One of the most enjoyable things I've ever put together.
Frank Nsubuga on realising a 43-year dream, Alpesh Ramjani's leap of faith, and Juma Miyagi's pledge to break bones if he has to at the
#T20WorldCup
Just look at the audacity of Pakistan Cricket Board. I took 24 wickets in 5 matches in Australia but they removed my name from the list. The living example of sheer discrimination against me.
A lot to unpack here from the final ball in Zimbabwe National Premier League.
Four to win off the last ball. Watch what happens next ๐
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@ZimCricketv
The whole world will be watching. The most eagerly-anticipated match of the tournament. The Greatest Rivalry:
England v Afghanistan, tomorrow. Arun Jaitley Stadium.
It's 1:30 in Delhi. Posting stuff from
#ENGvAFG
, conversing with the cab driver who is using audio transcription in Google Translate so we can understand each other. He still knows more English than I know Hindi.
An unforgettable moment. Thanks Lallu ๐
Honestly, that's the deserved result after what happened.
You play to win the game, not to hope the rain comes.
Blown up UAE's faces. Nepal deserved Qualifier entrants.
Amazing scenes. Have never seen anything like this.
A word on Pavel Florin, the Cluj player who you've now seen bowl all over the internet.
Pavel is the only native Romanian in the Cluj side, who punched their ticket for the ECL by being the Romanian T20 champions. Six years ago, he didn't know what cricket was.
*Starts writing a Lamichhane wicket description*
*Backspace because he takes another wicket*
*Starts writing about how he has two wickets in two balls*
*Backspace again as he takes a triple wicket maiden*
#UAEvNEP
This is so unfair on Nepal.
Nepal are outstanding hosts - to the point where you will struggle to find a single person who doesn't come back raving about the place and its people.
Even when me and my club team have gone over they rolled out the red carpet and we were rubbish ๐
Sandeep Lamichhane completely dominating Nikhil Naik and claims his wicket plumb LBW hitting halfway up middle.
All over him like a clingy girlfriend
#JaiNepal
#DCvKKR
#IPL
Crazy scenes in the
@OfficialCSA
T20 Challenge: Khaya Zondo just decides halfway through his innings to bat left handed against Siyabonga Mahima. Mahima in response decides to switch from his left-arm orthodox to bowl seam up!
#Rare
The TU Ground is just begging for floodlights and stands to accommodate more people.
Anyone with a bucketload of money wanting 30 million new friends? ๐ณ๐ต
A lot of the attention will go towards the world records (and for good reason) but it's a huge achievement for Mongolia to have put out men's and women's teams to represent their country in their first official internationals.
It's better to go out and lose than not play at all.
Q: Why follow Associate Cricket?
A: Awesome stuff happens.
Fighting for a U19WC spot, Tanzania, looking dead and buried defending 200 v giants Namibia, throw the ball to 14(!)-year-old Laksh Bakrania.
Bakrania takes 5/28 as ๐ณ๐ฆ go from 87/1 to 152. Look at the scenes!
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@ICC
A thought and thanks for Ryan Campbell today:
- Formed the foundation of this Dutch group to be competitive without the County boys
- Backed Bas de Leede in the early years when he made a slow start to his international career
- Signed Bas at Durham
- Let Bas play the Qualifier
To say you've taken on India and Pakistan in an ODI is the stuff of dreams.
This playing group and Monty Desai deserve all of this success since turning it around earlier in the year.
Soak it up Nepal fans, and let's start plotting how this team can upset the big boys.
Just a reminder that it took India 20 years to win their first Test match, and we don't need reminding how big they are in international cricket.
Things take time and your impatience isn't an excuse to throw barbs at members trying to find their feet.
Anything you hear about a match abandonment at this stage is premature from here in Lauderhill.
Official word is the next inspection.
Extra time allowed for morning games too per the playing conditions.
Believe.
He has done it!
Nepal captain Paras Khadka becomes the first Nepali man to score a One Day International century.
How fitting that the out-and-out leader achieves it when his country needs him.
Inspiration from
@paras77
#UAEvNEP
We've never run out of superlatives when talking or writing about
@paras77
over the years, because his importance to Nepal and its cricket can never be overstated.
Carried the weight of 30 million people on his shoulders every day and never buckled. Irreplaceable.
Just Gerhard Erasmus, captaining Namibia, with a broken spinning finger, taking the wicket of one of the best players in the world at a
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How can people not like this?
#NZvNAM
๐ณ๐ตSandeep Lamichhane to the Hurricanes confirmed. Here we go!
A lot of happy Nepal fans waking up this morning and for good reason. Great signing for all involved.
#BBL10
#JaiNepal
Whatever the result here, this performance sticks it up the fans and media that didn't feel East Asia-Pacific deserved an automatic spot.
Long live cricket in the Pacific ๐ค๐ค
#T20WorldCup
#WIvPNG
Nepal gain ODI status despite:
- No official governing body
- 1 barely approved international cricket ground, 1 still being constructed
- No official domestic tournament outside T20
- Limited matches outside WCL
- Scraping through WCL2
#Nepal
#HKvNEP
#CWCQ
#OdiStatus
#JaiNepal
It's worth remembering that this Nepal team has had Dipendra Singh Airee batting at EIGHT at times ๐
Partly due to his form at the time but a sign that Nepal's batting depth is sneaky strong, definitely not a weakness it was a few years back.
