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Canada men's cricket team in Nepal in 2023–24
Canada men's cricket team in Nepal in 2023–24
	Nepal
Dates	8 – 12 February 2024
Captains	Rohit Paudel
One Day International series
Results	Nepal won the 3-match series 3–0
Most runs	Anil Sah (162)
Most wickets	Rohit Paudel (6)
Player of the series	Rohit Paudel (Nep)

The Canada men's cricket team toured Nepal in February 2024 to play three One Day International (ODI) matches against Nepal.^[1]^[2] For Nepal, the series provided the preparation for the 2024 Nepal Tri-Nation Series.^[3] In January 2024, the Cricket Association of Nepal announced the bilateral series as a part of Nepal's cricket calendar for 2024.^[4]

Squads[edit]

Nepal^[5]	Canada^[6]
Rohit Paudel (c) Kushal Bhurtel Aakash Chand Rijan Dhakal Hemant Dhami Sompal Kami Dev Khanal Kushal Malla Lalit Rajbanshi Anil Sah (wk) Pawan Sarraf Bhim Sharki Aarif Sheikh Aasif Sheikh (wk) Surya Tamang	Saad Bin Zafar (c) Shahid Ahmadzai Dilpreet Bajwa Uday Bhagwan Navneet Dhaliwal Nikhil Dutta Dillon Heyliger Aaron Johnson Nicholas Kirton Shreyas Movva (wk) Kaleem Sana Pargat Singh Ishwarjot Sohi Harsh Thaker Srimantha Wijeratne (wk)

ODI series[edit]

1st ODI[edit]

8 February 2024
09:15
Scorecard

Nepal 224 (50 overs)	v	Canada 217 (47.5 overs)
Kushal Bhurtel 62 (58) Uday Bhagwan 3/40 (8 overs)		Nicholas Kirton 68 (99) Rohit Paudel 4/22 (8.5 overs)

Nepal won by 7 runs
Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur
Umpires: Lyndon Hannibal (SL) and Vinay Kumar Jha (Nep)
Player of the match: Rohit Paudel (Nep)

Nepal won the toss and elected to bat.
Rijan Dhakal, Surya Tamang (Nep) Shahid Ahmadzai, Uday Bhagwan, Navneet Dhaliwal, Shreyas Movva and Ishwarjot Sohi (Can) all made their ODI debuts.

2nd ODI[edit]

10 February 2024
09:15
Scorecard

Canada 285/9 (50 overs)	v	Nepal 287/6 (45.1 overs)
Aaron Johnson 65 (62) Rohit Paudel 2/32 (8 overs)		Rohit Paudel 87 (101) Ishwarjot Sohi 2/48 (7 overs)

Nepal won by 4 wickets
Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur
Umpires: Lyndon Hannibal (SL) and Durga Subedi (Nep)
Player of the match: Rohit Paudel (Nep)

Canada won the toss and elected to bat.
Aakash Chand (Nep) and Dilpreet Bajwa (Can) both made their ODI debuts.
Anil Sah scored the fastest fifty by a Nepalese cricketer, in terms of number of balls faced in an ODI (19).^[7]
This was the joint highest successful run chase in ODIs by Nepal.^[8]^[9]

3rd ODI[edit]

12 February 2024
09:15
Scorecard

Canada 232/8 (50 overs)	v	Nepal 234/1 (44.3 overs)
Navneet Dhaliwal 50 (82) Hemant Dhami 3/49 (8 overs)		Anil Sah 112* (124) Dillon Heyliger 1/31 (6 overs)

Nepal won by 9 wickets
Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur
Umpires: Lyndon Hannibal (SL) and Vinay Kumar Jha (Nep)
Player of the match: Anil Sah (Nep)

Nepal won the toss and elected to field.
Hemant Dhami (Nep) made his ODI debut.
Anil Sah and Bhim Sharki (Nep) both scored their first centuries in ODIs.^[10]

50-over series[edit]

After the ODI series, the Canadian team played three unofficial one-day matches against Nepal A.^[11]^[12] The visitors won this unofficial series 2–1.^[13]

