Pakistan vs Sri Lanka Women
Asia Cup T20 Semi-Final Match Prediction & Tips
Time: 12 Oct, 02:00 PM (IST)
Series: Women’s Asia Cup T20 Semi-Final Match
Venue: Sylhet International Cricket Stadium – Bangladesh
Info:
Sidra Ameen has scored 18 fours across the tournament and is a strong choice for Pakistan Women’s highest run scorer on Thursday.
Omaima Sohail was too strong for Sri Lanka Women’s middle-order batters and we are backing her to be Pakistan Women’s top wicket-taker in this game.
Chamari Athapaththu looked to be back in form on Tuesday. She is our tip for Sri Lanka Women’s highest run scorer for this match.
Live Streaming:
The match will be live telecast on Star Sports network.
Weather & Pitch Report:
⛅ Weather:
The weather will be clean with slight cloud. But there is no chances of rain, We can expect a good match between the two sides.
🏟️ Pitch:
The match will be played at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium Ground 2. We expect the spin bowlers on both sides to have the upperhand over the batters across this match.
TEAM NEWS:
PAK-W Team News:
In spite of suffering their first defeat to Thailand Women in this competition, Pakistan Women finished in second place in the group stage and were the only team to beat India Women. Pakistan Women ended the season with three wins in a row.
SL-W Team News:
Although they lost to Pakistan Women on Monday, Sri Lanka Women have enjoyed a strong 2022 Women’s Asia Cup and finished only two points behind group stage leaders India Women. Monday’s defeat was their first since their opening match of the tournament.
PAK-W Predicted11
Muneeba Ali (wk)
Sidra Ameen
Bismah Maroof (c)
Omaima Sohail
Nida Dar
Aliya Riaz
Ayesha Naseem
Sadia Iqbal
Tuba Hassan
Aiman Anwer
Nashra Sandhu
SL-W Predicted11
Harshitha Madavi
C Athapaththu (c)
Hasini Perera
Nilakshi de Silva
A Sanjeewani (wk)
Malsha Shehani
Oshadi Ranasinghe
Inoka Ranaweera
Sugandika Kumari
Kavisha Dilhari
Achini Kulasuriya
Winning Chances:
Pakistan Women were dominant over Sri Lanka Women in the final group stage game and it will take a huge turnaround from the Sri Lankans if they are to win and qualify for the final. We are predicting a slightly closer contest but are backing Pakistan Women to beat Sri Lanka Women again.
Pakistan Women are favourites to beat Sri Lanka Women
Pakistan Women:
PAK-W Batting
Nida Dar top scored for Pakistan Women with 26 not out from 28 balls as her side got home with five wickets remaining and 1.1 balls left in the final group stage game against Sri Lanka Women. Sidra Ameen has scored 149 runs across the tournament.
PAK-W Bowling
25 year old off-spinner Omaima Sohail recorded the best figures of any bowler in the competition on Tuesday when she took 5-13 against Sri Lanka Women. She also picked up the Player of the Match award and jumped over two of Pakistan Women’s other bowlers in the wicket takers list.
PAK-W Form
Since losing to Thailand Women, Pakistan Women have been very impressive. They are looking for their fourth successive victory in this match.
SL Women:
SL-W Batting
In spite of struggling for form over the last few months and also in this tournament, skipper Chamari Athapaththu made her highest score in nine matches when she made 41 runs from 26 balls in the defeat to Pakistan. Her innings included nine fours.
SL-W Bowling
Sri Lanka Women took five wickets against Pakistan Women on Tuesday but could not prevent defeat. There was a wicket each for Oshadi Ranasinghe, Achini Kulasuriya and Inoka Ranaweera with Kavisha Dilhari taking 2-16 from her three overs.
SL-W Form
After winning four matches in a row, the defeat to Pakistan Women ended the winning streak.
SQUAD:
Pakistan Women:
Muneeba Ali, Sidra Ameen, Bismah Maroof(c), Omaima Sohail, Nida Dar, Aliya Riaz, Ayesha Naseem, Sidra Nawaz(w), Sadia Iqbal, Tuba Hassan, Aiman Anwer, Nashra Sandhu, Kainat Imtiaz, Sadaf Shamas, Diana Baig.
Sri Lanka Women:
Chamari Athapaththu(c), Harshitha Madavi, Hasini Perera, Nilakshi de Silva, Kavisha Dilhari, Anushka Sanjeewani(w), Malsha Shehani, Oshadi Ranasinghe, Sugandika Kumari, Inoka Ranaweera, Achini Kulasuriya, Tharika Sewwandi, Madushika Methtananda, Rashmi Silva, Kaushani Nuthyangana.