Published on 12:57 PM, September 26, 2014

Bangladesh women win silver in Asian Games cricket

Bangladesh women win silver in Asian Games cricket

Nuzhat Tasnia of Bangladesh (L) takes out Bismah Maroof of Pakistan during the cricket women's final match between Pakistan and Bangladesh. Photo taken from Asian Games website
Nuzhat Tasnia of Bangladesh (L) takes out Bismah Maroof of Pakistan during the cricket women's final match between Pakistan and Bangladesh. Photo taken from Asian Games website

Bangladesh women won the silver after losing to Pakistan by four runs in the final of the Asian Games Women’s Cricket today.
Pakistan women put up a total of 97 runs on the board after choosing to bat first at Incheon of South Korea.
The match was later shortened due to rain and the Bangladesh women were set a target of 43 runs within seven overs by Duckworth-Lewis method.
Bangladesh women lost nine wickets to manage 38 runs within the allotted overs.
Rumana Ahmed and Farhana Hoque were the highest run scorers at 10 runs each. Sana Mir, sadia Yousuf and Nida Dar claimed two witckets each for Pakistan.