Muneeba hundred, Sandhu four-for crush Ireland

Pakistan 165 for five (Muneeba 102, Dar 33, Kelly 2-27) beat Ireland 95 (Prendergast 31, Richardson 28, Sandhu 4-18) by 70 runs

Fluent Muneeba places on a present

Muneeba was hailed as a prodigy ever since her T20I bow in 2016 however for a very long time she solely confirmed glimpses of her expertise. Ireland, and plenty of of those that watched her on Wednesday, noticed one of the best of the Pakistan opener as she pummelled the bowlers round. Her intent – be it to find boundaries and even in working between the wickets – was there for everybody to see.

Those dismissals had scant impact on Muneeba, who took specific liking to Leah Paul’s left-arm spin. In all, she scored 23 off the 15 balls she confronted from Paul, utilizing her ft to make room and go over the off facet when 4 fielders have been stationed deep on the on facet. She introduced up her fifty off 40 balls and took an extra 26 balls solely to carry up triple figures. She fell within the final ball of the penultimate over however not earlier than making 102 off 68 balls.

Dar makes her presence felt

For a change, Dar had a special position to play with the bat. Often strolling out as Pakistan’s rescuer, she discovered herself within the center within the eighth over when Pakistan have been 55 for two. But an on-song Muneeba made her process simple and, for a change, she might take a again seat.

Sandhu then ran by means of the center order, staving off and dismissing Eimear Richardson who had raced to twenty-eight off 17, to complete along with her career-best 4 for 18. In all, Pakistan’s spinners claimed 9 of the ten wickets to open their match account in model.