2023 Women's Twenty20 East Asia Cup | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date | 25–28 May 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | China | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Result | Hong Kong won the tournament | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Player of the series | Kary Chan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2023 Women's East Asia Cup was a Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket tournament that took place in Hangzhou, China, in May 2023. [1] This was the fifth edition of the women's East Asia Cup, and saw China, Hong Kong and Japan play in a double round-robin, with the top two sides advancing to the final. [2] South Korea were unable to compete for the second edition in a row, after they and China had also missed the 2022 tournament. [2] The newly developed Zhejiang University of Technology Cricket Field hosted international cricket for the first time, with this tournament also acting as a test event ahead of the 2022 Asian Games, for which the venue was developed. [3] Hong Kong were the defending champions, having defeated Japan 4–0 in a bilateral series in 2022. [4]
Japan were eliminated after the round-robin stage, with several injuries affecting the team. [5] Hong Kong retained the title by winning a super over following a tied game against China in the final. [6] Alison Siu took five wickets for eight runs in the final Hong Kong and was named player of the match. [7]
China | Hong Kong [8] | Japan [2] |
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
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1 | Hong Kong | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0.223 | Advanced to the final |
2 | China | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0.893 | |
3 | Japan | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | −1.141 |
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Huang Zhuo 28 (31) Maryam Bibi 3/23 (4 overs) | Maryam Bibi 25* (16) Xu Qian 2/13 (4 overs) |
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Erika Oda 25 (32) Cindy Ho 3/10 (4 overs) |
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Erika Oda 46* (65) Chen Xinyu 1/14 (3 overs) | Huang Zhuo 30 (52) Ahilya Chandel 4/12 (4 overs) |
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Han Lili 35 (43) Betty Chan 3/13 (4 overs) | Yee Shan To 17 (22) Yuanyuan Cai 3/6 (2.5 overs) |
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Kary Chan 31 (27) Elena Kusuda-Nairn 2/14 (3 overs) | Ayumi Fujikawa 17 (39) Maryam Bibi 3/8 (4 overs) |
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Huang Zhuo 23 (32) Alison Siu 5/8 (4 overs) | Shanzeen Shahzad 26 (41) Xu Qian 2/8 (4 overs) |
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