Dates | 30 October 2022 – 13 November 2022 |
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Administrator(s) | Cricket Association of Nepal |
Cricket format | One Day |
Tournament format(s) | Round-robin and Playoffs |
Host(s) | Nepal |
Champions | Armed Police Force Club (2nd title) |
Runners-up | Tribhuwan Army Club |
Participants | 10 |
Matches | 23 |
Player of the series | Dipendra Singh Airee (NPC) |
Most runs | Dipendra Singh Airee (NPC) 356 runs |
Most wickets | Mousom Dhakal (APF) 15 wickets |
The 2022 Prime Minister Cup was the fifth edition of the Prime Minister One Day Cup, the premier one-day cricket tournament in Nepal. The tournament was contested by teams representing the seven Provinces of Nepal as well as three departmental teams. It began on 30 October 2022 and ended on 12 November 2022. [1] Armed Police Force Club won their second title after defeating defending champions Tribhuwan Army Club in the final. [2] [3]
The ten participants were divided into two groups. [4]
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Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
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Armed Police Force Club | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | +1.258 |
Tribhuwan Army Club | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | +1.610 |
Gandaki Province | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | +0.166 |
Sudurpashchim Province | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | –1.656 |
Karnali Province | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –1.587 |
The top two teams qualified for the playoffs.
Source: ESPNcricinfo
Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
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Nepal Police Club | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | +3.337 |
Madhesh Province | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | –0.135 |
Lumbini Province | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | –0.265 |
Koshi Province | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | –1.151 |
Bagmati Province | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | –1.672 |
The top two teams qualified for the playoffs.
Source: ESPNcricinfo
Madhesh Province 122 (31 overs) | v | Armed Police Force Club 123/3 (21.3 overs) |
Rupesh Singh 36 (23) Kamal Airee 4/27 (9 overs) | Lokesh Bam 35 (35) Rupesh Singh 2/29 (7 overs) |
Nepal Police Club 304/4 (50 overs) | v | Tribhuwan Army Club 309/8 (49.5 overs) |
Tribhuwan Army Club 179 (39 overs) | v | Armed Police Force Club 180/6 (38.3 overs) |
Rohit Paudel 49 (56) Mousom Dhakal 3/32 (8 overs) |
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