Women's cricket at the 2019 South Asian Games | |||||||
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Venue | Pokhara Stadium, Pokhara | ||||||
Date | 2 December 2019 – 8 December 2019 | ||||||
Nations | 4 | ||||||
Medalists | |||||||
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Women's cricket at the 2019 South Asian Games was held in Pokhara, Nepal from 2 to 8 December 2019. The women's event featured teams from Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Maldives and Nepal. Sri Lanka named an under-23 squad, [1] while matches played between Bangladesh, Maldives and Nepal were granted Women's Twenty20 International status. Matches were played at the Pokhara Stadium. [2]
On 2 December 2019, the Maldives played their first-ever WT20I match, when they faced Nepal in the opening match of the tournament. [3] In the same match, Anjali Chand of Nepal took six wickets without conceding a run. [4] On 5 December 2019, Bangladesh beat the Maldives by 249 runs, with the Maldives bowled out for just six runs in their innings. [5]
Nepal beat the Maldives by ten wickets in the play-off match to win the bronze medal. [6] In the match, the Maldives were dismissed for just eight runs, to record the second lowest total in a WT20I match. [7] Only one run came from the bat, with the other seven runs coming from wides. [8] Nine cricketers were dismissed without scoring. [9]
In the final, Bangladesh beat Sri Lanka by two runs to win the gold medal. [10] Bangladesh defended seven runs from the final over of the match to win their first ever gold in cricket at the South Asian Games. [11] [12]
The four participating nations played matches on a round-robin basis. The top two teams progressed to the final, while the third and fourth sides met in the bronze medal match.
Bangladesh [13] | Maldives [14] | Nepal [14] | Sri Lanka U23 [15] |
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P | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR | |
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Bangladesh | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | +6.391 |
Sri Lanka U23 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | +4.667 |
Nepal | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | –0.355 |
Maldives | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –12.627 |
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Hamza Niyaz 9 (11) Anjali Chand 6/0 (2.1 overs) | Kajal Shrestha 13* (5) |
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Rubina Chhetry 13 (29) Rabeya Khan 4/8 (4 overs) | Ayasha Rahman 26* (22) |
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Sajaa Fathimath 6 (4) Janadi Anali 3/2 (1.5 overs) |
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Shamma Ali 2 (12) Ritu Moni 3/1 (4 overs) |
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Lihini Apsara 37 (27) Sonu Khadka 2/13 (4 overs) | Rubina Chhetry 19 (28) Sachini Nisansala 3/16 (4 overs) |
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Aima Aishath 1 (12) Anjali Chand 4/1 (4 overs) | Roma Thapa 5* (4) |
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