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Pakistan women survive Thailand scare to make Asian Games semi-finals

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Sport, D. (2026, September 17). Pakistan women survive Thailand scare to make Asian Games semi-finals. Dawn. https://www.dawn.com/news/2030614/pakistan-women-survive-thailand-scare-to-make-asian-games-semi-finals

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Pakistan's women's cricket team narrowly defeated Thailand in the Asian Games quarter-final on Thursday at Korogi Sports Park in Japan. After rain delays, Thailand scored 91 runs in their allotted 11 overs, with Nannapat Koncharoenkai contributing significantly. Despite losing seven wickets and facing a scare, Pakistan managed to secure victory by three wickets, finishing on 94-7 when the last ball was bowled. Fatima Sana's crucial 21 runs off 13 balls were pivotal in guiding her team to a tense win that advances them to the semi-finals.
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On Thursday at Korogi Sports Park in Nisshin, Japan, Pakistan narrowly won their quarter-final match against Thailand in the Asian Games Women’s Cricket Competition by three wickets. The game was shortened to 11 overs due to rain delays, with Thailand scoring 91 runs. Pakistan managed to reach the target with only two balls remaining after losing seven wickets along the way. Captain Fatima Sana scored 21 off 13 balls, while Shawal Zulfiqar contributed 25 off 14 balls at the start of the innings. Thailand’s Nannapat Koncharoenkai was dismissed for 49 runs off 38 balls, narrowly missing a half-century, ending Pakistan's victory hopes.

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🔮 Sri Lanka, who had chased 430 against England in the league stage, will rue the missed chances — two lives for Fakhar, a dropped catch and a boundary conceded at deep cover — and a death-overs collapse with the bat that left them just short of a total that might have been enough.
🔮 The hosts will be looking to make home advantage count after qualifying for the final with three successive victories.
🔮 “They haven’t performed like that in this series, but tomorrow is the final and we hope that they will
🔮 Pakistan Super League (PSL) franchises will be allowed to retain a maximum of seven players, including their direct signing, for the 12th edition of the tournament, but any side exercising the full retention allowance will have to release a player from the highest price tier of the previous auction into the general player pool.
🔮 The hosts will need a substantial improvement from their leading batters to avoid a repeat against the Islanders, who chased down the target with more than 30 overs to spare.
🔮 According to an ICC media released issued on Wednesday, Haris was found to be in breach of Level 1 of the code for appealing for a wide from the n0n-striker’s end in the 46th over and argued with England all-rounder Will Jacks after it was denied.
🔮 The PCB statement did not specify how long Saim would spend playing domestic cricket or provide details of any future selection plans.
🔮 In another post, the board wrote: “THE MOST STAGGERING COMEBACK YOU WILL EVER SEE!”
🔮 England then lost Will Jacks (13) to Razaullah, who took a sharp return catch for his maiden ODI wicket, while Liam Dawson (five) fell to another short ball, caught by Shadab at deep square leg.
🔮 Pakistan’s second match against England in the ongoing tri-nation series is underway, and while fans will take heart from the spirited fielding effort shown by Pakistan so far, it is not the only thing of note about the fixture.
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Pakistan GPE · 12× Thailand GPE · 6× Fatima PERSON · 4× Koncharoenkai PERSON · 3× Shawal PERSON · 3× Gul PERSON · 2× Gul Feroza PERSON · 2× Kamchomphu PERSON · 2× Tuba Hassan PERSON · 2× Umm-e-Hani PERSON · 2×

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Nauremol Chaiwai smoked Nashra Sandhu for a six and a four before falling to her on the next ball, getting caught by Fatima. It was the skipper only who finally dismissed Koncharoenkai in the last over of the shortened innings, trapping her lbw on a 38-ball-49, the batter narrowly missing out on a half-century.
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🔮 Phannita Maya was retired out on a 16-ball-15.

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Pakistan survived a serious scare to win the quarter-final of the Asian Games Women’s Cricket Competition against Thailand by three wickets at the Korogi Sports Park in Nisshin, Japan on Thursday. asserted
Pakistan → survive → Thursday
Put in to bat by Pakistan, Thailand posted 91 runs in the designated 11 overs following rain delay before Pakistan went deep and left only two balls to spare as they crossed the finish line. asserted
they → Put → line
Fatima Sana’s side had also lost seven wickets in the process and it was the captain’s 21 off 13 after opener Shawal Zulfiqar’s 25 off 14 that kept Pakistan in the game, despite the usually talismanic Fatima losing her wicket before finishing the job. asserted
Fatima → lose → job
Thailand had got off to a brisk start, scoring 41 runs in the powerplay on the back of a productive 24 off 22 balls from Nannapat Koncharoenkai. asserted
Thailand → get → Koncharoenkai
Fatima had drawn first blood with the ball, dismissing Natthakan Chantham for six runs. asserted
Fatima → draw → runs
Koncharoenkai took the attack to Tuba Hassan and Umm-e-Hani, hitting the latter for 14 runs off the eighth over. asserted
Koncharoenkai → take → over
A dropped catch by wicket-keeper Gul Feroza and lapses in the field aided Thailand as they raced to 72 off 9 overs. asserted
they → drop → overs
Phannita Maya was retired out on a 16-ball-15. asserted
Maya → retire → ball-15
Nauremol Chaiwai smoked Nashra Sandhu for a six and a four before falling to her on the next ball, getting caught by Fatima. It was the skipper only who finally dismissed Koncharoenkai in the last over of the shortened innings, trapping her lbw on a 38-ball-49, the batter narrowly missing out on a half-century. asserted
batter → smoke → century
Shawal starts strong asserted
Shawal → start → ?
Shawal, and fellow opener Gul Feroza, gave Pakistan a strong start to the chase, scoring two boundaries in the first over. asserted
Shawal → give → over
She followed it up with a six off Maya’s bowling in the second. asserted
She → follow → second
Both Gul and Shawaal were dropped in the third and fourth overs respectively, but the openers kept the scoreboard ticking before Shawal was caught and bowled by Onnicha Kamchomphu, who took a well-judged catch. asserted
who → drop → catch
Ayesha Zafar came out to bat at one-drop, and was dismissed almost immediately, falling in the next over to Suleeporn Laomi, with Thailand pulling back some control as Pakistan finished the fifth over at 39-2. asserted
Pakistan → come → 2
Kamchomphu picked up her second wicket as Gul was stumped by keeper Koncharoenkai, with Pakistan finding themselves in a serious wobble at 43-3, which turned into 47-4 as the experienced Aliya Riaz went boundary-and-out in the same over. asserted
Riaz → pick → over
Thailand conceded just one run in the seventh over, tightening their grip on the match as Pakistan ominously sunk further. asserted
Pakistan → concede → match
Fatima, batting at number four, then reeled back momentum by hitting Kamchomphu for three fours and a six in the ninth over, joined by a six off the batting of Eyman Fatima. asserted
Fatima → bat → Fatima
The captain fell on the first ball of the following over, and was followed by Eyman in the next as Pakistan again found themselves in some bother at 76-7. asserted
Pakistan → fall → 7
A six and a four off Sunida Chaturongrattana’s bowling by Tuba Hassan took the equation to less than run-a-ball for Pakistan, and following her dismissal to the same bowler, Umm-e-Hani and Eman Naseer took Pakistan over the line in the last over. asserted
Hani → take → over
Pakistan will take on the winners of tomorrow’s quarter-final clash between Malaysia and Sri Lanka. asserted
Pakistan → take → Malaysia
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