Nepal women's cricket team in Malaysia in 2023

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Nepal women's cricket team in Malaysia in 2023
  Flag of Malaysia.svg Flag of Nepal.svg
  Malaysia Nepal
Dates 29 May – 4 June 2023
Captains Mas Elysa Rubina Chhetry
Twenty20 International series
Results Nepal won the 5-match series 3–2
Most runs Winifred Duraisingam (102) Sita Rana Magar (83)
Most wickets Nik Nur Atiela (6)
Winifred Duraisingam (6)
Aisya Eleesa (6)
Rubina Chhetry (5)
Player of the series Rubina Chhetry (Nep)

The Nepal women's national cricket team toured Malaysia in May and June 2023 to play five Twenty20 International (T20I) matches. [1] [2] All of the matches were played at the UKM-YSD Cricket Oval in Bangi. [3] These were the first international matches for Nepal's women since the 2022 ACC Women's T20 Championship tournament in June 2022. [4]

Contents

Nepal won the series 3–2. [5]

Squads

Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia [6] Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal [7]

T20I series

1st T20I

29 May 2023
11:00
Scorecard
Nepal    Flag of Nepal.svg
50 (16.5 overs)
v
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia
51/5 (13.2 overs)
Samjhana Khadka 13 (25)
Nik Nur Atiela 3/9 (4 overs)
Wan Julia 13 (22)
Rubina Chhetry 2/7 (4 overs)
Malaysia won by 5 wickets
UKM-YSD Cricket Oval, Bangi
Umpires: Nur Hijrah (Mas) and Zaidan Taha (Mas)
Player of the match: Nik Nur Atiela (Mas)
  • Malaysia won the toss and elected to field.
  • Samjhana Khadka and Kritika Marasini (Nep) both made their T20I debuts.

2nd T20I

30 May 2023
11:00
Scorecard
Malaysia  Flag of Malaysia.svg
97/5 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal
103/3 (17.3 overs)
Mas Elysa 28 (34)
Rubina Chhetry 2/16 (4 overs)
Rubina Chhetry 29* (21)
Nik Nur Atiela 1/13 (3 overs)
Nepal won by 7 wickets
UKM-YSD Cricket Oval, Bangi
Umpires: Nur Hijrah (Mas) and Denish Sevakumaran (Mas)
Player of the match: Rubina Chhetry (Nep)
  • Malaysia won the toss and elected to bat.

3rd T20I

1 June 2023
11:00
Scorecard
Nepal    Flag of Nepal.svg
110/5 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia
83/4 (20 overs)
Rubina Chhetry 27 (15)
Nik Nur Atiela 2/23 (4 overs)
Mahirah Izzati Ismail 44* (54)
Indu Barma 1/7 (3 overs)
Nepal won by 27 runs
UKM-YSD Cricket Oval, Bangi
Umpires: Izmir Azraf (Mas) and Rudy Ismandy (Mas)
Player of the match: Rubina Chhetry (Nep)
  • Malaysia won the toss and elected to field.
  • Ishwori Bist (Nep) made her T20I debut.

4th T20I

3 June 2023
11:00
Scorecard
Nepal    Flag of Nepal.svg
96/7 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia
97/6 (20 overs)
Indu Barma 32 (31)
Winifred Duraisingam 3/17 (4 overs)
Winifred Duraisingam 38 (52)
Rubina Chhetry 1/13 (4 overs)
Malaysia won by 4 wickets
UKM-YSD Cricket Oval, Bangi
Umpires: Nur Hijrah (Mas) and Shafizan Shahriman (Mas)
Player of the match: Winifred Duraisingam (Mas)
  • Nepal won the toss and elected to bat.

5th T20I

4 June 2023
11:00
Scorecard
Malaysia  Flag of Malaysia.svg
109/5 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal
110/7 (19.2 overs)
Wan Julia 47 (60)
Kabita Joshi 2/12 (4 overs)
Sita Rana Magar 34 (37)
Ainna Hamizah Hashim 2/23 (4 overs)
Nepal won by 3 wickets
UKM-YSD Cricket Oval, Bangi
Umpires: Loganathan Poobalan (Mas) and Denish Sevakumaran (Mas)
Player of the match: Sita Rana Magar (Nep)
  • Nepal won the toss and elected to field.

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