Karachi: Women in green shirts face their first defeat against England by43 runs in the third match of group A in the Twenty20 Women World Cup been played today at Galle International Stadium. Pakistan winning the toss and opted to field first found themselves in trouble from the beginning as the English openers smash them all over the park.
England women set an enough target of 133 that turned out to be too many for Pakistani women who just managed to score 90 in 19.4 overs.
None of the batsman except Javeria Khan crossed 20 run mark who scored good 23 runs of 20 balls hitting four 4s. England Women LA Marsh was declared man of the match for her superb all round performance. She scored outstanding half century and took one wicket giving just 14 runs in her quota of four overs.