Sharjah(November 10, 2017): Pakistan women’s cricket team suffered a 39-run defeat at the hands of New Zealand women’s cricket team in the second of the four-match series in Sharjah.
New Zealand who won the first T20I by 15 runs, elected to bat first against Pakistan and were helped by openers Sophie Devine (70 off 44) and captain Suzie Bates (52 off 43) as they reached 116 without any loss.
Devine was then caught by Aiman Anwer off Sadia Yousuf. Bates followed her back to the pavilion as Javeria Khan dismissed her caught and bowl.
However, Anna Paterson and Leigh Kasperek helped their team go from 139-8 to 150-8 in the remaining overs.
In their pursue of target, Pakistan started slowly courtesy openers Nahida Khan (22 off 26) and Sidra Ameen (18 off 19 balls).
They kept losing wickets at regular intervals which never allowed any bats-woman to settle and lead the team past the finish line. Aliya Riaz was the highest scorer for Pakistan with 23 off 22 balls as the team ended their 20 overs on 111-7.
Satterthwaite dismissed two Pakistan bats-woman for New Zealand. Both teams will now face each other in the third T20I on Sunday.
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