Dates | 22 – 28 November 2021 |
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Administrator(s) | International Cricket Council |
Cricket format | Twenty20 International |
Host(s) | United Arab Emirates |
Champions | United Arab Emirates |
Runners-up | Hong Kong |
Participants | 6 |
Matches | 15 |
Player of the series | Sita Rana Magar |
Most runs | Theertha Satish (165) |
Most wickets | Khushi Sharma (10) |
The 2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier was a cricket tournament that took place in the United Arab Emirates in November 2021. [1] [2] The matches were played with Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) status, with the top team progressing to the 2022 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier tournament. [3] [4] Bhutan and Myanmar were originally scheduled to make their debuts at an ICC women's event. [5] Originally scheduled to take place in September 2021, the tournament was postponed in May 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [1] [6]
Nepal's preparations included a three-match WT20I series against Qatar in Doha the week before the qualifier. [7] Bhutan and the United Arab Emirates scheduled two warm-up matches against each other in Ajman. [8] The second match of the tournament, between Hong Kong and Nepal, was the 1,000th WT20I to be played. [9] The United Arab Emirates won the tournament, winning all five of their matches, progressing to the World Cup Qualifier. [10] Nepal's Sita Rana Magar was named as the player of the tournament. [11]
The following teams competed in the tournament: [12]
Bhutan [13] | Hong Kong [14] | Kuwait | Malaysia [15] | Nepal [16] | United Arab Emirates [17] |
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
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1 | United Arab Emirates | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2.366 |
2 | Hong Kong | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0.726 |
3 | Nepal | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1.028 |
4 | Malaysia | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0.399 |
5 | Bhutan | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | −1.038 |
6 | Kuwait | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | −3.928 |
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Tshering Zangmo 34* (36) Khadija Khalil 1/6 (1 over) | Maryam Omar 29 (34) Karma Samten 2/9 (3.3 overs) |
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Winifred Duraisingam 44 (40) Mariamma Hyder 1/23 (4 overs) | Priyada Murali 34 (40) Mas Elysa 2/12 (3 overs) |
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Ngawang Choden 13 (31) Sita Rana Magar 3/10 (4 overs) |
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Priyada Murali 10 (20) Sangita Rai 3/2 (2.4 overs) |
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Sonam Paldon 26 (41) Khushi Sharma 5/22 (4 overs) |
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Esha Oza 38 (13) Priyada Murali 1/21 (1 over) |
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Mariko Hill 55 (50) Maria Jasvi 1/30 (4 overs) |
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