The women of Pakistan beat Ireland for 38 races in a low score thriller to win the International one -day Meeting (ODI) to open the 2025 World Cup of the CPI Women’s Cup on Wednesday.
On a hot day in Lahore, Diana Baig and Nashra Sandhu of Pakistan starred with the ball, collecting four and three wickets each to launch the Irish women’s team for 179.
The Marinera Diana obtained the precious scalp of the opener Sarah Forbes in her first spell and then returned to clean the tail obtaining the Christina Coulter Reilly, Louise Little and Arlene Kelly Wickets.
The spinner of the left arm Nashra achieved the Wickts of the Irish captain Gaby Lewis, Amy Hunter and Laura Delany, without letting the first -order Irish pushes towards the target after a decent start.
The final wickt for Ireland fell into exhaustion, with the patron Fatima Sana throwing the ball to Nashra in the stumps to end Ireland’s tickets when running to face Murray.
None of the Irish batters could cross the 50th brand, with Captain Lewis and the batter hunter scoring 44 each.
Previously, the hosts were removed in the penultimate entry of the entrances and could not capitalize a decent start, being only three by 153 at a stage of the party.
Aliya Riaz Top of Pakistan scored for the hosts, reaching 52 of only 58 deliveries in an entry in which it reached four limits and a six.
Sidra Amin was the other average centrilla for Pakistan, obtaining its 50 of 110 balls and scoring three limits in the process.
For Ireland, Jane Maguire was the choice of bowling players, obtaining three Wickts while giving only 33 races in their 10 overs quota. His scalp included Gull Feroza, Muneba Ali and Wicktkeeper Sidra Nawaz.
Gull made his debut in Odi in this match, since he already appeared in T20 International for Pakistan.
Pakistan is at the top of the table after his victory with a net execution rate of 0.76 at the ICC event of six teams, which includes Bangladesh, Ireland, Scotland, Thailand and Las Antilles along with the Pakistan hosts. It has a single league round tow format with the matches that take place at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore and Lcca Ground from April 9 to 19.
The tournament will decide the two qualifiers for the 2025 World Cup, which will be held at the end of this year in India.
After having won both heating against Thailand and the Western Indies, Pakistan, which organizes an ICC Women’s event for the first time, search in a good way to win a place in the first two positions of the classification event to reach the main event of the World Cup.
The Lahore temperature, which played 41 degrees Celsius on Tuesday, is not a good sign for the six participating teams, which can find significantly difficult to do their best in the abrasing heat. However, cloud climate was forecast for Wednesday.
Pakistan, who is competing in the qualifier for the fourth time, described for the World Cup on all three occasions.
