Bangladesh women loss to Pakistan by 5 runs

Bangladesh women’s cricket team lost to Pakistan by just 5 runs in the warm-up match of ICC Women’s ODI World Cup. On the day of Farzana Haque's impeccable innings of 61 runs, the Tigers did not see any victory for a while.

Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat first. Rain and hostile weather reduced the length of the match to 42 overs, as a result, the match was played with the D/L method. Pakistan scored 199 runs after losing 7 wickets in the stipulated overs.

Aliya Riaz remained unbeaten with a highest of 45 runs for the team. She hit 7 fours off 50 balls. Besides, Javeria Khan scored 44 runs off 62 balls. Ritu Moni and Fariha Trisna took three wickets each for Bangladesh.

Bangladesh came very close to the desired aim by playing with the goal of victory. However, with only 5 runs away from victory, Nigar Sultana Jyoti’s team was all out with 4 balls left. Before being bowled out in 41.2 overs, the Tigresses scored 194 runs.

Fargana Hoque was brilliant with the bat in this match. She hit 6 fours and scored 71 runs off 95 balls. Besides, Rumana Ahmed scored 30 runs from 36 balls. For Pakistan, Fatima Sana took four wickets and Nashra Sandhu took three.

Short score:

Toss: Pakistan

Pakistan: 199/7 (42) overs; Aliya 45*, Javeria 44, Bismah 32; Trisna 40/3, Ritu 35/3.

Bangladesh: 194/10 (41.2 overs); Fargana 71, Rumana 30; Fatima 47/4, Nashra 22/3

Results: Pakistan won the match by 5 runs.