Pakistan’s Aliya Riaz and Muneeba Ali fist-bumping throughout their ICC Ladies’s Cricket World Cup Qualifier match towards Scotland on the Lahore Metropolis Cricket Affiliation Floor in Lahore on April 11, 2025. — PCB
LAHORE: Pakistan placed on a dominant all-round show as Fatima Sana’s four-wicket haul and fluent fifties from Muneeba Ali and Aliya Riaz powered the Inexperienced Shirts to a cushty six-wicket win over Scotland within the ICC Ladies’s World Cup Qualifier on the Lahore Metropolis Cricket Affiliation (LCCA) Floor on Friday.
Put into bat first in a rain-reduced contest, Scotland posted a aggressive 186/9 within the allotted 32 overs, anchored by a captain’s knock from Kathryn Bryce.
Scotland had a shaky begin to their innings as each openers, Abbi Aitken-Drummond (1) and Pippa Sproul (9), have been despatched again throughout the first 5 overs with simply 17 runs on the board.
Strolling in at quantity three, Bryce steadied the innings and carried the batting effort till the ultimate ball, top-scoring with an excellent 96-ball 91 that featured 10 fours and a six. She stitched essential partnerships with Sarah Bryce (21) and Ailsa Lister (31) to assist her aspect to a good whole.
For Pakistan, Fatima Sana spearheaded the bowling assault, ending with spectacular figures of 4/23 in 5 overs. Sadia Iqbal picked up two wickets, whereas Nashra Sandhu and Diana Baig took one every.
Chasing 187, Pakistan overcame early hiccups to seal a six-wicket victory with eight balls to spare, powered by resilient half-centuries from Muneeba Ali and Aliya Riaz.
The hosts have been lowered to 36/2 within the eighth over earlier than Muneeba and Aliya put collectively a vital 93-run partnership for the third wicket. Muneeba was dismissed within the twenty fourth over after a fluent 71 off 72 balls, hitting 10 boundaries, together with a six.
Aliya then partnered briefly with skipper Fatima Sana (7) earlier than seeing the chase by with Sidra Nawaz (14*). Aliya remained unbeaten on 68 from 70 balls, placing seven fours and a six.
For Scotland, Chloe Abel claimed two wickets however went for 42 runs in six overs, whereas Kathryn Fraser and Rachel Slater every picked a wicket.
With this complete win, Pakistan climbed to the highest of the ICC Ladies’s World Cup Qualifier standings with 4 factors from two matches, whereas Scotland stayed third.
