Player of the Match
Player of the Match

END OF OVER:
50 | 12 Runs | PAK-W: 190/6 | RR: 3.80

  • Bismah Maroof78 (122b)
  • Diana Baig7 (4b)
  • Megan Schutt10-1-43-1
  • Alana King9-0-24-2

Welcome back. The Pakistani team is in a huddle. A long one at that. Out walk the players. The sun is out even as the lights are on. Brilliant late evening in Tauranga. Healy and Haynes in the middle. Diana with the new ball with a wide slip in.

5:15pm Australia's spinners were on the mark, keeping the batters on a leash. Alana King finished with two wickets while fellow leggie Amanda-Jade Wellington picked one. Jess Jonassen was wicketless but kept things tight with an economical spell, including the one at the death. 191 should be a walk in the park for Australia on current form but I will use a cliche to end - cricket is a funny game. Join us for the chase in about half an hour.

Abdullah : "190 with 2 boundaries in the last over. The score somewhat looks better"

"Very happy with my performance today," says Aliya Riaz. "We discussed about staying in the middle longer and build a partnership and it worked. There is turn on the pitch."

Shaheer: "When you look at how Pakistan has historically batted against teams like Australia, this is a very encouraging total. For sure there 30-40 runs short of making this interesting but some early wickets can always make things interesting. "

5:10pm Bismah Maroof and Aliya Riaz's efforts have meant Pakistan have a decent score on board, might still not be enough. But life for them was very different at 44 for 4. From there, to get close to 200 is a good job, indeed. The pair added 99 for the fifth wicket, the best for Pakistan in ODIs but unfortunately could never tee off, thanks to a strong Australian bowling.

49.6
4
Schutt to Bismah Maroof, FOUR, Maroof ends with a flouish! Full on off, she makes room and thumps it past mid-off for four. Finishes on 78* as Pakistan breach the 190-run mark.
49.5
1
Schutt to Diana Baig, 1 run, Full on off, drilled down the ground for one.
49.4
4
Schutt to Diana Baig, FOUR, Baig makes good connection. Gets a length ball angling in, she slogs it and the ball almost goes the distance to square leg.
49.3
1
Schutt to Bismah Maroof, 1 run, Short ball, pulled through midwicket for one.
49.2
0
Schutt to Bismah Maroof, no run, Full on the pads, Maroof misses the whip. Another dot.

The field is up on the off side.

49.2
1w
Schutt to Bismah Maroof, 1 wide, Fired full down leg, despite Maroof moving to her left. Wide.
49.1
1
Schutt to Diana Baig, 1 run, Full on off, hit to deep midwicket for one.

Schutt with the final one

END OF OVER:
49 | 3 Runs 1 Wkt | PAK-W: 178/6 | RR: 3.63

  • Bismah Maroof73 (119b)
  • Diana Baig1 (1b)
  • Alana King9-0-24-2
  • Jess Jonassen10-0-33-0
48.6
0
King to Bismah Maroof, no run, Flighted full on middle, Maroof comes down and pushes it to covers. Top over from King, giving nothing away.

King back over the wicket.

AUS Women 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st60RL HaynesAJ Healy
2nd63AJ HealyMM Lanning
3rd30AJ HealyEA Perry
4th40EA PerryBL Mooney