9th Nov, 2005
Losses and wins
Excitement and anticipation turns to joy as the defending champ and also the host country wins its first match of the tournament. The only thing the hosts lost was two wickets apart from the toss. Amrit Bhattarai's four wickets haul restricted Bahrain to 67 runs. Bahrain's innings completed within 28.5 overs, during which Basanta Regmi became the first super-sub player for Nepal. Everyone looked happy and looking forward to tomorrow's game.

10th Nov, 2005
Boundaryless victory
This time the host win every thing including the toss. And the very toss raises questions from all corners. Many believed Nepal should have decided to bat as the team was short of batting practice having chased mere 67 to win in the game the other day. Some were of the opinion that the game might have been interesting had Nepal batted first. Win is a win and nothing tastes better than it. Other wise there was not much to cheer on this particular match as Nepal bowled out Brunei for mere 21 runs which included nine extras. Making the lowest in the tournament so far.
Nepal in turn chased the target in 3.5 overs without hitting a single boundary. Brunei lacked back in all departments of the game however they excelled Nepal's 9 extras to 12.
Dharmasene, the centurion
Mean while a big score was made in the match between Iran and UAE. UAE making massive 375 runs. Shehan Dharmasene getting a century. UAE won the match by 336 runs.

11th Nov, 2005
Upsets begin
So far the results had matched the predications. But the match between Kuwait and UAE turned different. UAE one of the favorites lost to Kuwait by 43 runs. UAE's 336 run win against Iran the other day proving fruitless as Kuwait rolled on to quarterfinal. Kuwait had made 240. UAE chasing Kuwait's 240 were all out in the 48.4 overs managing to make only 203 runs.

13th Nov, 2005
ACC development officer Rumesh Ratnayak accuses the host's of failing to take home advantage. "Cricket Association of Nepal so far are doing a wonderful job as hosts, but haven't been able to take advantage of the handful teams available here", he said "the hosts should have taken advantages of the teams here and at least played a friendly with the senior side." He also added According to him CAN members should learn to make use of the opportunities present to them.

16th Nov, 2005
Century win The hosts easily enrolled to the semifinal by wining the quarterfinal against Singapore by hundred runs. Batting first Nepal used up its 50 overs to make 223 losing 9 wickets. Sarad Vesawaker top scored with 68 runs.
Singapore's ACC u-19 world cup ended in the 44.4 overs. They could only make 123 runs. Mahesh Chettri made 28 runs in 38 balls.

16th Nov, 2005
Hosts tromp off to final
Skipper Kanishka's 78 ensured Host's entry to final. Batting first Kuwait were out in the 39.4 overs making 146. The bowlers backed the skipper's decision to bowl first right by sending 6 opponent to the pavilion by the 17th over. At the time Kuwait were 49 for 6. Amrit and Sashi took three wickets each while Bantu got two and vice captain Paras took one wicket. 102 runs partnership between Kanishka and Sarad's partnership secured the win on the 37th over and entering a historical final as both the team will be facing each other on the final of the ACCU-19 world cup for the third time. Win on the final will be a hat-trick win for the Hosts.

19th Nov, 2005
Hat-trick win
Kanishka's team lifts the cup
Finally the formality is over and Kaniska's team lifts the cup as expected. Bowling first the hosts restrict, Malaysia, to 83runs. The chase was an easy one. And the crowd goes wild with joy. The crowds were pouring in form the morning and what a sight it was to see them with the national flag, face painted, some cheering the their team with the local instruments, the crowd chanting for the victory.

The audience light up the tournament
The last day of the tournament was significant for two things. Naturally nothing could beat the joy of winning the ACC U-19 cup. But the presence of audience in such large number was just as heartwarming. The crowd present in large number with the national flag on their hand, faces painted, all geared up with the musical instruments was quite a sight to behold. Their witty remarks enlighten the atmosphere.
Host's performance and the spectators were the topic of talk for the visiting teams. Local crowd had been able to impress the visitors but the crowd on the final was mind-blowing. It was quite a sight to behold somewhere between 8-10 thousand chanting, encouraging their country. It was looked as though they were urging their players to win.

Bantu shines
Bantu Bataju so far had an ordinary tournament rose to the occasion and took 5 wicket giving away 28 runs. His 5-wicket hall began on the fifth ball of the inning. The U-19 world cup will be his last tournament in this age group, after that he will have to fight for his place in the national team. When confronted with the question after the game he replied with a true fast bowler attitude. saying getting into the u-19 squad wasn't any easier either.

21st Nov, 2005
Sweet reward
Nepali cricketers are rewarded for their hard work and this private business houses join hands with CAN to make the award better for the players. The awards go like this- A motor bike each for the best batsman and best bowler each. Sarad Vesawkar and Amrit Bhattarai get the motor bikes, one of which was sponsored by the 21st Century.

Kaniska Chaugai, Bantu Bataju and Paras Khadka received a 14-inch color LG television for the best individual innings, best bowling figure and most catches respectively. Skipper Kaniska had scored 78* in the semifinal against Kuwait. Paras took six catches in five matches 69 Bantu bowled 5/29 in the final against Malaysia Bantu for being man of the final was awarded Rs. 25,001 by Moon Drops Manpower.
CAN awarded Rs. 15,000 cash to the all the 17 members of the ACC U-19 Cup winning team.

