September 6, 2012
Nepal maintained their unbeaten start with a massive 10-wicket victory against hosts Malaysia.
Shakti Gauchan, the legspinner, claimed the extraordinary figures of 3
for 2 in 10 overs, a spell that included eight maidens after Amrit
Bhattarai had set the ball rolling with two wickets in two balls. From
52 for 3 in the 12th over, Malaysia lost their remaining seven wickets
for 17 runs in a painful 20 overs. In reply, Nepal needed little more
than 12 overs to speed to their target and Anil Mandal ended unbeaten on
41.
Reflecting on his mind-boggling figures, Gauchan said: "I didn't think
much about my performance before the game, but my objective was to bowl
in the right area which I did during the game and it turned out to be my
best bowling performance."
Captain Paras Khadka added: "It was another great bowling display from
the team, especially from Gauchan and the other opening pairs. Although
we had a small target to chase, I am happy with the batting performance
of the openers as the batter and won the match for us convincingly. We
still can't relax after this win and will work hard to win the rest of
our matches."
USA also crushed Tanzania with an incredible 246 balls to spare as they raced to a seven-wicket victory at Kinrara Academy Oval.
USA's bowlers shared around their success, with Usman Shuja taking
three wickets, as Tanzania crumbled to 92 all out in the 30th over. The
run chase did not even reach the tenth over. Opener Steven Taylor
clubbed 46 off 22 balls, including four sixes, as USA needed less than
half a Twenty20 innings to seal victory - and a handsome boost to their
net run-rate.
The USA captain, Steve Massiah, said: "It was professional approach
today and things went according to the game plan and we executed
brilliantly what we had planned. We knew how critical this match was
going to be for us and winning it with a big margin will help us to
boost out net run-rate."
In the most evenly contest target of the day, Singapore beat Denmark by four wickets
to keep themselves in the mid-table battle. Chasing 174 they relied on
contributions all through their top order with the first five batsmen
making between 23 and 39. The innings was always under control and
Munish Arora, the 41-year-old, guided the team home. Earlier, the
Denmark innings had subsided from 128 for 3 and they ended up not using
21 deliveries. Shehzad Ahmed made 50 off 100 balls but when he fell they
fell away swiftly as the last seven wickets fell for 45.
source : espn
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