The sixteenth match of the ICC Girls’s World Cup 2025 between England and Pakistan on the R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo led to a no end result on Wednesday, after fixed showers interrupted play a number of occasions. This grew to become the third match of the event and the third in Colombo, to be washed out because of rain, following the deserted Sri Lanka-Australia fixture and Tuesday’s Sri Lanka-New Zealand recreation, which additionally led to a no end result.
Heading into the competition, England have been unbeaten and sitting comfortably on the prime of the desk, whereas Pakistan have been determined for a win to maintain their semi-final hopes alive. Pakistan captain Fatima Sana received the toss and elected to subject first, and her bowlers dismantled England’s prime order in useful seam circumstances.
England’s batting, which had seemed shaky in earlier video games, was uncovered as soon as once more. Fatima led from the entrance with a sensational spell of 4 for 27, troubling the English batters. Diana Baig and Sadia Iqbal offered sensible help, chipping in with wickets to place England to 78 for 7 inside 25 overs.
Heather Knight (18) and Nat Sciver-Brunt (4) did not stabilize the innings, whereas Tammy Beaumont (4) and Amy Jones (8) fell early. The decrease order gave some struggle, with Charlie Dean top-scoring with 33 and Emily Arlott including 18, serving to the crew attain 133 for 9 of their allotted 31 overs after the match was diminished because of an earlier rain delay.
Chasing a revised goal of 113 in 31 overs, the Girls in Blue acquired off to a flying begin. Openers Omaima Sohail (19 not out) and Muneeba Ali (9 not out) seemed comfy towards the English bowlers, including 34 runs in simply 6.4 overs. The duo put Pakistan properly forward of the DLS par rating when the rain returned.
The downpour confirmed no indicators of relenting. Regardless of repeated efforts by the bottom workers to get the sport restarted, the umpires have been ultimately compelled to name off the match, with two groups sharing a degree every. The one level gained hasn’t made a lot change to the desk, as England nonetheless maintain the pole place with seven factors, whereas Pakistan are languishing on the backside with a single level to their title.
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