At Singapore's Indian Association Ground Malaysia took on Argentina in a game that was ultimately reduced to 29 overs by Duckworth-Lewis after rain delayed proceedings for the two sides.

Malaysia managed to make 210 in 44.5 overs despite a middle-order batting collapse that saw key batsmen Ahmed Faiz, Suhan Alagaratnam and Anwar Arudin all depart for low scores after a fine spell with the ball by Argentine captain Esteban MacDermott and Hernan Fennell.

Opener Shafiq Sharif alongside Rakesh Madhavan made good progress to begin things, with the latter not departing till 50 runs were on the board after nine overs. But a flurry of wickets and some fine bowling from Matias Paterlini meant that the Division 6 qualifiers were looking on the back-foot against the Latin American side.

Rain interrupted proceedings after the first two overs of the Argentina innings, which meant the game was reduced in overs and D/L required MacDermott's men to make 162 runs in 29 overs.

Malaysia made the target difficult for the team to chase, with poor running between the wickets by three of Argentina's top order. Pablo Ferguson, Gary Savage and Martin Siri were all run-out by some nifty work behind the stumps from Shafiq while Hiran Ralalage trapped opener Grant Dugmore leg-before.

The target was ultimately too stiff for Argentina's batsmen with some tight bowling by Malaysia's well-practised bowling unit. MacDermott's side fell 47 runs short of the target giving Suresh Navaratnam's team a decisive victory.