AI Simulation, AUS-W vs PAK-W | Perry, Healy help Aussie Women beat Pak Women by 62 runs to register second win in tournament

Pitch and Weather

It will be a typical Premadasa surface, slow but true, offering some turn later on. A bit tacky early, rewarding patience.

It is expected to be a hot and humid evening in Colombo on Wednesday, with slight dew expected in the second innings.

Toss

Australia Women won the toss and decided to bat first. 

Lineups

AUS-W XI: Alyssa Healy (C&WK), Phoebe Litchfield, Ellyse Perry, Beth Mooney, Annabel Sutherland, Ashleigh Gardner, Tahlia McGrath, Sophie Molineux, Kim Garth, Alana King, and Darcie Brown.

PAK-W XI: Muneeba Ali, Sadaf Shamas, Sidra Amin, Aliya Riaz, Natalia Pervaiz, Fatima Sana (C), Sidra Nawaz (WK), Rameen Shamim, Diana Baig, Nashra Sandhu, and Sadia Iqbal.

Match Report

Australia Women won the toss and decided to bat first. The opening pair of skipper Alyssa Healy and Phoebe Litchfield provided a strong start of 58 runs for the first wicket. This partnership ended with Litchfield’s dismissal, when Muneeba Ali caught her off Diana Baig on the fourth ball of the 13th over. Litchfield scored 24 runs off 37 balls, with three fours. Following her dismissal, Perry added another impactful partnership of 44 runs for the second wicket with Ellyse Perry. Healy scored 61 runs off just 55 balls, with eight balls and a six before getting bowled off Nashra Sandhu on the first ball of the 21st over, when the Aussie women had scored 102/1. Later in the innings, Perry played a wonderful knock of 78 (88), hitting six fours and a six, followed by Annabel Sutherland’s 33 (29) and Sophie Molineux’s 19* (21) to help Australia Women post 273/7 on the board in the allotted 50 overs. Diana Baig and Nashra Sandhu scalped two wickets for Pakistan Women, alongside a wicket picked by skipper Fatima Sana.

While chasing the target, Pakistan had a shaky start. They lost their first wicket for just 24 runs when Sadaf Shamas (12) was caught by Perry off Darcie Brown. Then Muneeba Ali and Sidra Amin added 44 runs for the second wicket before the latter fell prey to Alana King on the second ball of the 16th over. Amin scored 31 runs off 48 balls, with three fours during her partnership with Muneeba. Later, Muneeba played a crucial knock of 44 (62), followed by Aliya Riaz’s 47 runs off 55 balls. But these knocks couldn’t be enough for the Pakistan women to chase the target successfully, as they were restricted to a total of just 211/9 in the entire 50 overs. Darcie Brown and Alana King scalped two wickets each for their side to restrict Pakistan Women before the target. With this win, Australia Women have also registered their second success in the tournament after an abandoned game against the Sri Lanka Women.  

Player of the Match

Star Australia Women's all-rounder Ellyse Perry was adjudged ‘Player of the Match’ for her brilliant match-winning knock of 78 runs. Her anchored knock helped the defending champions to post a competitive total on the board in the first innings.

Scorecard