Sep 28, 2026
Nepal have won six T20Is in a row, and a washout in Nisshin would still send Sri Lanka through
Sri Lanka go into Tuesday’s Asian Games quarter-final with the rain rule on their side. Nepal arrive with the form.
Nepal cricket
18 articles tagged with "Nepal cricket"
Sep 26, 2026
Rain took the last day in Nisshin, and India open their Asian Games defence against Afghanistan
Nepal and Malaysia top their groups after two washouts, which sets up a rematch of the rain-ruined 2023 final in Monday’s quarter-final.
Sep 25, 2026
Lalit Rajbanshi took a wicket in each of his first three overs, and Nepal beat Afghanistan by five wickets
Nepal’s spinners shared seven wickets as a second-string Afghanistan side made 102 for 7 in Nisshin, and the chase was done with 16 balls to spare.
Sep 23, 2026
India won the last Asian Games cricket gold without finishing the final, and the men’s tournament restarts on Thursday without them
The men’s competition at Nisshin opens on Thursday with Japan against Afghanistan, but the four highest-ranked sides do not appear until the quarter-f...
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.
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 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 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.
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 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 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...
Jul 19, 2026
T20 cricket records: the biggest numbers in the shortest format
From Zimbabwe’s 344 to a nine-ball fifty, the shortest format keeps rewriting the record book. Here are the biggest T20 cricket records, and the playe...