The tournament is scheduled to take place in 2025, as stated by the International Cricket Council (ICC).
However, they were turned around by spin and were unable to hunt down 100 for a victory, thus losing their undefeated status at the tournament.
Malaysia will also face South Africa, hosts Pakistan, and New Zealand in Group B and are expected to perform well against the Proteas at the Bayuemas Oval.
"I think today was a really good day for bringing us down to earth and reminding us that the competition is very fierce," Hamilton said after the loss, as quoted from the official website of the ICC.
"They're all very excited and eagerly await their chance to participate in the semi-final," she said.
We will learn a lot from today's game knowing that other teams also have many spinners, so we need to quickly adapt to those conditions.
As the opposing team's spinners claimed all seven wickets available, the run chase was brought to an end at 87/8.
The team will advance to the knockout stage without any of their batters having reached a score of 50, and standout 15-year-old Caoimhe Bray is the only player from the side to rank in the top 10 in terms of run scoring at the tournament.
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"We played extraordinarily well, yet we were defeated with our batting," Hamilton said.
The team bowled well and managed to put a great deal of pressure on the opposing team, but unfortunately, we weren't able to maintain that momentum with the bat.