1st 50-over match[edit]

18 February 2024
09:30
Scorecard

Nepal A 216/8 (50 overs)	v	Canada XI 218/6 (49.3 overs)
Basir Ahamad 50* (55) Saad Bin Zafar 3/30 (10 overs)		Navneet Dhaliwal 80 (76) Shahab Alam 2/31 (10 overs)

Canada XI won by 4 wickets
Mulpani International Cricket Ground, Kageshwari-Manohara
Player of the match: Navneet Dhaliwal (Canada XI)

Canada XI won the toss and elected to field.

2nd 50-over match[edit]

20 February 2024
09:30
Scorecard

Canada XI 240 (49.5 overs)	v	Nepal A 241/8 (49.1 overs)
Shreyas Movva 68 (82) Shahab Alam 3/38 (10 overs)		Sandeep Jora 66 (74) Ammor Khalid 2/35 (7 overs)

Nepal A won by 2 wickets
Mulpani International Cricket Ground, Kageshwari-Manohara
Player of the match: Basir Ahamad (Nepal A)

Nepal A won the toss and elected to field.

3rd 50-over match[edit]

22 February 2024
09:30
Scorecard

Nepal A 181 (47 overs)	v	Canada XI 182/6 (38.5 overs)
Aashutosh Ghiraiya 28 (43) Dillon Heyliger 2/28 (8 overs)		Nicholas Kirton 58* (79) Shahab Alam 4/35 (10 overs)

Canada XI won by 4 wickets
Mulpani International Cricket Ground, Kageshwari-Manohara
Player of the match: Nicholas Kirton (Canada XI)

Canada XI won the toss and elected to field.

References[edit]

^ "2024 a big year for Canadian Cricket". Canada Cricket. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
^ "CAN unveils annual sports calendar for 2024". The Rising Nepal. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
^ "Nepal to play tri-series against Namibia, Netherlands ahead of T20 World Cup". Kathmandu Post. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
^ "The Cricket Association of Nepal unveils cricket calendar 2024". CricNepal. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
^ "Nepal's two different squads announced for Canada and CWC League 2 series". Cricnepal. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
^ @canadiancricket (7 February 2024). "Get ready for the exciting cricket battle as we reveal the players representing Team Canada for the ODI bilateral series against Nepal" (Tweet). Retrieved 7 February 2024 – via Twitter.
^ "Nepal beat Canada in second ODI, clinch series". The Kathmandu Post. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
^ "Three batsmen score half centuries as Nepal secures victory against Canada". Khabarhub. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
^ "Nepal completes a record chase to win the series against Canada". Cricnepal. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
^ "Nepal hammer Canada by nine wickets, clean sweep ODI series 3-0". The Kathmandu Post. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
^ @CricketNep (15 February 2024). "Nepal A vs Canada XI is all set to kick off from 18th Feb" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
^ "Nepal A's fixture revealed against Canada XI". Cricnepal. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
^ "Canada XI win the series against Nepal A". Cricnepal. Retrieved 22 February 2024.

External links[edit]

Series home at ESPNcricinfo

[1] "2024 a big year for Canadian Cricket". Canada Cricket. Retrieved 6 January 2024.

[2] "CAN unveils annual sports calendar for 2024". The Rising Nepal. Retrieved 8 January 2024.

[3] "Nepal to play tri-series against Namibia, Netherlands ahead of T20 World Cup". Kathmandu Post. Retrieved 8 January 2024.

[4] "The Cricket Association of Nepal unveils cricket calendar 2024". CricNepal. Retrieved 8 January 2024.

[5] "Nepal's two different squads announced for Canada and CWC League 2 series". Cricnepal. Retrieved 4 February 2024.

[6] @canadiancricket (7 February 2024). "Get ready for the exciting cricket battle as we reveal the players representing Team Canada for the ODI bilateral series against Nepal" (Tweet). Retrieved 7 February 2024 – via Twitter.

