Pakistan Women’s still have the chance to qualify the semi-finals butt it is very difficult to do. They lost their 3rd consecutive match in ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2022.
Pakistan Women’s v South Africa Women’s
This match was scheduled at Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui on 11 March 2022. South Africa Women’s started their innings with confidence. Pakistani opening bowling attack took 2 quick wickets in 3rd and 8th over respectively.
Fatima Sana took the wicket! At good length, off stump. Lee pushes forward and to the edges, but Sidrah Nawaz grabs impressively in 3rd Over.
Brits gets backfoot and on the outside edges, but is brilliantly grabbed by one hand of Sidra Nawaz. Sidra Nawaz take a fabulous catch on Diana Baig’s ball in 8th over.
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These two wickets give confidence to Pakistani Players as they were very desprate to win this match. This was the prefect start by Pakistan Women’s team.
Laura Wolvaardt and Sune Luus build the partnership slowly. Nida Dar dropped Wolvaardt on a difficult chance but after that she made her 50.
Fatima give break through, Good length, good line. Wolvaardt moves forward and pushes the edges forward, but Ghulam Fatima catches the prominence. She made 75 runs for 91 balls.
It was her highest score in a world cup and also against Pakistan. She done it under pressure that is fantastic knock.
In the same over Mignon du Preez get caught by Omaima Sohail that was a spectacular catch. At this moment South Africa Women’s score was 110/4 in 29.5 overs.
Ghulam Fatima made her world cup debut against South Africa and her spell got out 3 important wicket respectively Laura Wolvaardt, Mignon du Preez and Marizanne Kapp.
South Africa Women’s score was 120/5 in 32nd over which made their innings slower.
Los, Chloe Trevon (31) and Trisha Chetty (31) made some late hits to help South Africa’s overall score, leaving Pakistan chasing a reasonable run.
Pakistan Women’s Need 224 runs to win in 50 overs. Pakistani openers Nahida Khan and Sidra Ameeb give a solid start and made 26 runs in first 6 overs. But Ismail break the partnership by getting the Sidra Ameen’s wicket. And on the next ball she took Bismah for duck.
Nahida and Omima established a 50 runs partnership to maintain the run rate and release the pressure. In 26th over Nahida got LBW by Ayabonga Khaka. This wicket was a break through because Pakistani players were looking in good position.
Nahid and Omaima was going brilliently fine but after Nahida Omaima caught by Lizelle Lee in 38th over. Both set batter gone out of the ground. Omaima made her maiden women’s cricket world cup fifty.
After Omaima Pakistan Women’s lost Alilya Riaz and Fatima Sana quickly on 145 and 162 respectively.
Due to these dismisses the run rate shoot up to near 10 runs per over. In last 5 overs Pakistan Women’s need 47 runs. Nida Dar reached to her 50. Now Diana Baig Scored back to back boundaries by this South Africa Women’s were looking depress.
But on the next ball Dar run out on the last ball of 49th over she made 55 runs in 72 balls. Diana Baig was the last hope of Pakistani team who can help to chase the target.
Now Pakistan need 11 runs in 7 balls but unfortunately Diana caught by Ismail on its own ball when she try to hit over the long on and the score was 216/9.
Pakistan Women’s all out for 217. South Africa Women’s win by 6 runs. It was the 2nd final over thriller match in ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2022.
Fall Of Wickets of Both Teams
South Africa Women’s
1-9 (L Lee, 2.4 ov), 2-21 (T Brits, 7.4 ov), 3-110 (L Wolvaardt, 29.2 ov), 4-110 (M du Preez, 29.5 ov), 5-120 (M Kapp, 31.6 ov), 6-175 (CL Tryon, 43.2 ov), 7-209 (S Luus, 47.3 ov), 8-222 (S Ismail, 49.4 ov), 9-223 (T Chetty, 49.6 ov)
Pakistan Women’s
1-26 (S Ameen, 6.1 ov), 2-26 (B Maroof, 6.2 ov), 3-95 (N Khan, 25.1 ov), 4-144 (O Sohail, 37.6 ov), 5-145 (A Riaz, 38.2 ov), 6-162 (F Sana, 40.6 ov), 7-193 (S Nawaz, 46.5 ov), 8-213 (N Dar, 48.5 ov), 9-216 (D Baig, 49.2 ov), 10-217 (G Fatima, 49.5 ov)
South Africa Women’s get up on the team standings from 4th to 3rd position.
Next Up Coming Matches For Pakistan Women’s:
Pakistan Women’s v Bangladesh Women’s | 14th March, 2022
Pakistan Women’s v West Indies Women’s | 21st March, 2022
Pakistan Women’s v England Women’s | 24th March, 2022
Pakistan Women’s v New Zealand Women’s | 26th March, 2022
Next Up Coming Matches For South Africa Women’s:
South Africa Women’s V England Women’s | 14th March, 2022
South Africa Women’s V New Zealand Women’s | 17th March, 2022
South Africa Women’s Australia Women’s | 22nd March, 2022
South Africa Women’s West Indies Women’s | 24th March, 2022
South Africa Women’s India Women’s | 27th March, 2022
