Hosts Singapore lifted the World Cricket LeagueDivision Five trophy, beating neighbours Malaysia by nine wickets in a one-sided finalat the Kallang Ground. Both teams have been promotedto Division Four, and will join Nepal,Tanzania, Denmark and the United States of America in thedivision to be played late this year.
Malaysia's 159 turned out tobe woefully inadequate as Singapore,led by Chaminda Ruwan's unbeaten 91, guided them home in just 26.4 overs. Ruwansmashed 14 fours and a six and shared an unbeaten stand of 118 with Anish Paramfor the second wicket.
Malaysia's middle order letthe side down after the captain Suresh Navaratnam opted to bat. The opener RMadhavan scored 48 to get the team off to a steady start, but Singaporefought back thanks to their legspinner Christopher Janik, who took 3 for 17.Hassan Ghulam resisted with 33 at No.10 but it came a little too late. Malaysia losttheir last nine wickets for only 85 runs.
Singapore coach TrevorChappell said: "I am very pleased to have been able to have coached theside to promotion, they've worked hard this week and it's a good group ofcricketers from many different backgrounds trying to play as much cricket asthey can while also raising families, studying or working full-time.
Malaysia's coach Roy Diassaid poor batting had let the side down in the event.
"Therehave been few players that have really performed this week with the bat for usand in my opinion we did well to win the first four matches with theperformances we put in. I am disappointed we lost today but our batting andbowling wasn't up to the mark this week at all and I want to go back to Malaysia andlook at the pool of players on offer and start to phase out some of the oldermembers of the squad to help the team develop.
"I'mlooking forward to Division 4 and facing my former team Nepal, the whole division is going to be toughfor Malaysiabut I believe we have got what it takes to be there."
3rd Place Play-off
Itwas a tense finish at the 3rd place play-offs at the Padang as Guernsey sneaked home by one run againstCayman Islands. Jeremy Frith top scored forGuernsey with 57, off 81 balls before he wastrapped lbw to Troy Taylor, the right-arm seamer. Taylor took 4 for 50 and he was supported byRyan Bovell, who took 3 for 41. Cayman Islandsthough conceded a massive 49 extras, including 32 wides and six no-balls,amounting to just over six extra overs.
Guernsey bowled with betterdiscipline and were led by a five-wicket haul by the right-arm seamer DavidHooper. Pearson Best was the only batsman to show solid resistance, scoring 79.Conroy Wrght made a patient 39, off 77 balls, but Hooper took two more lowerorder wickets to help Guernsey sneak home.
5th Place Play-off
Bahrain coasted to a five-wicket win against Argentina in the fifth place play-offs at the Indian Association Ground. Bahrain's off-spin duo of Adil Hanif and ZafarZaheer took four wickets each to restrict Argentina to a paltry 139. Argentinafeatured some of the reserves who had not played in the tournament this week,and the batsmen struggled. Martin Siri's 26 was the highest individual score inthe innings. Hanif followed up his efforts with the ball to hit 38 to set up Bahrain's easywin. He picked up the Player of the Tournament trophy as well, in addition tohis Man-of-the-Match award.
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