DOHA: The match between Kuwait and Saudi Arabia in action during the final Asian qualifiers for the world cricket championship yesterday. - KUNA

DOHA: Kuwait's National Cricket team lost to its Saudi counterpart yesterday in ICC Men's T20 world cup Asian qualifier match. Kuwait scored 146-8 in twenty overs, while Saudi team scored 149-6 with six balls remaining yesterday.

The match was quite thrilling and competitive as the two teams were neck-to-neck up until the very last minutes when the Saudi team managed to score victory with three wickets.

The Kuwaiti team will be facing Maldives on Thursday and Qatar on Friday. The qualifiers, lasting until October 29, will yield only one qualifying team amongst Kuwaiti, Saudi, Bahraini, Maldivian and Qatari teams. Organizing the event is the International Cricket Federation. - KUNA