Nepal elected to bat at the Gymkhana Ground, Thailand and put up 145/5 in the allotted 25 overs. In reply, the UAE was all out for 59 runs in 22.4 overs.[break]
Madhu Thapa (3 runs) and Sita Magar put up a 29-run opening stand before Thapa was caught by Kyna Vedhasinghe off Ayasha Naushadkhan in the fifth ball of the sixth over. Roshani Bohara returned to the pavilion adding just seven runs but Sita Magar held the Nepali innings together with Sarita Magar.
Sita and Sarita shared a 41-run partnership for the third wicket. Sita scored 46 runs off 48 balls with the help of seven boundaries. She was caught by Veni Praveen off Petule Nadar´s bowling in the fourth ball of the 16th over.
Nary Thapa joined Sarita at the crease and the two put up a 33-run partnership for the fourth wicket. Thapa chipped in with 16 runs while Sarita Magar remained unbeaten on 41 runs off 44 balls with three boundaries. Nepali captain Rubina Chhetri added just five runs while Neera Rajopadhyay remained unbeaten on four runs.
Vedhasinghe was the pick of the UAE bowlers as she claimed two wickets.
In reply, the UAE failed to build the innings and succumbed to the Nepali bowling attack. Sonu Khadka dismissed three top order batswomen of the UAE -- Vedhasinghe, Simrita Sandhu and Petule Nadar. A 16-run partnership between Sandhu and Nadar was the highest of the UAE innings while Humaira Tasneem was the highest scorer with 12 runs.
Karuna Bhandari claimed two wickets while Rubina Chhetri, Nary Thapa and Sarita Magar claimed a wicket each for Nepal. Magar, who was also involved in a runout, was the most economic Nepali bowler with figures of 5-2-8-1. She was adjudged player-of-the-match for her all-round performance.
Nepal will take on Malaysia on Sunday at the Royal Chiang Mai Golf Club Ground.
Nepal had defeated Bhutan by eight wickets in its first match of the tournament on Thursday.
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