Group A of the Women's Asia Cup wraps up its group phase with a fixture Pakistan need to win. Pakistan face Hong Kong China at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on September 7, three days after India bowled them out for a record-low 55 in the group's headline fixture.
Pakistan opened their campaign with a 35-run win over Thailand on September 1, then were bowled out for a record-low 55 against India on September 5. Hong Kong China, by contrast, have lost both of their group games so far and go into this match without a win. On paper, and on results so far, Pakistan are the stronger side — but paper form counts for little after a collapse as total as the one against India.
With India already through to the semi-finals as Group A's runaway leaders, this game is effectively a decider for second place. A win takes Pakistan to four points and all but locks up their spot in the last four; a loss to a winless side would leave their qualification in the hands of net run rate and Thailand's results, after the India defeat already dented their own NRR figures.
Pakistan captain Fatima Sana has been one of the more effective performers in the tournament regardless of the batting collapse around her, and leads a bowling attack that will fancy exploiting a Hong Kong China batting line-up yet to post a competitive total in this tournament. The gap in bowling depth between the sides is the clearest reason Pakistan are favoured, even after their own recent implosion with the bat.
Analysis: the concern for Pakistan isn't Hong Kong's attack, which has offered little threat to any top-order in the competition so far — it's whether their own batting has a structural problem that a weaker opponent won't expose the way India's spinners did. A comfortable win here would suggest the 55 all out was conditions- and quality-specific; a scratchy performance against the group's weakest side would say something more troubling about the batting depth Pakistan can call on heading into the knockouts.
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