An unhappy tournament for Guernsey continued today in Kuala Lumpur as they lost to Malaysia at the Kinrara Academy Oval, confirming their relegation to Division Six.

Batting first after winning the toss, Malaysia's opening pair of Fikri Rosdi and Nasir Shafiq put on 90 before Shafiq was dismissed by Luke Le Tissier for 57, scored at exactly a run a ball. Le Tissier removed Rosdi later in the same over, leaving Malaysia on 91-2.

Having two new batsmen at the crease didn't effect Malaysia, and the third wicket pairing of Ahmed Fiaz and Suhan Alagaratnam put on 59 before Alagaratnam was dismissed for 37. Fiaz dominated the innings, scoring 103 - the second century of the tournament - from 82 balls before he was out in the 47th over.

The final Malaysian total was 286-7. Jamie Nussbaumer was the pick of the Guernsey bowlers with 3-36.

Guernsey batted better in reply than they did in their first three matches, but it still wasn't enough to overcome that challenging Malaysia total. Former Hampshire player Lee Savident top scored for Guernsey with 76 as Guernsey were restricted to 223-8 from their 50 overs, losing by 63 runs.

Malaysia's win today as all but assured them of promotion to WCL Division Four. They will only fail to be promoted if they lose to Nigeria on Wednesday by a huge margin. Guernsey will hope to salvage some pride when they take on their old rivals Jersey the same day.