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Province 3 win blind cricket trophy

Province 3 win blind cricket trophy

By Himalayan News Service

Province No 3 team members celebrate with officials after winning the first Inter-Province Blind Womenu2019s Cricket Tournament in Lalitpur on Thursday.

Lalitpur, November 23 Province No 3 won the title of the first Inter-Province Blind Women’s Cricket Tournament here at the Institute of Engineering grounds today. In the final match, Province No 3 defeated the combined team of Province No 1 and 4 by seven wickets. Put into bat first, the combined team scored 171-4 in their allotted 20 overs before Province No 3 raced to 172-3 in 16.1 overs. The combined team posted a mammoth total riding on Sarita Ghimire’s 57 runs and Bimala Rai’s 41 runs. In reply, player-of-the-match Mankeshi Chuadhary scored an unbeaten 90 runs and Nima BC added 46 runs for Province No 3. Mankeshi Chaudhary was also named the best player of the tournament. A total of four teams competed in the tournament organised by Cricket Association of Blind Nepal.