Historic bowling performance by Omaima helps Pakistan Women beat Sri Lanka

A historic bowling performance by Omaima Sohail that was nicely backed by some nice outings of batters helped Pakistan register a comfortable five wickets win over Sri Lanka in Wome’s Asia Cup match played at Sylhet, Bangladesh.

Player of the match Omaima was the star with the ball as she took 5 wickets and the best bowling in the history of Pakistan Women's cricket giving away only 13 runs in her 4 overs.

Chasing 113 runs target, Pakistan eves reached home in 18.5 overs when Ayesha Naseem completed the formality in style by hitting back-to-back sixes to wrap up the game.

A 45-run partnership between Nida Dar and Aliya Riaz and at the end Ayesha little helped Pakistan women to earn a comfortable win.

Nida remained unbeaten for her 26 runs while Aliya scored 20 runs. Ayesha also remained unbeaten for her 16 runs off five balls.

Earlier, Sri Lankan captain and opener Chamari Athapaththu set a strong foundation for her team by scoring 41 runs off 26 balls. However, it was Omaima who derailed the Lankan women innings and never let them make a comeback in the game as they were all out for 112 runs in 18.5 overs.

Tuba Hasan took two for 26 and Nida Dar 1-25.