http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 Women's World Cup Qualifier - Semi-Final: Pakistan v South Africa – Match Update
South Africa 180 v Pakistan 181 - Pakistan Women won by 3 wickets (with 13 balls remaining)
Pakistan grabbed a sensational win by three wickets against South Africa in the semi-final of the ongoing International Cricket Council (ICC) Women’s World Cup Qualifier on Thursday, November 24, 2011 at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur, Bangladesh.
South Africa who had an unbeaten streak in the tournament before their semi-final clash were the obvious favourites as they were at the top of the table in Group A while Pakistan who had lost only one game in their Group B matches were the number two team
from their group and the obvious underdogs.
However, the Girls in Green left their opponents flabbergasted by giving a stupendous performance in this extremely important clash, giving their http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755.
After winning the toss, South Africa chose to bat first as Pakistan aren’t regarded as the best chasers in the world of cricket.
Nonetheless, the confident Pakistan rattled the South African in the fourth over by dismissed the dangerous opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757 had posted 15 runs on the board.
Meanwhile, opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Dane-van-Niekerk-c52216 as the duo clobbered 29 runs in the second-wicket partnership.
Chetty then lost her wicket after smashing 20 runs when she was trapped right in front of stumps by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sana-Mir-c88459. At this point in time, the Proteas had posted 44 runs on the board.
Later 18-year-old Niekerk fell after playing an innings of 31 runs, but it was the stupendous knock of 41 runs from skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mignon-du-Preez-c76274 that really helped South Africa post a defendable total of 180 runs on the board against the flamboyant Pakistan bowling
attack.
From Pakistan pacer http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Asmavia-Iqbal-c46564 nabbed three while spinner Mir grabbed two wickets.
Needing 181 runs to win, Pakistan needed a steady start to their innings, however, disaster struck early on when they lost two wickets with only two runs on the board as start batswomen Sana Mir and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Nida-Rashid-Dar-c79512 went without scoring.
The two batswomen have had a stupendous tournament, however, they failed to rise to the occasion in the most important match of the series.
Pakistan’s middle-order stood fast as they crafted a nifty resistance against the rampant South African bowlers.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Javeria-Khan-c66603 turned out to be a saviour for her side as they amassed a match winning knock of 47 runs to help her side grab a crucial win against the Proteas.
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