end-2007, though they have met in international tournaments. Cricket ties between the two countries were snapped following the 2008 terror attacks in Mumbai by militants from Pakistan.

ICC approves day-night Test with colored balls

The ICC on Monday gave its seal of approval to the day/night Test matches while leaving the member Boards to decide on the type and colour of the ball to be used, as it announced new playing conditions for Tests, ODIs and T20 internationals ahead of Sri Lanka-New Zealand series beginning Tuesday. 
    Some countries, including Australia and England, have been experimenting day/night Test matches for some time and with the ICC's decision on Monday, the longest format of the game may be held under lights very soon. "Participating countries may agree to play day/night Test matches. The home and visiting boards will decide on the hours of play which will be six hours of scheduled play per day while the two boards will also decide on the precise brand, type and colour of ball to be used for the match," the ICC said in a statement. 

The world body announced a slew of changes in the playing conditions, including powerplays, fielding restrictions and short-pitched deliveries in the ODIs, Decision Review System (in Tests and ODIs), no-ball, dead ball, over-rates, applicable in all the formats and changes in one over-per-side Eliminator in T20Is.

"The new playing conditions for Tests, ODIs and Twenty20 internationals will come into effect with the series between Sri Lanka and New Zealand, which starts in Pallekele on Tuesday 30 October. The amendments have been approved by the ICC Board following proposals made by the ICC Cricket Committee at its meeting in London in May," it said.

Under the new playing conditions, there would be two blocks of Powerplays in an ODI, instead of existing three.

"In an uninterrupted innings, the first Powerplay will be restricted to the first 10 overs with only two fielders allowed outside the 30-yard circle. The second five-over batting Powerplay (in an uninterrupted innings) will have to be completed by the 40th over and only three fielders will be allowed outside the fielding restriction area at the time of delivery," the ICC statement said.

"In the non-Powerplay overs, no more than four fielders will be permitted outside the 30-yard circle."

Regarding changes in one over-per-side Eliminator in T20Is, the ICC said, "In both innings of one over per side eliminator, fielding side shall choose from which end to bowl.

Sourav Ganguly retired from all form of cricket as player

Former India captain Sourav Ganguly has said he won’t be playing in IPL 6 calling time on his domestic career after he had earlier opted out of Ranji Trophy as well. Ganguly, who leads Pune Warriors in the Indian Premier League, told a leading Indian daily on Sunday that he has informed the owners of the franchise of his intentions. 

Saurav Ganguly

"I had a wonderful time playing in the IPL for five seasons. It gave me a chance to keep playing top-class cricket even after quitting international cricket. But I can`t go on forever, and I have requested the franchise owners not to consider me for IPL 6," Ganguly was quoted as saying by the Times of India on Sunday.Ganguly, who represented India in 113 Tests and 311 ODIs, had earlier said that he won’t be plying his trade in the Ranji Trophy. There is no question of playing in Ranji Trophy, if I`m not playing IPL," he said. He was the top class international middle order batsman who played with sachin rahul and Laxman for long time and his mate sachin is still playing international cricket."

Saurav Ganguly

He few days ago said that he is open as coach for indian team. Hope his dream to coach indian national team will be true.

AFC Challenge cup 2014:Cambodia withdraws from 2014 AFC Challenge Cup

The Football Federation of Cambodia (FFC) on Friday announced its withdrawal from the 2014 AFC Challenge Cup, a tournament featuring many of the Asian Football Confederation's 'emerging' national team programs.

Cambodia have participated in the competition since its inaugural edition in 2006, when they were eliminated after finishing in third in Group C. In their 2012 campaign, Royal Khmers beat Macau on aggregate before losing to Maldives, Tajikistan, and Kyrgyzstan in the group qualifying stage.

Cambodia national team

"The FFC wants to concentrate on building youth and grassroots programs [in the country]," FFC Deputy General Secretary May Tola said in a statement, also citing limited financial reach due to the ongoing construction of the country's new national football center in Bati.

