RESULT
7th Match, Group B, Basseterre, May 08, 2010, ICC Women's World Twenty20
(16.4/20 ov, T:105) 106/1

India (W) won by 9 wickets (with 20 balls remaining)

Player Of The Match
, IND-W
54* (54)
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India women ease to nine-wicket win

India cruised to a nine-wicket win over Pakistan in St Kitts to give themselves a chance of qualifying for the semi-finals

Cricinfo staff
08-May-2010
India women 106 for 1 (Raut 54*, Mithali 33*) beat Pakistan women 104 for 6 (Sana 35, Mumtaz 26, Roy 3-19) by nine wickets
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India cruised to a nine-wicket win over Pakistan in St Kitts to give themselves a chance of qualifying for the semi-finals. Pakistan slid to their second defeat in as many games as a result of a poor performance by their top order and some miserly bowling, led by Priyanka Roy's leg spin, from India. Their score of 104 for 6 proved woefully inadequate in the wake of a dominating batting display from Player of the Match Poonam Raut, who finished with an unbeaten, run-a-ball 54, and Mithali Raj, who supported Raut in a match-winning 79-run stand.
After opting to bat, Pakistan started badly, losing their first five wickets for 45 inside the first ten overs. Roy nipped out three of those, backed up by the left-arm spin of Gouher Sultana and the medium-pace of Rumeli Dhar. Captain Sana Mir lent some respectability to the Pakistan innings, scoring steadily to post 35 off 41 balls with three fours. She was assisted by Urooj Mumtaz in a partnership of 53 for the sixth wicket which helped take Pakistan past 100 and give their bowlers something to defend.
India, however, were unforgiving and the high of dismissing opener Sulakshana Naik with the score on 27 was washed away by Raut and Mithali, who struck nine fours between them and saw to it that the target was reached with 20 balls to spare. Mithali scored at better than a run-a-ball and her experience, combined with Raut's equally attacking innings, sealed India's success.

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ICC Women's World Twenty20
Group A
TEAMMWLPTNRR
AUS-W33060.550
WI-W32140.167
ENG-W31220.900
SA-W3030-1.617
Group B
TEAMMWLPTNRR
NZ-W33062.514
IND-W32141.422
SL-W3122-1.950
PAK-W3030-1.733