Summary

  • Pakistan's spinners set up impressive 31-run win in Sharjah - report

  • Iqbal takes 3-17 as Sri Lanka fall short

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

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

  • Scotland beaten by Bangladesh in opener - report

  1. wicket

    WICKETpublished at 16.4 overs

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

    Media caption,

    '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.

  2. SL 67-5published at 16 overs

    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.

  3. Postpublished at 18:02 British Summer Time

    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.

  4. SL 61-5published at 15 overs

    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.

  5. SL 55-5published at 14 overs

    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.

  6. Postpublished at 17:55 British Summer Time

    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.

  7. Not outpublished at 13.2 overs

    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.

  8. SL 52-5published at 13 overs

    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.

  9. Postpublished at 17:52 British Summer Time

    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.

  10. wicket

    WICKETpublished at 12.4 overs

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

    Media caption,

    '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.

  11. Not outpublished at 12.2 overs

    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.

  12. Umpire reviewpublished at 12.2 overs

    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.

  13. SL 51-4published at 12 overs

    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.

  14. Postpublished at 17:43 British Summer Time

    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.

  15. SL 48-4published at 11 overs

    69 needed from 54 balls

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

  16. wicket

    WICKETpublished at 10.5 overs

    Dilhari c Dar b Nashra 3 (SL 47-4)

    Media caption,

    Dilhari is caught by Dar off the bowling of Nashra

    Caught in the deep!

    Dilhari goes to hoik Nashra Sandhu over long-on, but only manages to pick out Nida Dar, who takes a simple catch.

    Sri Lanka's innings is going from bad to worse.

  17. Postpublished at 17:37 British Summer Time

    Tash Farrant
    England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    Sri Lanka are still in the game, but we've seen boundaries are real hard to come by on this ground. So, they will want to build this partnership and not want that run rate to edge towards eight or over.

  18. SL 44-3published at 10 overs

    73 needed from 60 balls

    The Sri Lanka batters work Omaima's third over around for five runs as they try to build a platform.

    The players will take drinks - at half way, it feels like Pakistan's game to lose?

    Worm
  19. SL 39-3published at 9 overs

    Almost another wicket!

    Nashra Sandhu comes into the attack with her left-arm spin and Dilhari skews her into mid-wicket before setting off for a run.

    The 23-year-old is sent back by her batting partner, just about beating the throw to the keeper having dived for the crease.

    The required run-rate is now above seven.

  20. SL 35-3published at 8 overs

    Kavisha Dilhari has the difficult task of rebuilding this Sri Lankan innings.

    She joins opener Vishmi Gunaratne, who has 11 from 18, and defends Omaima's final delivery.