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Pakistan’s final Women’s World Cup encounter against Sri Lanka ends in washout
Pakistan’s final Women’s World Cup encounter against Sri Lanka ended in a washout at the R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on Friday.
The Green Shirts end their World Cup campaign second from the bottom on the table with three points and a negative net run rate of 2.65.
Rains had delayed the toss and after Pakistan were put into bat almost two hours later and with the match reduced to 34 overs, Fatima Sana’s side had reached 18-0 in 4.2 when further rains proved decisive in effecting a washout.
Openers Muneeba Ali was on seven and Omaima Sohail on nine when they returned to the dugout before Fatima and her Sri Lankan counterpart Chamari Athapaththu, along with the match officials, decided that the match should be called off.
Fatima’s side had crashed out of the race for the semi-finals on Tuesday after a crushing 150-run defeat (DLS method) to South Africa in their penultimate match of the league stage.
Left-arm spinner Sadia Iqbal also lamented the inclement weather at the pre-match press conference.
“Yeah, it’s been quite difficult because many of our matches were affected by rain. That made things a little tough for us, but we’ll still try to give our best in the upcoming matches,” Sadia said at the R. Premadasa Stadium on Thursday.
Teams:
Pakistan: Omaima Sohail, Muneeba Ali (wicket-keeper), Sidra Amin, Aliya Riaz, Natalia Pervaiz, Fatima Sana (captain), Eyman Fatima, Rameen Shamim, Syeda Aroob Shah, Nashra Sandhu, and Sadia Iqbal.
Sri Lanka: Vishmi Gunaratne, Chamari Athapaththu (capt), Hasini Perera, Harshitha Samarawickrama, Kavisha Dilhari, Nilakshika Silva, Anushka Sanjeewani (wk), Sugandika Kumari, Dewmi Vihanga, Malki Madara, and Inoka Ranaweera.
Sports
Indian man arrested over alleged inappropriate conduct towards Australian women cricketers in Madhya Pradesh
Indian police have arrested a man accused of stalking and inappropriately touching two Australian cricketers participating in the ICC Women’s World Cup in Madhya Pradesh, officials said on Saturday.
The incident happened in the central Indian city of Indore on Thursday morning when the two players left their hotel to go to a cafe, a day after Australia’s six-wicket victory over England in the group stage of the World Cup, when they were allegedly approached by a motorcyclist.
“The security officers of the women’s Australian cricket team filed a complaint that two members of the team faced inappropriate behaviour,” additional deputy commissioner of police, Rajesh Dandotiya, told Indian news agency ANI.
“A FIR (first information report) was registered, and the accused was identified and arrested following an intensive strategic operation.”
He has been charged under sections 74 and 78 of the criminal code that deal with assault or using criminal force against a woman with the intent to outrage her modesty and stalking, respectively. “We are examining if there were any shortfalls in the security protocols,” Dandotiya added.
Violence against women remains a chronic issue in the world’s most populous country, where an average of nearly 90 rapes a day were reported in 2022.
Dandotiya said the 30-year-old man who was arrested has a criminal record.
The two players were not identified by Indian police or Cricket Australia, which confirmed the incident.
“The matter was reported by team security to police, who are handling the matter,” Cricket Australia said in a statement.
Board of Control for Cricket in India Secretary Devajit Saikia said it was a “deeply regrettable and isolated incident.
“We appreciate the swift and effective action taken by the Madhya Pradesh Police in apprehending the accused. The law will take its due course to ensure justice is served,” Saikia said.
“We will also review our existing safety protocols and strengthen them further, if necessary, to ensure such incidents are not repeated.”
The Times of India newspaper reported that the team’s security manager received a distress message from one of the cricketers that said “… there is a guy following us trying to grab us”.
Team officials were informed and went to their location to assist the players, the paper said.
A police patrol then escorted the players safely back to the team’s hotel.
India has made strides towards gender equality and women’s empowerment in recent years but safety for women remains a serious concern.
Sports
Cricket Australia says two Women’s World Cup members were ‘touched inappropriately’ in India: report
Two members of the Australian Women’s World Cup cricket team were reportedly “touched inappropriately” while walking in India, ABC News reported on Saturday.
In a statement, Cricket Australia said the duo were walking to a cafe in Indore when they were approached by someone on a motorcycle, the news outlet added.
India are one of the two co-hosts of the ICC Women’s World Cup, along with Sri Lanka.
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