Sep 12, 2026
Rahul Chopra finished on 100 not out, and Nepal are going to the Asia Cup anyway
Nepal beat the UAE by 44 runs in the ACC Men’s Premier Cup final in Kuala Lumpur to take the last place at the 2027 ODI Asia Cup in Bangladesh.
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Sep 10, 2026
Oman made 60, Hong Kong made 70, and Nepal play the UAE for an Asia Cup place
Both ACC Men’s Premier Cup semi-finals were over early on Thursday, and Saturday’s final in Kuala Lumpur decides the last seat at the 2027 Asia Cup.
Sep 9, 2026
Ponting says 50-over cricket is the obvious thing to lose, and that is only true at the top of the game
Ricky Ponting thinks the ODI is what gets squeezed as T20 franchise cricket keeps expanding, and he is not happy about it. He is right about the four...
Sep 8, 2026
Babar Hayat retired hurt on 13, and came back to make 117 not out
Hong Kong needed to beat Nepal to reach the ACC Men’s Premier Cup semi-finals. At 133 for seven they were nowhere near it, and Babar Hayat had already...
Sep 8, 2026
Oman were 13 for four inside four overs, and UAE had already lost five wickets for 13
Both sides lost a clutch of wickets in a heap at Bangi on Tuesday. Only one of them could afford it, and UAE finished the group stage unbeaten.
Sep 7, 2026
Virandeep Singh made 98 and took three, and Malaysia still might not reach the semi-finals
Malaysia beat Bahrain by 126 runs at the Bayuemas Oval on Monday and finished their ACC Men’s Premier Cup group. Whether that gets them a semi-final i...
Sep 5, 2026
Hong Kong were 161 for 8, and Anshuman Rath finished the Super Over in three balls
Hong Kong and Malaysia both finished on 209 at Bangi on Saturday. The Super Over that decided it lasted three deliveries.
Sep 5, 2026
Suraksha Kotte took two wickets in two balls, and Indonesia’s first Asia Cup ended without a win
UAE beat Indonesia by six wickets in Dubai on Friday to stay alive in Group B. Indonesia were 1 for 2 after two deliveries and never recovered.
Sep 4, 2026
Saudi Arabia’s first win leaves four teams level in Premier Cup Group A
Abdul Waheed’s 70 set up a 17-run win over Bahrain in Bangi, and the second qualifying place in Group A is now a four-way tie on points.
Sep 4, 2026
Manpreet Singh made 96 of Singapore’s 150, and Muhammad Asim took 6 for 18
Singapore were 31 for 6 in Kuala Lumpur on Friday and their captain still got them to 150. Qatar chased it in 28.1 overs, and Saudi Arabia beat Bahrai...
Sep 2, 2026
Bahrain were bowled out for 87 on Monday, and on Wednesday they beat Hong Kong
Ali Dawood’s 4 for 21 left Group A of the ACC Men’s Premier Cup in a four-way tie. In Bangi, Oman chased 273 with 57 balls to spare and are the only s...
Aug 31, 2026
Lamichhane took 5 for 14 in his first match as Nepal’s ODI captain, and Bahrain made 87
Sandeep Lamichhane’s ten overs cost 14 runs and took five wickets as Nepal opened their ACC Men’s Premier Cup campaign with a seven-wicket win in Mala...
Aug 29, 2026
Brevis made 75 of South Africa’s 145, and two Namibian kids took the wickets that mattered
Namibia defended 163 to beat South Africa by 18 runs in the Windhoek tri-series opener on Friday, and are now two from two against their neighbours in...
Aug 19, 2026
Italy bowl Tanzania out with spin, and in December they will play their first official ODIs
An eight-wicket win in Dar es Salaam put Italy top of Challenge League B. The reward is a place at the World Cup Qualifier Play-off, where every match...
Aug 12, 2026
Lamichhane has the Nepal captaincy back, and Paudel stays in the side
The Cricket Association of Nepal has made Sandeep Lamichhane its ODI captain again for the ACC Men’s Premier Cup, almost four years after suspending h...
Aug 12, 2026
Moises Henriques will captain Portugal in Finland, a month after retiring in Australia
Australia’s most-capped domestic cricketer, and a familiar face from six IPL squads, has been named captain of Portugal for a T20 World Cup sub-region...
Aug 10, 2026
Scotland and the Netherlands say the ICC stopped replying, and two teams will now be out of the World Cup after two games
Cricket Scotland and the KNCB have gone public over the 2027 World Cup revamp, saying two meetings with the ICC produced no written explanation and no...
Aug 1, 2026
Edwards hands over the Netherlands captaincy, and de Leede inherits the road to 2027
Scott Edwards has given up the Netherlands captaincy after four years and 56 ODIs, with allrounder Bas de Leede taking charge for the rest of the Worl...
Jul 24, 2026
Scott Edwards’ unbeaten 61 steers Netherlands past Nepal in Utrecht
Scott Edwards anchored a measured chase with an unbeaten 61 as the Netherlands beat Nepal by six wickets in Utrecht, leaving the visitors still search...
Jul 23, 2026
Nepal look to bounce back against the Netherlands with World Cup qualifying points at stake
Nepal need a response against the host nation in Utrecht after their opening defeat to Namibia, in a World Cup League 2 series where every point count...
Jul 22, 2026
JJ Smit’s six-for sinks Nepal as Namibia win the Utrecht opener
Namibia bowled Nepal out for 157, with JJ Smit taking six wickets, then chased down the target with eight wickets to spare to open the Netherlands tri...