PAKW vs SLW Team Previews

Pakistan Women

The Pakistan women's cricket team skipper Bismah Maroof will be confident about the prospects of her team in this match. In the last game, these two countries played, the Sri Lankan women's team was clinically outclassed by Pakistan women and so the momentum is with Pakistan women. The Pakistani women's bowling attack especially has been in great touch throughout the competition. Maroof will be keen to exploit these positive developments for her side and convert them into a win in this knockout match of the Asia Cup 2022.

As far as the Pakistan opening stand is concerned, they will be keeping their faith in Muneeba Ali and Sidra Ameen to deliver the goods again in this crucial game. These two can take the game away from the opposition right at the top and place a team in a comfortable position. In the middle order, the skipper Maroof adds solidity to the Pakistan batting lineup. She will be looking to add some quick runs in the middle order together with Nida Dar and Omaima Sohail. Ayesha Naseem and Aliya Riaz will be providing additional depth to the batting order.

But it was the Pakistan women's bowling attack that troubled the Sri Lankan women the most in the last game. The new ball bowlers for Pakistan, Aiman Anwar, and Sadia Iqbal will be looking for a similar performance in this game as they did in the earlier one. The bowler that will be confident in this match will be Omaima Sohail due to her 5-wicket haul in the last game. Pakistan women's team will be expecting another great performance from her. There are other bowlers in the team as well that make up for a solid bowling line-up such as Nida Dar and Tuba Hassan.

Sri Lanka Women

On the other hand, the Sri Lankan skipper Chamari Atapattu will be looking to push aside the defeat in the last match against their Asian rivals. We have observed similar things to have happened in the past where the batting line-up of great teams collapsed in crucial games. Atapattu is the sort of player that likes leading the team from the front. She will have to goad the side into playing out of their skins to try and beat this opposition that is currently on a roll. If they can win this game, it means an entry into the finals of Asia Cup 2022 which will be for the first time after 2008.

The batter that has been in good nick for Sri Lanka women is Harshitha Madavi. She will have to set up a huge opening wicket stand with the Sri Lankan captain Chamari Atapattu right up front. The rest of the Sri Lankan batting order has performed inconsistently in the tournament. They will need their main batters such as Nilakshi de Silva, Anushka Sanjeewani, and Kavisha Dilhari to come good in the match. As far as the lower middle order is concerned, they will look for Oshadi Ranasinghe and Malsha Shahani to contribute some crucial runs for them.

As far as the Sri Lankan women's bowling attack is concerned, Oshadi Ranasinghe and Sugandika Kumari will have to give their team early breakthroughs to get into a comfortable position in the match. Achini Kulasuriya has succeeded in troubling Pakistani women. This same thing can be expected from her again in this match. Kavisha Dilhari, Atapattu, and Inoka Ranaweera have to bowl tightly and also try to pick the odd wicket or two because the Pakistani women's cricket team has a lot of depth in their batting order.