Diana stars in Blasters win.

KARACHI -- Seasoned Pakistan pacer Diana Baig starred in Blasters' win over Challengers in their women's Pakistan Cup match at the State Bank Ground here on Thursday.

The right-arm seamer took four wickets for 20 runs as Challengers, after opting to bat, were bowled out for 117 in 40 overs and Blasters chased down the target in 35.3 overs with six wickets in hand.

Openers Javeria Khan (37 off 55) and Javeria Rauf (20 off 49) stitched 56 runs for the first wicket for Challengers, but Diana-inspired Blasters fought back and sent half of the opposition's batting back in the pavilion with only 88 runs on board.

Challengers slipped from 75-1 to 88-5 - losing four wickets for only 13 runs - as Ayesha Bilal and Ayesha Zafar returned 3-25 and 2-16.

Blasters faced early breakthroughs and were two down for 22, but a solid third...

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