1-Nepal were put in and were given a decent start by the openers. Subash Khakurel made 22 off 16 |
2-Hong Kong struck back with two quick wickets, but Paras Khadka and Gyanendra Malla added 80 for the third wicket, a record for Nepal in T20s as they reached 116 for 2 in the 17th over |
3-Gyanendra Malla top-scored for Nepal with 48, including four fours and a six |
4-But there was a flurry of wickets late in the innings. Naresh Budayair being one of four men to fall in the final over |
5-Haseeb Amjad bowled that last over and finished with 3 for 25 but Nepal still ended up with a competitive 149 |
6-Hong Kong lost a wicket off the first ball of the chase and their captain Jamie Atkinson could not last too long, bowled for 6 |
7-Shakti Gauchan got through the defences of Babar Hayat, who top-scored with 20 |
8-Basat Regmi took two wickets in two balls in the 11th over |
9-And Gauchan sent two more Hong Kong batsmen back in the 12th as the score went from 58 for 3 to 58 for 7 |
10-Eleven more runs were added before the last wicket fell giving Nepal a massive 80-run win |