Dhaka, April 9 -- Hosts Pakistan made a winning start while tournament favourites West Indies suffered a shock defeat despite a century from captain Hayley Matthews in the opening day of the six-nation ICC Women's World Cup Qualifiers held in Lahore on Wednesday.

Pakistan made a flying start beating Ireland by 38 runs at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore while Scotish Women's upset favourite West Indies beating them by 11 runs in nerve shattering match at the Lahore City Cricket Association ground.on Wednesday

Bangladesh Women's team, which narrowly missed the direct World Cup berth losing to New Zealand due to poor net run rate, will start their campaign in the six-nation World Cup qualifiers taking on Thailand on Thursday for the remainin...