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Kathmandu Friday November 23, 2001 Marga 08, 2058.
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Soaltee Super Sixes 2001
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Post Report
KATHMANDU, Nov 22 – Sixteen of the
country’s corporate houses come out of their business boardroom to take to a playing
field when the Soaltee Crowne Plaza Super Sixes – six-a-side – cricket
tournament gets underway today at the Tribhuvan University Cricket Ground.
The three-day event being organised by
Soaltee Crowne Plaza in association with Cricket Association and support of Bottlers Nepal
and Gorkha Brewery with a theme: ‘All play no work’ will feature a total of nine
matches on the opening day.
The teams, which are pooled in four groups,
each comprising of four teams, will play round-robin league format developed by Cricket
Association of Nepal (CAN) with the pool winners making it to the last four of the
tournament.
The participating teams include Khetan Group,
Radisson Hotel, Indian Embassy, Standard Chartered (Group A); Hotel Yak & Yeti,
Everest Insurance, Nabil Bank, International Leasing and Finance Company (Group B);
Kantipur Publications, Nepal Bangladesh Bank, British Gurkhas Nepal, Kumari Bank (Group C)
and Surya Tobacco, Bank of Kathmandu, Nepal Bank of Ceylon, Soaltee Crowne Plaza (Group D)
The opening match will showcase Khetan Group,
the last year’s champions facing off the challenge of Radisson Hotel.
Today’s schedule:
Khetan Group vs Radisson (9:00 –
9:45am); Yak & Yeti vs Everest Insurance (9:45 – 10:30am); Kantipur Publications
vs Nepal Bangladesh Bank (10:30 – 11:15am); Khetan Group vs Indian Embassy (11:15
– 12:00am); Yak & Yeti vs Nabil Bank (12:00 – 12:45pm); Kantipur
Publications vs British Gorkhas Nepal (12:45 – 1:30pm); Everest Insurance vs Nabil
Bank (1:30 – 2:15pm); Indian Embassy vs Radisson (2:15 – 3:00pm); British
Gorkhas Nepal vs Nepal Bangladesh Bank (3:00 – 3:45pm). |
