SportIndia and South Africa completed comprehensive victories in the ICC Women’s World Cup Qualifier 2017 on Friday (17) to become the first two teams from the tournament to qualify for the ICC Women’s World Cup 2017 to be held in England and Wales from June 24 to July 23. In another match, Pakistan scored an 86-run win over Ireland and kept in contention for the remaining two qualifying spots with four points, the same as Sri Lanka. World champion Australia, England, New Zealand and the West Indies have already qualified for the ICC Women’s World Cup 2017 by virtue of finishing in the top four in the ICC Women’s Championship. In another match, Pakistan put up a determined effort to post an intimidating 271 for five after electing to bat against Ireland. For Pakistan, leg-spinner Nashra Sandhu, left-arm spinner Sadia Yousuf and captain and off-spinner Sana Mir all grabbed two wickets each.

Source: Sunday Times February 19, 2017 17:32 UTC