Cambodia are presently without a manager following the resignation of coach Hok Sochetra earlier this week.
The 2014 AFC Challenge Cup qualification phase will determine the teams which advance to the final tournament. The qualification draw was scheduled to be held on 25 October 2012, in AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, but has been postponed to November. The qualification matches are scheduled to take place 2–17 March 2013

2013 Africa Cup of Nations: Grouping, Fixture and Schedule

With the competition just over two months away, the 16 competing national teams were Grouped in 4 different groups.The 2013 Africa Cup of Nations final competition draw took place at the Durban International Convention Centre in South Africa on 24th October 2012 , with the 16 countries qualified for the tournament discovering who their opponents will be.The 16 teams were divided into four pots ahead of the draw. Pot A contained the seeded teams which included hosts South Africa, defending champions Zambia, Cote d'Ivoire and Ghana. In Pot B Tunisia, Nigeria and Mali were joined by Angola.
North Africans Morocco and Algeria formed the base of Pot C, adding Niger and Burkina Faso to their section, leaving Togo, Cape Verde, DR Congo and east African hopefuls Ethiopia in the final Pot.

As host nation, South Africa qualified automatically as a top seed in Group A, and they were joined by minnows Cape Verde, north African giants Morocco and Angola.

On paper, it would seem that Group D is the most competitive of the four, as powerhouse national team Cote d'Ivoire find themselves selected in a section containing Togo, and the north African pairing of Algeria and Tunisia.

Other interesting clashes include Ghana against Mali in Group B, with DR Congo and Niger completing the group, while the Super Eagles of Nigeria will be facing the current Afcon title holders Zambia. The two remaining national teams in Group C are Ethiopia and Burkina Faso.

The 16 teams will play in five host cites throughout South Africa from January 19 to February 10, 2013, to determine the African champion who will represent the continent at the 2013 Fifa Confederations Cup.

2013 AFRICA CUP OF NATIONS FINAL DRAW

GROUP A  South Africa   Angola   Morocco   Cape Verde	GROUP B   Ghana  Mali   Niger   DR Congo
GROUP C  Zambia   Nigeria   Burkina Faso   Ethiopia	GROUP D  Cote d'Ivoire   Tunisia   Algeria   Togo

Here is the complete Schedule of AFrica Cup of nations 2013

Group A

   (Durban unless stated)

   Jan 19

   At Johannesburg

   South Africa v Cape Verde 1600, Angola v Morocco 1900

   Jan 23

   South Africa v Angola 1500, Morocco v Cape Verde 1800

   Jan 27

   South Africa v Morocco 1700

   At Port Elizabeth

   Cape Verde v Angola 1700

  

   Group B

   (Port Elizabeth unless noted)

   Jan 20

   Ghana v DR Congo 1500, Mali v Niger 1800

   Jan 24

   Ghana v Mali 1500, Niger v DR Congo 1800

   Jan 28

   Ghana v Niger 1700

   At Durban

   DR Congo v Mali 1700

  

   Group C

   (Nelspruit unless noted)

   Jan 21

   Zambia v Ethiopia 1500, Nigeria v Burkina Faso 1800

   Jan 25

   Zambia v Nigeria 1500, Burkina Faso v Ethiopia 1800

   Jan 29

   Zambia v Burkina Faso 1700

   At Rustenburg

   Ethiopia v Nigeria 1700

  

   Group D

   (Rustenburg unless noted)

   Jan 22

   Ivory Coast v Togo 1500, Tunisia v Algeria 1800

   Jan 26

   Ivory Coast v Tunisia 1500, Algeria v Togo 1800

   Jan 30

   Ivory Coast v Algeria 1700

   At Nelspruit

   Togo v Tunisia 1700

  

   Quarter-finals

   Feb 2

   At Port Elizabeth

   (1) Gp B winners v Gp A runners-up 1500

   At Durban

   (2) Gp A winners v Gp B runners-up 1830

   Feb 3

   At Rustenburg

   (3) Gp D winners v Gp C runners-up 1500

   At Nelspruit

   (4) Gp C winners v Gp D runners-up 1830

  

