ICC Women's World Cup Qualifier - 6th match - Group B – Ireland v Pakistan – Match Recap
Ireland 140 v Pakistan 141 -
Pakistan Women won by 8 wickets (with 106 balls remaining)
On Tuesday, November 15, 2011 Pakistan beat Ireland by eight wickets in the ongoing International Cricket Council (http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747.
Pakistan, after this victory enhanced their chances of making it among the top teams in the tournament, a feat which the team desperately desires amid the cricket turmoil in Pakistan regarding the spot-fixing fiasco and refusal of foreign teams to tour the
country because of the depleted law and order situation.
With this win, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 gained another two points in the tournament after they previously defeated Bangladesh by 73 runs on Monday November 14, 2011.
With a victory behind their back, Pakistan went into the game against Ireland with zeal and confidence, citing a win against the Irish.
Meanwhile, Ireland after winning the toss chose to bat first to give Pakistan a stiff target.
Pakistan on the other hand, drew first blood on the fourth delivery of the over when Ireland opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Qanita-Jalil-c82844. The batswoman left the field without scoring a run.
However, Ireland managed to bounce back from this early loss as they lost their second wicket when they had finally managed to post 47 runs on the board. This time it was opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Cecelia-Nora-Isobel-Mary-Joyce-c49365 who found her way off the field after smashing a potent knock
of 19 runs.
She was caught by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sadia-Yousuf-c87834 in the 13th over.
21-year-old http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Nida-Rashid-Dar-c79512. At the time of this wicket, Ireland had amassed 60 runs on the board for
the loss of three wickets.
Meanwhile, it was 24-year-old http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Isobel-Mary-Helen-Cecilia-Joyce-c64615 who played phenomenally well against all odds as the two cricketers scored 35 and 23 runs and gave Pakistan bowlers a tough time, helping their side post a challenging total of 140 runs in
44.3 overs.
Needing 141 runs to win, Pakistan started their innings commendably as openers Qanita Jalil and skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ireland-c751 as the Irish needed to grab wickets early on to create a winning chance in the game.
After the destructive openers, Ireland had to deal with the number-three batswoman Javeria Khan who left the Irish bowlers in ruins by clobbering them all around the park as she played a stupendous innings of 41 runs and helped her side reach the required
target in 32.2 overs for the loss of only two wickets.
Sadia Yousuf from Pakistan was named as the Player of the Match for grabbing four wickets.
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