CAN publishes High Performance Program before ICC T20 Qualifier

Cricket Association of Nepal(CAN) has published an annual program for 2070/71 B.S. along with the High Performance Program for World Cup Qualifiers.

As part of the preparation for the ICC Twenty20 World Cup Qualifiers the national cricket team will travel to India to play practice matches. 

According to Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN), the national team will play around 7-10 matches with the teams associated with Delhi District Cricket Association (DDC).The Delhi tour was organised by High Performance Programme Committee, a seven-member team formed under the chairmanship of CAN President Tanka Angbuhang, which will design programmes to prepare the cricketers for the two World Cup Qualifiers.

The Delhi tour is scheduled to run through October 20-30.According to Angbuhang, CAN has set aside a budget of $ 250,000 under the High Performance Programme (HPP) out of which $ 175,000 is a grant from the ICC to prepare for the two qualifiers.

Likewise, ACC has granted $ 20,000 each for the Twenty20 and 50-over world cup qualifiers and National Sports Council has provided Rs 40,000.The Twenty20 World Cup Qualifiers will run through November 15-30 in Dubai while the One Day World Cup Qualifier is slated for January 8-February 1 in New Zealand.

Prior to the Delhi tour, the cricketers will undergo bowling and batting camp. CAN has hired Australian Chris Harris, who is the batting coach for the Victoria State, to coach the national team in a week-long camp which runs through October 4-10.Similarly, 10 bowlers from the Sri Lankan A team will assist our batsmen to practice playing pace attack, from September 15-24.

“They bowl faster than our bowlers and we believe this will help our boys face the pace of Afghanistan and Ireland,’ manager of HPP said.

CAN also revealed that the HPP will arrange home and away practice matches with neighbouring countries like India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.

Meanwhile, CAN has appointed Amrit Mathur and Amir Akhtar as the international and national counselor respectively.

Fixtures / Venue	Date (Nepali/English)
Umpires Training Course, Nepalgunj	Bhadra 9-11, 2070 (Level O)
Senior Twenty20 National Tournament	Ashwin 10 to 17, 2070, Kathmandu (Sep 26-Oct 3, 2013)
ICC World Cup T20 Close Camp	Kartik 1-28, 2070 (Oct 18-Nov 14, 2013)
ICC World T20 Cup Qualifier, U.A.E	Kartik 29- Mangsir 15, 2070 (November 15-30, 2013)
Inter-School Cricket Tournament Boys Girls	TBC (Govt. Program) TBC (Govt. Program)
Senior National One-Day (50 Overs)Club Registration District Club Tournament Regional Tournament National Tournament	Upto Ashwin 10, 2070 Upto Kartik 15 (November 1, 2013) Upto Mangsir 5 Mangsir 16 -30 (Dec 1-15, 2013)
Close Camp	Poush 1-23, 2070 (Dec 16, 2013 – Jan 7, 2014)
ICC World Cup Qualifiers, New Zealand	Poush 24 – Magh 18, 2070 (Jan 8 – Feb 1, 2014)
U-19 Boys National Tournament Regional Tournament National Tournament Close Camp	Upto Ashwin 31 (Oct 17, 2013) Kartik 4-14, 2070 (October 21-30, 2013) Mangsir 20-Poush 8, 2070 (Dec 5 -23, 2013)
ACC U-19 Asia Cup	Poush 11 – 22, 2070 (December 26, 2013-Jan 6, 2014)
Senior Women’s National Tournament	Poush 18-26, 2070 (January 1 to 10, 2014)
U-19 Women’s National Tournament	TBC (As per ACC Calendar 2014)
U-16 Boys National Tournament	TBC (As per ACC Calendar 2014)

High Performance Program for World Cup Qualifiers

Fixtures / Venue	Date (Nepali/English)
Close Camp	Sep 8 – Oct 10, 2013
a) Fast Bowler from Sri Lanka	September 15 – 24, 2013
b) Batting Coach from Australia	October 4-10, 2013
India Tour	October 20-30, 2013
Fielding Coach from Sri Lanka	November 6 – 10, 2013
Sri Lanka/Bangladesh/India Tour	December 17 – 24, 2013
New Zealand Acclimatization & Practice	December 27 onwards