Pakistan Women vs Sri Lanka Women Match Stats

Tossed up, fuller on middle and leg. Nilakshika Silva tries to tap it towards her leg side but gets a bit bottom hand to it. The ball safely loops towards the front of the bowler. 

Fuller delivery on the stumps. Nilakshika Silva comfortable sweeps it towards deep square leg for one. 

Oh goodness! How did that miss the stump? Nashra Sundhu comes from 'round the wicket and bowls touch fuller, pitching it just outside the stump leg, turning it a shy bit in. Anushka Sanjeewani shuffles towards her off stump to sweep it away but misses. The ball gets some extra bounce of the track and bounces over the leg stump. 

Fuller down the leg once again. Anushka Sanjeewani tries to reverse sweep but gets a slight top edge. The ball rolls towards fine leg and gets a single.  

Fuller, on pad. Nilakshika Silva sweeps it towards deep square leg and gets a couple of runs. 

Drags her length back, Nilakshika Silva comes down the track and tucks it towards deep mid-wicket to get a couple of runs. 

Full and flat on off, Anushka Sanjeewani tries to hit it too hard but only manages to toe end towards mid off, but completes the single in time. 

A regular leggie, on a length around off, Nilakshika Silva rocks back and cuts it but finds the point fielder in the way.

A lot of sprinting in the middle. Also, an umpire's review has been taken to check for a run out here. Full toss, on the off stump, Nilakshika Silva works it away to deep mid-wicket to scamper back for a couple. The throw comes in slow which allows to get her home. The side-on replay shows that Nilakshika Silva has made her ground with a timely slide of her bat.

Good length, on the stumps, Silva sweeps it to short fine to sneak in a quick single.

PUT DOWN! Full toss, on the stumps, Anushka Sanjeewani tries to go downtown but miscues it, Feroza comes in from mid off and gets a hand to it but cannot hold onto that. Allows a single.

51 balls since the last boundary now. Back of a length, on the off stump, Nilakshika Silva executes the pull shot through mid-wicket for a single.

An awkward reverse sweep there. Dragged length delivery, outside the off stump, Nilakshika Silva goes for a reverse but misses and nutmegs herself. The ball trickles to short fine and they do cross for a leg bye.

Looped up, angling on off, Anushka Sanjeewani reverse sweeps it to backward point and steals a quick single. 

Too full, drifting on off, Nilakshika Silva strides out and drives it along the ground to long off for a single.

OUT! IN THE AIR AND TAKEN! Wasn't a wicket-taking delivery but the ball is not coming on the bat as quickly as the batters are anticipating here. Tossed up, full and on the middle and leg, Anushka Sanjeewani gets a bit lured in the flight of the ball and charges down the track. She takes the aerial route but does not complete the bat flow and ends up chipping it straight towards deep mid-wicket where the fielder Gull Feroza takes an absolute sitter.

Length delivery, on the off stump line, Sachini Nisansala scoops it over the keeper for a single.

DROPPED! Exactly the same bowler, the same type of ball, the same fielder, but it is grassed this time! Dropped quite full and in front of the pegs, Nilakshika Silva chips it in the air and the ball travels straight to Gull Feroza stationed at deep mid-wicket. She settles herself nicely underneath the ball but this time, she fails to complete the catch as the ball pops out of her hands. A single taken.

Pulled back length, on the pads, Nilakshika Silva sweeps it through backward square for a single.

That has missed everybody! On the stumps, Nisansala attempts a reverse but misses, and it beats the keeper and trickles down the leg side for a couple of byes!

Outside off on a short of a good length, Sachini Nisansala stays deep inside the crease and guides it to deep third for a single.

In the air...lands safe! A knee-length full toss with a lot of flight on it, Nilakshika Silva charges down the track and swipes it across in the air towards deep mid-wicket and takes two.

Good-length delivery, on the off stump, Silva misses to reverse sweep it.

On a dragged length, wide outside the off stump, Nilakshika Silva comes across a long way and sweeps it to deep square with a couple of runs.

An appeal for LBW, but the umpire denies! Pakistan Women do challenge the on-field decision and go upstairs. This is a fuller-length delivery drifting on the off stump line, Silva premeditates the reverse sweep and goes through the shot. The ball though grips and turns in a long way off the deck and beats Silva in the shot. It pings her front pad. UltraEdge shows nothing and the Ball Tracking confirms that the impact is outside off on the projection. NOT OUT and a leg bye taken.

OUT! TAKEN! Easy catch! Sadia Iqbal bowls a tossed-up delivery outside off, and it grips once again and turns in a bit. Nilakshika Silva shuffles in for a big sweep but ends up getting a top edge on it. It flies up off the top edge towards Sana at short fine who takes an easy catch. Wickets have come in a procession throughout the day which strongly proves that batting hasn't been easy on this slow track at all. Nilakshika Silva departs on 22 (25) and Sri Lanka Women are 81/7 in 18.2 overs. Pakistan Women are just three wickets away from a historic win.

OUT! SADIA IQBAL ON A HAT TRICK! Although a review was taken by Sugandika Kumari against the on-field decision, but all in vain! Fractionally fuller one, and Sadia keeps the attack on the stumps, Sugandika Kumari misses her sweep, plays all over the line of the ball and wears it on the front pad. It looks quite plumb in front though. Nothing on UltraEdge and the Ball Tracking shows three reds and the verdict remains OUT. SADIA IQBAL IS ON A HAT TRICK.

 Good length, on the off stump, Inoshi Fernando plays it late to short third. NO HAT TRICK FOR SADIA.

outside the off stump, Inoshi Fernando miscues her shot and it falls in front of covers for a single.

DROPPED! A streak of catches have been dropped across both games in Sharjah! On a dragged length, on the off stump line, Sachini Nisansala advances and chips it to get it over Dar at covers. Nida Dar runs backward keeping her head in front, extends her arms over her head, but the ball bursts through her hands eventually and she also loses her balance a bit. Allows a single.

Full length and fairly outside the off stump, Sachini Nisansala plays and misses.

OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! Fatima Sana Khan takes all the pace off from the ball and it is dipping on the batter outside off, Nisansala premeditates to play a reverse ramp but ends up getting the major connection from the outer half of her willow to the keeper. The ball dips low due to lack of pace and a regulation catch practice for Muneeba Ali behind the sticks as she dives forward to her left. Pakistan Women are just a solitary wicket away from an emphatic win.

A yorker on the pads, Udeshika Prabodani clips it down to short fine.

Fatima Sana Khan bowls a fuller one, on the off stump, this is driven to covers.

Length ball that curves onto the middle stump, Prabodhani guides it towards backward point with soft hands and rotates the strike.

THAT'S IT! Pakistan Women have done it! They have defended a below-par score and have outplayed a strong Sri Lankan side. Good-length delivery, in the line of the sticks, Inoshi Fernando heaves it to deep mid-wicket for a single. Pakistan Women win by 31 runs and kick off their campaign with a valiant fight and get those two vital points on the board.