Hong Kong scuppered by spin

Mar 16, 2014

Nepal were put in and were given a decent start by the openers. Subash Khakurel made 22 off 16•AFP

Gyanendra Malla top-scored for Nepal with 48, including four fours and a six•AFP

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•AFP

And Gauchan sent two more Hong Kong batsmen back in the 12th as the score went from 58 for 3 to 58 for 7 •AFP

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•AFP

But there was a flurry of wickets late in the innings. Naresh Budayair being one of four men to fall in the final over •AFP

Shakti Gauchan got through the defences of Babar Hayat, who top-scored with 20•AFP

Eleven more runs were added before the last wicket fell giving Nepal a massive 80-run win•AFP

Haseeb Amjad bowled that last over and finished with 3 for 25 but Nepal still ended up with a competitive 149•AFP

Basat Regmi took two wickets in two balls in the 11th over•AFP