Birmingham. The Indian women’s cricket team will enter the Commonwealth Games after some time (Commonwealth Games 2022). For a place in the semi-finals, they will have to beat Barbados in the final match of the group round. Women’s cricket was included in the Games for the first time. A total of 8 teams were given place in it. 3 out of 4 teams of the semi-finals were decided. The final team will be decided by India’s match. In a match, T20 world champion Australia defeated Pakistan by 44 runs. This is the third consecutive win for the Kangaroo team. At the same time, Pakistan’s third consecutive defeat.
Playing first in the match, Australia scored a good score of 160 runs for 2 wickets. However, the start of the team was not good. Alyssa Healy 4 and captain Meg Lenning also could only score 4 runs. Beth Mooney and Tahila McGrath made an unbeaten century partnership after 2 wickets fell for 19 runs. Mooney scored an unbeaten 70 off 49 balls. The strike rate was 143. 8 fours and a six.
McGrath scored 46 runs from the boundary
Tahila McGrath scored an unbeaten 78 at a strike rate of 153. He faced 51 balls. Hit 10 fours and a six. That is, he scored 46 runs from the boundary. Fatima Sana and Sadia Iqbal got one wicket each. In reply, Pakistan’s team could only score 116 runs for 8 wickets. Fatima Sana scored 35 not out. Captain Bismah Maroof and Omayama Sohail scored 23-23 runs.
Fast bowler Tahila McGrath did wonders with the ball as well. He took 3 wickets for 13 runs in 3 overs. Talking about Group B, both New Zealand and England have won both their opening matches. The teams of Sri Lanka and South Africa are out of the knockout rounds. New Zealand and England will meet tomorrow in the final group match. The winning team of this match can face the Indian team in the semi-finals.
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Tags: Australia, Commonwealth Games, Harmanpreet Kaur, Indian women cricketer, Pakistan
FIRST PUBLISHED : August 03, 2022, 19:24 IST