Player of the Match
Player of the Match

END OF OVER:
20 | 2 Runs 1 Wkt | SL-W: 85/9 (32 runs required, RR: 4.25)

  • Inoshi Priyadharshani2 (3b)
  • Udeshika Prabodhani1 (3b)
  • Fatima Sana2.5-0-10-2
  • Sadia Iqbal4-0-17-3

That's it from us today. Hope you all enjoyed our coverage of the opening day of the T20 World Cup. I am signing off on behalf of Madushka Balasuriya and our scorer M Venkat Raghav. Do join us tomorrow for another double header. Until then, good night and take care.

Athapaththu: "I would like to congratulate Sana, she's played good cricket, leading from the front. That's really good for Pakistan. We struggled to chase. We have to adjust to conditions. These are good for batters, I hope we can bounce back. We bowled well. We have to bat really good too. We can't say wicket is slow and outfield is like this. We have to play positive cricket. [on taking on Australia next] Actually, approach is important. We have to play fearless cricket. They are a good team, if we can play best cricket we can beat any team."

Fatima Sana is the Player of the Match: "I am excited, thanks for the team they supported well. All credit goes to management. I blame myself [for the score], but I tried to back myself and be calm to hit. [on bowling] Obviously, we all know Chamari is a good player, we needed that wicket to have a good start and we got it. We won the toss and we wanted a lot of runs but we didn't get. But we still achieved the target in the game. [on Baig] Unfortunately she was injured. She is our main player. I had to calm myself as captain and carry on with the ball after that. We will ask her how she is after the game. We need to take the momentum and carry this to next match."

9.26pm: What a game from Pakistan. Fatima Sana, in her maiden T20 World Cup as Pakistan captain, opens the campaign with a 31-run win over Asia Cup champions Sri Lanka. That too defending just 116 runs. Her quickfire 30 helped Pakistan go past 100 in the first innings. In the chase, Sana used her bowlers wisely to dent the opposition. Spinners Iqbal, Sohail and Sandhu took seven wickets among them and took the pace off to give nothing to Sri Lanka batters. Sri Lanka lost Athapaththu early and unlike in the recent times, the likes of Gunaratne, Samarawickrama, Dilhari, Sanjeewani couldn't save the team as they lacked one big stand. Lack of boundaries put pressure at the end and eventually, they fell short.

Vishal S.: "Sana is the MVP, made runs and took wickets, captaincy impeccable."

19.6
1
Fatima Sana to Fernando, 1 run, Full length delivery, lofts this in the gap between deep midwicket and long-on
19.5
1
Fatima Sana to Prabodhani, 1 run, Length delivery on the stumps, worked to point, Dar fumbles again
19.4
0
Fatima Sana to Prabodhani, no run, Full length delivery outside off, pace off, driven to cover
19.3
0
Fatima Sana to Prabodhani, no run, Full length delivery on leg stump, flick this to short fine leg
19.2
W
Fatima Sana to Nisansala, OUT, Sana gets her second. Goes full and wide of off stump, Nisansala tries to scoop this behind but the ball just goes straight to Muneeba

S Nisansala c †Muneeba Ali b Fatima Sana 3 (15m 7b 0x4 0x6) SR: 42.85

19.1
0
Fatima Sana to Nisansala, no run, Full length delivery outside off stump, cannot connect

Sana for final over

END OF OVER:
19 | 3 Runs 2 Wkts | SL-W: 83/8 (34 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 4.36, RRR: 34.00)

  • Sachini Nisansala3 (5b)
  • Inoshi Priyadharshani1 (2b)
  • Sadia Iqbal4-0-17-3
  • Nida Dar3-0-12-0
18.6
1
Sadia Iqbal to Nisansala, 1 run, Dropped! Dar should have taken this. Full around off stump, steps out to lofts this towards mid-on where Dar fumbles
18.5
1
Sadia Iqbal to Fernando, 1 run, Just short of Sana! Full and wide of off, pace off, lofts this towards extra cover
18.4
0
Sadia Iqbal to Fernando, no run, slower through the air, full and wide, pushed to backward point
18.3
W
Sadia Iqbal to Kumari, OUT, Back-to-back wickets for Iqbal! Fires in a full length delivery around off stump, she moves across and goes for a sweep and misses. Looks plumb but Sri Lanka will review this. There is no bat involved. Ball tracking shows it would have hit the stumps. Kumari has to leave immediately

