RAWALPINDI: Danni Wyatt and Bismah Maroof led a batting onslaught to help Amazons beat Super Women by 41 runs in the second exhibition match of the Women’s League, here on Friday.
Wyatt and Amazons’ skipper raised an astounding 137-run partnership for the second wicket to steer their side to a massive 205-run target after electing to bat first.
In reply, Lauren Winfield-Hill put up a lone fightback from her side with a 42-ball 80 as Super Women managed 163/9 in the 20 overs.
Winfield-Hill hit 11 fours and three maximums during her valiant effort to keep her team afloat and piled up 141/3 before she fell prey to Ghulam Fatima in the 17th over.
Following her dismissal, the side lost control of the chase with Anam Amin, Fatima Sana and Danni Wyatt ripping through the lower order.
Chamari Athapathu and Muneeba Ali scored 17 and 11 respectively at the top while Irum Javed 28 from 27 balls.
Anam Amin, however, led the bowling charge for Amazons as she finished with impressive figures of 4-17, while Sana bagged two wickets for 38 runs. Dani Wyatt and Ghulam Fatima took a scalp each.
Earlier, English batter Wyatt smashed 17 fours and three maximums during her side’s turn and left the crease just three runs short of a magnificent century. She scored 97 from just 45 balls before falling prey to Tuba Hasan in the 14th over.
Electing to bat first, Amazons went through an unwanted start when New Zealander Lea Tahuhu gave Super Women a first-over breakthrough, dismissing Eyman Farima for a paltry 2.
Captain Bismah, who joined Wyatt on the wicket following the early scare, also looked in superb touch as she smacked around a dozen boundaries during her unbeaten 73 off 51 balls.
While Wyatt prevailed for the most part of Amazons’ batting, it was Bismah who carried the charge in the death overs, joined briefly by Tammy Beaumont (13 off 13) and then Tess Flintoff (14* from 7), to steer her side to 204/3.
For Super Women, other than Tuba Hasan (2-34) and Tahuhu (1-28), none of the bowlers made it to the wickets’ column.
