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COLOMBO: Pakistan off-spinner Rameen Shamim expressed confidence in her side ahead of their crucial encounter against South Africa in the ICC Women’s World Cup 2025.
Pakistan are winless in their World Cup campaign and are languishing at the bottom of the table with two points from five game. Their remaining fixtures are against South Africa– already qualified and hosts Sri Lanka.
The Women in Green have to win both of their matches and then have to wait for certain resuts going their way to advance through to the semis.
Their best chance to seal a memorable win against England came in the rain-abandoned encounter.
Pakistan had restricted England to133-9 in a match reduced to 31 overs side. In reply, Pakistan had their best start in World Cup as they scored 34 in 6.4 overs without losing wicket.
Yet, the weather in Colombo had the final say with match being washed out. However, the Green Shirts still have an outside chance to advance through to the semi-final.
Speaking in the pre-match presser, Rameen lamented on rain abandoned clash against England, hence halting their chances to claim vital points.
“Yeah, obviously, rain is not in our control. We cannot control the weather. Yeah, unfortunately, we are upset because we were up to the mark against England,” she said.
However, the 29-year-old remained confident after putting England on the ropes in their previous encounter.
“But we are confident because we played some good cricket in the last two matches. And now we have to play against South Africa and Sri Lanka,” Rameen told reporters.
She emphasized home series which Pakistan had played against South Africa women before heading into the mega event and eyed victories in the remaining matches to end their campaign on good note.
“We are really prepared against them because we have played a series against South Africa before this World Cup. So, we know what to do in the next two matches, and our aim is just to win those two matches,” she said.
“We just want to win those upcoming matches and just leave our mark,” she concluded.
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