http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 Women's World Cup Qualifier - Play-off – Match 22 – Netherlands v Pakistan – Match Update
Pakistan 277 v Netherlands 84 - Pakistan Women won by 193 runs
The Pakistan Women’s team booked their place in the next International Cricket Council (ICC) Women’s World Cup by comprehensively beating Netherlands in the 22nd match of the ongoing ICC Women’s World Cup Qualifier on Tuesday, November 22, 2011
at Narayanganj Osmani Stadium, Fatullah, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747.
Pakistan, who have had an impressive tournament were the favourites to win the match and after their stupendous win over http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Japan-c2928 this week, the Girls in Green were in full confidence before coming into the match.
After winning the toss, Pakistan chose to bat first in a bid to post a mammoth total on the board against their opponents in order to secure a berth in the World Cup.
Skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Qanita-Jalil-c82844 opened the batting for their side and smacked some impressive shots against the Dutch.
However, Jalil after playing a knock of eight runs lost her wicket in the third over when the Pakistan tally was 17 runs.
To lose an early wicket was least in Pakistan’s plans as they wanted to get off to a flying start in order to put pressure on their opponents.
The demise of Jalil brought in Pakistan’s star batswoman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Nida-Rashid-Dar-c79512, who rose to prominence after playing belligerent knock of 124 runs in her previous match.
Dar once again exhibited stupendous form in this game as she crafted a resilient partnership with her skipper.
The duo clobbered 97 runs in the second-wicket partnership. This partnership incinerated the Dutch bowling as they were completely left without ideas of how to tackle the Pakistan duo.
Mir then lost her wicket in the 26th over after scoring 49 runs. At the time of her departure, Pakistan had posted 114 runs on the board.
Later, Dar also departed after playing an impressive knock of 57 runs and by this time Pakistan had posted 158 runs on the board.
Pakistan then forged another outstanding partnership between http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Javeria-Khan-c66603 (67) as the duo clobbered 117 runs in the fourth-wicket partnership to outshine the Dutch bowlers.
In the end, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 amassed 277 runs, giving Netherlands a daunting total to reach.
Meanwhile, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Netherlands-c753 failed to give a potent batting performance in their bid to chase the total as they fell after scoring only 84 runs in 37 overs.
Maroof was named as the Player of the Match for her superb knock with the bat and then commendable work with the ball as the grabbed three wickets.
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