Hong Kong vs Maldives: Shahid Wasif's 55 Not Out, and a Point Shared at Bangi
Umar Adam had Hong Kong 11 for 2 inside two overs. Anshy Rath and Shahid Wasif put on 83, Wasif reached fifty from 34 balls, and Hong Kong were 104 for 3 after 13 overs when the match could not be completed. No result, one point each.
Thirteen overs of cricket were played at the YSD-UKM Cricket Oval on Monday, and they belonged to Shahid Wasif. Hong Kong, put in by Maldives, lost two wickets to Umar Adam in the second over, rebuilt through an 83-run stand between Anshy Rath and Wasif, and were 104 for 3 when the match could not be completed.
No result. Hong Kong take a point to five and stay second; Maldives take a point to three.
Match Summary
| Match | 11th Match, ICC Men's T20 World Cup Sub-Regional Asia Qualifier B 2026 |
| Hong Kong | 104/3 (13 overs) |
| Maldives | Did not bat |
| Result | No result — match not completed |
| Toss | Maldives won and chose to field |
| Top batting | Shahid Wasif 55* (34), 4x4, 2x6; Anshy Rath 34 (34), 3x4 |
| Top bowling | Umar Adam 4-0-26-2; Ibrahim Rizan 2-0-9-1 |
| Key stand | Anshy Rath & Shahid Wasif 83 off 62 (3rd wicket) |
| Venue | YSD-UKM Cricket Oval, Bangi |
| Date | October 12, 2026 |
The Innings
| Hong Kong 104/3 (13 overs) — 4 extras | |
| Shahid Wasif | 55* (34), 4x4, 2x6 |
| Anshy Rath | 34 (34), 3x4 — lbw b Ibrahim Rizan |
| Reyansh Sharma | 5* (3), 1x4 |
| Babar Hayat | 4 (3), 1x4 — c †Shafraz Jaleel b Umar Adam |
| Zeeshan Ali | 2 (4) — c Azyan Farhath b Umar Adam |
| Fall of wickets | 7-1 (1.1), 11-2 (1.4), 94-3 (11.6) |
| Umar Adam | 4-0-26-2 |
| Ibrahim Rizan | 2-0-9-1 |
| Harsha Amarasinghe | 2-0-15-0 |
| Azyan Farhath | 4-0-36-0 |
| Nazwan Ismail | 1-0-18-0 |
Maldives, beaten heavily by Malaysia the day before, chose to field, and Umar Adam gave them the start they wanted. Zeeshan Ali was caught by Azyan Farhath in the second over and Babar Hayat, three balls later, was caught behind by Shafraz Jaleel. Hong Kong were 11 for 2 after ten balls.
Anshy Rath and Shahid Wasif then batted together for 62 balls and added 83. Rath's part was 34 from 34, three fours, the role of the man who holds one end; Wasif's was 51 of the 83, four fours and two sixes, and a fifty from 34 balls. Ibrahim Rizan had Rath lbw with the last ball of the 12th over at 94 for 3, and Reyansh Sharma hit a four in his three balls, but after 13 overs the scorecard stops at 104 for 3. The record will keep Wasif's 55 not out; the table keeps only the point.
Umar Adam bowled his full four overs — 4-0-26-2 — and Ibrahim Rizan's two cost nine and took the only other wicket. The rest went harder: Azyan Farhath's four overs cost 36 and Nazwan Ismail's single over 18. Maldives never got to bat, so there is no telling how the chase would have gone; what the point does is lift them to three, above China, with one game left.
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What It Means for the Table
After four rounds of Qualifier B, Saudi Arabia are unbeaten on eight points (net run rate +2.257) and cannot be caught. Hong Kong are second on five (+2.657, unchanged by the no-result), Malaysia (+1.665) and Singapore (-0.363) have four, Maldives (-0.842) three, and China (-4.924) none.
Each side has one match left. A shared point suits Hong Kong a little better than Maldives — it keeps them a point clear of the pair on four — but the no-result also means neither side could do anything to its net run rate, and on this table that may matter before the week is out.
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