Cricket Bloggers of Pakistan

Pakistan Women Cricket team has just trumped a 57-run win over Sri Lanka at the Women’s World Cup in Sydney.

Pakistan totalled 161-7 from their 50 overs and then bowled out Sri Lanka for just 104, with medium-pacer Qanita Jalil taking 3-33 from eight overs.

Sri Lanka never recovered from losing their first three wickets with only 28 on the board and although captain Shashikala Siriwardene made 58 from 11 balls, she lacked the support necessary to steer them towards their target. She was eventually run out by Javeria Khan and the game ended when Sana Mir, who had contributed an unbeaten 22 earlier in the game, had Sripali Weerakkody caught to finish with figures of 2-18.

Pakistan next play England on Thursday in their final first-round fixture

Urooj Mumtaz the captains of Pakistan Womens Cricket team – blog post after the victor in the Girls Aloud Blog

Can I begin by thanking everybody for their comments and messages on my last blog. I read all of your words of encouragement and it was very much appreciated following the disappointment of Saturday’s defeat to India.

Cross posted from Teeth Maestro

by Samad Khurram and Sara Seerat
Published in Daily News (Sri Lanka)

This letter is our expression of deep sorrow and grief at the savage attacks on the Sri Lankan cricket team while they were touring our country. As Pakistani citizens, we are shocked, angered, and greatly embarrassed at being the source of such anxiety to the people of Sri Lanka. There never can be a justification for such horrendous acts of violence, and the Pakistani nation strongly condemns this evil act.

The dastardly attacks were carried out by miscreants who do not share the common values that the peaceful citizens of both Sri Lanka and Pakistan cherish and uphold. Pakistan has been the victim of many terrorist attacks in the last few years, and it is evident that this cowardly act was another attempt to cause increased turmoil and chaos in a country that is already suffering through a period of extreme violence and anarchy.

Darrell Hair, speaking in his capacity as head of the New South Wales Umpires and Scorers Association criticised ICC chief executive Haroon Lorgat’s comments that umpires Simon Taufel and Steve Davis needed to be “more rational” in their assessment of the security at the time of the terrorist attack in Lahore.

Daryl Hair was clearly angry “No one could possibly comprehend the frightening and life threatening nature of the predicament they found themselves in,” he said. “For Lorgat to blandly ask them to be ‘more rational’ I think [smacks of] bullying and they are embarrassed that the full truth of the situation came out into the open.

“I wonder if Lorgat would be making his shallow and insincere comments if it had been he trapped in a hail of bullets and felt abandoned by the very security forces that were supposed to protect them?

“Does someone have to die before ICC even remotely begins to understand the reality of the matter? It’s one thing to provide security and protection but another to actually be secure and protected. Quite simply, ICC and the PCB [Pakistan Cricket Board] totally failed the Sri Lankan players and the umpires, full stop.”