Hamilton, March 13 : Pakistan and Bangladesh have the opportunity to get points on the board when they meet in the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup match at the Seddon Park on March 14. The two Asian sides and the defending champions England are the only three teams that are yet to register a win in the 2022 World Cup. Either Pakistan or Bangladesh will be able to open their account following their clash, and whoever does will have their slim hopes alive of finishing in the top four of the World Cup’s group stage. The Bismah Maroof-led Pakistan pushed South Africa close in Mount Maunganui last time out, putting in an improved show from the heavy defeats to India and Australia earlier in the group stage. The loss to South Africa showed Pakistan the importance of winning the key moments. “We have talked in meetings about key moments in these crucial matches and I think we fought really hard to try and win the match, but yes the key moments we lost,” Maroof said. “I think South Africa deserved to win and yes credit to batters as well – we had good partnerships in the middle as well. “There are positives we can take into the next game, especially batting where we built those partnerships. We’re looking forward to our next match against Bangladesh, and we’ll try to win every match we have left at the tournament.” Bangladesh have had a week to wait between matches after a brace of early losses to South Africa and New Zealand. The Tigers will be looking for a positive performance after going winless since arriving in New Zealand, having also lost both of their warm-up games prior to the tournament. One of those warm-up defeats was against Pakistan, where Nigar Sultana’s side snatched defeat from the jaws of victory in a rain-hit match with a fragile batting line-up struggling badly.
with agency inputs
