One Day International

The Barras are now only two points behind current leaders Netherlands.

From 12 matches played, the Barras have won eight and lost four, which has brought them up to 16 competition points.

The current standings:

Netherlands (18), PNG (16), Scotland (15), Kenya (12), Hong Kong (11), Nepal (8), Namibia (6), United Arab Emirates (6).

The ICC World Cricket League Championship is the top division of the World Cricket League (WCL) system, and forms part of the qualification process for the Cricket World Cup.

A much more improved batting performance allowed the Barras to set a target of 244.

This was thanks largely to Sese Bau (44) and an unbeaten 76 from veteran all-rounder Mahuru Dai.

In their run chase, Hong Kong were at 3/170 in the 33rd over when the heavens opened up.

The downpour lasted for over an hour which forced the implementation of the Duckworth-Lewis method.

Hong Kong's new revised target was then set at 178 in 38 overs which they reached comfortably thanks to Hayat who hit the winning runs with a boundary.