Malaysia continued its winning ways by defeating host Singapore at Kallang in a rain-affected match. The game saw wickets fall fast for the Singaporeans after rain reduced the 50-over game to 39 overs.

Ross Kneller's knock of 86 help anchor the Guernsey innings against Argentina in a game that was also shortened by rain and Duckworth-Lewis decided the result. Kneller alongside young David Hooper's spell of three wickets ensured the side beat the South Americans after the island bowled its opposition out in the required 29 overs after the target for the match was revised to 163.

Finally, Bahrain and Cayman Islands faced each other at the Indian Association ground in a game that looked destined for a washout but after a revised target, Cayman Islands pulled off a surprise victory against the Asian side to secure its first win of the tournament.

The biggest fixture of the day between local rivals Singapore and Malaysia started late and the hosts didn't seem to be troubling Malaysia early on, with the opening duo of Shafiq Sharif and Rakesh Madhavan making 77 before the in-form Shafiq departed after being caught by Chaminda Ruwan.

Things didn't look to be going well for the Malaysians, despite Madhavan anchoring the innings, with the batting line-up collapsing at Shafiq's departure. The team departed under a mixture of dismissals, some trying to hit the ball up, others caught behind while captain Suresh Navaratnam with the only player to depart the field leg-before wicket.

It was a good day behind the stumps for Chetan Suryawanshi – the 26-year-old taking two catches and a stumping in the innings.

As the day brightened and watched by a crowd of 50 or so spectators – Singapore took to the middle confident of chasing down the target of 185 – but Navaratnam's men had other ideas.

Suryawanshi once again proved key at the start of the innings, the right-hander playing a variety of shots that included seven boundaries. However, the opener was not assisted by his top order, with Chaminda departing leg-before and Buddhika Mendis attempting to hit the ball up straight into the hands of former Malaysia captain Suhan Alagaratnam.

Soon after, Malaysia's spinner Ezrafiq Aziz came on to work his magic – the 26-year-old clean bowled the in-form Suryawanshi and then tempted Kshitij Shinde to edge the ball into the safe hands of Shafiq.

The Malaysians then claimed another quick wicket after some agile fielding saw Riaz Altaff run-out – it was then up to Anish Param and Dharmichand Mulewa to steer the innings with Singapore five down by the 14th over.

Heavy clouds hovered and held off from bursting with rain until the 30th over by which point Singapore was three runs ahead on Duckworth-Lewis par-score if it had been required. Luckily only a short interval for rain meant the match continued after a sterling effort to dry the outfield by the Kallang groundsmen.

Upon being set a revised target of 161 in 39 overs, the Singaporeans were expected to knock the total off with ease, but Malaysia had other plans in mind. The visitors capitalised on the off-breaks of Suharril Fetri as the Singaporeans panicked in making the total on its home ground.

Fetri managed three wickets in the 34th over, including all-rounder Mulewa and power-hitting captain Saad Khan and the side were bowled out for just 133.

The victory was a disappointment obviously to Singapore coach Trevor Chappell who said: "We simply let them score too many runs, plus we bowled something like 14 wides, which was just too much.

"In our response we panicked and lost quick wickets which shouldn't have done, we had the time to make the runs if we had been a bit more patient.

"Tomorrow we play Bahrain which will be a tough game, we know a bit about them but the side needs to pick itself up. We're one win down, that doesn't mean we can't win the next two matches and catch up with Malaysia or whoever is in contention for the top two spots."

Navaratnam was pleased with the side's performance particularly that of young in-form wicket-keeper batsman Shafiq: "Shafiq is a funny character, he's almost like the Virender Sehwag of our side – when he's in-form he is on fire. He's been working really hard to improve his batting and keeping and it's paying off and hopefully it will continue to do so."

The 36-year-old admitted that tomorrow's fixture against Guernsey would not be an easy one for the side: "We played Guernsey twice obviously in Division 6 where we both came from and both times we lost to the side. We know they're dangerous on any day so tomorrow is about sticking to the basics and continuing this form and securing a win."