Summary

  • Pakistan restricted to 116 all out (Athapaththu 3-18)

  • Sana (30 off 20) boosts Pakistan with late hitting

  • Pakistan win toss and bat first in Sharjah

  • Both teams playing their opening game in Women's T20 World Cup

  • Listen to BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra commentary at top of page or on BBC Sounds

  • Scotland beaten by Bangladesh in opener - report

Live Reporting

by Mike Peter

  1. wicket

    WICKET

    Nisansala c Nashra b Iqbal (SL 81-7)

    And there goes Nisansala.

  2. SL 80-6

    37 needed from 12 balls

    Nida Dar returns, and Sri Lanka hustle through threes twos, including one set of byes.

    Not enough to bring down the rate for the Sri Lankans, who've hit just three fours in this innings.

  3. Firdose Moonda
    Cricinfo writer on BBC Test Match Special

    Gull Feroza really did have that and it's a terrible drop. She took the last catch in a similar area and she didn't actually have to move for this one. She looks absolutely livid with the way she dropped that.

  4. SL 72-6

    45 needed from 18 balls

    Sachini Nisansala brings out an elaborate scoop for her first delivery.

    She doesn't get much on it, but it's enough for a single.

    That brings Nilakshika Silva on strike and she brings out a carbon copy of Sanjeewani's dismissal shot, but this time it's spilled by Feroza, who looks furious with herself.

    Nilakshika runs a single to move to 17 from 20.

  5. Firdose Moonda
    Cricinfo writer on BBC Test Match Special

    That's another example of Pakistan's really good catching. That ball went quite high and we saw seven go down in the first match and it wasn't even dark then. I think to see Pakistan get under these high balls is good for the women's game.

  6. wicket

    WICKET

    Sanjeewani c Feroza b Iqbal 5 (SL 70-6)

    'It's oh-so easy' - Sanjeewani falls for five

    This time Sanjeewani has to go!

    She drops the returning Sadia Iqbal's delivery straight down the through of Gul Feroza at deep mid-wicket.

    Sri Lanka's race is almost run.

  7. SL 67-5

    50 needed from 24 balls

    After having an lbw overturned in her first over, Tuba Hassan sees Sanjeewani escape her grasp again.

    The Sri Lankan batter chips her penultimate delivery down the ground, where it's spilled by the mid-off fielder as they ran behind the bowler.

    A hard chance, in fairness - Sanjeewani takes a single to move to four.

  8. Daniel Norcross
    Test Match Special commentator on BBC Sounds

    If Sri Lanka had played with this intent from the start, they'd be winning this game.

  9. SL 61-5

    56 needed from 30 balls

    Nilakshika closes Nashra Sandhu's spell with a couple of twos into the leg side.

    The Pakistan spinner finishes with figures of 2-15.

  10. SL 55-5

    62 needed from 36 balls

    A couple more singles follow, just three runs from the over.

    The game continues to slide away from Sri Lanka, who had their opponents 74-7 before their tail rallied.

  11. Daniel Norcross
    Test Match Special commentator on BBC Sounds

    You play on the sweep, you are going to be in danger here. But Anushka Sanjeewani does survive this time.

  12. Not out

    Tuba Hassan and her leg breaks are introduced and she has Sanjeewani given out lbw from her second ball.

    The Sri Lankan batter immediately reviews, and the replays show a touch of glove.

    The decision is overturned.

  13. SL 52-5

    Anushka Sanjeewani is the new Sri Lankan batter, guiding away the final two balls of the over.

    The required run rate is now over nine.

  14. Tash Farrant
    England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    That's another wicket gone. The classic Pakistan tactic of having all the off-side square fielders in the ring with the long-off out has worked again. Sri Lanka are in a spot of bother here.

  15. wicket

    WICKET

    Gunaratne c Sidra b Nashra 20 (SL 52-5)

    'Despair for the Sri Lankan fans' - Gunarathne caught for 20

    Gunaratne finally departs.

    The Sri Lanka, on 20 from 33, goes a heave down the ground but doesn't get much on it, the ball dropping into the hands of Sidra Amin on the boundary.

  16. Not out

    Well, that's curious.

    The replays from the umpire's booth suddenly stop and we'll resume.

    TMS pundit Tash Farrant realises it's because Nashra's towel has dropped from her waistband, so they've declared a dead ball.

    I don't think anyone in the stands will have worked that out.

  17. Umpire review

    Nashra Sandhu strikes on the thigh as she drops down to sweep.

    The Pakistan fielders go up - nothing from the umpire, they'll send it upstairs.

  18. SL 51-4

    66 needed from 48 balls

    Omaima completes her overs, conceding three from her final six deliveries.

    Gunaratne offers a feather edge off the final delivery, put down by the keeper - although I'm not surely anyone realised before the replays there was any bat on it.

    The Pakistan spinner finishes with excellent figures of 2-17.

  19. Tash Farrant
    England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    It's an easy catch for Nida Dar and there's the classic two-hands-in-the-air celebration! I'm sure during her captaincy, she wouldn't have found herself on the boundary too much. Maybe she's enjoying it out there today.

  20. SL 48-4

    69 needed from 54 balls

    Nilakshika Silva gets off the mark with a push that goes square for a single.