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

Live Reporting

by Mike Peter & Timothy Abraham

  1. Henry Moeran
    Test Match Special commentator on BBC Sounds

    Pakistan have lost three wickets inside the powerplay and Sri Lanka fans are very happy to see that.

  2. wicket

    WICKET

    Amin c & b Chamari 12 (Pak 32-3)

    Amin falls for 12

    Chamari Athapaththu bowls the final over of the first powerplay for Sri Lanka and bags herself a wicket with her fourth ball!

    Sidra Amin attempts to go big down the ground, but instead hits it high into the night sky. Chamari calls her for the catch and comfortably takes.

    She raises her hands aloft and points to skywards in celebration.

  3. Daniel Norcross
    Test Match Special commentator on BBC Sounds

    The fielder can't cut it off! That was a fine shot from Sidra Ameen as she strikes it square of the wicket

  4. Pak 29-2

    Sidra Amin was unable to connect with a sweep slog earlier in Inoshi Fernando's over, but off the final delivery of it she sweetly connects and the ball races away to the square leg boundary for four.

    That made a lovely sound off the bat.

  5. Pak 21-2

    Off-spinner Inoshi Fernando into the attack for Sri Lanka. A big heave-ho from Sidra Amin to her second ball but she does quite not connect.

  6. Daniel Norcross
    Test Match Special commentator on BBC Sounds

    Muneeba Ali is gone to the delight of Sugandika Kumari, who kicks the air with joy! That was a thick edge, you could probably hear it from the stump mic.

  7. wicket

    WICKET

    Muneeba c Sanjeewani b Kumari 11 (Pak 17-2)

    Sugandika removes Muneeba for 11

    A big loss for Pakistan as Muneeba Ali throws her hands at an arm ball from Sugandika Kumari and ends up edging to the gloves Anushka Sanjeewani.

    The Sri Lanka wicketkeeper fumbled the ball initially but managed to grab it at the second attempt.

  8. How's stat?!

    With her third run Sidra Amin has become the sixth player to reach 1,000 runs in women’s T20 internationals for Pakistan.

  9. Pak 14-1

    The sun has quickly disappeared and the floodlights are taking over at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium as Muneeba Ali and Sidra Amin work Udeshika Prabodani around the rest of the over.

  10. Daniel Norcross
    Test Match Special commentator on BBC Sounds

    That's been wonderfully hauled away. She's walloped that from outside off-stump and it's our first six of the tournament!

  11. 6 runs

    Pak 12-1

    Muneeba hits first six of the tournament

    Boom!

    First six of the tournament from Muneeba Ali as she crisply heaves Udeshika Prabodhani over the ropes for a maximum.

  12. Daniel Norcross
    Test Match Special commentator on BBC Sounds

    A big edge, and taken! Feroza goes and Sri Lanka have made an early breakthrough.

  13. wicket

    WICKET

    Feroza c Sanjeewani b Kumari 2 (Pak 6-1)

    Kumari takes Sri Lanka's first wicket

    Left-arm spinner Sugandika Kumari, round the wicket, bowls the second over strikes with the final ball of it.

    Gull Feroza dances down the track and has a bit heave but edges it through to Sri Lanka wicketkeeper Anushka Sanjeewani, who was primed for the stumping if there had not been a chunk of bat on it.

    The ideal start for Sri Lanka.

  14. Tash Farrant
    England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    Dew will undoubtedly play a factor in the field. The outfield has been slow today and it made the boundaries hard to come by. You'll have to be hitting the ball with some power if you want to get the boundaries today.

  15. Pak 4-0

    A tidy start from Udeshika Prabodhani for Sri Lanka, who finds some movement through the air.

    Muneeba Ali dabs her fourth ball through the covers for a couple of runs as a musical band blares out from inside the stands.

  16. Muneeba Ali and Gull Feroza will open for Pakistan.

    Left-arm seamer Udeshika Prabodhani with the first over.

  17. The teams

    Pakistan XI: Muneeba Ali, (wicketkeeper), Gull Feroza, Sidra Amin, Nida Dar. Aliya Riaz, Sana Khan (captain), Tuba Hassan, Nashra Sundhu, Sadia Iqbal, Diana Baig, Omaima Sohail

    Sri Lanka XI: Vishmi Gunarathne, Chamari Athapaththu (captain), Harshitha Madhavi, Kavisha Dilhari, Nilakshika Silva, Hasini Perera, Anushka Sanjeewani (wicketkeeper), Sugandika Kumari, Inoshi Fernando, Sachini Nisansala, Udeshika Prabodani

  18. Henry Moeran
    Test Match Special commentator on BBC Sounds

    We're post-work time now here in Sharjah so it looks like there will be a promising crowd attending.

  19. Ball-by-ball coverage of Pakistan series

    BBC Test Match Special

    Some most excellent news to bring you.

    The BBC has secured the radio rights for England's forthcoming men's Test series in Pakistan.

    As well as ball-by-ball commentary from all three Tests there will be a daily podcast on BBC Sounds as well as extensive coverage on the BBC Sport website and app.

    The TMS commentary team in Pakistan will be led by Jonathan Agnew with Aatif Nawaz and Simon Mann. Former England players Steven Finn and Alex Hartley will among the expert summarisers along with former Pakistan captain Ramiz Raja. Andy Zaltzman will be the scorer with BBC Sport's chief cricket writer Stephan Shemilt also on site.

    The first Test starts in Multan on 7 October at 06:00 BST

  20. 'Playing good cricket'

    Sri Lanka skipper Chamari Athapaththu: "Are in our some of our best form? Yes definitely. But it's a fresh game, a new game, and we must focus on that.

    "We would have bowled first if he had won the toss so good for us. We are playing good cricket the last few months and wan to continue that. If we can restrict them to 130 we'll do well."