[7] "Nepal beat Canada in second ODI, clinch series". The Kathmandu Post. Retrieved 12 February 2024.

[8] "Three batsmen score half centuries as Nepal secures victory against Canada". Khabarhub. Retrieved 10 February 2024.

[9] "Nepal completes a record chase to win the series against Canada". Cricnepal. Retrieved 10 February 2024.

[10] "Nepal hammer Canada by nine wickets, clean sweep ODI series 3-0". The Kathmandu Post. Retrieved 12 February 2024.

[11] @CricketNep (15 February 2024). "Nepal A vs Canada XI is all set to kick off from 18th Feb" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

[12] "Nepal A's fixture revealed against Canada XI". Cricnepal. Retrieved 16 February 2024.

[13] "Canada XI win the series against Nepal A". Cricnepal. Retrieved 22 February 2024.

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 {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}
 {{Infobox cricket tour
-| series_name                  = Canadian cricket team in Nepal in 2023–24
+| series_name                  = Canada men's cricket team in Nepal in 2023–24
 | team1_image                  = Flag of Nepal.svg
 | team1_name                   = Nepal
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 | player_of_ODI_series         = [[Rohit Paudel]] (Nep)
 }}
-The [[Canada national cricket team|Canada cricket team]] toured Nepal in February 2024 to play against [[Nepal national cricket team|Nepal cricket team]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=2024 a big year for Canadian Cricket |url=https://www.canadacricket.com/?p=13776 |access-date=6 January 2024 |work=Canada Cricket |language=en}}</ref> The tour consisted of three [[One Day International]] (ODI) matches.<ref>{{Cite web |title=CAN unveils annual sports calendar for 2024 |url=https://risingnepaldaily.com/news/37156 |access-date=2024-01-08 |website=The Rising Nepal}}</ref> For Nepal, the series provided the preparation for the [[2024 Nepal Tri-Nation Series (round 1)|2024 Nepal Tri-Nation Series]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nepal to play tri-series against Namibia, Netherlands ahead of T20 World Cup |url=https://kathmandupost.com/cricket/2024/01/04/nepal-to-play-tri-series-against-namibia-netherlands-ahead-of-t20-world-cup |access-date=2024-01-08 |website=Kathmandu Post |language=English}}</ref> In January 2024, the [[Cricket Association of Nepal]] announced the bilateral series as a part of Nepal's cricket calendar for 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date= |title=The Cricket Association of Nepal unveils cricket calendar 2024 |url=https://www.cricnepal.com/the-cricket-association-of-nepal-unveils-cricket-calendar-2024 |access-date=2024-01-08 |website=CricNepal |language=en-US}}</ref>
+The [[Canada national cricket team|Canada men's cricket team]] toured Nepal in February 2024 to play three [[One Day International]] (ODI) matches against [[Nepal national cricket team|Nepal]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=2024 a big year for Canadian Cricket |url=https://www.canadacricket.com/?p=13776 |access-date=6 January 2024 |work=Canada Cricket |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=CAN unveils annual sports calendar for 2024 |url=https://risingnepaldaily.com/news/37156 |access-date=2024-01-08 |website=The Rising Nepal}}</ref> For Nepal, the series provided the preparation for the [[2024 Nepal Tri-Nation Series (round 1)|2024 Nepal Tri-Nation Series]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nepal to play tri-series against Namibia, Netherlands ahead of T20 World Cup |url=https://kathmandupost.com/cricket/2024/01/04/nepal-to-play-tri-series-against-namibia-netherlands-ahead-of-t20-world-cup |access-date=2024-01-08 |website=Kathmandu Post |language=English}}</ref> In January 2024, the [[Cricket Association of Nepal]] announced the bilateral series as a part of Nepal's cricket calendar for 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date= |title=The Cricket Association of Nepal unveils cricket calendar 2024 |url=https://www.cricnepal.com/the-cricket-association-of-nepal-unveils-cricket-calendar-2024 |access-date=2024-01-08 |website=CricNepal |language=en-US}}</ref>
