Clinical Sri Lanka swat Pakistan aside to clinch T20I series
Sri Lanka's women's cricket team secured a T20I series victory against Pakistan following a clinical performance. Despite a strong start from Pakistan, Sri Lanka successfully chased down the 175-run target with six wickets and 14 balls to spare.
Why it matters
This result marks a significant achievement for Sri Lanka's women's cricket program, demonstrating their growing competitiveness in white-ball formats.
Sri Lanka put on a clinical show, inflicting a fourth straight loss on Pakistan in the ongoing white-ball series, which helped them clinch the T20I leg as well, having already won the ODI series before. In a pattern similar to the opening T20I, Pakistan once again posted a formidable total, which Sri Lanka chased down with considerable ease, winning <a href="/live-cricket-scorecard/161857/slw-vs-pakw-2nd-t20i-pakistan-women-tour-of-sri-lanka-2026" class="text-cbTextLink">by six wickets</a> and with 14 balls to spare. Pakistan got off to a rollicking start after opting to bat. The openers once again delivered as they went on a boundary-hitting spree in the Powerplay, with the highlight being the third over in which Shawaal Zulfiqar smashed five boundaries. That start saw Pakistan race to 63/0 after just five overs. Four relatively quiet overs followed, paving the way for Muneeba Ali's dismissal at the halfwaypoint.
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