   Semi-finals

   Feb 6

   At Durban

   Winners quarter-final 2 v winners quarter-final 3 1500

   At Nelspruit

   Winners quarter-final 4 v winners quarter-final 1 1830

  

   Third place

   Feb 9

   At Port Elizabeth

   Semi-finals losers 1800

  

   Final

   Feb 10

   At Johannesburg

   Semi-finals winners 1800

  

   Match venues

   Johannesburg: Soccer City (94,000 capacity)

   Durban: Moses Mabhida Stadium (54,000)

   Nelspruit: Mbombela Stadium (41,000)

   Port Elizabeth: Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium (48,500)

   Rustenburg: Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace (42,000)

Safal Pokhara Cup 2069: Safal pokhara cup to begin from 14th kartik ( schedule, Fixture and results)

2nd Safal Pokhara Cup 2069 is set to start from 14th of Kartik in Pokhara Rangashala after the end of biggest nepali frstival dashain. Altogether 12 teams will be taking part in the Safal Pokhara Gold cup 2069. There will be 9 domestic teams and 3 international teams (from India, Bhutan and Bangladesh). The 9 Nepalese teams to take part in the Pokhara Gold Cup are Nepal Police Club, Manang Marsyangdi Club, Himalayan Sherpa Club, Friends Club, NRT, RCT, APF, Machindra Club and Pokhara XI. 
     All the preparations are over and the inaugural match will be played between NIBL Friends Club and Armed Police Force. 3 Foreign teams and LH MMC have gone through to next round while Pokhara XI and NRT will play on 15th for a place in Quarter final. Similarly, NPC will face Machhindra and RCT will play Himalayan Sherpa for quarterfinal berth. The teams from Calcutta and Bangladesh are yet to be finalized. 

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    The Quarterfinal round will start from 18th with LH MMC playing winner of Friends vs APF. Bhutanese team Druk Pol FC will be playing the winner of Pokhara XI vs NRT while the winner of Machhindra Vs NPC will play with team from Calcutta. The final QF match will be played between Team from Bangladesh and winner of RCT vs HSC. The fixture of Semifinal round is yet to be published. 
         This is the 2nd edition of the tournament and the winner of the previous edition is Dhanmundi Club from Bangladesh. This is one of the highest prized tournament outside the Kathmandu Valley. The winner of this year's tournament will take home Rs 305,000. The runners-up will receive Rs 150,000. There will also be individual prizes for best goalkeeper, defender, midfielder, forward, coach, highest scorer as well as best player of the tournament. The tournament will be held from Kartik 14, 2069 to Kartik 25, 2069. 

Pokhara Rangashala where Safal pokhara cup is to be played

Kaski District Football Association has predicted an expense of Rs 55,60,000 for organising the tournament. This will be a great chance for football lovers in Pokhara to watch top teams in Nepal compete against each other just after the festive mood of Dashain.

Schedule of the tournament is given below

Sydney Sixers Claim the Champions League T20 title

Opener Michael Lumb put up a terrorizing display of hitting as Sydney Sixers overwhelmed Highveld Lions by 10 wickets to lift the Champions League Twenty20 trophy at the New Wanderers Stadium here, on Sunday.

The Aussie franchise restricted the home team to 121 after electing to bowl and then shot down the target with 45 balls to spare, as Lumb (82*, 42b) and skipper Brad Haddin (37*, 33b) made the most of dropped catches. 

Lumb was named Man of the Match and also received the Golden Bat for being the highest run scorer. Left arm fast bowler Mitchell Starc was named Man of the Series, for being the leading wicket-taker in the tournament with 14 scalps.

For a brief phase it seemed that Highveld Lions would make a match of it. After being 9 for 4 they had scraped together a score that touched the foot of competitiveness, put their faith in their two left-arm strike bowlers - Dirk Nannes and Sohail Tanvir - who had given away just 10 runs in their first four overs.

