NZ abandonment puts Pakistan on brink of elimination

ICC Women's World Cup, Colombo

Pakistan 92-5 (25 overs): Aliya 28* (52); Tahuhu 2-20

New Zealand: Did not bat

No result

Scorecard, Table

Pakistan are connected nan brink of elimination from nan World Cup aft their lucifer against New Zealand was abandoned because of rain.

The tournament's bottommost broadside are yet to triumph successful 5 games, and suffered their 2nd successive abandonment successful Colombo.

In opposition to nan first abandoned match, wherever they were well placed to hit England, Pakistan were struggling successful this fixture, uncovering themselves astatine 92-5 astatine nan 25-over mark, aft which nan covers came connected for good.

The R. Premadasa Stadium is playing big to each of Pakistan's fixtures and nan mostly of Sri Lanka's, but Colombo has been blighted by rain, pinch this lucifer nan 4th of 9 staged location to neglect to scope a result.

The abandonment intends an India triumph against England connected Sunday will guarantee Pakistan cannot suffice for nan knockout stages contempt having 2 group games near to play.

Even if England are victorious, Pakistan will still request to conclusion some South Africa and Sri Lanka and dream a ample number of fixtures autumn successful their favour.

Meanwhile, New Zealand move level pinch India, who inhabit nan 4th knockout spot, connected 4 points but having played 1 crippled more, pinch nan 2 sides group to meet connected Thursday.

Sophie Devine decided her broadside would vessel aft winning nan toss, and New Zealand removed openers Omaima Sohail and Muneeba Ali successful nan abstraction of 4 balls to time off Pakistan 30-2 successful nan seventh over.

Sidra Amin past trim consecutive to Eden Carson disconnected Lea Tahuhu, pinch nan players coming disconnected for rainfall instantly afterwards.

Resuming aft 90 minutes connected 52-3, Natalia Parvaiz holed retired to Devine disconnected Carson's bowling, while Melie Kerr bowled Fatima Sana.

Aliya Riaz, top-scorer pinch an unbeaten 28, began to rebuild pinch Sidra Nawaz, but nan umpires were forced to telephone nan covers connected again and, aft almost 3 hours of waiting for nan rainfall to subside, nan lucifer was abandoned.

New Zealand skipper Sophie Devine: "We had a small spot of dream seeing nan South Africa crippled nan different time and that they were disconnected nan section for 5 hours and came back. We conscionable needed nan rainfall to clasp of, but didn't hap today.

"It's highly frustrating, let's beryllium honest. You hold 4 years for a World Cup and to person suffer done nan rain.

"I dream successful early editions, they deliberation of playing earlier successful nan day. We person seen nan rainfall comes successful nan evening truthful play astatine 10 aliases 11. For nan game, to beryllium scuppered by rainfall is simply a existent shame for me."

Pakistan skipper Fatima Sana: "We request to amended our batting. We will effort to triumph nan adjacent 2 matches and effort to extremity our tourney connected a precocious note.

"It is tough, because we are not winning. But nan girls our supporting me, and I americium enjoying captaincy."