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Quadrangular Series: Pakistan Women beat Ireland by 9 wickets

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Pakistan Women won the 2011 Women's Quadrangular Series in Sri Lanka.

Pakistan beat Ireland by nine wickets as they chased a target of 69 runs in 13.3 overs. In the match, Pakistan Women won the toss and opted to field first in the match at the Thurstan College Ground in Colombo. The match was hampered due to rain as the overs were reviled from 50 to 23 overs.The green shirts bowled the Ireland side out at 68 runs in 22.1 over. All six bowlers took wickets while Bismah Maroof took four wickets for Pakistan.Pakistan was off to a rough start as they lost the first wicket at 13 runs in the third over but all the woes ended there. A superb partnership of Javeria Khan and Bismah Maroof who scored 47 runs and 12 runs respectively gave Pakistan the win as they successfully chased the target in 13.3 overs at the loss of just one wicket.Pakistan finished on top of the table in the Quadrangular series after the nine wicket win over Ireland while Sri Lanka women finished second after an eight-wicket win over Netherlands women at the Nondescripts Cricket Club Ground.
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