Pakistan women cricket team won the toss and elected to bat first against West Indies on Monday in their third One-Day International (ODI) encounter of the ICC Women’s World Cup 2025 Qualifiers.
In their first day-night fixture of the tournament at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, the hosts will be looking to continue the winning momentum and edge closer to qualifying for the World Cup by triumphing in today’s clash.
Pakistan are unchanged since their last match against Scotland on Friday that they won by six wickets in a rain-curtailed encounter on the back of an unbeaten knock of 68 by Aliya Riaz, Muneeba Ali’s 71 and skipper Fatima Sana’s four-wicket haul.
West Indies are also coming off a win in their last encounter against Ireland, where they won by six runs in a match that went down to the wire.
Earlier in the week, Pakistan women beat Ireland by 38 runs in a low-scoring thriller to win the opening encounter of the tournament.
On a hot day in Lahore, Pakistan’s Diana Baig and Nashra Sandhu starred with the ball, picking up four and three wickets each to bowl the Irish women’s team out for 179 after scoring 217 batting first.
The six-team ICC event, which includes Bangladesh, Ireland, Scotland, Thailand and West Indies alongside hosts Pakistan, features a single-league round-robin format with the matches taking place at the Gaddafi Stadium and LCCA ground in Lahore.
The tournament will decide the two qualifiers for the 2025 Women’s World Cup to be held later this year in India.
Pakistan, however, will be playing their matches at a neutral venue after a “fusion” model was decided upon following India’s refusal to play its matches in Pakistan for the ICC Champions Trophy earlier this year.
Teams:
Pakistan: Gull Feroza, Muneeba Ali, Sidra Amin, Aliya Riaz, Omaima Sohail, Sidra Nawaz (wicket-keeper), Fatima Sana (captain), Rameen Shamim, Diana Baig, Sadia Iqbal and Nashra Sandhu.
West Indies: Hayley Matthews (captain), Zaida James, Shemaine Campbelle (wicket-keeper), Stafanie Taylor, Chinelle Henry, Shabika Gajnabi, Jannillea Glasgow, Aaliyah Alleyne, Afy Fletcher, Ashmini Munisar
and Karishma Ramharack.