The City Pharmacy PNG Lewas suffered a 118 run loss to Bangladesh in their opening match of the International Cricket Council (ICC) Women's World Cup Qualifier yesterday in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Bangladesh batted first and set a target of 215, thanks to Sharmin Akhter (56), Fargana Hoque (51) and Salma Khatun (32), who finished unbeaten.
Sibona Jimmy (2/32), Mairi Tom (2/35) and Ravina Oa (2/23) were the only wicket takers for the Lewas.
The Lewas’ run chase got off to a bad start after openers Norma Ovasuru (0) and Brenda Tau (1) were dismissed after only two overs bowled.
Despite some fight from the middle order, the Lewas crumbled and were all bowled out for 97 after 32.1 overs.
Rumana Ahmed was the pick of the bowlers for Bangladesh, taking 2/13 off her seven overs.
In other results yesterday, South Africa def. Pakistan by 63 runs, Ireland def. Zimbabwe by 119 runs and India def. Sri Lanka by 114 runs.