MUSCAT, OMAN: The stakes are high as Singapore, Hong Kong, Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates battle it out in the Asia Cup Qualifier 2022 for a chance to join Sri Lanka, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan in the Asia Cup.
Hong Kong and Kuwait came into match four with a win each under their belt. Hong Kong won the toss and decided to field first. Kuwait putting on a total of 151-9 despite a shaky start. Edson Silva top-scoring for his team with 56 runs.
In the end though the target was not high enough and Hong Kong sailed through their run chase, to win by eight wickets, in 17.4 overs.
MATCH 4, HONG KONG vs KUWAIT HONG KONG WON BY EIGHT WICKETS
Kuwait: 151/9 (20 overs) Hong Kong: 153/2 (17.4 overs) Player of the Match: Yasim Murtaza (2-11, 46 runs) Hi-res Images Action images from the Asia Cup Qualifier 2022 T20 match between Hong Kong
Nizakat Khan, HK Captain: “We started very well with our bowling; we executed our plans in our power play, but in the death overs we need to sit down and have a clear plan and see how we are going to approach the UAE batters. “We started really well with our batting too, especially Yasim bhai played really well.
We played positive cricket, putting away the bad balls, and we knew if our top order could bat until tea, we could chase this total very comfortably and that is what we did today.” Mohammed Aslam, Kuwait Captain: “If we had put another 30 runs on the board this would have been a good contest.
Edson Silva performed well in the last match too. He is one of our power hitters and he did well, but it was not enough. “Nizakat and Babar batted very well, but we always knew the target was not enough.
“We still have hope, and tomorrow if we win, the run rate will decide things, and we hope we can win by a large margin.” Player of the Match, Yasim Murtaza: “It was a good wicket to bat on, so I just had to plan on my variation. This is what I did.”
