Saudi Arabia beat hosts Malaysia as China are bowled out for 40

Saudi Arabia beat hosts Malaysia by three wickets in Asia Qualifier B on Friday. It was one of three results on the day. Malaysia are now without a point after two rounds. China were bowled out for 40 by Hong Kong, China at Bangi. Singapore beat the Maldives by 33 runs. All three matches were played across Kuala Lumpur and Selangor.

The tournament runs to 14 October. Six teams are involved: China, Hong Kong, China, Malaysia, the Maldives, Saudi Arabia and Singapore. Matches are split between Bayuemas Oval, the UKM-YSD Cricket Oval and the Selangor Turf Club.

Saudi Arabia chase down the hosts

Malaysia posted 137 for 2 at Bayuemas Oval after choosing to bat. Virandeep Singh made 61 from 53 balls and Muhamad Syahadat 55 from 48. Only two wickets fell in twenty overs. It was not enough. Saudi Arabia got home at 139 for 7 with five balls to spare.

• Saudi Arabia beat Malaysia by 3 wickets: 139 for 7 chasing 137 for 2
• Hong Kong, China beat China by 8 wickets: 41 for 2 chasing 40
• Singapore beat the Maldives by 33 runs: 188 for 6 against 155 for 7

Abdul Waheed carried the chase with 67 not out from 44 balls and took the match award. Virandeep Singh was the pick of the Malaysian bowlers with 3 for 15 from his four overs. He finished on the losing side despite the double.

China fold inside 14 overs

China lasted 13.2 overs at the UKM-YSD Cricket Oval. Forty all out. Hong Kong, China needed 3.4 overs to knock the runs off, Anshy Rath making 20 from seven balls before being stumped. Ehsan Khan took the match award. SportsTak's card credits him with 3 for 5 and Mohammad Ghazanfar with 3 for 10.

Chandramohan's hundred settles the Maldives game

Singapore made 188 for 6 at the Selangor Turf Club. Surendran Chandramohan took the match award, and SportsTak's scorecard has him at 105 from 61 balls, with Manpreet Singh adding 50 from 36. The Maldives replied with 155 for 7. Iqbal Sheraz made 40 and Ismail Ali 37 from 13 balls late on.

The table after two rounds

Hong Kong, China and Saudi Arabia are the only unbeaten sides, on four points each. They meet on 11 October. Malaysia and China have lost both, though their net run rates sit a long way apart. China's stands at minus 6.793 after the Bangi defeat, against minus 0.508 for the hosts.

Malaysia also lost the opening round to Hong Kong, China by seven runs on DLS. The Maldives beat China by ten wickets the same day, and Saudi Arabia beat Singapore by 75 runs. Three more rounds follow on 11, 12 and 14 October.