Parash and Nary recieves awards from ACC

Nepal grabbed two awards at the inaugural Asian Cricket Council awards in a glittering function in Karachni, Pakistan on Saturday evening. Paras Khadka, who captained U-19 team in the ACC U-19 Elite Cup and Youth World Cup, and Nary Thapa, woman team’s captain, received awards as emerging Asian players. Paras won the Best Emerging Asian Cricketer of the Year while Nary received the Best Emerging Asian Woman Cricketer of the Year. The two awards were only awards for the associate nations.

ACC SILVER JUBILEE AWARDS

(FROM ACC WEBSITE ) A series of awards were given to cricketers past and present, administrators and an umpire during a gala ceremony in Karachi on the eve of the Asia Cup Final. They were: Best Asian Test Batsman of the Year – Kumar Sangakarra (Sri Lanka) Best Asian Test Bowler of the Year – Muttiah Muralitharan (Sri Lanka) Best Asian ODI Batsman of the Year – Sachin Tendulkar (India) Best Asian ODI Bowler of the Year – Farveez Maharoof (Sri Lanka) Best Asian Woman Cricketer of the Year – Mithali Raj (India) Best Emerging Asian Woman Cricketer – Nary Thapa (Nepal) Best Emerging Asian Cricketer – Paras Khadka (Nepal) Best Asian Umpire of the Year – Aleem Dar (Pakistan) Lifetime Achievement Award for Administrators – Syed Ashraful Huq (Bangladesh), I.S.Bindra (India), Nur Khan (Pakistan), Gamini Dissanayake (Sri Lanka), Abdulrahman Bukhatir (UAE) Silver Jubilee Legends – Akram Khan (Bangladeh), Sunil Gavaskar (India), Imran Khan (Pakistan), Arjuna Ranatunga (Sri Lanka) More Filed July 10, 2008