Hong Kong take fourth semi-final berth

Hong Kong clinched the last semi-final berth after beating Qatar by 23 runs at the Prem Oval. Charlotte Chan, who picked up four wickets against Oman, took three more against Qatar, who were chasing 100. Rishika Reddy reduced Hong Kong to 17 for 3 before captain Keenu Gill and Manpreet Kaur revived the innings with a 30-run stand. Hong Kong are now likely meet Malaysia in the semi-final on Monday.

Bhutan notched up their third win of the tournament beating Kuwait by 53 runs at the Chiang Mai Gymkhana. Yeshey Choden scored an unbeaten 40 and added 75 with Ugyen Dema to take Bhutan to 90. Then Anju Gurung took 4 for 3, including two in two overs twice, to skittle out Kuwait for 37. All her victims were dismissed for ducks. Captain Priyada Murali top scored for Kuwait with an unbeaten 16 off 46 balls.

Singapore were no match for semi-finalists Malaysia, who restricted them to 57 for 8 in 25 overs to cinch a 46-run win at the Prem Oval. But despite the big margin of victory, Malaysia have a slim chance of topping group B for table leaders Nepal have a match in hand and a higher net run-rate. Thirty four extras and Nurhamamina Rajak's 21 took Malaysia to 103 and they will be disappointed by their failure to bowl out Singapore. Apart from Priyanjali Jain (15) no Singapore batsman reached double figures.