-Vinay Kumar
Australia and Pakistan (AUSW vs PAKW) clashed today in the Women’s World Cup (ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup, 2022). After a humiliating 107-run defeat to arch-rivals India in their first match of this fresh tournament, Pakistan had to face dust for the second successive match.
Australia won the toss and invited Pakistan to bat first. Pakistan captain Bismah Maroof played a fine half-century innings. Pakistan set a target of 191 runs for Australia to win. Chasing the target, Australia women’s team put their flag on the target for the loss of 3 wickets in 32 overs with 18 overs remaining. With this fresh win, Australia has reached the top of the points table of the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup, 2022.
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Pakistan got off to a poor start while batting first. Pakistan lost the wickets of Nahida Khan (09 runs) and Sidra Amin (02 runs) in the third over. After that, team captain Bismah Maroof and Alia Riyaz took the innings and shared a 99-run partnership. Both the batsmen completed their half-centuries.
In this World Cup tournament, both the countries were face to face in the first match of both India and Pakistan. In the first match, India’s captain Mithali Raj and Pakistan’s captain Bismah Maroof were face to face. Batting first after winning the toss in that first match, India had given a target of 245 runs to Pakistan to win. Chasing that target, the entire team of Pakistan got stuck on the score of just 137 runs. India started its journey in this World Cup by defeating Pakistan by 107 runs.