Teams
| Barmy Army Coach: Michael Bates | Falcons Coach: Joanne Broadbent | South Coast Sapphires Coach: Shane Deitz |
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| Spirit Coach: Damien Wright | Tornadoes Coach: Anju Jain | Warriors Coach: Julia Price |
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- Source: FairBreak [8]
| Dates | 3 – 16 April 2023 |
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| Administrator(s) | FairBreak Global Cricket Hong Kong |
| Cricket format | Twenty20 |
| Tournament format(s) | Round-robin and knockouts |
| Champions | Warriors (1st title) |
| Participants | 6 |
| Matches | 20 |
| Most runs | Chamari Athapaththu (281) |
| Most wickets | Kathryn Bryce (13) |
The 2023 FairBreak Invitational T20 was the second edition of the FairBreak Invitational T20, a women's Twenty20 cricket competition, which was held from 3 to 16 April 2023 at the Kowloon Cricket Club in Hong Kong. The tournament, sanctioned by the ICC, was being privately run by FairBreak Global, a company that aims to promote gender equality. A total of 90 players from 28 countries were spread across six teams. [1] [2] [3] The tournament was won by Warriors, who beat Falcons in the final by 94 runs. [4]
An additional tournament for 2023, staged in collaboration with USA Cricket, will be played in Houston, Texas, USA, between 15 and 30 September 2023. [5] [6]
Teams played each other team once, with two matches taking place on most days. The top four teams in the group advanced to the semi-finals. All matches took place at Kowloon Cricket Club. [7]
The group worked on a points system with positions being based on total points. Points were awarded as follows:
Win: 3 points.
Tie : 2 points.
Loss: 0 points.
Abandoned/No Result: 2 points.
Bonus Point: 1 point awarded to the team with the highest score after 10 overs of the batting innings.
| Barmy Army Coach: Michael Bates | Falcons Coach: Joanne Broadbent | South Coast Sapphires Coach: Shane Deitz |
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| Spirit Coach: Damien Wright | Tornadoes Coach: Anju Jain | Warriors Coach: Julia Price |
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| Team | Pld | W | L | T | A | BP | NRR | Pts |
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| Warriors (Q) | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | +1.308 | 15 |
| Barmy Army (Q) | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 | +1.093 | 13.5 |
| Falcons (Q) | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | +1.160 | 13 |
| Spirit (Q) | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 | +0.173 | 11.5 |
| South Coast Sapphires | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -0.735 | 5 |
| Tornadoes | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2.500 | 2 |
Advanced to knockout stage
Falcons 150/6 (20 overs) | v | Tornadoes 109/9 (20 overs) |
South Coast Sapphires 111/7 (20 overs) | v | Warriors 115/3 (12.4 overs) |
Barmy Army 135/5 (20 overs) | v | Spirit 138/6 (18.2 overs) |
Warriors 84/3 (12 overs) | v | Tornadoes |
Barmy Army 143/6 (20 overs) | v | Falcons 134/9 (20 overs) |
Spirit 121/8 (20 overs) | v | South Coast Sapphires 109/9 (20 overs) |
Falcons 133/8 (20 overs) | v | Warriors 134/5 (17.4 overs) |
Tornadoes 160/4 (20 overs) | v | Barmy Army 162/0 (15.4 overs) |
Lauren Winfield-Hill 120* (64) |
Warriors 118 (17.4 overs) | v | Spirit 115/8 (20 overs) |
South Coast Sapphires 95/2 (7 overs) | v | Tornadoes 59/5 (7 overs) |
Barmy Army 163/6 (20 overs) | v | Warriors 146 (20 overs) |
South Coast Sapphires 131 (20 overs) | v | Falcons 133/1 (13.3 overs) |
Tornadoes 150/4 (20 overs) | v | Spirit 155/4 (15.4 overs) |
Barmy Army 168/8 (20 overs) | v | South Coast Sapphires 107 (15.5 overs) |
Laura Wolvaardt 49 (32) Jivana Aras 4/32 (4 overs) |
Spirit 137/9 (20 overs) | v | Falcons 140/1 (14.2 overs) |
Tornadoes 115/5 (20 overs) | v | South Coast Sapphires 60 (14.2 overs) |
Spirit 73 (17.4 overs) | v | Warriors 74/6 (13.1 overs) |
Barmy Army 147/4 (20 overs) | v | Spirit 125/6 (20 overs) |
Warriors 230/4 (20 overs) | v | Falcons 137/8 (20 overs) |
| Position | Team |
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| 1st | Warriors |
| 2nd | Falcons |
| 3rd | Barmy Army |
| 4th | Spirit |
| 5th | Tornadoes |
| 6th | South Coast Sapphires |
| Player | Team | Matches | Innings | Runs | Average | HS | 100s | 50s |
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 Chamari Athapaththu | Falcons | 7 | 7 | 281 | 46.83 | 78 | 0 | 2 |
 Lauren Winfield-Hill | Barmy Army | 7 | 7 | 213 | 42.60 | 120* | 1 | 1 |
 Deandra Dottin | Barmy Army | 5 | 5 | 201 | 40.20 | 75 | 0 | 2 |
 Nicola Carey | Spirit | 7 | 7 | 200 | 40.00 | 84* | 0 | 2 |
 Theertha Satish | Falcons | 7 | 6 | 172 | 34.40 | 57 | 0 | 1 |
Source: ESPNcricinfo [10]
| Player | Team | Overs | Wickets | Average | BBI | 5w |
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 Kathryn Bryce | Warriors | 23.0 | 13 | 9.07 | 3/16 | 0 |
| Chamari Athapaththu | Falcons | 25.0 | 12 | 13.75 | 4/17 | 0 |
 Marizanne Kapp | Falcons | 18.0 | 9 | 8.33 | 3/4 | 0 |
 Sornnarin Tippoch | Falcons | 21.0 | 9 | 17.00 | 3/13 | 0 |
 Mariko Hill | Falcons | 12.4 | 8 | 11.00 | 3/11 | 0 |
Source: ESPNcricinfo [11]
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