ISLAMABAD: The top Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) official applauded the skill of the women’s national team on Monday following the first One Day International (ODI) victory against New Zealand in Christchurch in a thrilling super over.
New Zealand won the toss and decided to bat shortly before the beginning of the match. The host team scored 251 runs at the loss of 8 wickets before Pakistan fought back and tied the game.
As the contest went into super over, Pakistan relied on Sadia Iqbal’s brilliant bowling that helped her take two wickets and lead her team to victory by 3 runs.
“I want to congratulate the entire squad, team management and support personnel for completing the tour to New Zealand with great success,” PCB management committee’s chairman Zaka Ashraf said in a statement. “Today’s ODI win is a testament to the skills and dedication of the players.”
“I hope the team continues to give their best and bring similar results in the future as well,” he added.
Ashraf said PCB would host a special ceremony to celebrate the performance of Pakistan women’s team upon their return from New Zealand.
Pakistan are now ranked number two in the ICC Women’s Championship 2022-25 with 16 points, just behind top-placed Australia.
Earlier, Pakistan won the three-match T20I series 2-1 to become the first Asian side to defeat New Zealand in a T20I series.
Pakistan’s top cricket official hails women’s team for historic super over win against New Zealand
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Pakistan’s top cricket official hails women’s team for historic super over win against New Zealand
- New Zealand won the toss and scored 251 at the loss of 8 wickets against Pakistan after deciding to bat first
- Sadia Iqbal’s brilliant bowling in the super over helped her take two wickets and led her team to victory by 3 runs
At least 42 civilians killed in Afghanistan in conflict with Pakistan, UN agency says
- Civilian casualties include those caused by indirect fire, airstrikes, says UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan
- Conflict was sparked last Thursday after Afghan forces said were retaliation for Pakistani airstrikes earlier this month
KABUL/ISLAMABAD: At least 42 civilians have been killed and 104 wounded in Afghanistan in the fighting with Pakistan between February 26 and March 2, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) said on Tuesday, as the military conflict between the neighbors entered its sixth day.
Military tensions between the South Asian nations remained high on Tuesday, with Afghanistan saying it had captured another Pakistani post in the Kandahar region and the fighting between the allies-turned-foes was “still ongoing.”
“The civilian casualties include those caused by indirect fire in cross-border clashes...as well as those caused by airstrikes,” the UN agency said, adding that the numbers were “preliminary.”
The conflict — the worst between the countries in years — was sparked last week by what Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers said were retaliatory strikes on Pakistani installations in response to Pakistan’s targeting of militants in Afghanistan.
Afghanistan says Pakistani forces targeted its civilians, a charge Islamabad denies.
Islamabad has launched air-to-ground missiles at Taliban military sites over the last week, and even directly targeted the Taliban government for the first time over allegations it harbors militants executing attacks on Pakistan from its soil.
Pakistani forces destroyed a military base in Nangarhar province of Afghanistan in a successful air operation, Pakistani security sources said on Tuesday.
UNAMA CALLS FOR HALT TO FIGHTING
Both sides have claimed to have killed scores of troops of the other and inflicted heavy damage on military facilities since the fighting began.
Reuters has not been able to verify the numbers.
Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari, while addressing a joint session of parliament on Monday, reiterated that Islamabad would not allow territory in its neighborhood to be used for attacks against it.
“The soil of Pakistan is sacred. We will not allow any entity — domestic or foreign — to use neighboring territory to destabilize our peace,” he said.
UNAMA called for a halt to the fighting and warned that the violence, which has displaced an estimated 16,400 households, has worsened the situation of Afghanistan’s people who were still recovering from successive earthquakes in August and September that killed more than 1,400 people.
“Restrictions on movements in the border area due to the active conflict have reduced the capacity of humanitarian agencies and partners to deliver life-saving and other assistance in the most-affected areas,” it said.
