Papua New Guinea Cricket Team

PNG thus became the third side to win through regional qualifying, joining Ireland and Scotland who secured their berths at the European Qualifier earlier this week

Meanwhile, PNG slide to relegation, and will be stripped off their ODI status in the next cycle

The hosts, after a crushing defeat against Nepal, will now fight it out with five other teams for a spot in the Qualifiers

UAE picked up a dominant win chasing down PNG's total with 68 balls to spare

Sandeep Lamichhane was the chief architect of the Papuan implosion, bagging his third ODI five-wicket haul

The 56-run loss further compounded the Emiratis' woes as they seek to avoid a sixth-placed finish

Aasif Sheikh struck an unbeaten 86 to see Nepal home in a nervy chase against Papua New Guinea in the fourth ODI of the penultimate CWC League 2 trilateral series

Chad Soper Soper claimed his second ODI five-wicket haul as the UAE slumped to a 131-run defeat

While PNG remain rooted to the bottom of the table, Nepal's fifth successive win in the competition sees them further narrow the gap with rivals UAE and USA

Assad Vala scored a finely-crafted 94 but his efforts went in vain