KATHMANDU: The Nepali women’s cricket team performed poorly to be beaten by Malaysia in the first match of the five-match T20 series against Malaysia.

Today, the home team Malaysia dominated Nepal and won by 5 wickets.

Batting first in the first match in Malaysia, Nepal was bowled out for 50 runs in 16.5 overs.

For Nepal, Jyoti Pandey scored 11 runs and Samjhana Khadka scored 13 runs, but the other batsmen were not able to score runs in double digits.

Malaysia’s Nik Nur took 3 wickets while destroying Nepal’s batting. Mahirah Ismail, Ainan Hasim and Aisa Firdau took 2 wickets each.

Malaysia completed the target of 51 runs at the loss of 5 wickets in 13.2 overs.

Wan Juila added 13 runs and Aina Hasim added 12 runs not out for him.

Nepal’s Sita Ranamagar took 2 wickets in bowling. The second match between the two teams will be held tomorrow (Tuesday).