Sher Lama (born 9 January 1973) is a Nepali born Hong Kong

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er who has played one

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and four

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matches for Hong Kong. He is the first Nepal-born cricketer to play a One Day International when he debuted against Bangladesh in

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. His only One Day International saw him hit 16 unbeaten runs against Bangladesh at the

2004 Asia Cup The eighth edition of cricket's Asia Cup (also called Indian Oil Asia Cup) was held in Sri Lanka after a gap of 4 years. Sri Lanka beat India in the final to win the cup. The 4 test playing Asian nations participated in the tournament along with, ...

from number nine in the batting order, which was the second-highest score of the Hong Kong innings. However, it did not prevent him being left out of the second match against Pakistan. Lama also played four matches at the

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, scoring 38 runs with a highest score of 19 (against United States) and bowling 16 overs without taking a wicket. He has also coached Hong Kong national women's team.

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* 1973 births Living people Hong Kong cricketers Hong Kong One Day International cricketers Hong Kong people of Nepalese descent {{HongKong-cricket-bio-stub