Nepali cricketers set for big bash

HOBART’S cricket-mad Nepalese community is at fever pitch ahead of the Tasmanian Nepalese Cricket Association’s 2023 T20 Championship, with six teams set to battle for the coveted title.

Members of Tasmania’s Nepalese diaspora have been playing cricket here

When the Tasmanian Nepalese Cricket Association was established in 2019 it had only a couple of clubs but has grown to now include seven across the state - six based in Hobart and one in Launceston – with hundreds of supporters.

As well as running a junior cricket program and the Dashain SuperSix tournament at held at Sorell last October.

The association has been acknowledged by community leaders and sporting organisations including Cricket Australia and Cricket Tasmania for the

The association is also sending a team to Canberra at Easter to represent Tasmania in the Oceania Nepali Sports Meet, a biennial “mini-Olympics” which attracts hundreds of athletes from Australia, New Zealand and other countries in the Oceania