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| Kathmandu Saturday April 13, 2002 Chaitra 31, 2058. |
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Kathmandu trounce Tribhuvan
University
Post Report
KATHMANDU, April 12 : Kathmandu district started
the Regional Cricket Selection tournament promisingly with a convincing 9-wicket win over
Tribhuvan University (TU) in a match played at Tribhuvan University cricket ground on
Friday.
TU won the toss and elected to bat but their
batsmen could not cope with the experienced bowling attack of Kathmandu. A total of six
Nepali internationals are playing from Kathmandu side. Aided by Sudhir Pandey’s 23
off 60 balls and Niraj Basnet 12 runs TU managed lowly 70 runs in 35.3 overs – 4.3
overs short of the allotted 40 overs.
Paceman Pramod Basnet picked up two early
wickets while Raju Basnet was the pick of Kathmandu bowlers with three wickets in five
overs. Bardan Chalise and Kiran Rana clinched two wickets each.
Chasing the lowly target, Kathmandu won the
match in just 11.5 overs. Opening batsman Paresh Lohani remained unbeaten with 37 runs off
49 balls. Lohani finished the match in style hitting a huge straight sixer in the 5th ball
off left arm spinner Yug Basnet’s 5th over. TU bowlers never looked comfortable
against the solid batting of Lohani. Sandeep Shrestha remained unbeaten at 5.
Bhusan Panta claimed the wicket of Buddhi Ram
Tamang for eight runs. Nripendra Bhattarai, member of Baluwatar Cricket Club (BCC), handed
over the man-of-the-match award to Raju Basnet of Kathmandu. The tournament featuring five
teams of the Central Region, Kathmandu, Lalitpur, Bhaktapur, Nuwakot and TU, is organised
jointly by BCC and Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN).
Lalitpur will take on Bhaktapur in the second
match at the same ground on Saturday. |
