ICC Women's World Cup Qualifier - 1st match, Group B – Bangladesh v Pakistan – Match Recap
Pakistan 197 v Bangladesh 124 - Pakistan Women won by 73 runs
The Pakistan women team gained two points after beating Bangladesh by 73 runs in the ongoing International Cricket Council (http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747.
Beating the hosts on their home soil was anything but easy as Bangladesh clearly had the home advantage to their side, while http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 were playing in front of a hostile crowd h**l-bent on supporting their home side.
After winning the toss in this group B match, Pakistan chose to bat first in a bid to post a mammoth tally on the board in 50 overs.
However, in the fourth over they suffered the loss of their first wicket opener and skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Lata-Mondal-c72230 after scoring just four runs off 12 deliveries. At the time of this wicket Pakistan had managed
to post only 11 runs on the board.
Nonetheless, Pakistan managed to come back strong from his early loss as opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Nida-Rashid-Dar-c79512 crafty a nifty resistance against the Bangladesh bowling onslaught.
The two women smashed 37 runs together to subdue their opponents as they played some sensational shots all around the park, giving spectators plenty to cheer about.
Jalil was then dismissed by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Jahanara-Alam-c65295 after posting a knock of 15 runs. By this time, Pakistan
had managed to post 56 runs on the board for the loss of three wickets.
However, the best was yet to come from Pakistan as 20-year-old http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Javeria-Khan-c66603 crafted another daunting partnership against the opposition.
The duo posted 78 runs in the fourth-wicket partnership as they incinerated the Bangladesh bowling by smacking almost every bowler all around the park.
With the Bangladesh bowling arsenal reduced to rubble, the home side desperately sought to end the partnership which was destroying their chances of winning the game.
Maroof clobbered an enormous knock of 79 runs while http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Khan-c71319 smacked 30 runs as Pakistan managed to post 197 runs on the board.
The Green shirt could have posted a bigger total, but their lower-order batting line-up faced a complete meltdown in the dying moments of the game because of some sensational bowling from Bangladesh.
Needing 198 runs to win, Bangladesh required a steady start to their innings, however, the batswomen failed to stay on the wicket long enough to see their team through which resulted in their demise after posting 124 runs in 42.2 overs.
Pakistan’s Maroof was named as the Player of the Match was her stupendous show with the bat.
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