As we head into the first rest day of the World Twenty20 Qualifier in the UAE, it is a case of still all to play for, with every team still theoretically able to make the play-offs for the two places in the World Twenty20.

The game of the day was at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium between WCL Division Two sides Papua New Guinea and Hong Kong. The match was a topsy-turvy affair, with a remarkable finish.

Hong Kong captain Jamie Atkinson won the toss and it was he who provided the spine to Hong Kong's innings with 52 from 42 balls before he was fifth out in the 16th over with the score on 100. Another 31 runs were added before the end of the innings, but it would have been more had it not been for three wickets in three balls in the final over, two of which were run outs.

At the halfway stage of their run chase, Papua New Guinea were well set on 64-1 with Tony Ura on 46 from 31 balls and the experienced Geraint Jones at the crease. But Ura's dismissal from the second ball of the eleventh over saw the brakes put on the run chase.

When Jack Vare was out exactly four overs later, only 12 further runs had been added to the total, and Hong Kong were well on top. With five overs left, PNG needed 55 runs, and the 16th over saw them score 13 of them, six of them coming in one shot from Geraint Jones.

A tight 17th over with just three from it swung the game back Hong Kong's way, and PNG found themselves needing 39 from the last three overs. The 18th over started with a four from Jones before he ran a single to put John Reva on strike. Reva was promptly bowled by Aziaz Khan, bringing Vani Morea to the crease.

Morea ran a single to get Jones back on strike, with the Kent player hitting a four from the penultimate delivery of the over to leave PNG needing 28 from the last two overs. When just three were taken from the first two deliveries, the game was swinging more towards Hong Kong.

But Morea hit three of the last four balls of the over to the boundary, leaving PNG needing 13 from the last over. That's not out of the question in Twenty20 cricket, and Jones made his team the favourites when he hit the first ball of the over for six.

Jones was then bowled from the next delivery having made 34, leaving the game very much in the balance. Chris Amini ran a single from his first ball to get Morea back on strike, who promptly hit a no ball for four to bring the scores level. A nervy dot ball followed before Morea ran a single to secure the five wicket win for PNG.

It was another close match in Abu Dhabi between African rivals Uganda and Namibia, but it wasn't anywhere near as exciting as PNG's win.

Put in to bat by Ugandan captain Davis Arinaitwe, Namibia didn't score at their usual high rate, but did manage to keep wickets in hand. Raymond van Schoor top scored for them with 60 before he became the second of three wickets for Charles Waiswa. Namibia finished their innings with 140-5.

In reply, Uganda kept up with the rate throughout their innings, but no batsman was ever able to really kick on and give the run chase the impetus it needed. In the end, some tight death bowling from Louis van der Westhuzien and Christi Viljoen meant that they were unable to get the 18 they needed from the final two overs, and they lost by 4 runs.

At Sharjah in the afternoon, the match was between two of the non Test teams with the most vocal fan support as Afghanistan took on Nepal. Whilst Shabi Noori was caught behind for a duck in the first over, Karim Sadiq and Mohammad Shahzad both managed to score 52 as Afghanistan reached 157-6 from their 20 overs.

In reply, despite 50 from Anil Mandal, Nepal were never able to keep up with the required run rate and were only able to reach 123-6 from their 20 overs, losing by 34 runs.

The match at Abu Dhabi in the morning was between Italy and the winless Kenyans. Italy's total of 145-4 from their 20 overs was built around an unbeaten 60 from Gareth Berg, which was the Middlesex man's maiden Twenty20 half-century.

The target was little trouble for a Kenya side obviously determined to get off the mark in this tournament. Duncan Allan and and Alex Obanda hit a 123 stand for the opening wicket which ended when Obanda was out having made 79 from 47 balls. Allan stayed in to guide his team home and had scored 41 when they passed their target with 17 balls to spare to win by seven wickets.

The morning match at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium saw a comprehensive win for Canada over their North American rivals Bermuda. Canada batted first, and their innings was built around Ruvindu Gunasekera's 83 from 48 balls. Tyson Gordon also chipped in by smashing 39 from 16 balls.

Bermuda were never in the hunt in their reply, with Lionel Cann the only batsman to get a start, scoring 33 before he was run out. Skipper Rizwan Cheema took 3-16 as Bermuda were bowled out for 103, losing by 72 runs.