Sadia leads Pakistan to World T20
LAHORE
Staff Report
Left-arm spinner Sadia Yousuf’s career-best figures of 4 for 9 pushed Pakistan to the Women’s World Twenty20 in Bangladesh after a nine-wicket win over Ireland in the first semi-final of the Qualifiers in Dublin.
Reports received here said that Pakistan put Ireland in after a wet outfield caused a delayed start , and captain Isobel Joyce lost her middle stump on the fourth ball of the match. A run-out got rid of tournament top-scorer Clare Shillington before Yousuf plundered four wickets in her first three overs to leave Ireland reeling at 32 for 6 after 13 overs. She was on a hat-trick after having both Laura Delany and Elena Tice stumped off the last two balls of the 13th over. She induced Kim Garth’s edge off her next ball, but it landed safely. Garth made an unbeaten 38 but the rest of the line-up could not reach double figures as Ireland were dismissed for 65.
According to Cricinfo, the openers took Pakistan almost halfway to victory before Garth removed Nahida Khan for 13, but her partner Javeria Khan and Nain Abidi completed the formalities with 35 balls to spare, though heavy rain did interrupt play with Pakistan six runs from victory.
With three teams slated to qualify for the World T20, Ireland still have a shot if they beat the loser of the second semi-final in the third-place play-off match on July 31.
A triple-wicket maiden, which included a run-out as well, by Mai Yanagida could not prevent Zimbabwe from progressing to the Shield final of the Qualifiers. Her 4-1-5-4 kept Japan alive, after they had made only 58, until Zimbabwe sealed the game in the 16th over by three wickets.
Zimbabwe’s bowlers came up with a miserly performance, reducing Japan to 5 for 2 in the third over. Captain Shizuka Miyaji and Kurumi Ota plugged any further wickets from falling with a 28-run stand, but Ota’s wicket in the tenth over initiated a collapse and they were all out for 58 as not a single batsman was able to score in double digits.
Zimbabwe were 30 for 2 at the start of the ninth over when Yanagida replaced Shizuka Kubota, and her first ball saw Mary-Anne Musonda run-out. The next ball accounted for Chipo Mugeri, before her final two of the over spelled the end of Christabel Chatonzwa and Ashley Burdett. Now at 30 for 6, Nonhlanhla Nyathi and Josephine Nkomo held firm and took Zimbabwe home.
PCB chairman congratulates women team
LAHORE: Acting PCB Chairman Najam Sethi has congratulated Pakistan women’s team on beating Ireland by nine wickets to become the first to qualify for the final of the ICC World Twenty20 qualifiers in Dublin. By reaching the final, the Pakistan team under Sana Mir also qualified for the ICC World Twenty20 event proper.
In a message to captain Sana Mir, and the team management, the PCB Chairman expressed his personal as well as the entire PCB management’s delight at the rapid progress Pakistan women have made in world cricket.
“The manner in which the Pakistan team has performed, powering its way to final with a slew of emphatic wins, deserves applause and plaudits.
“I congratulate captain Sana Mir and all member of the squad, hoping that they would maintain similar high standards”, said Najam Sethi.
SCOREBOARD
Ireland Women innings
CMA Shillington run out (Nahida) 5
IMHC Joyce b Sumaiya 0
KJ Garth not out 38
CNIM Joyce lbw b Sadia 7
MV Waldron st Batool b Sadia 2
L Delany st Batool b Sadia 4
EJ Tice st Batool b Sadia 0
EAJ Richardson b Bismah 4
MEMO Scott-Hayward c Batool b Sana 0
LK O’Reilly run out (Nain) 2
LN McCarthy st Batool b Nida 0
Extras (lb 1, w 2) 3
Total (all out; 19.5 overs) 65
Fall of wickets 1-1 (IMHC Joyce, 0.4 ov), 2-10 (Shillington, 3.3 ov), 3-22 (CNIM Joyce, 8.5 ov), 4-24 (Waldron, 10.1 ov), 5-32 (Delany, 12.5 ov), 6-32 (Tice, 12.6 ov), 7-47 (Richardson, 16.6 ov), 8-48 (Scott-Hayward, 17.3 ov), 9-64 (O’Reilly, 19.3 ov), 10-65 (McCarthy, 19.5 ov)
Bowling: Sumaiya Siddiqi 4-0-5-1, Sana Mir 3-0-19-1, Qanita Jalil 4-1-7-0, Sadia Yousuf 4-0-9-4, Nida Dar 1.5-0-12-1, Iram Javed 1-0-7-0, Bismah Maroof 2-0-5-1
Pakistan Women innings
Nahida Khan c Scott-Hayward b Garth 13
Javeria Khan not out 34
Nain Abidi not out 16
Extras (lb 1, w 2) 3
Total (1 wicket; 14.1 overs) 66
Did not bat Bismah Maroof, Sana Mir*, Nida Dar, Qanita Jalil, Batool Fatima†, Iram Javed, Sumaiya Siddiqi, Sadia Yousuf
Fall of wickets 1-31 (Nahida Khan, 6.3 ov)
Bowling: LN McCarthy 2-0-7-0, EAJ Richardson 4-0-19-0, KJ Garth 2-0-11-1, IMHC Joyce 3.1-0-12-0, MEMO Scott-Hayward 1-0-10-0, L Delany-2-0-6-0
Toss Pakistan Women, who chose to field
Pakistan Women won by 9 wickets (with 35 balls remaining)
Series Pakistan Women advanced
Player of the match Sadia Yousuf (Pakistan Women)
Umpires N Duguid (West Indies) and IN Ramage (Scotland)
Match referee D Govindjee (South Africa)
Reserve umpire K Cross (New Zealand)