Pakistan face India in Women’s T20 Asia Cup final today

By Liu Shiwen

GUANGZHOU, China (TheSportsNEXT) October 31, 2012: Arch-rivals Pakistan and India will lock horns again in cricket field, this time in China for the ACC Women’s Asia Cup Twenty20 title where the two bitter rivals will meet in the final at Guangzhou on Wednesday.

Pakistan outclassed Bangladesh by six wickets on Tuesday to join India in final of the Asian Cricket Council Women’s Twenty20 Asia Cup who entered into final after their semi-final against Sri Lanka was washed out due to heavy rain.

There was no such problem with the second semi-final where Bangladesh batted first and scored 82 for seven which Pakistan achieved from 17.4 overs for the loss of four wickets.

India will be without their injured star-performers Mithali Raj and Jhulan Goswami for the final showdown.

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Pakistan, India flex muscles in ICCWT20 warm-up today

By Fathima Zanaida

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (TheSportsNext) September 17, 2012: The traditional bitter arch-rivals Pakistan and India will relive the cricket acrimony in the warm-up match on Monday ahead of the ICC World Twenty20 cricket tournament which starts from Tuesday in Sri Lanka.

A total of five warm-up matches will be played on Monday where apart from India-Pakistan clash, other mouth-watering encounters include Australia vs England, New Zealand vs South Africa, and Bangladesh vs Ireland while Afghanistan will play against West Indies.

Another high-voltage warm-up match between arch-foes England, the reigning T20 champions, and Australia, the runners-up of ICCWT20 2010, will be played at 04:00 GMT (09:30 Local Time).

Bangladesh vs Ireland warm-up match will start at 04:00 GMT (09:30 Local Time), Pakistan vs India warm-up match will commence at 08:30 GMT (14:00 Local Time), New Zealand vs South Africa warm-up match will begin at 04:00 GMT (14:00 Local Time), whereas West Indies vs Afghanistan warm-up match will start at 08:30 GMT (14:00 Local Time).

The first match of ICC World T20 would be played between hosts Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe at Hambantota Tuesday.

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