Champions of Champions of 2012

This was the second Champions League T20 title for a team from New South Wales; current champions Brad Haddin, Steve O'Keefe, Moises Henriques, Steve Smith and Ben Rohrer were part of the winning NSW squad in 2009 too. Like the previous final, Haddin almost missed this one with an injured thumb, but not only was he spot on with the call at the toss, he spun a rabbit out of his hat after putting Lions in.

Indian Grand Prix: Vettel wins fourth consecutive GP

Defending world champion Sebastian Vettel cruised to his fourth consecutive win and extended his lead in the title race of 2012 to 13 points when he steered his Red Bull car to victory in the Indian Grand Prix.
The 25-year-old German dominated the race from start to finish as he led from pole to the chequered flag to come home ahead of nearest championship rival, Fernando Alonso of Ferrari. 

Sebestian Vettel after win 

Vettel's Red Bull team-mate Mark Webber finished third to consolidate his grip on third in the title race, the Australian fending off a strong late challenge from Lewis Hamilton of McLaren who finished fourth ahead of his team-mate and compatriot Jenson Button. Felipe Massa came home sixth in the second Ferrari ahead of his old friend Kimi Raikkonen of Lotus, Nico Hulkenberg of Force India, Romain Grosjean in the second Lotus and 10th placed Bruno Senna of Williams. 
It was Vettel's 26th win and he revelled in his familiar trick of adding the fastest lap of the race in the final lap and then standing atop of his car to milk the applause from the crowd. 
Vettel, aiming to become Formula One's youngest triple champion, said: "Two years and two wins here, it's a very special Grand Prix, I don't know what it is about this circuit. 

"A big thanks to my team, we're all pushing very hard.

"This is another good step (to the title) for us but there is still a long way to go."

Alonso commented: "It's not easy at the moment to fight with Red Bull but we will never give up...."

By the way, the fastest lap of the race went to McLaren’s Button. It shows the McLaren had the pace but the Red Bulls had the better overall package.

The Sun TV Network won the bid for Hyderabad Franchise New IPL team

The Sun TV Network, a south India-based mass media company, has won the bid for the Hyderabad franchise in the Indian Premier League.The Board of Control for Cricket in India announced on Thursday that the Chennai company bid $15.8 million per year after original owner Deccan Chronicle Holdings Limited, which ran the team by the name of Deccan Chargers, was dropped this month for not paying players' dues and an inability to sell the team.
The Chargers' demise reduced the number of teams to eight but the BCCI invited bids to ensure the IPL remained a nine-team competition.   “SUN TV Network have won the Hyderabad Franchise for an amount of Rs 85.05 crores per year. This Franchise fee represents a premium of over a 100 % above the amount paid by DCHL for the Hyderabad Franchise in 2008,” BCCI Secretary Sanjay Jagdale said in a release.

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“The SUN TV Network bid was substantially higher than the second bid of PVP Ventures, which was Rs 69.03 crores,” Jagdale said.In an effort to attract more bidders, the BCCI had kept the base price at a reasonable Rs 60 crores per year. Deccan Chronicle Holdings Limited had bought the Hyderabad franchise for Rs 428 crores for a period of 10 years.

Chennai-based Sun TV Networks Limited is one of India’s biggest television networks with 32 TV channels and 45 FM radio stations primarily catering to an audience in the four southern languages of India. Their network includes channels covering news, entertainment, film, documentary and music.The BCCI had floated the tenders for a new IPL franchise after terminating Deccan Chargers’ contract on September 15 but the team owners DCHL had challenged it at the Bombay High Court.

Media tycon Kalanithi Maran-owned Sun TV Network (Sun TV), the new entrant of the Indian Premier League (IPL), today announced a contest, for selecting a name for the new Hyderabad IPL Franchise. The winner will get Rs 5 lakh, said the company.

