2019 Saudari Cup

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2019 Saudari Cup
  Flag of Singapore.svg Flag of Malaysia.svg
  Singapore women Malaysia women
Dates 28 – 30 August 2019
Captains Shafina Mahesh Winifred Duraisingam
Twenty20 International series
Results Malaysia women won the 3-match series 3–0
Most runs Diviya G K (111) Winifred Duraisingam (111)
Mas Elysa (111)
Most wickets Haresh Dhavina (3) Ainna Hamizah Hashim (3)

The 2019 Saudari Cup was contested between the women's national teams of Singapore and Malaysia from 28 to 30 August 2019. [1] [2]

Contents

The Saudari Cup is an annual event between the two sides, which started in 2014, with Malaysia winning all of the previous editions, including the most recent edition in 2018. [3] The series consisted of three Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) matches, all being played at the Indian Association Ground in Singapore. [1] [2] Malaysia retained the title, sweeping the series 3–0. [4]

This was the second edition of the event to have WT20I status following the International Cricket Council's decision to grant T20I status to all matches played between women's sides of Associate Members after 1 July 2018. [5]

Squads

Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia
  • Shafina Mahesh (c)
  • Rajeshwari Butler
  • Haresh Dhavina
  • Diviya G K
  • Lucky Gautam
  • Piumi Gurusinghe
  • Shafia Hassan
  • Amna Jamal
  • Wang Ling
  • Vigineswari Pasupathy
  • Smruthi Radhakrishnan
  • Roshni Seth
  • Ishita Shukla
  • Sanika Sonpethkar

T20I series

1st WT20I

28 August 2019
19:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Malaysia  Flag of Malaysia.svg
126/6 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore
104/6 (20 overs)
Ainna Hamizah Hashim 37* (34)
Dhavina Sharma 2/30 (4 overs)
Diviya G K 45* (42)
Wan Nor Zulaika 2/29 (4 overs)
Malaysia Women win by 22 runs
Indian Association Ground, Singapore
Umpires: Sathish Balasubramaniam (Sin) and Pramesh Parab (Sin)
Player of the match: Ainna Hamizah Hashim (Mas)
  • Singapore Women won the toss and elected to field.

2nd WT20I

29 August 2019
19:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Singapore  Flag of Singapore.svg
91/3 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia
92/1 (13.5 overs)
Rajeshwari Butler 35* (39)
Nur Nadihirah 1/6 (3 overs)
Winifred Duraisingam 40* (38)
Dhavina Sharma 1/15 (3 overs)
Malaysia Women won by 9 wickets
Indian Association Ground, Singapore
Umpires: Senthil Kumar (Sin) and Ravi Putcha (Sin)
Player of the match: Winifred Duraisingam (Mas)
  • Singapore women won the toss and elected to bat.

3rd WT20I

30 August 2019
19:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Malaysia  Flag of Malaysia.svg
140/2 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore
110 (19.5 overs)
Winifred Duraisingam 66* (58)
Shafia Hassan 1/27 (4 overs)
Diviya G K 35 (34)
Ainna Hamizah Hashim 2/10 (4 overs)
Malaysia Women won by 30 runs
Indian Association Ground, Singapore
Umpires: Foyej Ahmed (Sin) and Dharmalingam Suresh (Sin)
Player of the match: Winifred Duraisingam (Mas)
  • Malaysia Women won the toss and elected to bat.

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