Sri Lanka beat Scotland by four wickets on the second day of the ICC Women’s Emerging Nations Trophy in Ajman, recording a second straight win to stay unbeaten in Group A.

Scotland batted first and made 111 for eight in their 20 overs, the Daily Mirror reported. Darcey Carter top-scored with 62. Sugandika Kumari and Sathya Sandeepani took two wickets each.

A chase that needed steadying

Sri Lanka lost Hasini Perera for a duck early — a reversal from the opening match, where she and Vishmi Gunaratne had put on an unbroken century stand. Vishmi Gunaratne made 49 and captain Harshitha Samarawickrama contributed 24 as the innings was rebuilt.

Scotland’s Abtaha Maqsood took three wickets to bring her side back into the contest, but Kaushini Nuthyangana, unbeaten on 16, saw Sri Lanka home. The final score was 115 for six in 18.1 overs — the target reached with 11 balls remaining.

The figures are internally consistent: chasing 112, Sri Lanka finished on 115 with four wickets standing, and 18.1 overs of a 20-over innings leaves exactly 11 balls unused.

Pakistan also won again

Pakistan beat Thailand by 24 runs for their own second consecutive victory, posting 180 for two. Ayesha Zafar made an unbeaten 59 off 26 balls, with Shawaal Zulfiqar (42) and Sadaf Shamas (37) in support; captain Muneeba Ali finished 37 not out.

Thailand started quickly through Natthakan Chantham (43) and Phannita Maya (33), who put on 74 for the first wicket, before Tasmia Rubab took four wickets for 18 — including three in the final over — to close them out at 156 for eight.

Elsewhere on Day 2

Ireland took their first win of the tournament, beating hosts UAE by 61 runs. Captain Gaby Lewis struck 71 off 40 balls in Ireland’s 171 for five; the UAE were held to 110 for eight. Ireland had lost their opening match to Sri Lanka.

Bangladesh recovered from an opening-day defeat with a nine-wicket win over Zimbabwe, chasing 131 for seven with Dilara Akter unbeaten on 68 and Shathi Rani making 45 as they reached 132 for one in 17.3 overs.

Not reported

The filing gives no bowling figures beyond wicket counts, no fall of wickets, no toss details and no Group A table or standings. It does not say when Sri Lanka play next or who they face.

On sourcing: this report rests on a single verified source. ESPNcricinfo — the only cricket-specific outlet in this desk’s verified set — returned HTTP 403 again when its match page was requested, the fourth consecutive cycle it has been unreachable. The result was cross-checked against the tournament organiser’s own day-two coverage and against wire reports, none of which are verified domains for this desk’s purposes and so are not cited here. A search for this match also surfaces the 2024 ICC Women’s T20 World Cup Qualifier final between the same two sides; that is a different tournament in a different year and is not this result.

This desk reported Sri Lanka’s opening win over Ireland on Thursday.