China Women v Bangladesh Women – Asian Cricket Council Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup (Group B) – Match Update
The Bangladesh Women secured a 6-wicket win over the China Women in the first Group B match of the ongoing Asian Cricket Council Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup, played at the Guanggong International Cricket Stadium in China on October 24.
The China Women won the toss and elected to bat first – however, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747 Women’s Panna Ghosh (4-0-11-2), aided by skipper Salma Khatun (4-0-9-1) and Khadija Tul Kubra (4-1-16-1), succeeded in limiting the China Women to a final total of 63.
The http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sun-Meng-Yao-c91806 (11) was
trapped lbw by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Panna-Ghosh-c80709 in the 8th. By this point, the China Women were at 19 for 3.
Sun Huan (29) and Huang Zhuo (8) made a valiant attempt to steady the innings, setting up a 30-run stand for the 4th wicket. Their efforts got their team up to 49, after which http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Huang-Zhuo-c63440 was run out by Rumana Ahmed in the 17th over.
Yu Miao (2) followed in the very next over, trapped lbw by Khadija Tul Kubra, and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sun-Huan-c91805 was dislodged in the final over by Panna Ghosh. With 6 wickets down, the China Women posted a final score of 63 by the end of 20 overs.
Zhou Haijie (4-1-8-2), aided by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Wang-Meng-c96159 and Yu Miao (both of whom claimed one wicket each) made a valiant attempt to defend the team's total, but the Bangladesh Women managed to reach the target with just 4 wickets down.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Lata-Mondal-c72230 was caught and bowled on duck by Yu Miao in the second over, but fellow opener Sharmin Akhter proved to be the anchor of the team’s innings, and remained not out on 27. She set up a 38-run partnership with Farzana Haque (19) who was the second-highest
scorer for the team.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rumana-Ahmed-c87106 (1) were both lacklustre, but skipper Khatun (10*) joined Akhter for a final unbeaten 15-run stand which got their team safely over the finish line, with 6 wickets and 5 balls remaining.
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