1st T20I – Pakistan v Sri Lanka
Southend Club Cricket Stadium, Karachi, 24 May 2022
Pakistan 107/4 (18.2) write-up Sri Lanka 106/8 (20.0) by 6 wickets
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927 – Following the twin barriers of COVID-19 and the seeming indifference of their board, Sri Lanka women made their long-awaited return to bilateral cricket. Their last bilateral series ended in Australia on 9 Oct 2019, an interval of 927 days.

2006 – This was the first match Sri Lanka women had played in Pakistan since facing India in the Asia Cup final at the National Stadium, Karachi in 2006.

5 – Pakistan’s victory brought an end to Sri Lanka women’s longest wining streak in the format, a run of five matches from the end of the 2020 T20 World Cup until the end of the 2022 Commonwealth Games Qualifier.

3 – Tuba Hassan became the first Pakistan woman to take three wickets on T20I debut:

• 3-8 Tuba Hassan v SL, 2022
• 2-9 Sadia Yousuf v NZ, 2010
• 2-10 Nida Dar v SL, 2010

60 – Anam Amin (3-21) is now Pakistan women’s third highest T20I wicket taker, overtaking Sadia Yousuf:

• 103 Nida Dar (103 innings)
• 89 Sana Mir (105 innings)
• 60 Anam Amin (58 innings)
• 57 Sadia Yousuf (50 innings)

2 – Tuba and Anam’s efforts made this the first instance of two Pakistan women’s bowlers taking three wickets in the same T20I innings.

51 – Bismah Maroof and Nida Dar’s partnership was Pakistan women’s second highest 4th wicket stand in a T20I run chase.

20 – Dar became the first Pakistani woman to hit twenty sixes in T20Is.

50 – Oshadi Ranasinghe (2-20) took her 59th international wicket (18 ODI, 32 T20I)

Stats derived from ESPNcricinfo statsguru.