Women’s T20 World Cup 2023: The 10th match of the Women’s T20 World Cup being played in South Africa was played between Pakistan and Ireland. Pakistan defeated Ireland by 70 runs in the match at the Newlands ground in Cape Town. Muniba Ali played an important role in winning the match for the team. He played a century while batting aggressively. This is his first century in T20 International. It was the wonder of Muniba, due to which Pakistan was able to score a respectable score of 165 runs. Ireland’s team, which came down to achieve the target of 166 runs for the victory, got piled on 95 runs.
Muniba scored a brilliant century
Ireland won the toss and fielded first in the match played in Cape Town. Good start for Pakistan. Opening the innings, opener Muneeba Ali and Javeria Khan added 44 runs for the first wicket. Javeria got out after scoring 6 runs. Captain Bismah Maroof disappointed, she could score only 4 runs. After this, Muneeba Ali and Nida Dar took Pakistan’s innings forward. Both of them set a big target for the team by sharing a century partnership. Nida got out after scoring 33 runs. While Maniba Ali scored a century while batting brilliantly. He played an inning of 102 runs off 68 balls. In his century innings, Muniba hit 14 fours. In this way, Pakistan scored 165 runs at the loss of 5 wickets in 20 overs. Arlene Kelly took the maximum 2 wickets for Ireland.
Ireland limited to 95 runs
The start of the Ireland team, which came out to achieve the target of 166 runs for the victory, was very bad. Ireland’s first wicket fell for just 8 runs. Amy Hunter, who came to start the innings, was dismissed after scoring 6 runs. Gabby Lewis also did not last long and she returned to the pavilion after scoring 10 runs. In the middle order, Orla Prendergast scored 31 and Aimar Richardson scored 28 runs. But both the players failed to make the team win. Ireland’s last six batters could not reach double digits. Nashra Sandhu took 4 wickets while bowling excellently for Pakistan. Apart from this, Nida Dar and Sadia Iqbal took 2-2 wickets. While Fatima Sana and Tuba Hasan got 1-1 wickets. Muniba Ali, who scored a blistering century in the match, was awarded the title of Player of the Match.
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