Dates | 4 – 15 May 2022 |
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Administrator(s) | FairBreak Global Cricket Hong Kong |
Cricket format | Twenty20 |
Tournament format(s) | Round-robin and knockouts |
Champions | Tornadoes (1st title) |
Participants | 6 |
Matches | 19 |
Most runs | Chamari Athapaththu (313) |
Most wickets | Sophie Ecclestone (17) |
The 2022 FairBreak Invitational T20 was a women's Twenty20 cricket competition, which took place from 4 to 15 May 2022 in Dubai. The tournament, sanctioned by the ICC, was privately-run by FairBreak Global, a company that aims to promote gender equality. Players from 35 countries were spread across six teams. [1] [2] [3] The tournament was won by Tornadoes, who beat Falcons in the final by 8 wickets. [4]
Teams played each other team once, with two matches taking place per day. The top four teams in the group advanced to the semi-finals. All matches took place at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium. [5] [6]
The group worked on a points system with positions being based on the total points. Points were awarded as follows: [7]
Win: 3 points.
Tie : 1 point.
Loss: 0 points.
Abandoned/No Result: 1 point.
Bonus Point: 1 point awarded to the team with the highest score after 10 overs of the batting innings.
Barmy Army [8] Coach: Lydia Greenway | Falcons [9] Coach: Joanne Broadbent | South Coast Sapphires [10] Coach: Mohtashim Rasheed |
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Spirit [11] Coach: Erin Osborne | Tornadoes [12] Coach: Anju Jain | Warriors [13] Coach: Julia Price |
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Team | Pld | W | L | T | A | BP | NRR | Pts |
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Spirit (Q) | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | +1.740 | 15 |
Barmy Army (Q) | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | +0.132 | 11 |
Tornadoes (Q) | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | –0.706 | 11 |
Falcons (Q) | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | –0.317 | 10 |
South Coast Sapphires | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | –0.300 | 8 |
Warriors | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | –0.575 | 5 |
Advanced to knockout stages
Warriors 177/2 (20 overs) | v | Falcons 178/2 (18.4 overs) |
Tornadoes 119/7 (20 overs) | v | South Coast Sapphires 102/8 (20 overs) |
Barmy Army 125/6 (20 overs) | v | Spirit 75/9 (20 overs) |
Barmy Army 152/3 (20 overs) | v | Falcons 156/2 (17.3 overs) |
Tornadoes 152/3 (20 overs) | v | Warriors 139/6 (20 overs) |
Spirit 147/3 (20 overs) | v | Falcons 120/9 (20 overs) |
Warriors 129/5 (20 overs) | v | South Coast Sapphires 133/0 (17.5 overs) |
Elyse Villani 62* (51) |
Spirit 156/4 (20 overs) | v | South Coast Sapphires 101 (19.4 overs) |
Tornadoes 150/2 (20 overs) | v | Barmy Army 153/2 (15.5 overs) |
Stafanie Taylor 78* (54) |
Spirit 167/4 (20 overs) | v | Warriors 100/8 (20 overs) |
Barmy Army 148/8 (20 overs) | v | South Coast Sapphires 142/7 (20 overs) |
South Coast Sapphires 152/3 (20 overs) | v | Falcons 122/7 (20 overs) |
Spirit 156/4 (20 overs) | v | Tornadoes 81 (16.1 overs) |
Falcons 138/4 (20 overs) | v | Tornadoes 141/3 (19.2 overs) |
Sophie Devine 52 (29) Gunjan Shukla 2/32 (4 overs) |
Warriors 156/6 (20 overs) | v | Barmy Army 102/8 (20 overs) |
Barmy Army 141/6 (20 overs) | v | Tornadoes 142/6 (19.4 overs) |
Barmy Army 182/6 (20 overs) | v | Spirit 183/4 (18.5 overs) |
Player | Team | Matches | Innings | Runs | Average | HS | 100s | 50s |
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Chamari Athapaththu | Falcons | 7 | 7 | 313 | 52.16 | 107* | 1 | 1 |
Deandra Dottin | Barmy Army | 7 | 6 | 289 | 72.25 | 111 | 1 | 2 |
Sophia Dunkley | Spirit | 7 | 7 | 263 | 43.83 | 123* | 1 | 1 |
Sterre Kalis | Tornadoes | 7 | 7 | 225 | 32.14 | 58 | 0 | 2 |
Danni Wyatt | Falcons | 6 | 6 | 216 | 43.20 | 83 | 0 | 2 |
Source: ESPNcricinfo [14]
Player | Team | Overs | Wickets | Average | BBI | 5w |
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Sophie Ecclestone | Spirit | 24.5 | 17 | 7.64 | 5/8 | 1 |
Ayabonga Khaka | Spirit | 25.0 | 9 | 14.44 | 5/9 | 1 |
Grace Harris | South Coast Sapphires | 15.0 | 7 | 14.85 | 5/22 | 1 |
Rumana Ahmed | Barmy Army | 23.0 | 7 | 20.00 | 3/22 | 0 |
Winifred Duraisingam | Tornadoes | 25.0 | 7 | 24.42 | 3/24 | 0 |
Source: ESPNcricinfo [15]
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