Nepal will Face Qatar in the semifinal match of ACC Under-19 Elite cup!!!

After completion of Group stage game Nepal got Qatar as it Opponent for the Semifinal match. Nepal as the winner of Group B will face the Qatar which is runner up of group A. Qatar who beat the defending champion hongkong and lost with baharain in leage matches has equal point as Hong Kong but on the basis of net run rate Qatar satisfied as runner up. Nepal will be taking the match seriously as Qatar is dark horse of the tournament and in the AIT ground the pitch will support the team bowling first, so toss will be one of the important factor in the match.If Nepal will win the semifinal match Nepal will qualify for the qualifying match for under-19 worlcup cricket that’s going to be held in argentina. Even if Nepal will lose the match Nepal will play under-19 asian cup with test playing nation of asia. See the live update of match  beetween Nepal and Qatar on tuesday in the site http://www.cricket.com.np/

Point Table of ACC Under-19 elite Cup After completion of Group stage

Group A

TEAMS	M	W	L	Pts	NRR
Hong Kong	4	3	1	6	0.79
Qatar	4	3	1	6	0.40
Bahrain	4	2	2	4	-1.04
Malaysia	4	1	3	2	0.25
Singapore	4	1	3	2	-0.40

Group B

TEAMS	M	W	L	Pts	NRR
Nepal	4	4	0	8	4.09
Afghanistan	4	3	1	6	2.23
UAE	4	2	2	4	0.24
Thailand	4	1	3	2	-2.40
Oman	4	0	4	0	-4.08

Nepal beat host thailand in ACC under-19 elite cup to top group B

Nepal elected to bat first in AIT thailand which supports the bowler early morning made 245 though it lose its opener soon. Thailand bowled well to resisit nepal in 245. Nepal which is already in semifinal showed fighting sprit as middle order and last batsman showed some good innning. Here is nepali's batting card.....
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Subash Khakurel c Werachaimaneerat b Ishan Kalra 7 (10)
Faizlur Khan c Ishan Kalra b Aman Kumar 7 (10)
Sagar Pun out 22 (48)
Prithu Baskota run out 64 (62) 6x4, 2x6
Rajesh Pulami c Weerachai b Jai Bhagwat 17 (32)
Pradeep Airee out 27 (14) 3x4, 2x6
Shiv Tandukar c Pranav Parakh b Jai Bhagwat 1 (3)
Rahul BK lbw Vichanath Singh 19 (39) 3x4
Krishna Karki run out 4 (6) 
Bhuwan Karki not out 36 (49)
Avinash Karn not out 5 (29). 

Vice captain of Nepal Rahul B. K. again proved him as a match winner taking eight at the ACC U-19 Elite Cup with a 174-run victory over hosts Thailand in its last league match at AIT Ground. Thailand began cautiously against Nepal, with a plan of not losing wickets even though runs were not coming and managed to reach 43/1 in 10 overs. But once spinners began bowling, it was a different tale and Rahul completely dominated the proceedings. Bhuwan Karki took a wicket while the first wicket was down as run-out. For Thailand, opener Witsanukorn Thapthimthai scored 17, Daniel Leach 13 and Ishan Karla 10.

Nepal now topped the group B and will play against the runner up of group A as the runner up of group A still to be announced.

In other matches of the day, Bahrain pulled off the shock of the week at Chiang Mai Gymkhana by beating Qatar who had already qualified for the semi-finals.

Bahrain’s total of 111 looked far too small but Cyrus D’Souza dismissed Qatar’s star player on the way to figures of 5 for 16 and they were bowled out for 99 and Bahrain could celebrate victory by 12 runs.

Singapore had come close to success in both their previous matches and finally claimed victory when they held their nerve to beat Malaysia by four wickets at PTIS Oval. Malaysia recovered from 64 for 7 to score 137 and Singapore kept their supporters on edge throughout their innings before reaching their target.

Defending champions Hong Kong must now beat Malaysia to be sure of a place in semi-finals, while the winners of the match between Afghanistan and UAE will also qualify for a place in the last four.

Nepal take Revenge with Afghanistan to reach seminfinal of ACC Under-19 Elite cup 2011

Nepal beat strong Afghanistan by 6 wickets in the ACC U-19 Elite Cup cricket tournament at AIT Ground, Bangkok on Friday. Nepal won the toss and elected to bat first in pitch that helped bowler in the early moring.The match that had started lliitle late than scheduled time. Nepal bowled out Afghanistan for 125 runs in 42.3 overs and scored 127 for 4 in 26.4 overs for the comprehensive victory. First wicket was taken by the Avinash karna in the first bowl of the inning sending Afsar Khan, already with a 100 this tournament, taking a return catch. Hashmatullah (3) holed out to mid-on to prithu off Krishna Karki ball in the fifth over

Prithu baskota during toss

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Avinash, having changed his bowling end, got Younas Khan and Najibullah out to restrict Afghanistan at 24/4 in 10 overs. From then on, it was Afghani effort to score while Nepali bowlers bowled with disciplined to keep them restricted. Avinash to adjudged man of the match.

Pradeep Airee and Rahul BK claimed two wickets each while Krishna Karki and Bhuwan Karki took a wicket each for Nepal to end Afghanistan innings early enough for six overs batting before lunch. For Afghanistan Mohibullah Paak topscored with 30 and Rahmatullah Sahaq got 29.Some Nepali fans have gathered now too, with a traditional 'madal’ to cheer up their team.

Nepal lost Faizlur Khan, who had scored century two days ago, early but not before he hit two consecutive sixes. He made 14 and Nepal went to lunch at 39/1 in 6 overs. Nepal lost Sagar Pun (8) and Prithu Baskota (9) without much contribution but Subash Khakurel stayed long enough to build a good foundation. Subash scored 23 off 51.

Naresh Budayer then took charge in his hand, having survived when he was on 0 and 4. He remained unbeaten on 42 off 48 balls along with Pradeep Airee (10 off 13 balls) for the morale-boosting victory.

 Nepal already win semifinal will now face Thailand in its last league match on Saturday in same ground.

See the live update of match in http://www.asiancricket.org/index.php/tournaments/acc-u-19-elite-cup-2011/2104 or in http://www.cricket.com.np

 In other surprising match Qatar beat defending champion Hong Kong by 11 runs to qualify for semifinal. Qatar scored 168 and bowled out Hong Kong for Hong Kong 157 all out in 43 overs.