BD women win against Scotland

Bangladesh women’s cricket team has defeated Scotland by nine wickets in the Commonwealth Games qualifier in Malaysia on Sunday.

Scotland won the toss and elected to bat first at Kinrara Academy Oval Kuala Lumpur but they found it difficult to negotiate the Bangladesh bowlers.

Only Sarah Bryce scored 29 runs, rest of the batters struggled to score and they were folded for 77 runs in 17.3 overs.

Salma Khatun, Suraiya Azmin, Nahida Akter and Sanjida Akter Meghla; all took two wickets each.

In reply, Bangladesh lost Shamima Sultana in the very first ball but Murshida Khatun and Fargana Haque steered the team to victory without allowing any more damage.

Murshida was not out for 50 runs and Fargana was unbeaten on 20 runs.

Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, both the teams have now secured six points each. Today they will lock horns for the ultimate prize which is a spot in the Commonwealth Games 2022, scheduled to take place at Birmingham.

Bangladesh skipper Nigar Sultana was impressed with her team’s all-round display.

“After Scotland built a partnership, we didn’t panic. We were strict with our own plan. We knew we could break the partnership,” she said.

Player-of-the-match Murshida revealed her simple game plan after Bangladesh lost a wicket of the first ball of their chase. “Until the end, don’t lose my wicket,” she said.