- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR3.5 Knocked her over! Lady Boom Boom has her hands aloft and she has deceived Athapaththu and how! Delivers it from wide of the crease again, and angles it full and into off. But it was the arm ball. Athapaththu thought it to be the offspinner and looked to slog it against the turn and was beaten on the inside to be bowled. Smart, smart bowling by Dar. 23/15.5 Deceived completely by the turn to be stumped! Superb bowling from Sandhu. Tosses it up and lands it on a length just outside off. The flight enticed Sanjeewani down the track but the ball dipped, landed on one of the rough spots Athar Ali Khan mentioned at the pitch report and spun sharply past the outside edge to leave her stranded. Easy work for Muneeba behind. 39/217.5 the keeper is excited, as Sandhu gets her third! Samarawickrama went to have a slash at that short ball a bit wide of off, but there was no foot movement to get to that. She only went reaching out, as her attempted slash resulted for a catch to Muneeba 102/415.3 is that taken? The reactions of the keeper and the bowler say so. My first impression was that it was a bump ball, but nevertheless, de Silva is gone. The ball was tossed up, and was full around middle stump. De Silva danced down the pitch to have a swing at that, as the bat turned in her hands, with the ball only ending back into Sandhu's hands, who held it high above her head. Her hands were stinging after that take, since it was hit very hard 89/318.6 bowled her! Hasini falls after trying to dance around the stumps. She first made room, before eventually getting across to slog sweep by exposing her stumps. The shortish ball crashed into leg stump as she missed, and her cameo comes to an end 112/519.6 stumped, and Muneeba walks off in a hurry! Or did she do that to give the impression that the ball was never a wide? It was shortish and wide of off, as Oshadhi made room and went slashing but missed. In the end, the ball was too wide for her reach as she missed and lost balance. Muneeba clipped the bails, and as a result, Pakistan got a dot, although that should ideally have been called wide 122/6Extras9 (b 2, w 7)TOTAL122/6 (20 Overs, RR: 6.1)Fall of wickets: 1-23 (Chamari Athapaththu, 3.5 ov), 2-39 (Anushka Sanjeewani, 5.5 ov), 3-89 (Nilakshika Silva, 15.3 ov), 4-102 (Harshitha Samarawickrama, 17.5 ov), 5-112 (Hasini Perera, 18.6 ov), 6-122 (Oshadi Ranasinghe, 19.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Sadia Iqbal 4 0 26 1 6.50 11 1 1 1 0 Nida Dar 4 0 20 1 5.00 10 1 0 0 0 Aiman Anwer 3 0 28 1 9.33 2 1 1 1 0 Nashra Sandhu 4 0 17 3 4.25 9 0 0 0 0 Omaima Sohail 4 0 14 0 3.50 13 0 0 0 0 Tuba Hassan 1 0 15 0 15.00 2 1 0 1 0
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- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR3.1 There is a huge mix-up in the middle and Muneeba Ali is run-out! She also seems to have injured in the process. She drives the tossed up, full ball outside off straight to covers and comes down in search of a run. The fielder dives, stops and fires the throw to the keeper. Muneeba tried to get back in but only her bat made it inside the crease while she was stranded well outside. In the process, she seems to have twisted her ankle a bit. She is limping out and Pakistan's fast opening stand is broken. 31/16.6 And something had to give! Ameen once again looks for the switch hit and miscues one straight to short third. A well-deserved wicket for Ranaweera, who begins with a wicket-maiden. The only run of the over came via a leg bye. 47/217.2 gone, bowled! Could this be the turning point? This one skid off a shortish length on leg, and hit the leg stump, after Maroof made room very early and exposed all her stumps. She tried to turn the ball around to the leg side, but eventually found herself a bit too far outside, and missed the ball 107/410.4 a very confident appeal for leg before, and given! Kaveesha is pumped up after the verdict. That turned in sharply, and hit Sohail on the front pad. That might have looked like heading down leg at first glance, which could be the reason why the umpire took her time. Full and tossed up on off, and turning in, as Sohail went to play around her pad. She missed, as the ball sneaked in between pad and bat, striking around middle and off 65/319.6 Sri Lanka win by one run! Dar down on her knees there, as the Pakistan dugout is stunned. A run-out at the keeper's end, as they tried to pinch the second for a potential Super Over, but alas! Dar got a full toss on off, which she hoicked at after making room. She only managed to slice it to extra cover, who leaped across to her left. It was a dropped catch too, as she tried to grab at that. But the presence of mind meant she immediately picked up the ball and threw to the keeper - albeit wide of her - who had a lot of time to smash the stumps 121/618.1 that sails high in the air, and is nabbed at cover! Pakistan lose Naseem in what could be a defining moment. She was down on her knees early to try and hoick that to the leg side, but looked like being beaten in flight. The ball was loopy, slow and full on off, and she only managed a top edge to send the ball skying 110/5Extras12 (b 2, lb 3, w 7)TOTAL121/6 (20 Overs, RR: 6.05)Fall of wickets: 1-31 (Muneeba Ali, 3.1 ov), 2-47 (Sidra Amin, 6.6 ov), 3-65 (Omaima Sohail, 10.4 ov), 4-107 (Bismah Maroof, 17.2 ov), 5-110 (Ayesha Naseem, 18.1 ov), 6-121 (Nida Dar, 19.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB OU Ranasinghe 2 0 17 0 8.50 5 2 0 2 0 WGAKK Kulasuriya 4 0 22 0 5.50 9 1 0 1 0 BMSM Kumari 4 0 26 1 6.50 10 3 0 1 0 WK Dilhari 4 0 26 1 6.50 6 2 0 0 0 I Ranaweera 4 1 17 2 4.25 10 1 0 0 0 M Shehani 2 0 8 0 4.00 4 0 0 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Sri Lanka Women , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Series result
Sri Lanka Women advanced
Match number
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Match days
13 October 2022 (20-over match)
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Match Notes
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 39 runs, 2 wickets)
- Sri Lanka Women: 50 runs in 9.1 overs (55 balls), Extras 6
- Drinks: Sri Lanka Women - 63/2 in 10.0 overs (H Madavi 18, NND Silva 3)
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 57 balls (H Madavi 28, NND Silva 14, Ex 8)
- Sri Lanka Women: 100 runs in 17.2 overs (104 balls), Extras 9
- Innings Break: Sri Lanka Women - 122/6 in 20.0 overs (WK Dilhari 7)
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 46 runs, 1 wicket)
- Pakistan Women: 50 runs in 7.2 overs (44 balls), Extras 9
- Drinks: Pakistan Women - 62/2 in 10.0 overs (Bismah Maroof 16, Omaima Sohail 9)
- Pakistan Women: 100 runs in 15.6 overs (96 balls), Extras 10
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