PAK-W end Women's World Cup without a win in their kitty
SL-W, PAK-W match was a washout in Colombo
IND-W already qualified for the semis after their win over NZ-W
Pakistan and Sri Lanka's ICC Women's Cricket World Cup 2025 campaign has come to an end after their final league stage match against one another got abandoned due to excessive rain in Colombo. Both the sides were looking to conclude the tournament with a victory but weather gods had other plans.
The two teams, who exited the World Cup after disappointing starts, shared a point each in Colombo and will finish at the bottom half of the table.
The match between Pakistan and Sri Lanka was scheduled for a 3:00PM start but was delayed due to rain. When the clouds cleared, the toss took place and Chamari Athapaththu's side were bowling first in Colombo.
However, midway through the 3rd over, rain came down ferociously and the Umpires, after waiting for almost an hour, decided to call the match off.
Pakistan will be particularly disappointed with the outcome as they were hoping claim their first victory of the Women's World Cup against Sri Lanka. The Women in Green will finish their campaign in the 7th position with 3 points after enduring 4 losses and seeing the other 3 matches get washed out completely.
Sri Lanka did win a game against Bangladesh but they will be equally frustrated with the way things panned out, losing 3 matches and also seeing 3 turning out to be washouts. The Lankans could have a 5th place finish in the table with 5 points, only if England are able to beat New Zealand on Sunday.
Catch the ball-by-ball commentary from the PAK-W vs SL-W match right here:
Pakistan Vs Sri Lanka, ICC Women’s World Cup 2025: Toss Update
Chamari Athapaththu won the toss and asked Pakistan to bat first in Colombo
Pakistan Vs Sri Lanka, ICC Women’s World Cup 2025: Playing XIs
Pakistan XI: Muneeba Ali (W), Omaima Sohail, Sidra Amin, Aliya Riaz, Natalia Pervaiz, Fatima Sana (C), Eyman Fatima, Syeda Aroob Shah, Rameen Shamim, Nashra Sandhu, Sadia Iqbal
Sri Lanka XI: Vishmi Gunaratne, Chamari Athapaththu(c), Hasini Perera, Harshitha Samarawickrama, Kavisha Dilhari, Nilakshi de Silva, Anushka Sanjeewani(w), Dewmi Vihanga, Sugandika Kumari, Malki Madara, Inoka Ranaweera
Sri Lanka are sixth in the table with four points and a net run rate (NRR) of -1.035. India’s 53-run win over New Zealand ended Sri Lanka’s hopes of progression. Despite their last-over win against Bangladesh, the Lankans needed results elsewhere to go their way to keep them in mathematical contention, which proved not to be the case.
Pakistan, meanwhile, are yet to win a single match in the tournament and sit at the bottom of the table with two points. The Women in Green will hope to go out on a high with an unlikely win over the home side.
Pakistan Vs Sri Lanka, ICC Women’s World Cup 2025: Full Squads
Pakistan: Muneeba Ali, Omaima Sohail, Sidra Amin, Aliya Riaz, Natalia Pervaiz, Sidra Nawaz (wk), Fatima Sana (c), Rameen Shamim, Diana Baig, Nashra Sandhu, Sadia Iqbal, Syeda Aroob Shah, Sadaf Shamas, Eyman Fatima, Shawaal Zulfiqar.
Sri Lanka: Vishmi Gunaratne, Chamari Athapaththu (c), Hasini Perera, Harshitha Samarawickrama, Kavisha Dilhari, Nilakshi de Silva, Anushka Sanjeewan (wk), Sugandika Kumari, Udeshika Prabodhani, Malki Madara, Inoka Ranaweera, Piumi Wathsala Badalge, Achini Kulasuriya, Imesha Dulani, Dewmi Vihanga.
