Australia Women beat Pakistan Women by 8 wickets in 2nd T20I Match of the series.
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The 2nd T20I Match of the Pakistan Women tour of Australia, 2023 played today at Bellerive Oval, Hobart. In which Australia Women beat Pakistan Women by 8 wickets.
Pakistan Women batted first after winning the toss and started the inning very poorly, Muneeba Ali and Bismah Maroof no batsman could play well and stay in the crease, Muneeba Ali played scored 33 runs in 43 balls, and Bismah Maroof played an unbeaten inning of 29 runs in 28 balls, apart from this Javeria Khan dismissed just for 4 runs, Nida Dar 5 runs, Ayesha Naseem 5 runs, Aliya Riaz 2 runs, Aiman Anwer remains unbeaten for 1 run. In this way, Pakistan Women scored 96 runs after losing 7 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs and set a very small target of 97 runs in front of Australia Women.
Australia Women captain Meg Lanning used 9 bowlers Alana King took 2 wickets for 10 runs in 2 overs, Darcie Brown 1 wicket for 18 runs in 3 overs, Ashleigh Gardner 1 wicket for 20 runs in 4 overs, Jess Jonassen 1 wicket for 8 runs in 2 over, Grace Harris 1 wicket for 10 runs in 2 over, and Annabel Sutherland 1 wicket for 15 runs in 4 overs.
Australia Women chasing 97 runs in the second inning archived the target very easily by losing just 2 wickets in the fourth ball of the 13th over. Australia Women started the inning very strongly, Beth Mooney and Meg Lanning came to start the inning and gave a very strong start with a half-century partnership of 60 runs, the first wicket has gone for 60 runs in 8.5 overs, and Beth Mooney played a very brilliant quick inning of 46 runs with the help of 1 six and 6 boundaries in just 29 balls, next batsman Tahlia McGrath came to bat and she good strike rotate with Meg Lanning, the second wicket has gone for 89 runs in 10.5 over, Meg Lanning dismissed after playing a brilliant inning of 31 runs in 32 balls, followed by Ashleigh Gardner came to bat and remains unbeaten for 5 runs, and Tahlia McGrath played an unbeaten inning of 14 runs in 10 balls. In this way, Australia Women chased the target very easily by losing just 2 wickets in 12.4 overs and won the match by 8 wickets.
Pakistan Women bowler Nida Dar took all 2 wickets for 27 runs in her spell.
Australia Women batsman Beth Mooney was selected as the best player of the match, she played a very brilliant quick inning of 46 runs with the help of 1 six and 6 boundaries in just 29 balls.
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