Cricket Association of Nepal

Cricket Association of Nepal

नेपाल क्रिकेट संघ
Sport	Cricket
Jurisdiction	National
Abbreviation	CAN
Founded	1946; 78 years ago (1946) (2003 BS)
Affiliation	International Cricket Council
Affiliation date	1988 AD (2045 BS) Affiliate 1996 AD (2053 BS) Associate
Regional affiliation	Asian Cricket Council
Affiliation date	1990 AD (2047 BS)
Headquarters	Mulpani, Kathmandu, Nepal
President	Chatur Bahadur Chand
Secretary	Paras Khadka
Men's coach	Monty Desai
Women's coach	Manoj Katwal
Sponsor	My Second Teacher (national teams), Kelme (Kit sponsor)
Official website
cricketnepal.org.np

Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) is the official governing body of cricket in Nepal. Its headquarters are situated in Mulpani, Kathmandu. It is Nepal's representative at the International Cricket Council and remains an associate member since 1996 AD (2053 BS). It is also a member of the Asian Cricket Council (ACC).

The board was dissolved by the government of Nepal in November 2014 on the grounds of incompetence and a three-member ad hoc committee was established with a new president designated by the government itself.^[1]

In April 2016, CAN was suspended by the International Cricket Council (ICC), on the grounds of government interference in its operations. However the suspension did not prevent Nepal's national teams from participating in ICC tournaments.^[2][3]

The ICC welcomed the elections of the board held in September 2019^[4] and formally reinstated the board on a conditional basis on 14 October.^[5] On 13 October 2019, the ICC lifted its suspension on the Cricket Association of Nepal.^[6]

There are currently 7 provincial cricket associations and 45 district cricket associations affiliated with CAN.^[7]

Senior Teams	Province	Governing Body	Years	Men's			Women's
				Senior	U-19	U-16	Senior	U-19	U-16
Koshi Province (M, W)	Koshi Province	Koshi Province Cricket Association	2018–	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N
Madhesh Province (M, W)	Madhesh Province	Madhesh Province Cricket Association	2018–	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N
Bagmati Province (M, W)	Bagmati Province	Bagmati Province Cricket Association	2018–	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N
Gandaki Province (M, W)	Gandaki Province	Gandaki Province Cricket Association	2018–	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N
Lumbini Province (M, W)	Lumbini Province	Lumbini Province Cricket Association	2018–	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N
Karnali Province (M, W)	Karnali Province	Karnali Province Cricket Association	2018–	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N
Sudurpashchim Province (M, W)	Sudurpashchim Province	Sudurpashchim Province Cricket Association	2018–	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N

The CAN organise following Provincial-level tournaments:

• Jay Kumar Nath Shah (1966 – September 2006 = 40 years)^[8] One of the longest serving cricket association president in the world. Association was almost non existent till the mid 1990s.
• Binay Raj Pandey (September 2006 – December 2011)^[9] A long serving cricket administrator with business background. His committee was dissolved by the government for his failure to hold an election, a requirement of International Cricket Committee.
• Tanka Angbuhaang (December 2011 – June 2014)^[10][11] He was appointed by the government of Nepal after dissolution of Binaya Raj Pandey. During his tenure he appointed new coach, Pubudu Dasanayake, and also made bilateral ties with cricket teams in India. Although full of controversies, Nepal cricket team made into their first t20 worldcup during his tenure.
• TB Shah (Interim) (June 2014 – November 2014)^[10]
• Binay Raj Panday (Interim) (November 2014 - April 2016)^[12] He was appointed after the previous working committee formed under Tanka Angabuhang was dissolved by the Government. The repeated dissolutions failure to holding election caused CAN suspension by the ICC after his tenure.
• Chatur Bahadur Chand (September 2019 – present)^[13]

Between 2016 and 2019, Bhawana Ghimire was CEO of the Cricket Association of Nepal. CAN was suspended during this period for government interventions.^[14]

Despite unprecedented success on the field, including victories over Hong Kong and Afghanistan at the 2014 ICC World Twenty20, Nepal went through some turmoil off the field in 2014 with a boycott of the national one-day tournament by the national players with the captain Paras Khadka slamming the Cricket Association of Nepal for their treatment of national players.^[15]

The board then came under an investigation by the Commission for Investigation into Abuse of Authority.^[16] Later, CIAA filed a case against 18 CAN members including the then President Tanka Aangabuhang, after finding them guilty of misusing around Rs. 14.31 million, which was to be used for developing the game in the country instead.^[17][18] This resulted in several CAN members stepping down from their posts on moral grounds.

In May, members of CAN filed a no-confidence motion against president Tanka Angbuhang, after the organization of the Nepal Premier League was outsourced to a private sports management firm.^[19]

In March, the CAN had said Nepal coach Pubudu Dassanayake would get a year's extension to his contract. However, he was only given a three-month extension, which ran out later June.^[20] The change in terms, CAN secretary Ashok Nath Pyakuryal said, was due to the board being under investigation. The coach left the country on 4 June due to unresolved contractual issues.^[21]

But the Government of Nepal intervened and handed Dassanayake a year's extension. Dassanayake returned to Nepal on 29 August after being invited by the government and was reappointed coach of Nepal's senior and Under-19 cricket teams.^[22]

After all these controversies in the year 2014, the Nepal Government dissolved the Angbuhang led CAN committee on 6 November and formed an ad hoc committee under former president Binaya Raj Pandey on an interim basis.^[12]

As a result of the governmental involvement in its running, the ICC suspended CAN in April 2016,^[23] though allowed the national teams to continue playing in international competitions.

• Nepal national cricket team
• Nepal women's national cricket team
• Nepal national under-19 cricket team
• Nepal women's national under-19 cricket team
• Cricket in Nepal
• Nepal Premier League
• List of cricket grounds in Nepal
• List of Cricket administration in Nepal

• International Cricket Council
• Asian Cricket Council
• Cricket Association of Nepal