Kuwait vs Hong Kong

Hong Kong won toss and elected to bowl

Looking for a change in their fortunes, Hong Kong came up against newcomers Kuwait on a fresh wicket on AIT. Hong Kong made 2 changes with Alison Siu and Maryam Bibi in for Bella Poon and Annie Ho. Fresh from winning her second coin toss in a row, Mariko Hill chose to put Kuwait in to bat.

Kuwait openers Maryam Omar, the Kuwait Captain, and Sabreen Zaki came up against the veteran pairing of Mariko Hill and Betty Chan . Hill almost got a wicket on the first ball, however a drop at point gave Zaki a lifeline. Her partner didn’t receive such luck as she was caught a few inches off the ground by Marina Lamplough at Mid On.

Betty Chan quickly got into the game as well, securing the 2^nd wicket with Zaki with a skyed catch to Yasmin Daswani at cover. Priyada Murali and Amna Sharif Tariq looked to start once again for Kuwait as Alison Siu and Kary Chan looked to increase Hong Kong’s tally. A sharp throw by young Maryam Bibi and a simple catch by Mariko Hill off Chan left Kuwait 18/4 after the powerplay. Fortunes didn’t improve as Kuwait were left 24/5 as another batter chipped the ball to Bibi at point. Kary Chan once again troubled the batters as she trapped another Kuwaiti batter for LBW.

At 25/6 after 8 overs, Hong Kong were firmly in the ascendancy as Mehreen Yousaf’s first ball was caught off a skyed delivery once again by her club team mate, Maryam Bibi for her 2^nd catch. Yousaf had a great over as she bowled out another batter and Pull To caught another high ball at cover to complete Yousaf’s triple wicket maiden.

Kary Chan finished off the innings by bowling the final batter for another scoreless innings. Kuwait finished on 25 all out with 9 ducks in the innings.

Hong Kong opened up with Yasmin Daswani and Mariko Hill and after a series of defeats during the qualifier, Hong Kong looked to complete the win. Daswani and Hill took the game until the last few runs when Hill played through one to early. To came in to finish off proceeding as Hong Kong completed their first victory by a 9 wicket margin.

Notable Performances

Yasmin Daswani – 13 off 17

Priyada Murali - 12 off 18

Mehreen Yousaf 1-1-0-3

Kary Chan – 3-1-2-3

*Bold indicates Player of the Match