Live Cricket Score | Pakistan Women vs Sri Lanka Women Live Score & Commentary | PK-W vs SL-W Scorecard, Women's Asia Cup

2nd Semi-Final • Sylhet International Cricket Stadium • Sylhet

Sri Lanka Women

122/6 (20)

Pakistan Women

121/6 (20)

SL-W won by 1 run

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Playing XI

Player of the Match Inoka Ranaweera

2/17

SL-W s

PK-W s

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Sri Lanka Women s

122/6 (20)

Batters

Chamari Atapattu

(C)

90.91

b N Dar

Anushka Sanjeewani

123.81

st M Ali b N Sandhu

Harshitha Samarawickrama

85.37

c M Ali b N Sandhu

Nilakshi de Silva

51.85

c & b N Sandhu

Hasini Perera

130.00

b S Iqbal

Oshadi Ranasinghe

114.29

st M Ali b A Anwer

Kavisha Dilhari

233.33

Not out

Extras

(B: 2, LB: 0, NB: 0, W: 7)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 6.1)

122/6

Did not Bat

Inoka Ranaweera, Malsha Shehani, Sugandika Kumari, Achini Kulasuriya

Bowlers

EXT

6.50

5.00

9.33

4.25

3.50

15.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Chamari Atapattu

b N Dar

1-23

3.5

Anushka Sanjeewani

st M Ali b N Sandhu

2-39

5.5

Nilakshi de Silva

c & b N Sandhu

3-89

15.3

Harshitha Samarawickrama

c M Ali b N Sandhu

4-102

17.5

Hasini Perera

b S Iqbal

5-112

18.6

Oshadi Ranasinghe

st M Ali b A Anwer

6-122

19.6

Pakistan Women s

121/6 (20)

Batters

Muneeba Ali

180.00

runout (MA Sanjeewani / WK Dilhari)

Sidra Ameen

45.00

c GWH Perera b I Ranaweera

Bismah Maroof

(C)

102.44

b SMS Kumari

Omaima Sohail

71.43

lbw b WK Dilhari

Nida Dar *

100.00

runout (MA Sanjeewani / WK Dilhari)

Ayesha Naseem

50.00

c WK Dilhari b I Ranaweera

Aliya Riaz

40.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 2, LB: 3, NB: 0, W: 7)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 6.05)

121/6

Did not Bat

Tuba Hassan, Nashra Sandhu, Aiman Anwer, Sadia Iqbal

Bowlers

EXT

8.50

5.50

6.50

6.50

4.25

4.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Muneeba Ali

runout (MA Sanjeewani / WK Dilhari)

1-31

3.1

Sidra Ameen

c GWH Perera b I Ranaweera

2-47

6.6

Omaima Sohail

lbw b WK Dilhari

3-65

10.4

Bismah Maroof

b SMS Kumari

4-107

17.2

Ayesha Naseem

c WK Dilhari b I Ranaweera

5-110

18.1

Nida Dar

runout (MA Sanjeewani / WK Dilhari)

6-121

19.6

Match Info

Date & Time

13 Oct, 01:00 PM IST

Venue

Sylhet International Cricket Stadium

Match

2nd Semi-Final,

Women's Asia Cup

Umpires

Gayathri Venugopalan (India), Vrinda Rathi (India), Hemangi Yerzal (U.A.E., TV)

Referee

GS Lakshmi (India)

Pitch Report

Spin friendly pitch

Toss

Sri Lanka Women elected to bat

Player of the Match Inoka Ranaweera

2/17

Commentary

And with that, we come to the end of semi-final action in the 2022 Women's Asia Cup. Sri Lanka will square off against India for the silver trophy on Saturday. There's still plenty of cricket to come, so do keep an eye on our tabs. For now, this is Rajarshi, signing off on behalf of myself and Pradeep! See you later!

Inoka Ranaweera, Player Of The Match: I'm really pleased with my performance, and I want to share my player of the match award with Achini Kulasuriya because of her final over. We don't have big names in the squad, but the trust is there among each and every one in the team. (Translated by Chamari Athapaththu).

Inoka Ranaweera has been handed the Player Of The Match!

Chamari Athapaththu (Captain, Sri Lanka): Lots of pressure in the middle, handled it well as I had good bowlers and backed my bowlers, young Kaveesha stuck to her plans. We changed the batting order, Anushka came up the order, sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. After 14 years, were in the Asia Cup final, feels good. Wicket was really good, first six overs, they batted really well, we stuck to our plans, after six overs, it's not easy to find boundaries, we knew we had the skill and bowling to do well. Kaveesha is young, she's played some good cricket, dropped the catch but nailed the run-out.

Bismah Maroof (Captain, Pakistan): It was a good match, both the teams have played some good cricket and hopefully good entertainment for the fans. Was a good wicket, had controlled well in the middle, came close and didn't get over the line. Didn't back ourselves well in the end, Sri Lankan bowlers bowled well in the end. It was clinical performance from us, proud of the players after that loss against Thailand, look forward to future.

Match summary:
Sri Lanka won the toss and opted to bat

Sri Lanka 122/6 (20 Overs)
Harshitha Madavi 35(41) | Nashra Sandhu 3/17 (4)

Pakistan 121/6 (20 Overs)
Bismah Maroof 42(41) | Inoka Ranaweera 2/17 (4)

Sri Lanka win by 1 run and progress to the final of the 2022 Women's Asia Cup!

