Pakistan women’s cricket team is playing the World Cup qualifiers, and they have started well. Fatima Sana, being the team captain, led the side well, dominating the first match.
Meanwhile, Fatima Sana is confident about playing against the West Indies. Fatima, who has done well with both the bat and ball, knows that West Indies do possess a major challenge for the team in green.
Good Start To Women’s World Cup Qualifier Campaign
As the host of the tournament, Pakistan has started well at their home grounds. The first match was against Ireland, which Pakistan won by 38 runs.
For their second match, though, Pakistan went up against Scotland, and they won again by 6 wickets. It was a confident win in both of the games, under Fatima Sana’s captaincy.
Fatima took 4 wickets in the game against Scotland and made the win easier. It was due to the effort from Fatima that Scotland could only put 186 runs on the board.
Fatima Sana View After The Two Wins
The captain of Pakistan, Fatima, looks more than excited with the team’s performance. Addressing the media, Fatima stated that the team had done well and all of the players had contributed to the win.
Moving forward, the games are going to be tight, and more intensity will be required. Despite being injured, Fatima said that she had to perform well and provide the team with confidence.
Fatima Sana is confident about playing against the West Indies even though she had a minor injury in the game against Scotland. Sana also clarified that the death bowling has been better, and that is a good sign.
Recent Performance of West Indies
Fatima Sana is confident to play against West Indies, but the form of the team in maroon has been a mixed bag.
In the first game against Scotland, West Indies lost by 11 runs. West Indies couldn’t chase the target of 245, even though they had a good batting lineup.
Even in the second game against the Ireland team, the West Indies struggled to pile up big runs, but they had good bowlers.
It was a close win for West Indies as they defeated Scotland by 6 runs in the penultimate over. Besides Hayley Matthews, other players need to step up if the West Indies are to beat Pakistan.
Pakistan Takes On West Indies
Two of the strongest teams of Women’s World Cup Qualifier 2026, Pakistan and West Indies, will battle it out against each other on 14th April 2025.
The game is all set to be played at Lahore, and it is a beautiful batting deck. As both of the teams have greater bowling attacks, expect a good game of cricket.
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