Manoj Kumar Baishya (born 25 March 1980) is a former Nepalese

cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

er. Manoj is a right-handed batsman and a wicket-keeper. He made his debut for Nepal against PNG in February 2005. He represents the Region no. 5 Nepalgunj of the National League.

Playing career

Born in Nepal in 1981, Manoj Baishya first represented his country at Under-19 level, playing in the 2000 Under-19 World Cup in

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

. It was five years before he made his début for the senior side, when he played for Nepal in the repêchage tournament of the

2005 ICC Trophy The 2005 ICC Trophy was a cricket tournament held in Ireland between 1 July and 13 July 2005. It was an international one-day tournament played over 50 overs per side between 12 Associate Members of the International Cricket Council. It served a ...

,Other matches played by Manoj Baishya
at CricketArchive in which Nepal finished third after beating Qatar in a play-off. Later in 2005 he played

ACC Fast Track Countries Tournament The ACC Fast Track Countries Tournament was a three-day cricket tournament run by the Asian Cricket Council (ACC), contested between its top-ranking ICC associate members. It was played three times between 2004 and 2006, and then replaced by the ...

matches against Singapore, the UAE and Hong Kong.First-class matches played by Manoj Baishya
at CricketArchive The games against the UAE and Hong Kong also counted towards the

2005 ICC Intercontinental Cup The 2005 ICC Intercontinental Cup was the second edition of the ICC Intercontinental Cup, a cricket competition for (then) 12 nations from Asia, Africa, North America and Europe. All the games were scheduled for three days and were designated ...

2005 ACC Fast Track Nations Points Table
and are his only first-class matches to date. In 2006 he played for Nepal on a tour of Pakistan and most recently represented his country at the

2006 ACC Trophy The 2006 ACC Trophy was a cricket tournament in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, taking place between 14 August and 26 August 2006. It gave associate and affiliate members of the Asian Cricket Council experience in international one-day cricket. This was ...

in Malaysia. He is now working as a head of ECA department

References

External links

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Manoj Baishya's Facebook Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Baishya, Manoj 1980 births Living people Nepalese cricketers Wicket-keepers