Pakistan Women’s Cricket Team Won The First ODI Against Zimbabwe by a Huge Margin Of 168 Runs.
Chasing a Target Of 331 Runs, The Visiting Team was all out for 162 runs in 36.4 Overs. Pakistan’s men’s Team Scored the Highest Score in the National Bank Stadium, Karachi, Women’s Cricket, adding 330 Runs for the loss of 05 Wickets.
In the 50 Overs, Sadaf Shams played a great innings of 98 Runs, Gul Feroza and Sidra Amin Were Able too Score Fifties. Najia Alvi played an unbeaten innings of 67 Runs, Debutant Momina Riyatza also got a wicket, the visiting team’s Balonda Beza’s 53 runs went in vain.
According to the details, in the first match of the three-match One-Day International series between Pakistan and Zimbabwe, the host team put in a brilliant performance when invited to bat first and scored 330 runs for the loss of 5 wickets. This was the highest score in women’s cricket at the National Bank Stadium, Karachi. Gul Feroza and Sadaf Shams gave Pakistan a great start with a brilliant partnership of 162 runs.
Gul Feroza was dismissed after scoring 50 runs off 60 balls with the help of 5 fours, while Sadaf Shams missed out on a century by 2 runs. She played an innings of 98 runs off 130 balls with the help of 17 fours. Sidra Amin added a brilliant 67 runs, Ayesha Zafar scored 3 and Alia Riaz scored 2 runs. The unbeaten Najia Alvi added 56 runs off 29 balls with the help of 8 fours and a six, while captain Fatima Sana added 11 runs off 3 balls with the help of a four and a six. Precious Sarangi dismissed 3 players.
Chasing a tough target in reply, the Zimbabwe women’s cricket team returned to the dressing room after scoring 162 runs in 36.4 overs. Balonda Beza scored the same number of runs in 53 balls with the help of four fours.
Kis Andy Baalu made 31, captain Nomuel Sibanda made 17, and Kele Andrea resisted with 11 runs. Melinda scored 10 runs. Captain Fatima Sana, Tasmia Rabab, and Syeda Arub Shah shared 2 wickets each; debutant Momina Riyat and Nashra Sandhu took 1 wicket each. With the success, Pakistan took a 0-1 lead in the three-match series. The second match will be played on Wednesday.
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