ICC have taken lots of decisions and initiatives to spread cricket across the world. As they launched ‘Champions Trophy’ for raising funds for development of cricket in cricket playing nations. As Bangladesh, Nepal, Kenya, Canada and more. And countries like Bangladesh and Afghanistan nurture cricket in their nations and as result they gained status of full member by ICC. More teams are making their way to cricket presently. The first one can be ‘Nepal’. They have been improving their cricket day by day. They also have the record to set the highest total in T20i cricket. Along with them ‘Canada’ also can merge as a good team. So, this post will be discussing Nepal national cricket team Vs Canada national cricket team timeline. And in the end we’ll try to find out who has the most potential among them to become a new cricket giant.
Canada (Tour of Nepal): Nepal National Cricket Team Vs Canada National Cricket Team Timeline
Canada cricket team was on the tour of Nepal in 2024 to play a ODI series of 3 matches. The tour was scheduled from 8-12 February, 2024. As Nepal is currently evolving the cricket across nations, it was the best chance for them to encourage the youngsters to play cricket for the nation. Let’s see how Nepal won this series through short score cards from Nepal national cricket team Vs Canada national cricket team timeline.
| 1st ODI (Kirtipur, Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground) | |
| Nepal | 224/10 (50 overs) |
| Canada | 217/10 (47.5 overs) |
| Nepal won the match by 7 runs | |
| 2nd ODI (Kirtipur, Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground) | |
| Canada | 285/9 (50 overs) |
| Nepal | 287/6 (45.1 overs) |
| Nepal won the match by 4 wickets | |
| 3rd ODI (Kirtipur, Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground) | |
| Canada | 232/8 (50 overs) |
| Nepal | 234/1 (44.3 overs) |
| Nepal won the match by 9 wickets | |
Summary Of Series
Nepal completely white washed Canada in this series. However, some matches was close calls for them but in the last they managed to fetch the games from Canada. Both teams played splendidly and showed standardized batting performances. This series definitely ensured the bright future of both teams.
Top Performers
Here we have mentioned top performers from the ODI series of Nepal Vs Canada in 2024.
- Rohit Paduel
- Anil Sah
- Surya Tamang
- Dev Khanal
- Nicholas Kirton
- Udhaya Bhagwan
- Aaron Johnson
History From Nepal National Cricket Team vs Canada National Cricket Team Timeline
Both Nepal and Canada are not full members of the ICC. So, they are not eligible to play first class cricket. In this section we have mentioned an overview and history of both teams. In the last part of this section we’ll share details about their first match.
Nepal
Nepal have been an associate member of ICC since 1996, they were given T20 international status by ICC in 2014. Year later they also earned ODI status through ‘ICC World T20 Qualifier’. They have played over 69 ODI matches in which they won 34 and lost 33. Nepal haven’t qualified for any World cup of any format. They have appeared 3 times in the World Cup Qualifier.
Canada
Canada has been an associate member of ICC since 1968. They have played the World Cup of 1979. But, after the first edition they failed to qualify for it until 2003. They have participated in T20i World cup of 2007 and ODI World cup of 2011. They had ODI and T20i status from 2006.
First Match Of Nepal Vs Canada
The first match between Nepal and Canada was played on 21 February 2022 at ‘Al Amerat Cricket Ground’ Oman. The match was a T20 game in which Nepal beated Canada by 8 wickets. Here is the short table of the match.
| Match 11 ( Al Amerat Cricket Ground, Oman) | |
| Nepal | 81/2 (14.1 overs) |
| Canada | 80/10 (15 overs) |
| Nepal won the match by 8 wickets | |
Head To Head From Nepal National Cricket Team vs Canada National Cricket Team Timeline
Nepal and Canada haven’t played many matches against each other. Totally they have faced 8 times each other including both formats. 5 are ODI matches while 3 are T20i matches. We have arranged the matches of Nepal Vs Canada in stats.
ODI
| Nepal | Vs | Canada |
| 5 | Matches Played | 5 |
| 3 | Won | 2 |
| 2 | Lost | 3 |
| 0 | Drawn | 0 |
| 0 | No Result | 0 |
T20i
| Nepal | Vs | Canada |
| 3 | Matches Played | 3 |
| 1 | Won | 2 |
| 2 | Lost | 1 |
| 0 | Drawn | 0 |
| 0 | No Result | 0 |
Summary
Nepal national cricket team Vs Canada national cricket team timeline shows the potential Nepal is carrying. However, they have won some close matches and we have to give some credit to the Canadian cricket team. But, Nepal has been so consistent and good in recent years. The players Nepal team have are exceptional and these players have made a good impact in the world. So, it might be possible that Nepal will get full member status by ICC. As cricket is progressing between both teams, it’s highly probable that more nations will start playing cricket soon.
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