T20 World Cup qualifiers: Hong Kong breeze past Singapore, as Nizakat Khan guides side to seven-wicket win
- Hong Kong captain scores 81 as team chase down target with more than an over to spare
- Win sets up game against Uganda to decide who will finish fifth at tournament in Zimbabwe
Hong Kong breezed into the fifth place play-off final at the T20 World Cup qualifiers in Zimbabwe on Friday, with a seven-wicket demolition of Singapore.
Captain Nizakat Khan scored 81 off 55 balls as his side chased down the 147 needed to win with more than an over to spare.
Kinchit Shah added an unbeaten 30, while earlier Yasim Murtaza took three wickets for 19 runs off his four overs as Singapore were bowled out for 146.
Navin Param (33) and Janak Prakash (31) anchored the Singapore innings, but both fell lbw to the spin of Ehsan Khan in the 19th over as their side lost the last five wickets for just six runs.
Hong Kong will now face Uganda to decide who finishes fifth, a repeat of the first game of the tournament which Uganda won by two wickets. Uganda beat Jersey by five runs in the other play-off game.
Nizakat Khanâs side will see Singapore again soon, with both teams playing in the Asia Cup qualifiers, which are scheduled to take place in Sri Lanka next month, despite the continued civil unrest in the country.
The two sides, along with Kuwait and UAE, will battle it out to join the five full-member Asian teams â Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka â in the main competition.