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Bhutan batted extremely well in the second match of the ACC Women’s Twenty20 Championship 2009 played against Iran today in Selangor Turf but their bowler fail to deliver what the team wanted. In a match where Bhutan could have easily won giving the batting depth in which the Bhutanese girls have. Iran after winning the toss elected to bat first and made 134 runs for lose of 6 wickets, Bhutan were penalized 6 runs or one over for slow over rates which the target mounted to 141 to get from 20 overs.

Bhutan batting was going on well in the beginning even after the lose of Tashi Cheki for 3 runs, Yeshi Choden carried the burden on herself to battle the Irani bowler, she was well supported by Sonam Choki the number 5 Batsmen for the Bhutan, they worked hard in getting runs on the board, but with target piling up and less over to go, Bhutan Women’s Fell short by 19 runs in the end. A Defeat which was a wake up call for the Bhutanese Women.

Bhutan Will face Thailand Bayuemas Oval tomorrow which would be an Must win to book a place in the Semi Final

Match Summary

Bhutan v Iran at Selangor Turf Club
IRAN WON BY 19 RUNS
Iran won the toss and chose to bat
Iran: 134 for 6 off 20 overs (N. Rahshetaei 27*, R. Kaheni 24)
(Bhutan penalised 6 runs for a slow over rate – Target is now 141)
Bhutan: 115 for 4 off 20 overs (Y. Choden 30, S. Lhamo 22*)
(Iran penalised 6 runs for a slow over rate – Final score 121)
Player of the Match: Nasimeh Rahshetaei (Iran)

Bhutan Cricket started their summer coaching camp for U-13 Boys and girls from the 2nd of July, the coaching camp is conducted in the Changlimithang Cricket ground where about 110 Girls and 122 boys from Thimphu district, Paro, Punakha, Wangdue and Gelephu are taking part in 10 days camp. The camp is run by ACC Level Two Accreditation Coaches Tshering Dorji, Ugyen Dorji, Tobgay Wangchuk and with Two Permanent BCCB Coaches Dampo and Sonam Tobgay and national players assisting them.

Catching Drills and Games

The Coaching Camp includes the fundamental of batting, bowling and fielding session for about four days and will be given to play matches and match situation for the rest of the days. Each Coaches setup different drills where the boys and girls are rotated in groups.
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Bhutan made their opening spell of the ACC Women’s Twenty20 Championship 2009 by beating Qatar by 43 runs played yesterday in Kinrara Oval, Malaysia. Bhutan won the toss and elected to bat first to make 110 for 9 in their 20 overs, Ugyen Dema was sole batsmen to reach double figure of 22 runs in 37 balls. Qatar gave away 50 runs in extras which cost them dearly as they were bowled out for 67 runs in 13.1 overs.

Bhutan Next Match will be against Iran Today at Selangor Turf Club.

Match Summary
Bhutan v Qatar at Kinrara Oval
BHUTAN WON BY 43 RUNS
Bhutan won the toss and chose to bat
Bhutan: 110 for 9 after 20 overs (U. Dema 22; R. Reddy 2-10, I. Mittal 2-18, S. Patel 4-14)
Qatar: 67 all out after 13.1 overs (S. Choki 2-14, D. Darjee 2-7)
Player of the Match: Safa Patel (Qatar)

Dechencholing Middle Secondary School With the Winner Trophy

Dechencholing Middle Secondary School successfully retained Thimphu School U-19 Girls Trophy after they beat Yangchenphug Higher Secondary School by 6 wickets. Yangchephug after winning the toss elected to bat first, Devika and Sonam Choden the fast bowler lead the attack for the Dechencholing School after they got both the opener Rinchen Wangmo and Karma Wangmo back to pavilion with score of 2 and 0 respectively, with the fall of another wicket in 3rd overs, Yangchenphug batsmen were forced on back foot and giving Dechencholing bowler extra bit of energy, Sonam Lhamo and Nima Zangmo shared a good 5th wicket partnership between them with 30 runs as they carved the bowler for singles and playing some good shot.
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Drugyel Lower Secondary School With Winner Trophy as Chief Guest Tashi Applauds