 ==Squads==
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 * [[Saad Bin Zafar]] ([[Captain (cricket)|c]])
 * [[Shahid Ahmadzai]]
-* Dilpreet Bajwa
+* [[Dilpreet Bajwa]]
-* Uday Bhagwan
+* [[Uday Bhagwan]]
 * [[Navneet Dhaliwal]]
 * [[Nikhil Dutta]]
@@ Line 82: / Line 82: @@
 | motm = [[Rohit Paudel]] (Nep)
 | toss = Nepal won the toss and elected to bat.
-| round =
 | rain =
-| notes = [[Rijan Dhakal]], [[Surya Tamang]] (Nep) [[Shahid Ahmadzai]], Uday Bhagwan, [[Navneet Dhaliwal]], [[Shreyas Movva]] and Ishwarjot Sohi (Can) all made their ODI debuts.
+| notes = [[Rijan Dhakal]], [[Surya Tamang]] (Nep) [[Shahid Ahmadzai]], [[Uday Bhagwan]], [[Navneet Dhaliwal]], [[Shreyas Movva]] and Ishwarjot Sohi (Can) all made their ODI debuts.
 }}
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 | toss = Canada won the toss and elected to bat.
 | rain =
-| notes = Aakash Chand (Nep) and Dilpreet Bajwa (Can) both made their ODI debuts.
+| notes = [[Aakash Chand]] (Nep) and [[Dilpreet Bajwa]] (Can) both made their ODI debuts.
 * [[Anil Sah]] scored the fastest fifty by a Nepalese cricketer, in terms of number of balls faced in an ODI (19).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://kathmandupost.com/cricket/2024/02/10/paudel-khanal-bring-century-partnership-as-nepal-win-odi-series-against-canada |title=Nepal beat Canada in second ODI, clinch series |work=The Kathmandu Post |access-date=12 February 2024}}</ref>
 * This was the [[List of Nepal One Day International records#Largest successful run chases|joint highest successful run chase in ODIs by Nepal]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://english.khabarhub.com/2024/10/340124/ |title=Three batsmen score half centuries as Nepal secures victory against Canada |work=Khabarhub |access-date=10 February 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Nepal completes a record chase to win the series against Canada |url=https://www.cricnepal.com/nepal-completes-a-record-chase-to-win-the-series-against-canada |work=Cricnepal |access-date=10 February 2024}}</ref>
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 * [[Anil Sah]] and [[Bhim Sharki]] (Nep) both scored their first centuries in ODIs.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://kathmandupost.com/national/2024/02/12/nepal-hammer-canada-by-nine-wickets-clean-sweep-odi-series-3-0 |title=Nepal hammer Canada by nine wickets, clean sweep ODI series 3-0 |work=The Kathmandu Post |access-date=12 February 2024}}</ref>
 }}
 ==50-over series==
-Canadian team scheduled to play three match one day series against [[Nepal A cricket team|Nepal A]] after completion of ODIs series against [[Nepal national cricket team|Nepal]].<ref>{{cite tweet |number= 1758146241853288900 |user=CricketNep |title=Nepal A vs Canada XI is all set to kick off from 18th Feb}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cricnepal.com/nepal-as-fixture-revealed-against-canada-xi |work=Cricnepal |title=Nepal A’s fixture revealed against Canada XI |access-date=16 February 2024}}</ref>