BMSM Kumari lbw b Sadia Iqbal 0 (1m 1b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00

18.2
W
Sadia Iqbal to Silva, OUT, Nilakshika departs, Iqbal gets the wicket. Full length delivery around off stump, pace off, she gets down on one knee and goes for a sweep, gets an edge to short fine leg. Pakistan inching close to victory

NND Silva c Nashra Sandhu b Sadia Iqbal 22 (36m 25b 0x4 0x6) SR: 88.00

Shadow-Shell: "This match looks like a carbon copy of the first match so far"

18.1
1lb
Sadia Iqbal to Nisansala, 1 leg bye, Goes for a reverse sweep, goes past the keeper. Iqbal appeals for lbw. Pakistan review this. There is no bat involved. Impact is outside off, so review has been lost

Iqbal's final over

END OF OVER:
18 | 8 Runs | SL-W: 80/6 (37 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 4.44, RRR: 18.50)

  • Nilakshika Silva22 (24b)
  • Sachini Nisansala2 (3b)
  • Nida Dar3-0-12-0
  • Sadia Iqbal3-0-15-1
17.6
2
Nida Dar to Silva, 2 runs, Goes wide across the crease and sweeps this towards deep midwicket, fielder puts in a dive and keeps it to two
17.5
0
Nida Dar to Silva, no run, Goes for a reverse sweep and misses. Did she get a bit of glove on it? Pakistan are not reviewing it
17.4
2
Nida Dar to Silva, 2 runs, Comes down the track to full toss and puts this away in the gap between long-on and deep midwicket
17.3
1
Nida Dar to Nisansala, 1 run, Tossed up outside off, pace off, guides this to short third

Udam: "Sri lankan team need a number 6,7 powerhitter. there was a player done the same role in previous sl u19 campaign. hopefully she will get her opportunity in near future."

17.2
2b
Nida Dar to Nisansala, 2 byes, Fuller down the leg, goes for a reverse sweep and misses. Beats the keeper
17.1
1
Nida Dar to Silva, 1 run, Tossed up on middle and leg, swept past short fine leg for a single

45 runs in 18 balls. Dar now

END OF OVER:
17 | 5 Runs 1 Wkt | SL-W: 72/6 (45 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 4.23, RRR: 15.00)

  • Nilakshika Silva17 (20b)
  • Sachini Nisansala1 (1b)
  • Sadia Iqbal3-0-15-1
  • Tuba Hassan2-0-9-0
16.6
1
Sadia Iqbal to Silva, 1 run, Dropped! Feroza should have taken it. Full length delivery around off stump, smashes this towards deep midwicket but the fielder fumbles
16.5
1
Sadia Iqbal to Nisansala, 1 run, Brings out the scoop shot to short fine leg, not a lot of power on it

Nisansala now.

16.4
W
Sadia Iqbal to Sanjeewani, OUT, Straight to the fielder! Full length ball on middle and leg stump, flicks this towards deep midwicket. She thought she hit this well but couldn't clear the fence. The ball lands straight into the hands of Feroza. SL six down with the last recognised batter departing

MAA Sanjeewani c Gull Feroza b Sadia Iqbal 5 (16m 10b 0x4 0x6) SR: 50.00

16.3
1
Sadia Iqbal to Silva, 1 run, Steps out to a full ball on off and drives this to long-off for one

SL Women 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st9AMCJK AthapaththuRMVD Gunaratne
2nd16H MadaviRMVD Gunaratne
3rd10GWHM PereraRMVD Gunaratne
4th12WK DilhariRMVD Gunaratne
5th5NND SilvaRMVD Gunaratne
6th18MAA SanjeewaniNND Silva
7th11NND SilvaS Nisansala
8th0BMSM KumariS Nisansala
9th2SIP FernandoS Nisansala
10th2KDU PrabodhaniSIP Fernando