It was one of Andre Agassi's finest performances in a US Open final, and it was the latest unmistakable sign of Roger Federer's tennis greatness that Agassi still lost in four sets.
Agassi, now 35 had been through this before as a younger man: giving his all and finding himself with the runner-up's silverware at the US Open against a clutch-serving, great opponent with a beauty of a running forehand.
But Federer, who is from Switzerland, has moved seamlessly into the larger-than-life space left behind by Pete Sampras. Agassi's now -retired rival. And at 24, Federer is going places with his smooth-moving talent that Sampras never managed to reach.
The top-seeded Federer did not play his best on that Sunday's 6-3,6-2,7-69 (1), 6-1 victory, but he played close enough to his best in the critical phases of the third and fourth sets to win his second consecutive US Open and run his record in Grand Slam finals to 6-0.
"It is disappointing to lose, but the first thing you have to do is assess why you lose, and I just lost to a guy who's better," Agassi said. "There's only so long you can dent it. He's the best I've ever played against."
Agassi speaks from plenty of hard won, or better put, hard -lost experience. This defeat was his eighth straight against Federer, and though it was considerably closer than his three lopsided losses earlier this year, he was still fortunate to win a game in the final set. Agassi was soon back in his customary role of explaining Federer's phenomenal talent, something he does well, "There are other guys, and I've played a lot of them for so many years," Agassi said. "There's a safety zone- a place to get to. There's something to focus on. But anything you try to do, he potentially has an answer for, and it's just a function of when he starts pulling the triggers necessary to get you to change that decision. He plays the game in a very special way. I haven't seen it before."
Federer is well aware of his special powers, and though he generally does an effective job of negotiating the delicate line between honesty and diplomacy, it is becoming increasingly difficult for him to avoid the obvious. He is the first man in the 37-year Open era to win his last 23 finals and the first in the Open era to win Wimbledon and the US Open back to back in consecutive years. He also reached the semifinals at the other two Grand Slams events this year, the Australian Open and the French Open.
"I had to play my best match again of the tournament," Federer said in his postmatch comments on the court. "Unfortunately, it happened that I play my best again in the final as usual. I don't Know how I do it, but it definitely feels great every single tie."
Over the years, and there have been 20 of them now at the Open, Agassi has often been tight-lipped and caustic in defeat. But there was no trace of bitterness in his voice after this Grand Slam final, his first since he won the Australian Open in 2003 and quite possibly his last. He arrived here with a suspect back, having lost in the first round at the French Open and withdrawn from Wimbledon. But he fought his way through a draw that opened up nicely for him and reached the final by beating three unseeded yet undeniably dangerous shotmakers in a row in five sets: Xavier Malisse, James Blake and Robby Ginepri.
Old enough to appreciate the significance of this latest run, Agassi walked on the court before each match soaking in the atmosphere, making eye contact with fans in the stands, some of whom with memories good enough to recall his long-haired, quick-tempered younger years, when he did now-unimaginable things like spitting on the Australian chair umpire Wayne McKewen, But the ambivalence has evolved in-to genuine warmth, and as Agassi's name was announced during the warm-u with Federer, most of the 24,797 fans in attendance rose to their feet and applauded, and there was more of the same after match point.
"Over the last 20 years I've come full circle," Agassi said. "It's been an amazing journey and discovery of each other as I've grown up out here. And to be here at an age where I can take in that sort of love and be at an age where I can embrace it is a tremendous feeling." T Agassi's credit, this match was not defined by nostalgia. It was one of the highest-quality four-set matches of the season. It brimmed with low - trajectory, high-velocity winners, timely first serves and lunging defense. With Agassi leading by 4-2 in the third set. It was beginning to seem possible, if still not probable, that he would win third US Open singles title.
But in the next game on Agassi's serve, Federer hit a huge forehand winner at 30-30. He moved forward on the next point, when one of Agassi's shots clipped the net and landed short, and carved a topspin backhand crosscourt to break Agassi's serve.
Federer then won the next service game at love to get back to 4-4. The bar was rising, and though Agassi managed to; leap high enough to stay with it by saving four break points on his serve at 5-5, they were soon in a tiebreaker.
Agassi won the opening point with a more effective than lovely backhand drop shot, but on the next point he missed a forehand return off a high - bouncing second serve and moaned in disappointment. It was a big hint of what was to come as Federer reeled off the next six points, taking a two-sets-to-one lead with a back-hand return winner down the line.
It had happened so quickly that the fans needed more time to realize that their favorite had lost control of his destiny. But Federer quickly hammered the point home by winning the first five games of the fourth set and jerking his older opponent into the corners.
"He's the only gut I've ever played against where you hold serve to go 1-0, and you're thinking, "all right! Good!" Agassi said later, getting a laugh from his audience. "And I'm not just making fun of it. I'm literally telling you the way it is. He can hurt you at any point."
With the barometer reading spiking, Agassi postponed the inevitable at 0-5 in the final set by saving two match points. But Federer made up for lost time in the final game by holding at love, finishing off his latest victory with a kick serve that Agassi struck long.
It remains to be seen whether Agassi will hit another shot in a US Open. He has required to calm the lower back pain caused by inflamed sciatic nerve. He was the oldest man in the singles draw here and the oldest finalist in a Grand Slam event since Ken Rosewall reached the final here in 1974 at age 39.
But Agassi made it clear that, despite the fact that his back was tightening on him again during the award ceremony, that he would like to continue playing next season. "As of now, my intention is to keep working and keep doing hat it is I do, do," he said. "You know, the only thing better than the last 20 years will be the last 21 years."
It will be a tough act of his own to follow. Even in defeat, this run in New York was one of the most irresistible of his career, and when it was over, he signed a few autographs and made his way off the court and into the tunnel, where his 3-year old son, Jaden Gil, was waiting for his customary postmatch hug.
"Daddy, who did you play with?' Jaden said.
It could have been a long answer, but Agassi chose to keep it simple:"Somebody with long hair,: he said.

- Christopher Clarey via sportstar