China women's national cricket team

This article is about the women's team. For the men's team, see China national cricket team.

China

Flag of China
Association	Chinese Cricket Association
Personnel
Captain	Huang Zhuo
International Cricket Council
ICC status	Associate member [1] (2017) Affiliate member (2004)
ICC region	Asia
ICC Rankings Current [2] Best-ever T20I 47th 25th (26 Feb 2019)
International cricket
First international	Scotland at Shanghai Cricket Club, Shanghai; September 2006
T20 Internationals
First T20I	v   South Korea at Yeonhui Cricket Ground, Incheon; 3 November 2018
Last T20I	v   Philippines at Sano International Cricket Ground, Sano; 8 June 2025
T20Is Played Won/Lost Total [3] 45 20/24 (1 tie, 0 no results) This year [4] 4 3/1 (0 ties, 0 no results)
T20 World Cup Qualifier appearances	1 (first in 2015 )
Best result	6th (2015)
As of 8 June 2025

The China women's national cricket team represents China in international women's cricket matches. The team is organised by the Chinese Cricket Association and made its official international debut in 2007.

History

The China women's national cricket team in 2007

The Chinese women cricketers made their international debut in September 2006 in a Sixes game against Scotland in Shanghai, losing by 59 runs. ^[5] However, the side was not recognised by the Chinese Cricket Association as the official team.^{[ citation needed ]}

The official Chinese women's national team was incepted in May 2007.^{[ citation needed ]} After the National Cricket Tournament Final, a total of 21 girls from 19 school teams were gathered in Shenzhen and underwent vigorous centralised training before a final 14-player squad was sent to Bangkok for the ACC Women's Tournament 2007.^{[ citation needed ]} The team managed to reach the semi-finals.^{[ citation needed ]}

The team was coached by Rashid Khan and captained by MEI Chun-hua, a right arm fast-bowler and final year student from the Shanghai Tongji University.^{[ citation needed ]} Other notable players included WANG Meng, a consistent fast bowler and HU Tingting, who turned up to be the best batsman for China during the ACC Tournament.^{[ citation needed ]} Both WANG and HU were students from the Shenyang Sports Institute.^{[ citation needed ]}

In April 2018, the International Cricket Council (ICC) decided to grant full Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between China women and other ICC members after 1 July 2018 have been full WT20I. ^[6]

On 13 January 2019, in their match against the UAE, the team was bowled out for 14 runs, at the time the lowest total in a Women's T20I match. ^{[7] [8]}

In December 2020, the ICC announced the qualification pathway for the 2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup. ^[9] China were named in the 2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier regional group, alongside seven other teams. ^[10]

Tournament history

Main article: Women's Asia Cup

Asia Cup

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	L	T	NR
2004	Did not participate
2005–06
2006
2008
2012	Group stages	–	3	1	2	0	0
2016	Did not participate
2018
2022
2024
Total	1/9	–	3	1	2	0	0

Asian Games

Main article: Cricket at the Asian Games

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	L	T	NR
2010	4th place	4/7	5	2	3	0	0
2014	4th place	4/9	5	3	2	0	0
2022	Did not participate
2026	To be determined
Total	1/4	–	10	5	5	0	0

T20 World Cup Qualifier

Year	Position	GP	W	L	T	NR
2013	Did not participate
2015	6/8	3	1	2	0	0
2018	Did not participate
Total		3	1	2	0	0

T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier

Year	Position	GP	W	L	T	NR
2019	4/7	6	3	3	0	0
2021	Did not participate
2023	9/11	4	1	3	0	0
Total		10	4	6	0	0

Premier Cup

Main article: ACC Women's Premier Cup

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	L	T	NR
2024	Group stages	12/16	3	1	2	0	0
Total			3	1	2	0	0

East Asia Cup

Source [11]
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	L	T	NR
2015	Champions [12]	1/4	4	4	0	0	0
2017	3rd place [13]	4/4	3	0	2	0	1
2019	Champions [14]	1/4	4	3	1	0	0
2022	Did not participate
2024	3rd-place	3/5	4	2	2	0	0
Total			15	9	5	0	1

Records and statistics

International Match Summary — China Women ^[15]

Last updated 8 June 2025

Playing Record
Format	M	W	L	T	NR	Inaugural Match
Twenty20 Internationals	45	20	24	1	0	3 November 2018

Twenty20 International

• Highest team total: 132/6 v. South Korea on 20 September 2019 at Yeonhui Cricket Ground, Incheon. ^[16]
• Highest individual score: 55, Zhang Chan v. South Korea on 3 November 2018 at Yeonhui Cricket Ground, Incheon. ^[17]
• Best individual bowling figures: 5/15, Xiuli Jin v. Kuwait on 31 August 2023 at Bayuemas Oval, Klang. ^[18]

Most T20I runs for China Women [19] Player Runs Average Career span Han Lili (韩丽丽) 272 16.00 2019–2024 Huang Zhuo (黄卓) 202 13.46 2019–2024 Zi Mei 181 12.06 2023–2025 Zhang Chan (张婵) 164 12.61 2018–2019 Zhang Mei (张梅) 149 18.62 2019–2019

Most T20I wickets for China Women [20] Player Wickets Average Career span Mengting Liu (刘梦婷) 53 7.81 2023–2025 Xu Qian (徐谦) 33 14.72 2018–2025 Han Lili (韩丽丽) 19 12.36 2018–2024 Cai Yuzhi 16 13.43 2024–2025 Li Haoye (李浩业) 14 17.07 2018–2019

T20I record versus other nations ^[15]

Records complete to WT20I #2347. Last updated 8 June 2025.

Opponent	M	W	L	T	NR	First match	First win
vs Associate Members
Hong Kong	12	3	8	1	0	19 February 2019	19 February 2019
Japan	6	2	4	0	0	21 September 2019	21 September 2019
Kuwait	2	1	1	0	0	21 February 2019	21 February 2019
Malaysia	2	1	1	0	0	16 January 2019	22 February 2019
Mongolia	3	3	0	0	0	8 October 2024	8 October 2024
Myanmar	2	2	0	0	0	4 September 2023	4 September 2023
Namibia	1	0	1	0	0	5 December 2024
Nepal	2	0	2	0	0	12 January 2019
Oman	1	1	0	0	0	13 February 2024	13 February 2024
Philippines	2	2	0	0	0	4 June 2025	4 June 2025
South Korea	6	5	1	0	0	3 November 2018	3 November 2018
Thailand	3	0	3	0	0	18 February 2019
United Arab Emirates	3	0	3	0	0	12 January 2019

Current squad

• Huang Zhuo (c)
• Caiyun Zhao
• Chai Yudian(柴雨点) (wk)
• Han Lili
• Li Yingying
• Liu Jie
• Reziye
• Song Yang Yang
• Sun Meng Yao(孙梦瑶)
• Tian Qi
• Wang Meng
• Wu Juan
• Xiang Ruan(阮香)
• Zhao Ning(赵宁)

See also

• List of China women Twenty20 International cricketers
• Chinese men's cricket team
• Chinese Cricket Association
• Asian Cricket Council

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