http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 Women's World Cup Qualifier - 11th match - Group B – Pakistan v West Indies – Match Recap
Pakistan 140 v West Indies 142 - West Indies Women won by 8 wickets (with 91 balls remaining)
Pakistan for the first time in tasted defeat in the ongoing International Cricket Council (CC) Women’s World Cup Qualifiers on Thursday, November 17, 2011 when West Indies beat them by eight wickets at http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747 Krira Shikkha Protisthan No 2 Ground, Savar.
Pakistan, who had a perfect record in the tournament before their clash with West Indies were taken aback by a superb performance from their opponents.
After winning the toss, Pakistan chose to bat first, in a bid to post enough runs on the board to give their bowlers fighting target to defend.
However, instead of taking off to a flying start the Pakistan openers opted to things slow, but the plan backfired as they lost their first wicket in the 5th over when the side had managed to post only 15 runs on the board.
Opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Qanita-Jalil-c82844 who has shown exuberant form in the tournament failed to perform against the Windies as she found her way back to the pavilion after playing a knock of four runs.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bismah-Maroof-c48136 also departed quickly after playing some meagre knocks of five and three runs.
Meanwhile, opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sana-Mir-c88459 who is captaining the side in the tournament exhibited her calm and composure by playing the West Indies bowlers with zeal and confidence.
The arrivals of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Syeda-Nain-Fatima-Abidi-c92397 marked the initiation of Pakistan’s rebuild process as the two batswomen clobbered their way to dominance.
The duo added 89 runs in the fourth-wicket partnership, which turned out to be the highest partnership in Pakistan’s innings.
West Indies saw the back of Abidi after she played an innings of 53 runs while Mir departed after amassing 49 runs on the board.
After the duo the rest of the Pakistan batting line-up was cleaned up by the Windies as http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 finished the innings after posting 140 runs.
Needing 141 runs to win, West Indies had an easy target ahead of them and needed to maintain composure to overcome the required tally.
Meanwhile, for Pakistan need to bowl-out the Windies well within the asking run-rate to grab an unlikely win in the match.
Pakistan showed their fangs by grabbing two early wickets as they dismissed http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shanel-Francine-Daley-c89696 (1) early in the innings.
However, these two wickets were not enough to subdue West Indies as Stafanie http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Deandra-Jalisa-Shakira-Dottin-c53408 (60) clobbered their team to victory in 34.5 overs.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 was named as the Player of the Match for grabbing five wickets in the game.
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