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BAHRAIN'S cricketers are celebrating promotion despite losing to Singapore by 68 runs in the final of the Pepsi ICC World Cricket League Division 6 contest.
While the host team finished unbeaten in the tournament, the result didn't stop Bahrain from proceedings to the WCL Division5 along with Singapore in front of an appreciative crowd at the Kalang ground last Saturday.
Team captain Yaser Sadeq said: "We had prepared very intensely, the spirit of the team was very strong and I personally had a lot of confidence in their abilities.
"We want to make the whole country proud as we did during our successful tour of Guernsey (UK) where we won the Pepsi ICC world cricket league Division 7."
Elsewhere, Guernsey defeated Malaysia in the third and fourth-place play-off at the Singapore Cricket Club with Jeremy Frith scoring an impressive 101 for the winner while in the fifth and sixth-place play-off at the Indian Association, Botswana defeated Norway by 21 runs after being set a target of 343.
At the Kalang, Singapore won the toss and batted first. But the decision backfired when the home team lost its captain for a naught in the opening over.
However, half-century by Munish Arora and a solid 41 from Anish Param helped the host to 242-8 in 50 overs.
Bahrain, in its run-chase, slumped to 60-7 before Tahir Dar and Shahzad Ahmed steadied the ship. The pair took the side to 155-8 before Dar departed after scoring 73. Dar's dismissal delayed the inevitable as Bahrain was eventually bowled out for 174.