ACC T20 Cup 2013:Nepal to host ACC T20 Cup 2013

Asian Cricket Council (ACC) on Thursday finalized the name of the host nations for the tournaments that are to be held in the year 2013. As per ACC, Nepal will host the ACC Twenty20 Cup in 2013. However, the dates are yet to be confirmed. 

Nepal previously hosted the last edition of the ACC T20 Cup in 2011. Nepal had finished fourth in the tournament and qualified for the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifiers. 

UAE, Afghanistan, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Oman, Kuwait, Maldives and top two from ACC Trophy Challenge 2012 will participate in the ACC T20 Cup.

ACC also confirmed dates and hosts of its events for 2013. ACC U19 Elite Cup will be hosted by Malaysia from May 1 to 12 where Afghanistan, Nepal, Qatar, Hong Kong, UAE, Bahrain, Malaysia, Thailand, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait will participate.

Kuwait will host ACC Twenty20 Women’s Cup from 21 January to 2 February, 2013.

Similarly, Singapore will host the ACC Emerging Teams Cup from 15 to 26 August, 2013. Under 23 teams from four Test nations – India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh along with top three teams of ACC Trophy Elite, Nepal, UAE and Afghanistan with hosts Singapore will participate in the tournament. While Nepal will play Division three in Bermuda in 2013 August.

ACC Women's T20 Asia Cup: Live score update of Nepal vs China

Dear readers Nepal is facing China in its third match of the ACC women's T20 Asia cup 2012.Nepal after two consecutive defeat is already out of the tournament and will play for its pride while china is playing in its home ground at  stadium.China is now at the last of the Group table behind Nepal with two loss and worse run rate than Nepal. Nepal have chance to prove that they are best among non test playing Nation. Here is the Match details.

To get the point Table of the ACC Women's T20 championship Click here 

Nepal Vs China Live score update 

 Match Details:
 ACC Women's T20 Championship
 League Match: Nepal Vs China
 Date: 29 October 2012
 Venue: Ghonzau China

ACC Women's T20 Asia Cup 2012: Points table of ACC Women's T20 Asia Cup

India is placed in Group A with Hong Kong, Pakistan and Thailand, while Bangladesh, China, Nepal and Sri Lanka are in Group B. Two teams from each group will qualify for the semi-finals to be played on October 30. The final will be played the next day. All the matches will be played at the Guanggong International Cricket Stadium in Guangzhou, the venue for the 2010 Asian Games.

anantasports.com is bringing you the point table of ACC Women's T20 Asia Cup 2012.

Points Table

Group A

Teams	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	N/R	Pts	Net RR
India Women	3	3	0	0	0	6	+3.824
Pak Women	3	2	1	0	0	4	+3.906
Thai Women	3	1	2	0	0	2	-2.767
HKG Women	3	0	3	0	0	0	-4.867

Group B

Teams	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	N/R	Pts	Net RR
Bdesh Wmn	3	3	0	0	0	6	+0.713
SL Women	3	2	1	0	0	4	+1.287
China Women	3	1	2	0	0	2	-0.244
Nepal Women	3	0	3	0	0	0	-1.777

ACC Women's T20 Asia cup: Live score update of Nepal Vs bangladesh

Dear readers yours favourite sports portal anantasports.com will bring the live score update of Nepal Vs Bangladesh in ACC Women's T20 Asia cup. Nepal will face another test playing nation bangladesh after losing against Srilanka and this match is crucial for Nepal to reach semifinal. Nepal though say they are there to gain experience and play good cricket but the unpredictable game can bring some unexpected result too.

Match details:ACC Women's T20 Asia cup 2012:
Nepal vs Bangladesh 
Time:7:45 NST
Venue: Guanggong International Cricket Stadium in Guangzhou
Date: 26 oct ,2012
 

ACC Women’s Twenty20 Asia Cup: Live score update of Nepal Vs Srilanka

Dear readers Nepal womens team in participating in the ACC women’s Twenty20 Asia cup that will begin tomorrow in Guangzhou of China. Nepal will play its first Match against test Playing Nation Sri lanka on October 25 . Yours favourite sports portal anantasports.com will bring the live and other exclusive update of the Tournaments to you all.