Winning more one ball battles.
And the upward trajectory of Nepali cricket continues into 2019. After achieving ODI status and a win against the Dutch in 2018, they claim their 1st bilateral ODI series win over UAE, with a first ODI hundred from
@paras77
Dai to put the icing on the cake.
#JaiNepal
#UAEvNep
Woah! More to come in the aftermath of this, but what a servant to Nepali cricket Paras dai has been. Even in the midst of suspension he has left Nepali cricket in a stronger spot than when he took the role.
Great to know that the suspension of Nepal cricket has been lifted and would like to wish the new committee to work for the betterment of Nepal cricket,players and its stake holders.
I have hereby decided to resign from my post as the captain of Nepal cricket team.
Jai Nepal !!
New bloke at work: "Who is that Nepali guy from the BBL and IPL?"
Me: "Sandeep Lamichhane."
Him: "Does he play international cricket?"
Me: "Yes. For Nepal..."
Him: "That's a shame."
This could be the fastest way to make me hate you.
#JaiNepal
Great nugget brought to my attention by
@CricketCauldron
.
Tests played by Zimbabwe since their return in 2011:
Bangladesh 9
Pakistan 5
Sri Lanka 5
West Indies 4
New Zealand 4
South Africa 2
Afghanistan 2
No prizes for who is missing...
A lot of you will be watching
@IamSandeep25
tonight for the 1st time tonight, and I think a lot of you will be won over by the whippy leg-spinner from the Chitwan Province. Here's a bit of a yarn for you. 1/?
What's better than one new Nepal jersey? Two!
Huge shoutout from the team at
@t10sports
even when the package had some troubles reaching its intended target.
#JaiNepal
I think this is probably the most well-rounded Nepal group I have ever seen from player 1-16.
Obviously there were stars through the years like Paras, Shakti and Basant but the side now almost has 11 match-winners no matter who they pick.
That's a huge win in the landscape of women's cricket in Asia, Nepal beating UAE.
UAE group is arguably the most talented group of the emerging powers in the region. Huge amount of confidence will come for ๐ณ๐ต. Big wickets of the top order but kept foot on the gas to see out.
To be fair to Nepal, that's an immense effort to take that India side close, irrespective of the players out.
So too Japan against Hong Kong a couple of days ago.
Slowly the gap is being bridged.
Want to put a 2000-word think piece on this at some stage, but we need to talk about how cricket is BOOOMING in Africa at the moment.
Rwanda winning the Kwibuka tournament at home and the celebrations are just the tip of the iceberg.
An unwanted record: Binod Bhandari (4.42) has the worst batting average of any player batting numbers 1 to 7 in T20I history (minimum 5 innings)!
Someone going to make a call to Sunil Dhamala?
Thrilled to see Nepal finally host One Day Internationals, and given the lead up and the home support I can easily see them easily winning at least three matches. Just need someone to stand up with the bat like Subash did today. Spin to win.
How bloody good Sri Lanka!
A packed house desperate to get behind a cricket team again in Dambulla watch their women bring home
#AsiaCup2024
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Over the moon for Chamari and the team. What a result and with a
#T20WorldCup
around the corner ๐
THE CYCLE RETURNS BIGGER AND BETTER! With Oman's defeat of Nepal and Hong Kong's win over Singapore at the ACQ, a cycle of 25 teams can be made. Cricket has never seen such competitiveness, though the game's World Cup is set to be its smallest since 1992. Like/RT for awareness!
๐จ Nepal will host its historic first home ODIs at TU Ground, Kirtipur in the nation's capital against USA & Oman 5-12 February 2020 ๐จ
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Dates & venues for Season 1 of the new all-ODI
@cricketworldcup
League 2 have been announced!
Don't wanna be that guy but please remember Mithali's double ton in 2002 as a 19-year-old when we're talking about young Test double centurions for India and discussing Yashasvi Jaiswal's.
Calamity in Nepal and the Nepal T20 is postponed and possibly cancelled all together.
Organisers of the tournament have fled back to India, players officials and broadcasters have not been paid, and January 3 matches will likely not be played out...
Hey Nepalis, if you see these guys in Kathmandu, the Chitwan area or Pokhara over the next three weeks, say hello to them! They're on the same cricket tour we did two years ago. Sad I can't join them this time.
You should have a Gorkha or Everest with them!
#JaiNepal
#Nepal
Would have so much grey hair if I was a Pakistan cricket fan.
Team bowls well... but bowls 52 extras.
Churn out important runs for the tail... but Hamza doesn't know where his back foot is and leaves Aamer stranded at the other end.
What could have been.
History made for China in international cricket!
Congratulations to captain Wei Guolei whose 70 (61) against Myanmar makes him the first men's player representing the Chinese national team to score a half-century in a recognised T20I ๐
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