Pakistan women to fight for pride in Women’s World Cup:After losing semi-final berth, PAK set to face New Zealand today

Today, New Zealand will face Pakistan in the Women’s ODI World Cup 2025. The match will be played at R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo from 3:00 PM. The toss will be at 2:30 PM. New Zealand’s previous match was cancelled due to rain. The team has won one match and lost two out of four matches. Meanwhile, New Zealand is in 7th position in the points table. On the other hand, Pakistan has not won a single match in this World Cup so far. One of their matches was inconclusive due to rain. The team is at the bottom of the table, i.e., 8th position. New Zealand dominates Pakistan So far, 17 Women’s ODI International matches have been played between New Zealand and Pakistan. In these encounters, New Zealand has had the upper hand, winning 15 matches. Pakistan has won only 2 matches during this period. In the World Cup, both teams have clashed 4 times, and New Zealand has won on all occasions. The last ODI match between the two was played in 2023, when the Pakistan team went on a tour of New Zealand. New Zealand won this three-match series 2-1. Sophie is the tournament’s second top batter New Zealand batter Sophie Devine has scored 260 runs in 4 matches so far in this World Cup. She is the tournament’s second top scorer. Sophie has also scored one century and 2 fifties. In the bowling department, Lea Tahuhu is the team’s top wicket-taker. She has taken 7 wickets in 3 matches. Pakistani Captain: Team’s top wicket-taker Pakistan’s captain, Fatima Sana, is in excellent form. She has taken 9 wickets in 4 matches. Against England, she took 4 wickets for 27 runs. Sidra Ameen has scored the most runs for Pakistan in this tournament. She has scored 116 runs in 4 matches, including one fifty. Team batting first holds the advantage in Colombo So far, 28 Women’s ODIs have been played at the R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. The team batting first won 15 matches, and the team chasing won 10. Meanwhile, 2 matches were inconclusive. 8 matches of this World Cup have been played here. Out of the first 7, three could not yield a result due to rain. Out of the remaining 4 matches, the team batting first won 3 matches. Rain may play spoilsport There is a possibility of rain in Colombo today as well. There is a 57% chance of rain here today. It has been raining continuously here for the past few days. Several matches have also been affected by rain. The maximum temperature can go up to 31 degrees Celsius. Possible Playing-11 for Both Teams New Zealand: Suzie Bates, Georgia Plimmer, Amelia Kerr, Sophie Devine (Captain), Brooke Halliday, Maddy Green, Isabella Gaze (Wicketkeeper), Jess Kerr, Eden Carson, Rosemary Mair and Fran Jonas. Pakistan: Muneeba Ali, Omaima Sohail, Sidra Ameen, Aliya Riaz, Natalia Pervaiz, Fatima Sana (Captain), Sidra Nawaz (Wicketkeeper), Rameen Shamim, Sadia Iqbal, Nashra Sandhu and Diana Baig.