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Super seven: Rahul Vishvakarma with the
ball that helped him take 7 for 15 © International
Cricket Council
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Rahul Vishvakarma , the Nepal left-arm spinner,
produced an extraordinary display by claiming 7 for 15 as the hosts took the
Division 5 trophy with a five-wicket victory against USA at Kirtipur and gained revenge for
Friday's defeat. After the
controversial scenes of the previous day, when crowd trouble affected the
end of Nepal's match, the supporters were left much happier by this effort.
However, when USA moved to 100 for 1 it wasn't looking promising for the home
side with the second-wicket stand between Orlando Baker and Steve Messiah on 81.
The game changed when Baker was run out for 49 before Sanjam Regmi bagged Sushil
Nadkarni to leave USA on 141 for 3. Then Vishvakarma began his one-man
demolition job as USA lost their last eight wickets for 31 in 12 overs and Nos.
5 to 11 couldn't reach double figures. Nepal's chase was aided by 20 wides from
the USA bowlers as Mahesh Chhetri and Anil Mandal added 85 for the first wicket.
There was a minor wobble for Nepal at 140 for 5, but Gyanendra Malla saw then
home with an unbeaten 28.
Bahrain completed a depressing two days for
Singapore with a three-wicket victory at Bhaktapur. Singapore missed out on
promotion to Division 4 by a tiny difference of net run-rate and that
disappointment could well have played a role in their demise to 126. Tahir Dar
took out the lower order with 4 for 29 after miserly display from Adil Hanif,
who claimed 2 for 12 in 10 overs, did the early damage. Bahrain struggled, too,
early in their chase and at 16 for 3 Singapore were back in the game but Imran
Sajjid (34) and Ashraf Yaqoob (32) prevented a full-blown collapse. Still, at
105 for 7 it needed calmness from Dar to knock off the runs as he followed his
four wickets with 13 not out as he and Fahad Sadeq completed victory.
Ryan Driver put in a captain's performance as Jersey
managed a consolation five-wicket victory against Fiji at Lalitpur but it will do little to
soften the blow of relegation. Fiji were handsomely placed on 194 for 1, built
around a stand of 161 between Josefa Rika (75) and Iniasi Cakacaka (78), but
Driver's four wickets meant they struggled to accelerate late on. Driver then
anchored the chase with 78 from 104 balls and when he fell, Peter Gough ensured
the chase remained under control with a calm 58 from 57 balls as victory came
with five balls to spare.
