Nepal surpasses Malaysia scare

(2010-3-14)
Nepal set final ACC U-16 Elite Cup trophy clash with Singapore after registered win against Malaysia by 32 runs at TU stadium, where as Singapore dominate Hong Kong by
133 at Pulchowk cricket ground.
Electing to bat first, after winning the toss, Nepal manages to score respectable 162 runs with help of brave 44 runs of Dipendra Chand. Sanam Shrestha, Sharad Khadka, Nischal Pandey and Rajeev Shah are other major contributor as they scored 24, 23, 14 and 11 respectively. Syahadat was the pick of the Malaysian bowlers with 3-25 while Md Fetri took 2 wickets. Tharmaraj and Nasirudin shared 1 wicket each.

In reply, Malaysia made a slow but steady run chase before Nischal made the break through at 27-1, bowling Razlan Zalati for eight in the 8.2 overs. Left-arm spinner Bibek Chaudhary then dismissed Syahadat (7) and Amerul Hussin (20) to reduce Malaysia to 44-3 by the 24th over. Ahmad Tajudin (21), Tharmaraj (17), Azwan Idris (16) got the starts but failed to build their innings against the tight Nepali bowling. Left-arm spinner Rajeev Shah (3-13) polished off the Malaysian tails with two wickets in the 37th and one in the 39th over. Bibek was the pick of the Nepali bowlers with 3-23 while Devendra Somare took 2-19.

At the Pulchowk grounds, Singapore made 230-9 and dismissed Hong Kong for 97 runs in 30.1 overs.
Shivam Ahuja took three while Iishaan Shekhar and Saisrikar Pogaru bagged two wickets apiece for Singapore.
Meanwhile, Kuwait won the seventh-place playoff with a 69-run victory over at the Birendra Sainik Awasiya Mahavidhyalaya grounds.
Kuwait posted 159-7 and packed Thailand for 90 runs in 21.4 overs.


 Full scoreboard

NEPAL v MALAYSIA at Tribhuvan University March 14, 2010

Nepal won the toss and chose to bat

NEPAL			R	B	4s	6s
Sharad Khadka	c T. Mohan b S. Ramli		23	60	2	0
Nischal Pandey	c S. Ramli b F. Sham		14	26	2	0
Suichan Shah	c T. Mohan b S. Ramli		6	20	1	0
Dipendra Chand	run out (M. Mazlan)		44	58	1	0
Satish Bhagat	c + b F. Sham		7	18	0	0
Sanam Shrestha	lbw S. Ramli		24	27	0	0
Sushan Shrestha	run out (M. Mazlan)		7	8	0	0
Hari Chaulagai	b M. Mazlan		8	10	1	0
Rajiv Shah	not out		11	11	1	0
Devendra Somare	b T. Mohan		4	3	2	0
Bibek Chaudhary	run out (A. Tajjudin)		1	2	0	0
Extras: w 4, nb 4, b 2, lb 3			13
Total			162 all out off 40 overs

Fall of wickets:
1-33 (10.1 overs), 2-45 (15.3 overs), 3-54 (19.1 overs), 4-77 (24.3 overs), 5-120 (32.1 overs), 6-138 (35.4 overs), 7-138 (35.5 overs), 8-155 (38.5 overs) 9-160 (39.3 overs), 10-162 (40 overs)

MALAYSIA	O	M	R	W
Muhammad Mazlan	3	0	22	1
Tharmaraj Mohan	7	1	22	1
Fitri Sham	8	0	28	2
Syahadat Ramli	8	0	25	3
Nik Nabil	8	1	28	0
Amerul Hussein	6	0	32	0

MALAYSIA			R	B	4s	6s
Razlan Zalati	b N. Pandey		8	27	0	0
Amerul Hussein	lbw B. Chaudhary		20	35	2	0
Syahadhat Ramli	b B. Chaudhary		7	25	0	0
Ahmad Tajuddin	c S. Bhagat b S. Shreshta		21	36	1	0
Fitri Sham	b B. Chaudhary		12	30	0	0
Azwan Idris	c R. Shah b D. Somare		16	31	1	0
Tharmaraj Mohan	c N. Pandey b D. Somare		17	18	1	0
Ahmad Yahya	lbw R. Shah		5	6	1	0
Muhammad Mazlan	b R. Shah		3	11	0	0
Nik Nabil	not out		2	4	0	0
Fadzrin Rosmanizam	c S. Bhagat b R. Shah		4	6	0	0
Extras: w 8, b 4, lb 3			15
Total			130 all out off 38.1 overs

Fall of wickets:
1-27 (8.2 overs), 2-38 (13.1 overs), 3-44 (15.3 overs), 4-69 (23.4 overs), 5-79 (26.3 overs), 6-112 (33.3 overs), 7-114 (33.5 overs), 8-122 (36.1 overs) 9-124 (36.4 overs), 10-130 (38.1 overs)

NEPAL	O	M	R	W
Hari Chaulagai	3	0	15	0
Devendra Somare	7	1	19	2
Nischal Pandey	8	0	23	1
Bibek Chaudhary	8	0	23	3
Rajiv Shah	4.1	0	13	3
Sushan Shrestha	8	0	30	1

NEPAL WON BY 32 RUNS

Man of the Match: Dipendra Chand (Nepal)