Pakistan 107 for 0 (Feroza 62*, Muneeba 37*) beat UAE 103 for 8 (Theertha 40, Iqbal 2-11, Tuba 2-17, Sandhu 2-22) by ten wickets
Gull Feroza and Muneeba Ali all but secured Pakistan’s spot in the semi-finals of the Women’s Asia Cup 2024 with their second straight century stand, sealing the first ever ten-wicket win in the tournament’s history. Pakistan’s spinners, who took seven of the eight wickets to fall, set up the ten-wicket thumping of UAE in Dambulla.
Sadia Iqbal was the pick of the bowlers with 2 for 11 at an economy of 2.75. Nashra Sandhu and Tuba Hassan contributed with two-fors, the former taking the first two wickets after UAE’s openers made their way out of the powerplay and the latter dismissing Theertha Satish.
UAE scrapped their way to 103 for 8 but Muneeba and Feroza hunted the total down with 35 balls to spare. As a result, UAE ended their campaign with three losses.
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