Bangladesh women's team beat Malaysia by 88 runs in the 11th match of the Women’s Asia Cup T20 2022 on Thursday.
Medium pacer Fariha Trishna became the second Bangladeshi bowler to slam a hat-trick in the match held at Sylhet International Cricket Stadium.
However, they opted to bat first in the third game and compiled 129-5, thanks to half-centuries from opener Murshida Khatun and captain Nigar Sultana Joty.
Murshida played a knock of 56 from 54 balls, hitting six fours. But captain Joty was more fluent in her approach as she hammered 34 ball-53, a knock designed with six fours and one six. Fargana Hoque Pinky was the other batter to reach the double-digit mark with 10 runs.
No batters from the Malaysian Women's team could cross the single-digit figure as they were bowled out for just 41 runs in 18.5 overs.
Their innings were initially dented by Trishna who made her T20 debut after playing five ODIs for Bangladesh.
In the sixth over of the innings, she removed Malaysia captain Winifred Duraisinga (5), Mas Elysa (0) and Mahira Izzati Ismail (0) in the consecutive three balls to complete her hat-trick. Leg-spinner Fahima Khatun was the first Bangladesh bowler to achieve this feat when she slammed a hat-trick against United Arab Emirates (UAE) in 2018.
In another match held today, Thailand sprung a surprise, beating Pakistan by four wickets at the same venue.
Bangladesh earlier beat Thailand by nine wickets to kick off the Asia Cup mission in style, but later conceded a same-margin defeat to Pakistan in the second game.
BDST: 1756 HRS, OCT 06, 2022
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