Nepal Vs Sri Lanka Live score update

Match Details:

ACC Women’s Twenty20 Asia Cup 2012

Group B Match: Nepal Vs Srilanka

Date: 24 October 2012

Venue: Guangzhou China

ACC Women’s Twenty20 Asia Cup: Nepali women Cricket team leaves for China

Nepal will look to play competitive cricket against the likes of Test playing nations when the ACC Women’s Twenty20 Asia Cup begins from October 24 in Guangzhou‚ China. Nepal Cricket team leaves for china today.
Nepal is drawn in Group ‘B’ with Test nations Sri Lanka‚ Bangladesh and hosts China where one loss could knock them out. The Group ‘A’ features India‚ Pakistan‚ Thailand and Hong Kong. The senior team is playing in their first international event 20 months after finishing fourth in 2011 ACC Twenty20 Championship in Kuwait.
After Kuwait event‚ the Nepali women have so far played two national-level events — sixth National Games that ended in March and recently concluded Women’s National Twenty20. Since the team only completed 13-day training before leaving for China today‚ Nepal’s coach Samson Jung Thapa has no ambitious target. 

“We will try to give our best. We are playing against Bangladesh and Sri Lanka‚ while as hosts China will get a lot of advantage. The Asia Cup is a good opportunity to prove ourselves‚” said Thapa. The coach knew his team will have to come with an upset result to fancy any chance of progressing to the semi-finals.
“Every match is going to be final for us. There is no point of taking China lightly because they are the ACC Women’s Twenty20 Championship finalists. We have to come with an upset win to reach the semi-finals‚” he added. China finished second after losing to Hong Kong in ACC Twenty20 Championship where Nepal had lost to Thailand in the third place playoff.
The coach is expecting a lot from his allrounders. “Girls like Roshani (Bohora)‚ Nary (Thapa)‚ Neera (Rajopadhyaya)‚ Sarita (Rana Magar)‚ Rubina (Chhettri) and Sita (Rana Magar) can bat well and do better with bowling. If they play to their potential‚ anything is possible‚” he added.
Neera — who was the part of the team that finished runners-up in the ACC Women’s Tournament in 2007 in Malaysia — was excited. “Asia Cup is a big opportunity for us as we are playing against some tough teams in the world. We are ready to fight against them‚” Neera said.
“We let them play nine matches here (TU grounds) in the centre wicket which will help a little bit. The training has also been better. We can expect a better display from them‚” said assistant coach.

ACC Trophy Elite 2012: Watch Video of Final match UAE Vs Nepal

One of the most exciting cricket match between the non test playing nations was ACC Trophy Elite 2012 Final between Nepal and UAE where Nepal had to made 12 runs of last six balls and you can watch the exciting last Over of Nepal Vs UAE here in yours favorite sports portal anantasports.com. watch the Final Over and post your comments.

Dear readers anantasports.com will like to wish all the readers happy Vijaya Dashami and Subha Deepawali 2069. Stay with us for all the update of sporting events of Nepal.

ACC Trophy Challenge 2012: ACC Trophy Challenge 2012 to be held in Thailand in December 2012

Dear readers the ACC conduct different cricket tournaments with the motive to promote cricket in all the nations where cricket is still under development and ACC will wrap of the year by organizing the ACC Trophy Challenge 2012 in Thailand in December. 

The 2010 ACC Trophy Challenge was a cricket tournament. It gives Associate and Affiliate members of the Asian Cricket Council experience of international one-day cricket and also helps forms an essential part of regional rankings.Details about the Tournamnet is given below 

Venue : Thailand
Dates : 10th - 19th December 2012
Teams : Bahrain, China, Iran, Myanmar, Qatar, Singapore, Thailand
Complete Schedule Grouping and fixtures as well as match details will be added as soon asit will be announced.Yours favorite sports portal will bring all the exclusive updates of the tournament to its readers.Stay with us for other exclusive updates of the Tournament.