Hamilton: Opener Sidra Amin’s knock of 104 also failed to work for Pakistan as her debut Bangladeshi team registered their maiden win in the ICC Women’s One Day World Cup after thrashing them by nine runs here on Monday. Chasing 235 runs to win, Amin gave Pakistan a quick start and after sharing 91 runs with Nahida Khan (43 runs) for the first wicket, he also shared a 64 run partnership with Bismah Maroof (31 runs). Of.
With Amin’s brilliant batting, the Pakistani team was moving towards the target and they scored 183 runs for two wickets. But Fahima Khatoon (3 for 38) quickly changed the course of the match by taking three wickets. Pakistan lost the wickets of five of their batsmen within just five runs and their score was 188 for seven.
After this the entire team could score only 225 runs for nine wickets. Khatoon picked up the wickets of Omema Sohail (10), Aaliya Riaz (nil) and Fatima Sana (nil) while Rumana Ahmed dismissed Nida Dar (nil) after which century-scorer Amin was run out and Pakistan’s hopes also ended. It’s done
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Bangladesh, playing in the Women’s World Cup for the first time, had lost to South Africa and New Zealand in their first two matches, while Pakistan suffered a fourth defeat in their fourth match. Also, this is Pakistan’s 18th consecutive defeat in the Women’s World Cup. Earlier, after being invited to bat, Bangladesh posted a score of 234 for seven with Fergana Hoque’s 71 and useful contributions from Sharmin Akhtar (44) and captain Nigar Sultana (46).
Fargana put on a 96-run partnership with Sultana for the third wicket to lay the foundation for Bangladesh’s score, helping the team post their best ODI total. Openers Shamima Sultana and Sharmin Akhtar got Bangladesh off to a good start against the fast bowlers but things changed as soon as the spinners were deployed.
Nida Dar dismisses Shamima Sultana. Left-arm spinner Nashra Sandhu and leg-spinner Ghulam Fatima bowled again after Omema Sohail dismissed the second opener to reduce Bangladesh’s score to 79 for two in the 20th over.
Nigar Sultana and Hoque were on the field now but they were having trouble rotating the strike against the spinners. But gradually both of them completed a half-century partnership in 73 balls and by the 37th over, Bangladesh took the score of 150 runs. Hoque completed his fifty in 89 balls but Nigar Sultana was dismissed in the 40th over by Fatima Sana.
Sandhu then went on to pick up three quick wickets which included two wickets in successive deliveries in the 47th over. Due to this Bangladesh team could not collect much runs in the last over. Sandhu first dismissed Rumana Ahmed in the 45th over. After this, Hoque and Fatima Khatoon were sent to the pavilion in two balls, as Bangladesh could add only 59 runs in the last 10 overs for the loss of four wickets. (agency)