Pakistan Women wins over Sri Lanka Women by 8 wickets in 1st ODI match of the series.
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The 1st ODI match of the Sri Lanka Women tour of Pakistan, 2022 played yesterday at Southend Club Cricket Stadium, Karachi, in which Pakistan Women wins over Sri Lanka Women by 8 wickets.
Sri Lanka Women batted first after winning the toss and started the inning very badly, the entire team was dismissed just for 169 runs in the fifth ball of the 48th over, Kavisha Dilhari played a brilliant unbeaten inning of 49 runs with the help of 1 six and 5 boundaries in 50 balls, PM Weerakkody scored 30 runs in 44 balls, Chamari Athapaththu 25 runs in 39 balls, Nilakshi de Silva 16 runs in 46 balls, Hansima Karunaratne 12 runs, Inoka Ranaweera 10 runs, Hasini Perera 4 runs, Ama Kanchana 3 runs, Sugandika Kumari 3 runs, and Achini Kulasuriya dismissed without scoring. In this Sri Lanka Women all-out just for 169 runs in 47.5 overs and set a target of 170 runs for Pakistan Women.
Pakistan Women's bowlers performed very brilliantly Ghulam Fatima took 4 wickets just for 21 runs, Fatima Sana took 2 wickets for 24 runs, and Sadia Iqbal got 2 wickets for 30 runs.
Pakistan Women chased the target very easily by losing just 2 wickets in the fifth ball of the 42nd over and won the match by 8 wickets, Pakistan Women started the inning very well, Pakistan Women and Sidra Ameen came to start the inning, the first wicket has gone for 25 runs in 7.5 over, Muneeba Ali dismissed for 14 runs in 28 balls, next batsman Bismah Maroof came to bat handled the inning and played a brilliant century partnership of 143 runs with Sidra Ameen, the second wicket has gone for 168 runs in 41.1 over, followed by Omaima Sohail came to bat and she remains unbeaten for 1 run with Bismah Maroof played a very brilliant half-century and victory inning of 62 runs with the help of 5 boundaries in 101 balls. In this way, Pakistan Women achived the target by losing just 2 wickets in 41.5 over and won the match by 8 wickets.
Pakistan Women's bowlers Achini Kulasuriya and Oshadi Ranasinghe got 1-1 wicket.
Pakistan Women's bowler Ghulam Fatima selected the best player of the match, she performed very brilliant bowling and took 4 wickets just for 21 runs.