AFGHANISTAN SCRAPE HOME NARROWLY
Nepal Coasts To Easy Victory

Afghanistan Miraculesly Escaped Being Defeated By Malaysia In The League Round Match Played At Hubara Ground In The Acc Elite Trophy 2010. Needing 237 To Win The Match, Malaysian Tail enders Struck To Their Task Till The Last Moment But The Experienced Afgahnis Pulled All Their Tricks To Notch A Narrow Victory Of One Run To Scrape Home Safely.

Winning The Toss Afghanistan Decided To Bat First And Scored 236 Runs With Karim Sadiq Stroking A Wonderful 46 Runs And Mohammed Asgher Scoring A Blistering 41 Runs To The Total. Afghanistan The Favorite Contenders To Capture The Acc Elite Trophy Were Rescued By Former Captain Rais Ahmedzai Who Scored A Patient 64 Runs And Put His Head Down To Steady The Afghan Innings. Rais Ahmadzai Rotated The Strike With Deft Placing And With Controlled Aggression Hit A Few Boundaries In His 64 Runs. Mohammed Asghar Again Showed His Class By A Quick fire 41 Runs.

Damithu Warusavithana Gave His Captain Firm Support By Rotating The Strike And Scored A Valuable 35 Runs. Anwaruddin Kept His Nerve Cool And Along With Suresh Navarathinam Took The Battle To The Enemy Camp And The Crowd Rose To The Feet To Witness The End Result. Hamid Hassan Was Given The Job To Bowl The Last Few Overs And The Strongly Built Pathan Struck Immediately To Rock The Malaysian Innings By Capturing 5 Wickets To Give Afghanistan A Much Deserved Victory. Hameed Hassan Was Named Man Of The Match For His Fabulous Bowling Effort.[scorecard]

Nepal Coasts To Easy Victory

In Another Match Played At Unity Ground, Ahmadi, Singapore Tasted Their Third Successive Defeat As The Fancied Nepal Defeated Them By 7 Wickets In The Ongoing Acc Elite Trophy 2010. Opting To Bat First Singapore Posted A Decent Score Of 216 Runs In 50 Overs Largely Due To Some Fine Batting Display By Chetan Suryavamshi (32 Runs) And Buddika Mendis ( 36 Runs) Who Piled 66 Runs For The First Wicket. Munish Arora Again Played Well To Score 31 Runs Along With Philip Childs Who Top Scored With 40 Runs. Saad Janjua Hit A Fluent 29 Runs To Read The Singapore Total To 216 Runs. Shakti Gauchan Was The Most Successful Bowler With 2 For 26 Runs. Nepal Fielded Well To Effect 5 Run Outs.

In Reply Nepal Openers Anil Mandal And Mahesh Chettri Exhibited Top Notch Batting Display By Posting 135 Runs For The First Wicket . Anil Mandal Scored A Classic 83 And Had All The Strokes In The Book While Mahesh Played Stylishingly To Notch 87 Runs. The Duo So Composed And With Precise Timing Had No Difficulty In Taming The Singapore Attack As They Stroked The Cherry To All Parts Of The Field. Anil As Elegant As Ever Played Stylish Copy Book Drives And Anything Pitched Short Was Pulled With Power. Mahesh Cut & Drove With Great Authority And Dominated The Attack. Saad Janjua, Promod Raja And Philip Childs Took A Wicket Each.[scorecard]