KATHMANDU: Nepal women's cricket team have defeated China by four wickets in their match during the ICC Women’s World Cup Qualifying Series Asia Region at Mong Kok of Hong Kong, on Saturday.

With the victory today, Nepal qualified for the Asia Cup Cricket as they became the runners-up of the group.

Chasing the 86-run target posted by China, Nepal wrapped up the match in 17.3 overs with a loss of six wickets.

Rubina Chhetry Belbashi's winning four sealed the win for Nepal with 15 balls to spare. She made 13 runs, including three 4s.

Nary Thapa scored 22 runs off 27 balls and Sita Rana Magar scored 20 runs off 24 balls. Jyoti Pandey, Nirmala Kumari Shahi and Kajal Shrestha were sent back with only 3, 2 and 7 runs respectively.

Belbashi also succeeded in taking two wickets while Shahi and Karuna Bhandari took 1 wicket each.

For China, Fengfeng Song scored 34 runs off 62 balls and Zou Miao scored 18 off 33 balls. They lost seven wickets and were restricted to 85 runs as the innings ended.

China had won the toss and elected to bat first.

This is Nepal's second win against China. Nepal defeated China by 20 runs in their match at the Kowloon Cricket Club, on October 11.

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