Leaders cement their positions
Cricinfo staff
May 26, 2008
The third round of the ICC World Cricket League Division Five in Jersey again produced wins for the favourites, and with two rounds remaining, it seems that Afghanistan, Jersey, Nepal and USA are the teams likely to make the last four.
A fantastic innings of 92 from Jersey’s […]

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Cricinfo staff
May 25, 2008

Mahaboob Alam completes his ten-wicket haul © CricketEurope/ICC

Nepal’s left-arm seamer Mahaboob Alam produced an extraordinary performance in on the third day of the ICC World Cricket League Division 5, taking all ten wickets against Mozambique.
Alam was on a hat-trick three times in the course of his 7.5 overs, and […]

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Kathmandu, April 27:
Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) announced the final 14-member squad for the upcoming ICC World Cricket League Division-V here today.
Allrounder Binod Das was named the captain and Paras Khadka his deputy for the May 21-31 tournament slated in Jersey. Others in the squad are Paresh Lohani, Shakti Gauchan, Mahboob Alam, Sanjam Regmi, Sharad […]

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West Indies 236 for 9 (Chanderpaul 62*, Gayle 52, Mendis 3-39) beat Sri Lanka 235 for 7 (Kapugedera 95, Silva 67, Bravo 4-32) by one wicket
Shivnarine Chanderpaul carried West Indies to a thrilling final-ball one-wicket thriller in the first one-day international at Port of Spain after being left needing 10 off two deliveries. He […]

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KATHMANDU, April 9 - Nepal moved five positions ahead in the latest FIFA world rankings - thanks to a win against Pakistan in the friendly last month. Nepal is now on 183th position. Pakistan also moved five places up and is now on 161. European champion Greece rose to its highest ever position of eighth […]

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Liverpool and Chelsea will go head-to-head in the Champions League semi-finals yet again after the Reds beat Arsenal in a tumultuous game at Anfield. An incredible two minutes of action saw Emmanuel Adebayor level the game at 2-2 on 84 minutes before Liverpool won a penalty just seconds later. Steven Gerrard converted before Ryan Babel […]

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The Olympic torch arrived in San Francisco on Tuesday for the latest stage of its worldwide relay as the International Olympic Committee for the first time raised the possibility of cutting short the relay or amending the route after the torch’s stops in London and Paris descended into chaos because of anti-Chinese protests.
China, the host […]

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KATHMANDU, April 2 - Captain Shakti Gauchan guided Region No 4 Bhairahawa into the final of the Springwood National League Cricket Tournament with a 55-run victory over Region No 2 Birgunj at the Lab School Ground on Wednesday.Shakti scored unbeaten 72 as the defending champion posted 198/8 in the 42-over match before Birgunj was bowled […]

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South Africa 223 for 4 (Kallis 60*, de Villiers 59*) lead India 76 all out (Steyn 5-23, Ntini 3-18) by 147 runs

In a country where the most lucrative and least-skilled form of the game is now being seen as the best thing since loaves came sliced, there was almost delicious irony in a […]

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South Africa 540 (Amla 159, McKenzie 94, Harbhajan 5-164) and 331 for 5 dec (McKenzie 155*, Amla 81) drew with India 627 (Sehwag 319, Jaffer 73, Steyn 4-103)

A patient unbeaten 155 from Neil McKenzie, and his solid 157-run partnership with Hashim Amla guided South Africa to safety on the final day at the MA Chidambaram […]

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