2023 Malaysia Women's Quadrangular Series

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2023 Malaysia Quadrangular Series
Dates22 – 26 August 2023
Administrator(s) Malaysian Cricket Association
Cricket format Twenty20 International
Tournament format(s) Round-robin and final
Host(s)Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia
ChampionsFlag of Nepal.svg    Nepal
Runners-upFlag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong
Participants4
Matches8
Player of the series Flag of Nepal.svg Indu Barma
Most runs Flag of Malaysia.svg Ainna Hamizah Hashim (91)
Most wickets Flag of Kuwait.svg Mariamma Hyder (7)
Flag of Nepal.svg Sita Rana Magar (7)

The 2023 Malaysia Quadrangular Series was a Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket tournament which took place in Malaysia in August 2023. [1] The participating teams were the hosts Malaysia along with Hong Kong, Kuwait and Nepal. [2] All the matches were played at Bayuemas Oval in Klang. [3] The tournament formed part of the preparation of all four teams for the 2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier tournament. [4]

Contents

Nepal beat Hong Kong by 13 runs according to the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method in the final to win the tournament. [5]

Squads

Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong [6] Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait [7] Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia [8] Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal [9]
  • Amna Tariq (c)
  • Priyada Murali (vc)
  • Maryyam Ashraf (wk)
  • Angel Gabriella D'Costa
  • Suchitha Lita D'Sa (wk)
  • Raelyn D'Souza
  • Siobhan Gomez
  • Mariamma Hyder
  • Iqra Ishaq (wk)
  • Maria Jasvi
  • Zeefa Jilani
  • Khadija Khalil (wk)
  • Glenda Menezes
  • Maryam Omar
  • Balasubramani Shanti

Round-robin

Points table

PosTeamPldWLNRPts NRR
1Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal 321040.853
2Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 321040.193
3Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 321040.007
4Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait 30300−1.244
Source: ESPNcricinfo [10]

  Advanced to the final
  Advanced to the 3rd place play-off

Fixtures

22 August 2023
09:30
Scorecard
Kuwait  Flag of Kuwait.svg
22/7 (5 overs)
v
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia
23/2 (3.5 overs)
Maryam Omar 9 (10)
Nik Nur Atiela 3/6 (1 overs)
Ainna Hamizah Hashim 13* (13)
Mariamma Hyder 1/4 (1 overs)
Malaysia won by 8 wickets
Bayuemas Oval, Pandamaran
Umpires: Denish Sevakumaran (Mas) and Narayanan Sivan (Mas)
Player of the match: Ainna Hamizah Hashim (Mas)
  • Malaysia won the toss and elected to field.
  • The match was reduced to 5 overs per side due to rain.
  • Musfirah Nur Ainaa and Nur Aishah (Mas) both made their T20I debuts.

22 August 2023
14:00
Scorecard
Hong Kong  Flag of Hong Kong.svg
84 (19.1 overs)
v
Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal
87/4 (15.5 overs)
Kary Chan 34 (29)
Sita Rana Magar 5/16 (4 overs)
Samjhana Khadka 36* (36)
Kary Chan 1/7 (1 over)
Nepal won by 6 wickets
Bayuemas Oval, Pandamaran
Umpires: Rudy Ismandy (Mas) and Narayanan Sivan (Mas)
Player of the match: Sita Rana Magar (Nep)

23 August 2023
09:30
Scorecard
Malaysia  Flag of Malaysia.svg
68 (19.5 overs)
v
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong
42/0 (9 overs)
Mas Elysa 30 (35)
Maryam Bibi 2/9 (3 overs)
Mariko Hill 24* (26)
Hong Kong won by 10 wickets (DLS method)
Bayuemas Oval, Pandamaran
Umpires: Viswanadan Kalidas (Mas) and Narayanan Sivan (Mas)
Player of the match: Mariko Hill (HK)
  • Malaysia won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Hong Kong were set a revised target of 42 runs from 12 overs due to rain.

23 August 2023
14:00
Scorecard
Nepal    Flag of Nepal.svg
89/8 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait
55 (20 overs)
Indu Barma 23 (19)
Mariamma Hyder 4/8 (4 overs)
Zeefa Jilani 11 (19)
Indu Barma 3/10 (4 overs)
Nepal won by 34 runs
Bayuemas Oval, Pandamaran
Umpires: Nur Hijrah (Mas) and Viswanadan Kalidas (Mas)
Player of the match: Indu Barma (Mas)
  • Kuwait won the toss and elected to field.
  • Khusi Dangol (Nep) made her T20I debut.

25 August 2023
09:30
Scorecard
Hong Kong  Flag of Hong Kong.svg
75 (18.2 overs)
v
Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait
59 (16.3 overs)
Mariko Hill 17 (17)
Amna Tariq 4/9 (4 overs)
Priyada Murali 16 (21)
Betty Chan 3/12 (3.3 overs)
Hong Kong won by 16 runs
Bayuemas Oval, Pandamaran
Umpires: Nur Hijrah (Mas) and Viswanadan Kalidas (Mas)
Player of the match: Amna Tariq (Kuw)
  • Kuwait won the toss and elected to field.
  • Suchitha Lita D'Sa (Kuw) made her T20I debut.

25 August 2023
14:00
Scorecard
Nepal    Flag of Nepal.svg
83/7 (18 overs)
v
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia
85/4 (16.2 overs)
Rubina Chhetry 23 (26)
Ainna Hamizah Hashim 2/13 (4 overs)
Ainna Hamizah Hashim 37* (39)
Puja Mahato 1/13 (2 overs)
Malaysia won by 6 wickets (DLS method)
Bayuemas Oval, Pandamaran
Umpires: Nur Hijrah (Mas) and Zaidan Taha (Mas)
Player of the match: Ainna Hamizah Hashim (Mas)
  • Malaysia won the toss and elected to field.
  • The match was reduced to 18 overs per side due to rain. Malaysia were set a revised target of 85 runs from 18 overs.
  • Irdina Beh Nabil (Mas) made her T20I debut.

3rd place play-off

26 August 2023
09:30
Scorecard
Malaysia  Flag of Malaysia.svg
112/4 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait
77/8 (20 overs)
Ainna Hamizah Hashim 46* (53)
Maryam Omar 2/17 (4 overs)
Zeefa Jilani 38 (58)
Aisya Eleesa 3/19 (4 overs)
Malaysia won by 35 runs
Bayuemas Oval, Pandamaran
Umpires: Denish Sevakumaran (Mas) and Zaidan Taha (Mas)
Player of the match: Ainna Hamizah Hashim (Mas)
  • Kuwait won the toss and elected to field.
  • Angel Gabriella D'Costa (Kuw) made her T20I debut.

Final

26 August 2023
14:00
Scorecard
Hong Kong  Flag of Hong Kong.svg
101/6 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal
37/1 (5.3 overs)
Kary Chan 29 (45)
Khusi Dangol 3/20 (3 overs)
Indu Barma 19* (19)
Iqra Sahar 1/13 (2 overs)
Nepal won by 13 runs (DLS method)
Bayuemas Oval, Pandamaran
Umpires: Nur Hijrah (Mas) and Denish Sevakumaran (Mas)
Player of the match: Khusi Dangol (Nep)
  • Nepal won the toss and elected to field.
  • No further play was possible due to rain.

Notes

  1. Winifred Duraisingam was named as the captain of the Malaysia squad, but Mas Elysa captained the team in all of their games.

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