Asian Cricket Council Trophy, 2000, 1st Semi-Final
Hong Kong v Nepal
Sharjah C.A. Stadium
21 November 2000 (50-over match)

Result: Hong Kong won by 179 runs
Series: Hong Kong advances to the Final

Toss: Nepal
Umpires: Nazeer Jnr. and Jayasundera
TV Umpire: SK Bansal
Man of the Match: R Sharma

Hong Kong innings (50 overs maximum)                            R   B   4  6
M Cheruparambil                          b Alam                 4  22   0  0
Saleem Malik          run out (Agerwal)                         3  12   0  0
R Sharma              not out                                 145 136  11  6
*SJ Brew              st Thakur          b Sharraf             63  98   4  2
+M Davies             not out                                  36  33   1  1
Extras                (lb 8, w 7, nb 2)                        17
Total                 (3 wickets, 50 overs)                   268

DNB: R Lamsam, Mohammad Zubair, AN French, Jawaid Iqbal,
     R Sujanani, S Lama.

FoW: 1-11 (Saleem Malik, 5.1 ov), 2-12 (Cheruparambil, 5.6 ov),
     3-135 (Brew, 37.2 ov).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Khadka                      10      1     55      0 (3w)
Alam                         6      2     18      1 (4w)
Das                          9      2     54      0 (1nb)
Lunia                       10      0     53      0 (1nb)
Agarwal                      8      0     41      0
Sharraf                      7      0     39      1

Nepal innings (target: 269 runs from 50 overs)                  R   B   4  6
K Agerwal             c French           b Brew                 9  21   1  0
P Lohani              c Davies           b Brew                 0   1   0  0
M Alam                c Sujanani         b Brew                 1   4   0  0
S Joshi               c Brew             b Lama                 3   5   0  0
JP Sharraf            c sub (MIN Eames)  b Brew                 9  19   1  0
R Khadka              c Cheruparambil    b Jawaid Iqbal        18  16   2  0
*P Agarwal            c Davies           b Lama                 8  25   0  0
+GBS Thakur                              b Lamsam               9  34   1  0
P Lunia                                  b Jawaid Iqbal         1   7   0  0
BR Tamang                                b Mohammad Zubair      2  14   0  0
BK Das                not out                                   3  12   0  0
Extras                (lb 3, w 15, nb 8)                       26
Total                 (all out, 25 overs)                      89

FoW: 1-5 (Lohani, 0.6 ov), 2-21 (Alam, 2.2 ov),
     3-26 (Joshi, 3.2 ov), 4-32 (Agerwal, 6.1 ov),
     5-52 (Sharraf, 8.5 ov), 6-68 (Agarwal, 13.5 ov),
     7-68 (Khadka, 14.3 ov), 8-71 (Lunia, 16.2 ov),
     9-75 (Tamang, 19.5 ov), 10-89 (Thakur, 24.6 ov).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Brew                         5      0     20      4 (1w)
Mohammad Zubair              4      0     19      1 (3nb, 7w)
Lama                         7      1     27      2 (1nb, 6w)
Jawaid Iqbal                 5      2      7      2 (1w)
Sharma                       2      0      7      0
Sujanani                     1      0      5      0 (4nb)
Lamsam                       1      0      1      1

• Hong Kong 100 in 30.3 overs
• 3rd wicket patnership 100 runs in 32.6 overs
• SJ Brew 50 off 85 balls
• R Sharma 50 off 85 balls

Team Pages: Hong Kong, Nepal.

Ground Page: Sharjah C.A. Stadium

Hong Kong Player Pages: M Cheruparambil, Saleem Malik, R Sharma, SJ Brew, M Davies, R Lamsam, Mohammad Zubair, AN French, Jawaid Iqbal, R Sujanani, S Lama.

Nepal Player Pages: K Agerwal, P Lohani, M Alam, S Joshi, JP Sharraf, R Khadka, P Agarwal, GBS Thakur, P Lunia, BR Tamang, BK Das.