Drugyel Lower Secondary School became the first school to lift the School Cricket Championship trophy after they beat Khangkhu M.S.School by 8 wickets today in the class 5 & 6 Category played in Rinpung Ground. The school tournament came late into paro but the Spirit and Enthusiasm shown by the school kids is immense, there were buzz amongst the players as they walk into the filed to do fielding and batting, some played sensible while other just gave a good try to have some kind of appreciation from their team mates and teacher.
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Thimphu: Under-19 Girls Tournament has reach to final showdown between Dechencholing Middle Secondary School and Yangchenphug Higher Secondary School. The Defending Champion Dechencholing School remain Unbeaten in all the group matches they played. Yangchenphu on the other hand defeated both Lungtenzampa and Motithang School to reach to the final. The Final will be played in the Dechencholing Ground.

Last Year Champion Dechencholing School will have to Defend their Title This year
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Thimphu: The Under -19 Women’s team preparation for the ACC Women’s Twenty20 Championship to be held in Malaysia in July 2009 began from May month and with just three weeks to go for the Tournament, the girls are being given intensive training on batting, bowling and physical fitness by Coach Damber Singh Gurung.10 out of 14 players are based in Thimphu while 4 are from Sarpang District. This year school girl’s tournament saw new sensational of spinner in Sonam Zam who has been outstanding throughout the tournament and has been phenomenal in the practice.

Sonam Zam, The Sensational Spinner

This will be second time Bhutan National Women’s Team will be participating in the ACC International Tournament and BCCB is confident for a good show by the girls, “we are sure to give every country a good fight looking at their performance in the domestic tournament and in the practice” said Jigme N Norbu, CEO BCCB. Bhutan is Group in A Alongside Champion Nepal, Thailand, Singapore, Qatar and Iran.

Fielding Session

In the Second day of the Paro School Tournament, Woochu School took on Khangkhu School in the morning Match where Woochu skipper asked his counterpart to bat first winning the toss. Khangkhu after they lost their opening match against Taju came prepared for a victory, it proved to be an fruitful journey for their Teacher Santosh who has been associate with cricket when he was a teacher in Sarpang District and later this year he got posted in paro district. Khangkhu made good use of inexperienced Woochu side and made a blistering start. They made 202 in their 20 overs allocated quota and an unconditional challenge for the Woochu Players to chase.
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After introducing school cricket in paro district three years back, the players, teacher had sigh of relief when Bhutan Cricket organized the 1st Paro District School Championship. The tournament should have been done before but due to lack of a proper playing surface and unavailability of coach to the school, we had a tough time and this year after being informed to school teacher who have attended the Level *O* BCCB Coaching course, they have initiated and worked really hard to form a Juniors U-13 Team,Said Sonam Phuntsho, the Paro District Cricket co-ordinator.

Tagu School Vs Khangkhu School Match

Six School are participating in the 5 and 6 Class Category Tournament which is being played in Rinpung Dzong Ground, subsequently a small ground. These Schools are divided into two Pool, A and B where in each pool three team will compete against other two team and the winner from the Pool will face in the Final. In the opening match played in the morning, Taju Pry School played against Khangkhu Lower Secondary School, Taju won by three wicket after Khangkhu Batted first and were all out for 68 runs. In the Second Match Played Between Drygyel Lower Secondary School and Guapel school, Gaupel won the match by 22 runs. Gaupel batted first and made 143 runs in the 20 overs match and setting a massive target. Drugyel LS School players at one time were on upper edge when their opening batsmen hit consecutive boundaries in the first over and later in second over, the runs on board read 30 for 0 after 3 overs. But when the opening batsmen departed, Gaupel bowler attacked and got wicket in regular interval. With 12 Balls and 27 runs to get, Drugyel last pair couldn’t make good use of the poor bowling attack and were eventually all out for 122 in their 20 overs.
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Thimphu School Kids Celebrates the ICC Centenary Year

Thimphu : Bhutan cricket joins ICC and other Cricketing Members of the world in celebrating the 100 years of cricket (Centenary Year). To commemorate this auspicious occasion bhutan cricket today organized an cricket carnival in changlimithang ground where about 300 plus kids both girls and boys and teachers from various school attended the celebration. Bhutan cricket Chief Executive officer, Development Officer, Coaches, Senior National players, Under-19 National Players and Women’s National players were also been part of the celebration where they had fun cricket session with the school kids. Read the rest of this entry »