ICC scrap Under 19 World Cup Qualifying Tournament

In a further blow to Associates and Affiliates cricket, the ICC have decided to scrap the Under 19 World Cup Qualifying tournament.

That means this year’s competition, to be held in Ireland next month, will be the last for the forseeable future.

The ICC Development Committee has made the decision to revert to the previous system of allocating one position to each Region. This had resulted in previous World Cups some of the stronger Associate sides missing out, due to the imbalance in strength of the various Regions.

Cost is being cited as the main reason for the ICC decision – it costs $750,000 to host the ten team qualifying tournament, and The Development Committee are of the opinion that the money could be better employed elsewhere – where exactly, they don’t stipulate.

The Under 19 World Cup Qualifier starts in Dublin on July 28, with the second stage taking place in Derry from August 3-9.

The ten participating teams are Ireland, Scotland, USA, Canada, Afghanistan, Nepal, Kenya, Namibia, Vanuatu and PNG.

The ICC are expected to announce the fixtures in due course, with the tournament now just over five weeks away.

CAN announces 14 member squad for ICC Under 19 world cup qualifier 2011 ireland!!!

Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) announced 14 players for the up coming ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup Qualifiers to be held on Ireland from July 28- August 9 on Tuesday.

The players were kept in closed-camp training in Kathmandu from June 6

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Among the selected players Rupesh Shrivastav, Subendu Pandey and Nischal Pandey are included in the team. These three players were not in the squad that went to play in the ACC U-19 Elite Cup, Thailand where Nepal has finished second in the tournament and qualified for the U-19 World Cup qualifiers losing against Afghanistan.

The squad of Rahul BK, Bhuwan Karki, Subash Khakurel, Avinash Karna, Krishna Karki, Faizlur Rehaman, Rajesh Pulami, Sagar Pun, Pradeep Ayer and Naresh Budhayer will be lead by Prithu Baskota. CAN has also announced four reserve players.

The reserved players are Amrit Shrestha, Amit Shrestha, Amit Dahal and Jeetandra Mukhiya. Chatra Prasad Adhikari is the team manager while Jagat Tamata will be the coach of the team.

Host Ireland will be joined by teams from Afghanistan, Canada, Kenya, Namibia, Nepal, Papua New Guinea (PNG), Scotland, United States of America (USA) and Vanuatu in the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup Qualifier.

The top six sides of the tournament, which will be played from 28 July to 9 August, will qualify for a place at the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup to be held in Australia next year. The 10 ICC Full Members automatically qualify.

Nepal Team: Prithu Baskota (captain), Pradeep Airee, Naresh B. Budhaayer, Bhuban Karki, Krishna Karki, Avinash Karn, Subash P. Khakurel, Nischal Pandey, Shubhendu Pandey, Rajesh Pulami Magar, Sagar Pun, Fajlur Rahman, Rupesh K. Shrivastav, Rahul K. Vishwakarma

The full schedule for ICC U19 CWCQ 2011 is as follows:

Complete Schedule: ( Match of the Nepal have been highlited)

26 July – Scheduled team arrivals
27 July – Practice

28 July: Kenya v Vanuatu (Merrion), Namibia v PNG (The Hills), Scotland v Canada (North County), Afghanistan v Nepal (Leinster), Ireland v USA (Clontarf)

29 July: Ireland v Afghanistan (North County), Nepal v Scotland (Merrion), Canada v Kenya (The Hills), Vanuatu v Namibia (YMCA), PNG v USA (Leinster)

30 July: Rest/Reserve Day

31 July: USA v Namibia (North County), Vanuatu v Canada (Merrion), Kenya v Nepal (Railway Union), Ireland v Scotland (The Hills), Afghanistan v PNG (Leinster)

1 August: Nepal v Vanuatu (YMCA), Namibia v Canada (North County), USA v Afghanistan (The Hills), PNG v Scotland (Oakhill), Ireland v Kenya (Leinster)

2 August: Travel Day

3 August: Ireland v Vanuatu (Coleraine), Canada v Nepal (Bready), Namibia v Afghanistan (Limavady), Kenya v PNG (Strabane), Scotland v USA (Eglinton)

4 August: Rest/Reserve Day

5 August: Afghanistan v Scotland (Strabane), Kenya v USA (Bready), PNG v Vanuatu (Bready 2), Ireland v Canada (Limavady), Nepal v Namibia (Drummond)

6 August: Canada v ONG (Eglinton), Vanuatu v USA (Drummond), Ireland v Nepal (Bready), Scotland v Namibia (Bready 2), Kenya v Afghanistan (Limavady)

7 August: Scotland v Kenya (Eglinton), PNG v Nepal (Coleraine), USA v Canada (Bready 2), Afghanistan v Vanuatu (Bready), Ireland v Namibia (Strabane)

8 August: Rest/Reserve Day

9 August: Namibia v Kenya (Drummond), Ireland v PNG (Eglinton), Vanuatu v Scotland (Coleraine), Nepal v USA (Limavady), Canada v Afghanistan (Strabane)

All games begin at 1045 local time (1530 NST).Please Stay with me I will come with the live update of the every match as far as possible. I wish all the best to Nepalese team. 

Nepal to face afghanistan in the opening match of ICC Under-19 World Cup qualifiers in Ireland !!

Nepal will take on Afghanistan in the opening match of the ICC Under-19 World Cup qualifiers in Ireland on July 28.

 Nepal  which stood second in ACC Elite cup losing against Afghanistan is  preparing for the 10-team round robin qualifiers under coach Jagat Tamata after Srilankan coack Roy dias left the team.  Top six nations will make it to the ICC U-19 World Cup to be held in 2012. 

 As the International Cricket Council (ICC) has already decided to scrap the format from next year, this will be the final opportunity for these 10 nations — two each from five continents — to make it to the ICC event through qualifiers. 

After the match against Afghanistan, Nepal will face Scotland the next day. Nepal will play against Kenya on June 31 before facing Vanuatu on August 1. Nepal are scheduled to take on Canada on August 3 before playing three back-to-back matches against Namibia, Ireland and Papua New Guinea from August 5. Nepal will wrap up the campaign with a match against the United States of America on August 9.

Nepal have picked a 18-member squad under Prithu Baskota, who led the team to runner-up finish in the U-19 Elite Cup behind Afghanistan in Thailand earlier this year.

 Other players named in the squad include Sagar Pun, Bhuwan Karki, Naresh Budhayer, Failzur Rahman Khan, Rajesh Pulami, Subash Khakurel, Rahul Biswakarma, Avinash Karn, Krishna Karki and Pradeep Airee.

 All those competed in the ACC U-19 Elite Cup where Nepal finished second behind Afghanistan to qualify for the U-19 WC qualifiers.

CAN selected seven new cricketers who were no part of the ACC event. They are Jitendra Mukhiya, Subendu Pandey, Amit Dahal, Amrit Shrestha, Amit Shrestha, Rupesh Srivastav and Nischal Pandey. Jagat Tamata is named the coach.

Nepal’s fixtures

• July 28 vs Afghanistan

• July 29 vs Scotland

• July 31 vs Kenya

• August 1 vs Vanuatu

• August 3 vs Canada

• August 5 vs Namibia

• August 6 vs Ireland

• August 7 vs PNG

• August 9 vs USA

 I will be available with the live update of every match . Stay with me when the tournament will start.