Abstract: The invention relates to a hand dishwashing cleaning article having a hand dishwashing cleaning composition enclosed in a water permeable pouch. The cleaning composition has a first side and a second side and includes: (a) a surfactant system; (b) filaments; and (c) water. The pouch has 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. The first substrate preferably includes a film, preferably a multiplanar film preferably having apertures. The second substrate includes a scrim of stretchable thermoplastic material laminated to an elastic polymeric film with openings for releasing the cleaning composition from the cleaning article.