Pakistan win toss, opt to bowl first against Australia

COLOMBO: Pakistan won the toss and opted to bowl first against Australia in the 9th match of the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025 being played at the R Premadasa Stadium on Wednesday.

Playing XIs:

Pakistan Women: Muneeba Ali, Sidra Amin, Natalia Pervaiz, Sadaf Shamas, Shawaal Zulfiqar, Fatima Sana (c), Sidra Nawaz (wk), Rameen Shamim, Sadia Iqbal, Nashra Sandhu and Diana Baig.

Australia Women: Alyssa Healy (c/wk), Phoebe Litchfield, Ellyse Perry, Beth Mooney, Annabel Sutherland, Ashleigh Gardner, Tahlia McGrath, Georgia Wareham, Kim Garth, Alana King and Megan Schutt.