Dates | 12 – 21 June 2023 |
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Administrator(s) | Asian Cricket Council |
Cricket format | 20 over, Twenty20, Twenty20 International |
Tournament format(s) | Group round-robin and knockout |
Host(s) | Hong Kong |
Champions | India A (1st title) |
Runners-up | Bangladesh A |
Participants | 8 |
Matches | 15 |
Player of the series | Shreyanka Patil |
Most runs | Murshida Khatun (59) |
Most wickets | Shreyanka Patil (9) |
The 2023 ACC Women's T20 Emerging Teams Asia Cup was the inaugural edition of the ACC Women's T20 Emerging Teams Asia Cup played in Hong Kong in June 2023, [1] with all the matches held at the Mission Road Ground in Kowloon. [2] Eight teams took part in the tournament, including the A teams of four nations with ODI status and the next four top associate teams. [3] The tournament was organized by the Asian Cricket Council (ACC). [4] [5] [6]
7 of the scheduled 12 matches in the first round of the tournament were rained out. Only two teams – Malaysia and United Arab Emirates – were able to play more than one match, and the match between those two teams was also reduced to 5 overs. One of the semi-finals was also rained out, meaning that Bangladesh A and Pakistan A were the only other teams that had played more than one match going into the final. India A won the tournament after defeating Bangladesh A by 31 runs in the final. [7]
The following eight teams participated in the tournament. Thailand A withdrew shortly before the tournament began due to visa issues, and were replaced by Nepal. [8]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
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1 | India A | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5.425 |
2 | Pakistan A | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0.450 |
3 | Nepal | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | −0.450 |
4 | Hong Kong | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | −5.425 |
Advanced to the knockout stage
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
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1 | Bangladesh A | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4.850 |
2 | Sri Lanka A | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0.090 |
3 | United Arab Emirates | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0.000 |
4 | Malaysia | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | −3.969 |
Advanced to the knockout stage
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Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
A1 | India A | ||||||||
B2 | Sri Lanka A | ||||||||
A1 | India A | 127/7 (20) | |||||||
B1 | Bangladesh A | 96 (19.2) | |||||||
B1 | Bangladesh A | 59/7 (9) | |||||||
A2 | Pakistan A | 53/4 (9) |
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Eyman Fatima 18 (15) Rabeya Khan 2/13 (2 overs) |
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