The SAAF School Cricket Series is an annual high school cricket championship organized by the Student Athletic Activities Foundation (SAAF) in Nepal. It is played under the Twenty20 variant of limited overs cricket.
History The inaugural event of the SAAF School Cricket Series was staged in Kathmandu from 31 December 2014 to 7 January 2015 with eight high school cricket teams from seven high schools. The event was titled WAI WAI School Cricket Series 2014 after the main sponsor of the championship. Out of the 20 matches, 16 were played at Sainik Awasiya Mahavidyalaya Ground, Bhaktapur and 4 were played at Engineering Campus Ground, Lalitpur.
Format Eight teams are divided into two, four-team, pools. Each pool plays a round-robin format. The top two teams from each pool compete in the first place playoffs to determine the teams finishing in the top four positions. The bottom two teams from each pool are relegated to the fifth place playoffs.
Teams Team School Captain Everest Burners Mount Everest School Sushil Kunwar Galaxy Jaguars Galaxy Public School Bamdev Singh Jagari DAV Kiwis DAVSKVB School Sujal Gupta Police Ncops Nepal Police School Suraj Chaudhary KINS Rhinos Kathmandu International School Udit Khanal Sainik Seals Sainik Awasiya Mahavidyalaya Bishal Budhathoki Sainik Sharks Sainik Awasiya Mahavidyalaya Bhuwan Sapkota Rajan Warriors Rajan Memorial School Prabesh Panta
Championship Titles
YearTitleFinal VenueFinalWinnerResultRunner-up2014WAI WAI School Cricket Series 2014Engineering Campus Ground, LalitpurSainik Sharks47/0 (4.0 overs)Sharks won by 10 wicketsScorecard Police Ncops46 all out (15.2 overs)2015School Cricket Series 2015
Statistics 2014 Overall records Player Team Statistic Most Runs Bishnu Kumal Sainik Sharks 203 runs Most Wickets Mandip BhandariSudip Khadka Sainik SharksSainik Seals 13 wickets13 wickets 2019
References
External links SAAF School Cricket Series Results on CricHQ