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Nepal captain Pooja Mahato was chosen player of the match against Malaysia.
Pakistan and Nepal won the two matches held on Friday in the Women’s Under-19 World Cup. Pakistan defeated Samoa Women’s team, playing the World Cup for the first time, by 52 runs. Whereas Nepal defeated Malaysia by 7 wickets.
With the help of 28 runs from Maham Anees and 25 runs from Fatima Khan, Pakistan scored 136/8. In reply, Samoa team was reduced to 84 runs in 18.5 overs. Haniya Ahmar took 4 wickets.
In another match played in Johor, Nepal bowled out the Malaysian team for 45 runs. Later the team won the match by scoring 47 runs losing 3 wickets in 11 overs. Nepalese captain Pooja Mahato was the player of the match.
PAKW Vs SAMW: Samoa’s batting could not stand in front of Ahmar Pakistan Women U19 lost the first 2 wickets for 36 runs. Captain and wicketkeeper Komal Khan scored 11 runs in 20 balls, but despite the initial setbacks, the middle order held the innings.
Maham Anees (28 runs) and Fatima Khan (25 runs) made important contributions. At the same time, Kurtul Ain Ahsan finally scored unbeaten 13 runs in 13 balls and took the team’s score to 136 runs after losing 8 wickets in 20 overs.
Maham Anish was the top scorer of the Pakistan team.
In bowling, Nora Salima performed brilliantly for Samoa and took 3 wickets for 20 runs in 4 overs. Katrina Samu also took 2 wickets. Samoa Women’s U19 team, which came out to chase 137 runs, had a bad start. Nora Salima (5 runs) and team captain Awetia Mapu (0 runs) soon returned to the pavilion.
Angel Sutaga (11 runs) and Stella Sagalala (15 runs) put up a fight, but the team was bowled out for just 84 runs in 18.5 overs. For Pakistan, Haniya Ahmar took 4 wickets for 17 runs in 4 overs. Fatima Khan and Quratul Ain Ahsan took 2 wickets each.
Hania Ahmar took maximum 4 wickets for Pakistan.
NEPW Vs MASW: Captain Pooja’s double performance Nepalese captain Pooja Mahato took 4 wickets for the team and also scored 25 runs. After losing the toss and opting to bat, only the batsman of Malaysia Women’s team could touch double figures. Nuriman Hiday scored the maximum 15 runs. Rachna Chaudhary from Nepal took 1 maiden and 3 wickets for 5 runs in 3 overs.
Rachna Chaudhary dismissed 3 Malaysia batsmen for just 5 runs.
Pooja took 4 wickets for 9 runs in 3.5 overs and the entire team was all out on the score of 45 runs in 16.5 overs. In reply, Nepali team also had a bad start. The team lost both its openers for 10 runs. But Pooja played an inning of 23 runs and helped the team win in 11 overs.
Captain Pooja Mahato led the Nepalese innings to victory.