Acc women's T-20 nepal won on bowl-out

KATHMANDU, July 4 - Nepal defeated Singapore in an exciting bowl-out after their match under the ongoing ACC Women’s Twenty20 Championship 2009, played at Selangar Turf Club on Sunday dramatically ended in a tie.

The Nepal eves won on the bowl-out (2-1) against Singapore after the latter managed to score 79 off 20 overs losing all wickets.

Earlier in the day, Nepal chose to bat first and put forward a target of 80 runs before Singapore after scoring 79 runs for the loss of nine wickets off 20 overs.

S Magar scored 20 runs and remained unbeaten in the Nepali innings. A Mukherjee of Singapore was the pick of the bowler taking two prized wickets for 14 runs.

Requiring 80 runs to win, the Singapore girls managed 79 runs after Rubina Chhetri bamboozled the opponents taking five wickets in the last over.

Chhetri also managed to pick up the first international hat-trick in the women's cricket for Nepal. She was declared the player of the match for her outstanding contribution with the ball.

This is a second victory on a trot for Nepal after they defeated Iran by 62 runs yesterday.

Nepal will play its next match against Qatar on July 5 followed by Bhutan and Thailand on July 7 and July 8, respectively.

Nepali eves are also the defending champions of the U-19 ACC Women's Cricket held in 2008.

Meanwhile, Oman and Iran have also won their respective matches against Bhutan and Kuwait.