The Sri Lankans dance around in a circle, arm around each other! The integrity and unity of these Sri Lankan sides are so, so heartwarming! Aliya Riaz is in tears, the entire Pakistan cricket team are in disbelief, they had this cricket match by the scruff of the neck until the final over of the match, the lack of boundaries throughout the middle overs turn out to be the decisive factor in them not being able to kill off the game! The Sri Lankan spinners have done a tremendous job, picking any one of them as the player of the match might not do justice to the others! Achini Kulasuriya might have missed her yorker on an occasion or so, but she must be given credit to the manner in which she kept hitting the right areas and not let either one of Dar or Riaz clear the in-field itself!

The start to the run-chase was in favour of the Pakistanis, as Muneeba Ali and Sidra Ameen got them off to a bright start. Unfortunately for Muneeba, the Pakistan wicket-keeper slipped on her way back after being denied a run, and she was run out. With Sidra Ameen's departure, the Lankans were handed a tinge of hope, and with the overs breezing by one after the other without being too expensive, the hope just kept increasing ball after ball. The Sri Lankan spinners, collectively, kept tight lines, and there was a lack of urgency among the Pakistan middle-order batters to kill the game off in the middle-overs itself. They just kept milking those singles, Maroof eventually broke the shackles towards the end, but she played all around one from Sugandika Kumari and the game seemed to open up.

Having breezed through quietly throughout the afternoon, there was a burst of drama and interest as the game drew towards a close. Pakistan still had some firepower to bank on, but little did they know what was to come. On a sluggish track, hitting from the word go proved to be a challenge, something young Ayesha Naseem found out the hard way. Inoka Ranaweera bowled a gem of a penultimate over, conceding 4 off it, and Pakistan were left to chase 9 off the last over. Kulasuriya hardly gave much to hit to the two Pakistan batters, and in trying to hit big, they kept finding the fielders and missing. The end to the game was more chaotic than everything that took place throughout the game combined, Dar was put down by Dilhari but she more than made up for it by firing a throw at the keeper's just about in time, and Sanjeewani dived onto the stumps for her life and sparked wild celebrations!

SRI LANKA HAVE PULLED OFF A HEIST! Look at them, just look at them run around all over the place, absolutely cock-a-hoop! Nida Dar is on her haunches, Pakistan had this game well until the 19th over, but the Sri Lankans, there's just something about them and the big occasions, both from the men's and women's teams! They have beaten Pakistan in the semi-finals, and will now face up against India in the final!

overs

0 /0 score

runs

Achini Kulasuriya

19.6 Achini Kulasuriya to Nida Dar, DROPPED! RUN-OUT! Sri Lanka win and they storm into the finals, Pakistan cannot believe it! Nida Dar down on her haunches and in disbelief, they just cannot believe it. Low full toss on the stumps, Dar backs away and looks to loft it over the inner ring, extra-cover running back spills it, Dar looks to come back for an improbable second, was a wide throw but the keeper does well to collect and whips the bails off as Dar finds herself well short and Sri Lanka to meet India in the Asia Cup finals on Saturday!

Nida Dar run out (Kaveesha Dilhari/Anushka Sanjeewani) 26 (26b 1x4 0x6)

19.5 Achini Kulasuriya to Aliya Riaz, OH DEAR! Casual, very casual from the keeper, all three stumps to aim and she makes a meal of it. Aliya has a wild hack across the line and misses, that whiskers past the leg-stump to the keeper who had all the time in the world to aim and she misses. Need 3 off the last delivery!

19.4 Achini Kulasuriya to Nida Dar, back of a length on the stumps, Dar backs away and slammed it straight to extra-cover for only a single. Aliya has to find the boundary from somewhere of the next ball!

19.3 Achini Kulasuriya to Nida Dar, length delivery on the off-stump, Dar backs away and lofts it over the covers, not much power as well and they had to sprint back for the brace. Need 5 off 3 now!

19.2 Achini Kulasuriya to Aliya Riaz, WHAT A DELIVERY! Keeper should've stopped that one, Pakistan get a bye. Nails the yorker, follows Aliya who was backing away, misses and the keeper couldn't stop it.

19.1 Achini Kulasuriya to Nida Dar, length delivery on the stumps, Dar backed away to expose all her stumps, smacked it down to long-off for just one.

Achini Kulasuriya (3-0-17-0) is back into the attack

We sure have a match on our hands! 9 runs to win off the last over, Nida Dar, having seen Pakistan through mostly with Maroof until now, will have to step up against the pace of Kulasuriya!

overs

114 /5 score

runs

Nida Dar

21 (22)

Aliya Riaz *

2 (3)

Inoka Ranaweera

2 /17

18.6 Inoka Ranaweera to Aliya Riaz, BIG APPEAL FOR A CAUGHT BEHIND, NOT GIVEN! The keeper was sure but the umpire ignores. Short on the outside off, Aliya on the backfoot goes to cut and misses, more importantly it's a DOT BALL!

18.5 Inoka Ranaweera to Nida Dar, loops a full delivery on the off-stump, Dar skips down the track and drilled it to long-off for just one. Pakistan need a boundary of the last delivery.

18.4 Inoka Ranaweera to Aliya Riaz, drops it short on the off-stump, Aliya on the backfoot chopped it to point for one more.