2015 Women's Twenty20 East Asia Cup

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2015 Women's East Asia Cup
Dates17 – 20 September 2015
Administrator(s) Korea Cricket Association
Cricket format Twenty20
Host(s)Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
ChampionsFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China (1st title)
Runners-upFlag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong
Participants4
Matches8
Most runs Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Sun Meng Yao (154)
Most wickets Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liu Jie (7)
2017

The 2015 Women's East Asia Cup was a Twenty20 (T20) cricket tournament, which was held in South Korea in September 2017. [1] [2] The matches were all played at the Yeonhui Cricket Ground in Incheon.

Contents

The Twenty20 East Asia Cup was a new annual competition featuring China, Hong Kong, Japan and South Korea. It was planned to alternate each year between a men's and women's event. [3] China defeated Hong Kong in the final to claim the inaugural East Asia Cup title. [2] The matches did not have Twenty20 International status.

Squads

Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
  • Liu Jie
  • Wu Juan
  • Wang Meng
  • Zhao Ning
  • Xiang Ruan
  • Fengfeng Song
  • Sun Meng Yao
  • Li Yingying
  • Chai Yudian
  • Caiyun Zhou
  • Huang Zhuo
  • Kary Chan
  • Hiu Ying Cheung
  • Jenefer Davies
  • Mariko Hill
  • Annie Ho
  • Amanda Kwok
  • Emma Lai
  • Marina Lamplough
  • Sheung Lee
  • Shanzeen Shahzad
  • Yee Shan To
  • Ruchitha Venkatesh
  • Mina Baek
  • Kim Jeong Eun
  • Solbi Hong
  • Dongha Hwang
  • Soonmyeong Jeon
  • Hyeji Jeong
  • Yebin Ka
  • Bokyung Kim
  • Eunjin Lee
  • Jina Lee
  • Haejin Oh
  • Inyeong Oh
  • Jiyeon Park
  • Semi Park
  • So Hyeon Park
  • Kim Jeong Yoon

Round-robin

Points table

Team [4] P W L T NR Pts NRR Status
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 330006+4.868Advanced to the final
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 321004+0.262
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 312002–1.332Advanced to the 3rd place play-off
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea (H)303000–4.106

Matches

17 September 2015
Scorecard
South Korea  Flag of South Korea.svg
76/7 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
77/3 (16.1 overs)
Bokyung Kim 28 (38)
Ayako Nakayama 2/8 (3 overs)
Shizuka Miyaji 34* (52)
Semi Park 2/16 (4 overs)
Japan Women won by 7 wickets
Yeonhui Cricket Ground, Incheon
  • Japan Women won the toss and elected to field.

17 September 2015
Scorecard
China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
104/4 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong
41 (19.4 overs)
Huang Zhou 42* (58)
Mariko Hill 3/14 (4 overs)
Ruchitha Venkatesh 11 (18)
Wang Meng 3/4 (2.4 overs)
China Women won by 63 runs
Yeonhui Cricket Ground, Incheon
  • China Women won the toss and elected to bat.

18 September 2015
Scorecard
China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
166/2 (20 overs)
v
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
33 (15.5 overs)
Sun Meng Yao 74* (53)
Inyeong Oh 1/9 (1 over)
Kim Jeong Yoon 8 (17)
Fengfeng Song 3/6 (2.5 overs)
China Women won by 133 runs
Yeonhui Cricket Ground, Incheon
  • China Women won the toss and elected to bat.

18 September 2015
Scorecard
Hong Kong  Flag of Hong Kong.svg
100/9 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
74 (20 overs)
Kary Chan 25 (27)
Yukina Kitamoto 2/3 (1 over)
Kurumi Ota 24 (34)
Yee Shan To 3/15 (4 overs)
Hong Kong Women won by 26 runs
Yeonhui Cricket Ground, Incheon
  • Hong Kong Women won the toss and elected to bat.

19 September 2015
Scorecard
South Korea  Flag of South Korea.svg
58/8 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong
59/0 (7.4 overs)
So Hyeon Park 15 (39)
Annie Ho 3/14 (4 overs)
Kary Chan 26* (17)
Hong Kong Women won by 10 wickets
Yeonhui Cricket Ground, Incheon
  • South Korea Women won the toss and elected to bat.

19 September 2015
Scorecard
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg
33 (15.4 overs)
v
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
36/1 (6 overs)
Miho Kanno 5 (16)
Liu Jie 4/6 (3.4 overs)
Sun Meng Yao 17 (16)
China Women won by 9 wickets
Yeonhui Cricket Ground, Incheon
  • Japan Women won the toss and elected to bat.

Play-offs

Third-place play-off

20 September 2015
Scorecard
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg
127/5 (20 overs)
v
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
88/6 (20 overs)
Kurumi Ota 23 (22)
Jiyeon Park 1/14 (2 overs)
Bokyung Kim 13 (20)
Yukina Kitamoto 3/12 (3 overs)
Japan Women won by 63 runs
Yeonhui Cricket Ground, Incheon
  • South Korea Women won the toss and elected to field.

Final

20 September 2015
Scorecard
China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
123/2 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong
85/4 (20 overs)
Sun Meng Yao 61 (66)
Yee Shan To 1/20 (4 overs)
Yee Shan To 11 (18)
Wu Juan 1/17 (4 overs)
China Women won by 38 runs
Yeonhui Cricket Ground, Incheon
  • China Women won the toss and elected to bat.

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