India Women v Pakistan Women - ICC Women's World Cup - 7th Place Play-off - Live Score and Update
Pakistan Women 192/7 (50 ov) v India Women 195/4 (46.0 ov) - India Women won by 6 wickets (with 24 balls remaining)
In http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 Women's World Cup seventh place play-off, Indian Women beat their arch rivals Pakistan Women by six wickets while chasing a target of 193 runs, on Thursday, at Barabati Stadium, Cuttack.
Pakistan Women, who chose to bat, received an early blow when they lost their first wicket with only six runs on the board. Opener, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Nahida-Khan-c78497, was the first to find her way back to the pavilion after she had scored only two runs.
The second-wicket partnership between http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Syeda-Nain-Fatima-Abidi-c92397 led Pakistan to 28 runs, before this partnership faltered on the demise of Ameen, who was run out after scoring only 12 runs.
Abidi was then joined by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 women initiated a rebuild phase, holding off an imminent batting collapse.
This partnership took the score to 60 runs, before Maroof became the third wicket of the day, falling after jabbing a knock of 15 runs.
On the fourth delivery of the same over, Niranjana struck again to send http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Asmavia-Iqbal-c46564 back on a duck.
With things looking bleak for Pakistan, Abidi and Nida Dar forged a respectable partnership to help their side comeback in the match. The two batswomen took the score to 140, before Abidi became the next casualty, losing her wicket after hammering an impressive
knock of 58 runs.
With http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Nida-Rashid-Dar-c79512 unbeaten on an exuberant knock of 68 off 83 deliveries, Pakistan managed to pile 192 runs for the loss of seven wickets.
Chasing a modest score, India had a disappointing start, losing their first wicket with only eight runs on the board.
However, the second-wicket partnership between MDT Kamini and M Raj steered http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 towards 51 runs.
Later, the third-wicket partnership between M Raj and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hugh-Morris-c63550 Kaur took the game away from Pakistan as the two batswomen led the side towards 100 runs.
With skipper, Raj unbeaten on 103, India reached the target in 46 overs for the loss of four wickets.
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