St Cross Symondians and Nepal cricketerers pictured by Richard Trussler before their T20 match.
Nepal’s cricketers have been in the area preparing for Sunday’s historic matches at Lord’s with a 50-over victory at the Hampshire Hogs and a thrilling T20 defeat by St Cross Symondians at the Green Jackets.
With Paras Khadka hitting 161, they ran up a massive 362 at Warnford before bowling the Hogs out for 119.
Hampshire pair Jimmy Adams (71) and Felix Organ (38), who later took 3-15, top scored as St Cross made 168-6. Harry Trussler took 2-1 as Nepal replied with 149-8.
The T20 match produced some astonishing statistics on social media, with almost 180,000 Facebook hits and approaching 350,000 posts during and after the match, mostly from Nepal !
Having claimed One Day International status and been granted full Twenty20 status following their successes in the 2019 CWC Qualifiers in Zimbabwe, they are now ranked 15th in the ICC rankings behind Scotland and the Netherlands.
Unlike some other smaller cricketing nations, where teams are largely made up of expatriates, Nepal's national team comprises indigenous players who have usually come through the ranks playing age-group cricket.
Over 430 senior cricket clubs and 227 junior teams play in Nepal, many in the foothills of the Himalayas.
They play a Tri-Nations Series against the MCC and the Netherlands at Lord’s on Sunday before flying to Amsterdam to play Holland on Monday.
With Paras Khadka hitting 161, they ran up a massive 362 at Warnford before bowling the Hogs out for 119.
Hampshire pair Jimmy Adams (71) and Felix Organ (38), who later took 3-15, top scored as St Cross made 168-6. Harry Trussler took 2-1 as Nepal replied with 149-8.
The T20 match produced some astonishing statistics on social media, with almost 180,000 Facebook hits and approaching 350,000 posts during and after the match, mostly from Nepal !
Having claimed One Day International status and been granted full Twenty20 status following their successes in the 2019 CWC Qualifiers in Zimbabwe, they are now ranked 15th in the ICC rankings behind Scotland and the Netherlands.
Unlike some other smaller cricketing nations, where teams are largely made up of expatriates, Nepal's national team comprises indigenous players who have usually come through the ranks playing age-group cricket.
Over 430 senior cricket clubs and 227 junior teams play in Nepal, many in the foothills of the Himalayas.
They play a Tri-Nations Series against the MCC and the Netherlands at Lord’s on Sunday before flying to Amsterdam to play Holland on Monday.