+After the ODI series, the Canadian team played three unofficial one-day matches against [[Nepal A cricket team|Nepal A]].<ref>{{cite tweet |number= 1758146241853288900 |user=CricketNep |title=Nepal A vs Canada XI is all set to kick off from 18th Feb}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cricnepal.com/nepal-as-fixture-revealed-against-canada-xi |work=Cricnepal |title=Nepal A's fixture revealed against Canada XI |access-date=16 February 2024}}</ref> The visitors won this unofficial series 2–1.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cricnepal.com/canada-xi-win-the-series-against-nepal-a |title=Canada XI win the series against Nepal A |work=Cricnepal |access-date=22 February 2024}}</ref>
 ===1st 50-over match===
 {{Single-innings cricket match
 | date = 18 February 2024
 | time = 09:30
 | daynight =
+| team1 = [[Nepal A cricket team|Nepal A]] {{flagdeco|NEP}}
-| night =
-| team1 = [[Nepal A cricket team|Nepal A]] {{cricon|NEP}}
 | team2 = {{cr|CAN|name=Canada XI}}
 | score1 = 216/8 (50 overs)
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 | report = [https://cricheroes.com/scorecard/9921842/nepal-vs-canada/nepal-team-a-vs-canada/summary Scorecard]
 | venue = [[Mulpani International Cricket Ground]], [[Kageshwari-Manohara]]
 | umpires =
 | motm = [[Navneet Dhaliwal]] (Canada XI)
 | toss = Canada XI won the toss and elected to field.
 | rain =
 | notes =
 }}
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 | date = 20 February 2024
 | time = 09:30
 | daynight =
-| night =
 | team1 = {{cr-rt|CAN|name=Canada XI}}
-| team2 = {{cricon|NEP}} [[Nepal A cricket team|Nepal A]]
+| team2 = {{flagdeco|NEP}} [[Nepal A cricket team|Nepal A]]
 | score1 = 240 (49.5 overs)
 | runs1 = [[Shreyas Movva]] 68 (82)
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 | runs2 = [[Sandeep Jora]] 66 (74)
 | wickets2 = Ammor Khalid 2/35 (7 overs)
-| result = Nepal won by 2 wickets
+| result = Nepal A won by 2 wickets
 | report = [https://cricheroes.com/scorecard/9921817/nepal-vs-canada/canada-vs-nepal-team-a/scorecard Scorecard]
 | venue = [[Mulpani International Cricket Ground]], [[Kageshwari-Manohara]]
 | umpires =
-| motm =
+| motm = [[Basir Ahamad]] (Nepal A)
 | toss = Nepal A won the toss and elected to field.
 | rain =
 | notes =
 }}
 ===3rd 50-over match===
 {{Single-innings cricket match
 | date = 22 February 2024
 | time = 09:30
 | daynight =
+| team1 = [[Nepal A cricket team|Nepal A]] {{flagdeco|NEP}}
-| night =
-| team1 = [[Nepal A cricket team|Nepal A]] {{cricon|NEP}}
 | team2 = {{cr|CAN|name=Canada XI}}
-| score1 =
+| score1 = 181 (47 overs)
-| runs1 =
+| runs1 = Aashutosh Ghiraiya 28 (43)
-| wickets1 =
+| wickets1 = [[Dillon Heyliger]] 2/28 (8 overs)
-| score2 =
+| score2 = 182/6 (38.5 overs)
+| runs2 = [[Nicholas Kirton]] 58[[not out|*]] (79)
-| runs2 =
-| wickets2 =
+| wickets2 = [[Shahab Alam]] 4/35 (10 overs)
-| result =
+| result = Canada XI won by 4 wickets
+| report = [https://cricheroes.com/scorecard/9977549/nepal-vs-canada/nepal-team-a-vs-canada/scorecard Scorecard]
-| report =
 | venue = [[Mulpani International Cricket Ground]], [[Kageshwari-Manohara]]
 | umpires =
+| motm = [[Nicholas Kirton]] (Canada XI)
-| motm =
+| toss = Canada XI won the toss and elected to field.
-| toss =
 | rain =
 | notes =
 }}
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 ==External links==
-* [https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/nepal-vs-canada-2023-24-1420215 Series home at ESPNcricinfo] (ODIs series)
+* [https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/nepal-vs-canada-2023-24-1420215 Series home at ESPNcricinfo]
 {{International cricket in 2023–24}}
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 [[Category:2024 in Canadian cricket]]
 [[Category:International cricket competitions in 2023–24]]
-[[Category:International cricket tours of Nepal]]
+[[Category:International cricket tours of Nepal|Canada 2023–24]]
-[[Category:Canadian cricket tours abroad]]
+[[Category:Canadian cricket tours abroad|Nepal 2023–24]]

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