Kathmandu, May 17 -- Nepal have progressed to the Super Three stage of the ICC Women's T20 World Cup Asia Region Qualifier between nine teams in Bangkok, Thailand. They were favoured by rain as the challenger Hong Kong's fixture with Bahrain on Friday was called off.

Had Hong Kong defeated Bahrain, they would have climbed over Nepal on points to top Group C and progress to the next stage. But as the match was abandoned, Hong Kong and Bahrain shared a point each. It helped Hong Kong equal points with Nepal, but the girls from the Himalayas bettered them in 'number of matches won'.

In the group stage, where a team played four matches each, Friday's cancellation was the third for Hong Kong. Their only complete game was on May 13, when the ...