Zeenews Sports Bureau
Indian women’s cricket team defeated Pakistan in the final of the ACC Women`s T20 Asia Cup on Wednesday to clinch the title by 13 runs.
Pakistan Over: 19.1 II Score: 63/10
AND INDIAN BOWLERS HAVE DEFENDED 81 RUNS AFTER BOWLING OUT PAKISTAN FOR 63 RUNS BECOMING THE 2012 ASIAN T20 CHAMPIONS!!!!
Sadia Yousuf, was the final wicket to fall after being run out for a duck.
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Pakistan Over: 19 II Score: 63/9
Batool Fatima was the ninth Pakistani wicket to fall after edging one from Bisht to keeper Naik. She scored 1(3b).
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Pakistan Over: 18 II Score: 60/8
Archana Das scalped Nain Abidi after being stumped by Naik. She scored 13 (19b).
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Pakistan Over: 16 II Score: 49/7
The match seems to be out of the grasp of Pakistan now as they have lost yet another wicket in Asmavia Iqbal who departed after scoring just 1. She was caught by Raut off the bowling of Archana Das.
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Pakistan Over: 15 II Score: 46/6
Pakistan need another 36 runs off 30 deliveries with four wickets in hand. Asmavia Iqbal was the latest wicket to fall after scoring 2 (6b). She became Malhotra’s first victim of the match after being stumped by Naik.
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Pakistan Over: 13 II Score: 43/5
Javeira took a long walk back to the dugout after being caught by keeper Naik off the bowling of Niranjana. She was the fifth Pakistani wicket to fall after scoring just 4 (9b)
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Pakistan Over: 11 II Score: 33/4
Another wicket goes down! And this time it’s Nida Dar, who had just faced three deliveries scoring a single, to be out after a direct hit from Poonam Raut found her short of the crease.
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Pakistan Over: 10 II Score: 32/3
A fine second over from offie Anuja Patil who took a wicket and gave just one run (wide) besides removing Bismah Maroof who had scored 18 runs. Maroof was caught by Malhotra.
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Pakistan Over: 9 II Score: 31/2
Just when Pakistan were picking up India’s Nagarajan Niranjana got her team the crucial breakthrough in Sana Mir who was caught by Patil. She scored 11 (22b, 4X2).
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Pakistan Over: 3 II Score: 4/1
Pakistan have began their chase on a shaky not losing the wicket of Qanita Jalil early in their innings. She was caught by Amita Sharma off the bowling of Shubhlakshmi Sharma. She scored just 2.
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INDIA Over: 20 II Score: 81/10
Indian team lost three wickets in the last over of their innings to be bundled out for a total of 81 runs. Sana Mir, who bowled the final over ended with four wickets. For India, Poonam Raut top scored with 25 runs. It was a disappointing show from the batting side as they kept losing wickets in quick successions and were under constant pressure from the bowling side.
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INDIA Over: 17 II Score: 67/6
Another wicket falls! Nagarajan Niranjana was caught by Nain Abidi off Bismah Maroof to become the spinners second victim of the innings.
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INDIA Over: 16 II Score: 65/5
Captain Harmanpreet Kaur struggle came to an end after being bowled by Sana Mir at the score of 20. India have lost half of their side now.
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INDIA Over: 15 II Score: 62/4
Indian team needs some boundaries here which they aren’t getting! The Pakistani bowlers are keeping it tight forcing the batting team to be content with singles and doubles.
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INDIA Over: 12 II Score: 48/4
Amita Sharma became the fourth Indian wicket to fall after being adjudged lbw off the bowling of Mariam Hasan. She scored 2 (8b).
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INDIA Over: 10 II Score: 38/3
Halfway through their innings, India are 38/3. Amita Sharma (0*) and captain Harmanpreet Kaur (10*) are in the middle. For Pakistan, Sadia, Qanita and Iqbal have taken a wicket apiece.
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INDIA Over: 9 II Score: 37/3
Poonam Raut’s innings came to an end after she was caught by Manina Iqbal off the bowling of Bismah Maroof. She scored 25 (28b, 4X3).
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INDIA Over: 5 II Score: 24/2
Poonam Raut has hit three boundaries in her score of 20 runs as she along with captain Harmanpreet Kaur helps India to recover after suffering early blows.
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INDIA Over: 2 II Score: 4/2
Both the Indian openers are back in the dugout! Right-arm medium pacer Qanita Jalil snapped Sulakshana Naik after the Indian was bowled for the score of 2.
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INDIA Over: 1 II Score: 3/1
Anuja Patil and Sulakshana Naik opened the innings for India as left arm spinner Sadia Yousuf began the proceedings for Pakistan. A bad start for India as they lose their first wicket in Anuja Patil who was caught by Sana off the first ball she faced from Sadia.
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TOSS: Indian team has won the toss and elected to bat first.
Welcome to our live coverage of the 2012 ACC Women`s Twenty20 Asia Cup final between archrivals Indian and Pakistan in Guangzhou, China.
Earlier, despite rain washing out the semi-final clash between India and Sri Lanka on Tuesday, Indian eves advanced to the ACC Women`s Twenty20 Asia Cup final by the virtue of topping their pool.
Tuesday’s match was abandoned without a ball bowled at the Guanggong International Cricket Stadium.
Pakistan qualified for the final after defeating Bangladesh by six wickets in the second semifinal on Tuesday.
However, captain Mithali Raj and veteran fast bowler Jhulan Goswami will not be a part of the playing XI in the final as both of them have been ruled out of the tournament due to ankle injuries.
The Indian eves had earlier defeated Hong Kong, Thailand and Pakistan to finish on top of the standings with six points.
With PTI
First Published: Wednesday, October 31, 2012, 10:12