Malaysia Clinch Three Wicket Victory Over Hong Kong

Malaysia clinched a 3 wicket victory over Hong Kong in an exciting FTCT match played at Selangor Turf Club.

Jimi Chai, Malaysian Cricket Association

12-Sep-2005

Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia clinched a 3 wicket victory over Hong Kong in an exciting FTCT match played at Selangor Turf Club that finished on Sunday.

The brief scores as below:

Hong Kong 1st Innings 239/10 in 88 overs (Naseer Hamid 72, Mark Eames 49, Ilyas Gull 30, Tabarak Dar 33 not out, Suresh Navaratnam 4/51, Rohan Vishnu Suppiah 2/44)

Malaysia 1st Innings 223/10 in 89 overs (Rohan Selvaratnam 47, Rakesh Madhavan 58, Eszrafiq Ab Aziz 66 not out, Dinesh Muthuraman 22, Afzal Haider 4/63, Jawaid Iqbal 3/58)

Hong Kong 2nd Innings 210/7 in 81.4 overs (Timothy Smart 81, Ilyas Gull - 61, Tabarak Dar 32, Suresh Navaratnam 2/43, Rohan Vishnu Suppiah 4/76)

Malaysia 2nd Innings 227/7 in 52 overs (Rakesh Madhavan 61, Shanker Retinam 23, Suresh Navaratnam 64, Rohan Vishnu Suppiah 23, M Krishnamurthi 19 not out, Khalid Khan 2/45, Jawaid Iqbal 2/53)

Results: Malaysia won by 3 wickets

Man of the Match : Suresh Navaratnam (Malaysia)

Umpires: Tej K Handu (India), Buddi Bahadur Pradan (Nepal) & 3rd Umpire S Kathiravel (Malaysia)

Match Referee: Rafiqul Alam (Bangladesh)

Scorers: Bama Suppiah, M Manogaran & S.Anandaraman (electornic scoring) that finished on Sunday.