Nepal entered the semifinal of the ACC Trophy 2006 with a 25-run victory over Bahrain today at the Bayuemas Oval Ground in Malaysia. Nepal will now play three-time champions UAE in teh semifinal on Thurday at Kinrara Ground. Basant Regmi was chosen man of the match. The full scorecard:
Nepal Innings
Paresh Lohani b S Ahmed 4 (10)
Gyanendra Malla st A Waheed b T Dar 57 (90)
Sharad Vesawkar c T Dar b S Ahmed 2 (9)
Shakti Gauchan b T Dar 49 (99)
Mehboob Alam c Q Saeed b A Majeed 7 (11)
Paras Khadka st A Waheed b Q Saeed 0 (3)
Basant Regmi c A Waheed b Q Saeed 21 (32)
Binod Das c M Akmal b Q Saeed 16 (16)
Manoj Baishya not out 21
Dhirendra Chand c A Waheed b Q Saeed 0 (1)
Raj Kumar Pradhan not out 2 (4)
Extras ( w 13, lb 8 ) 21
Total (for 9 wkts in 50 overs) 200
FoW: 6, 22, 98, 117, 119, 155, 161, 184, 184
Bahrain Bowling
Syafeeq Ahmed 9-2-25-2
Gayan DeSilva 8-0-30-0
Mirza Rizwan Baig 3-0-19-0
Tahir Dar 10-0-38-2
Asgar Abdul Majeed 10-0-45-1
Qamar Saeed 10-0-35-4
Bahrain Innings
M A Mughal b M Alam 0 (2)
A Waheed c B Das b P Khadka 12 (61)
M Yaqoob c M Baishya b B Das 0 (6)
A Majeed c G Malla b P Khadka 47 (73)
A Mirza lbw B Regmi 12 (19)
M R Baig c M Baishya b B Regmi 4 (13)
T Dar not out 57 (59)
M Akmal b B Regmi 2 (3)
Q Saeed c M Baishya b RK Pradhan 5 (9)
G DeSilva c D Chand b B Das 23 (57)
S Ahmed not out 0 (0)
Extras ( nb 2, w 8, lb 3) 13
Total (for 9 wickets in 50 overs) 175
FoW: 0, 1, 64, 77, 85, 86, 90, 95, 171
Nepal Bowling
Mehboob Alam 7-3-15-1
Binod Das 7-2-40-2
Dhirendra Chand 3-0-18-0
Shakti Gauchan 6-1-13-0
Paras Khadka 7-1-30-2
Basant Regmi 10-2-23-3
Raj Kumar Pradhan 10-3-33-1