A hand dishwashing cleaning article, comprising: (a) a hand dishwashing cleaning composition having a first side and a second side, wherein the cleaning composition comprises: i) from 1% to 60%, by weight of the cleaning composition of a surfactant system; ii) from 3% to 50%, by weight of the cleaning composition of filaments comprising fibers, fines or mixtures thereof; with the fines referring to both primary and secondary fines, which are water insoluble materials that pass through a 200 mesh screen under conditions defined in the TAPPI method T-261; and iii) from 5% to 50%, by weight of the cleaning composition of water; and (b) a water permeable pouch formed around the cleaning composition, wherein the pouch comprises a first substrate adjacent to the first side of the cleaning composition and a second substrate adjacent to the second side of the cleaning composition, wherein the first substrate comprises a film comprising apertures and wherein the second substrate comprises an elastic polymeric film comprising openings through which the cleaning composition is released from the cleaning article, and a scrim of stretchable thermoplastic material laminated to the polymeric film, wherein the first substrate and the second substrate are bound to each other through an outer sealing rim to create an enclosed space to retain the cleaning composition, characterized in that the apertures comprise tapered capillaries, wherein the tapered capillaries have a base in the plane of the first substrate and an apex remote from the plane of the first substrate, having an average base opening dimension of from 0.015 cm to 0.635 cm, and an average apex opening dimension of from 0.01 cm to 0.254 cm. (a) a hand dishwashing cleaning composition having a first side and a second side, wherein the cleaning composition comprises: i) from 1% to 60%, by weight of the cleaning composition of a surfactant system; ii) from 3% to 50%, by weight of the cleaning composition of filaments comprising fibers, fines or mixtures thereof; with the fines referring to both primary and secondary fines, which are water insoluble materials that pass through a 200 mesh screen under conditions defined in the TAPPI method T-261; and iii) from 5% to 50%, by weight of the cleaning composition of water; and i) from 1% to 60%, by weight of the cleaning composition of a surfactant system; ii) from 3% to 50%, by weight of the cleaning composition of filaments comprising fibers, fines or mixtures thereof; with the fines referring to both primary and secondary fines, which are water insoluble materials that pass through a 200 mesh screen under conditions defined in the TAPPI method T-261; and iii) from 5% to 50%, by weight of the cleaning composition of water; and (b) a water permeable pouch formed around the cleaning composition, wherein the pouch comprises a first substrate adjacent to the first side of the cleaning composition and a second substrate adjacent to the second side of the cleaning composition, wherein the first substrate comprises a film comprising apertures and wherein the second substrate comprises an elastic polymeric film comprising openings through which the cleaning composition is released from the cleaning article, and a scrim of stretchable thermoplastic material laminated to the polymeric film, wherein the first substrate and the second substrate are bound to each other through an outer sealing rim to create an enclosed space to retain the cleaning composition, characterized in that the apertures comprise tapered capillaries, wherein the tapered capillaries have a base in the plane of the first substrate and an apex remote from the plane of the first substrate, having an average base opening dimension of from 0.015 cm to 0.635 cm, and an average apex opening dimension of from 0.01 cm to 0.254 cm.