A BRAVE declaration by captain Rizwan Farouq failed to win Little Sai Wan the maximum 12 points but kept them narrowly on top of the Saturday league standings.
A painfully slow over rate by Sentinels despite an early start forced Rizwan, who scored 50, to declare Sai Wan's innings at 162 for five after two hours and only 28.5 overs at Sek Kong.
Adnan Butt also scored a half-century, making 54, with Mike Mehaffey contributing 28.
Sai Wan were hoping to use the maximum 35 overs to bowl out Sentinels and gain 12 points.
However, they only succeeded in getting six wickets as Sentinels made little attempt to go for runs in their total of 120.
Sai Wan ended the match with 10 points and now lead Nomads by one point with both teams having one match left.