Kathmandu, April 19 -- Nepal's bid to secure a berth in the ICC U-19 World Cup for the eighth time agonisingly failed on Thursday despite winning four of their five matches in the Asia Qualifier in Kuala Lumpur.

For Nepal to qualify, they needed to beat Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to lose against Oman in the final round matches on Thursday. While Nepal did manage to win, but so did the UAE. UAE beat Oman by 10 wickets for their fifth win in as many matches to qualify for the U-19 World Cup slated for January and February next year in South Africa. The UAE join Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, England, India, New Zealand, Nigeria, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka, the West Indies and Zimbabwe in the tournament proper.

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