http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Malaysia-c2949 Under-19s vs. Nepal Under-19s – Asia Cup - Group A match - Recap
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Nepal-c2965 secured a comprehensive victory over Malaysia, beating the hosts by 107 runs in the seventh match of Under-19s Asia cup, being played at Royal Selangor Club, Kuala Lumpur on Jun 24, 2012.
Nepalese Captain Prithu Baskota, decided to bat first after winning the toss and the decision, turned out to be good one as the Nepal openers Subash Khakurel and Pradeep Airee gave a solid 74-run opening stand.
However, things fell apart as 4 wickets fell for just 16 runs; Airee was the first one to go, caught off Sivanantha Krishnan for 39, and followed by Khakurel (33), http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Naresh-c78656 Budayair (4) and captain Baskota for naught.
It was at this stage when Sagar Pun and Rajesh Pulami Magar brought stability to their batting, and fetched important 84 runs in a fifth-wicket partnership for their team. Pulami, after a useful knock was run out at 39. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rahul-c83321 Vishvakarma (4) was the next
to depart before Pun finally fell to Nazril Rahman after playing a crucial knock of 71. Hasim Ansari (21) was the last man to be dismissed as Nepal reached 247 for 8.
For the home side, Krishnan was the best bowler with impressive figures of 3 for 37. Nazril Rahman was expensive with 2 for 59, while skipper Derek Duraisingam also went for plenty, conceding 56 runs for his one wicket. Anwar Rahman took his only scalp for
24.
In reply, the local side was assigned a job which was never easy against a strong Nepalese bowling attack. The Malayan batting line looked never in charge as the opposition bowlers kept a tight line and didn’t allow the batsmen to play their shots.
After a tentative 26-run opening stand, Syafiq Ali (11) was the first one to leave the field after he was caught by Pun off Baskota, while his opening partner Fikri Rosdi perished two runs later, as Pun was again in thick of the action, disturbing his stumps
for 13.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Muhamad-Syahadat-c77884 and Krishnan took the total to 97 – the only fifty-run partnership by the hosts.
Syahadat was clean bowled by Baskota for 36 and Krishnan (23) fell seven runs later. Captain, Derek Duraisingam failed to play a significant role at this stage and was cleaned up by Rahul Vishvakarma for 3. The wickets kept falling as Mohammad Sham (0),
Rahman (10) and finally http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pavithren-Nadaesan-c81250 went out for 21, ending the Malaysian innings.
Nepal bowlers had impressive bowling figures. Vishvakarma collected a five-for in a splendid spell, conceding only 30 runs, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bhavaraju-Avinash-c47993 Karn and Baskota took 2 wickets each, giving 31 and 6 runs respectively, while Sagar Pun claimed one wicket for 15 runs. For
his superb bowling Vishvakarma was declared Player of the match.
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