Match Summary – Day 2 of Thailand Women’s T20 Smash 2019

 

After a good start on the first day of Women Smash  T20 2019, it was now the 2nd day which saw  some good play between the competing  teams.

The four matches played today were:

Match Summary - Day 2 of Thailand Women's T20 Smash 2019

1. Malaysia  Women vs  Nepal Women

2. Myanmar  Women  vs  Indonesia  Women

3. Bhutan  Women  vs  Hong  Kong  Women

4. UAE  Women  vs  China  Women

1. Malaysia  Women  vs  Nepal  Women – 9:30 (local time) at  Terdthai  Cricket  Ground,Bangkok

NEPAL WOMEN WON BY 6 WICKETS

Malaysia  Women  won  the toss and elected  to bat  first.They couldn’t give a good target to the Nepal Women and  made  an easily achievable  total of 61 in  20 overs.Malaysia  Women started off  with a sudden  blow , having lost their first wicket very early;1-5,  after which there was a bit of a stability ,still a lot of struggle period for the team trying to sustain. Post a small struggle facing the Malaysian bowlers, the innings ended very early which marked quick falling of wickets later on.SR Magar once again snatched the match with a complete dominance with her bowling(3.3 overs ,11 runs,4 wickets).Nepal women did achieve the target comfortably but received a good competition from the opponent who tried to defend the score.Nepal Women hence ended up having a great win and a good going  in the tournament.Nepal ended the match with a score of 62/4 in 16.2 overs.

2. Myanmar Women vs Indonesia Women – 9:30 (local time) at Asian Institute of Technology,Bangok

INDONESIA WOMEN WON BY 52 RUNS

Indonesia  Women won the toss and elected to bat first.They were able to put up a considerable score of 102 at a loss of 8 wickets in 20 overs for the Myanmar women to chase.This  was  still a good score and a favourable batting performance by them as compared to few other team performances uptill now.Myanmar Women on the other side tried their level best till the end of the innings but got all out 0n 50 in 19.1 overs.They  weren’t  able to manage and  strategize the partnerships and so faced huge  difficulties  in maintaing  a good run rate which would have given them a more competitive edge throughout .

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3. Bhutan Women vs Hong kong Women – 13:30 (local time) at Terdthai Cricket Ground ,Bangkok

HONG KONG WOMEN WON BY 3 WICKETS

Bhutan Women won the toss and elected to bat first.Bhutan Women put up a score of 71/5 in 20 overs.The team had started off well with some hope for the viewers that the innings will end with a decent  total, but as the match proceeded the fall of wickets, starting from  the 4th wicket loss brought in some trouble for the team.This landed the team into some instability  and the momentum which had just built up got disturbed.The team however tried their level best to pull up the score till the very end.Hong kong  who were to chase quite an  achievable  target were given a  good fight by the opponent ;Hong kong Women did got over with the chase on a fair note which went on till the 18th  over and they  had lost  7 wickets till then.D Wangmo and T Zangmo from the Bhutan Women did extremely well with the ball and played a very crucial role in taking the match to a competitive end.This match could have had a nail biting finish  but certainly was among the matches with the closest chances of any team turning the tables! 

4. UAE  Women vs China Women – 13:30 (local time) at Asian Institute of Technology Ground,Bangkok

UAE WOMEN WON BY 189 RUNS

UAE Women won the toss and elected to bat first.This match was just an awesome one!This was not just a win for them ,but was really an exceptional one.UAE Women on the batting side put up a massive score of 203/3 in 20 overs which is till now the highest one since the inception of this tournament.The batting performance  was  simply  an outstanding one with the highest scorer being ER Oza who scored 82 runs from 62 balls.On the whole,  batting  partnerships worked out  really well and there was  a good contribution  from  the other players with the bat too!It was really a tough task for the  China Women to deal with the bowlers of UAE Women when they were already having  a big chase.China Women were really troubled by the UAE bowlers which lead their team being all out on just 14 runs in total in 10 overs.UAE  bowlers simply  had a cake walk  and  the  statistics prove the same  – Chaya Mughal – 4 overs,4 runs,3 wickets;N D’souza – 4 overs,8 runs,2 wickets;IS Mananelage – 1 over,0 runs,3 wickets.

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