Hong Kong women's national cricket team

Summary

The Hong Kong women's national cricket team is the team that represents the Chinese special administrative region of Hong Kong in international women's cricket. In April 2018, the International Cricket Council (ICC) granted full Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between Hong Kong women and other ICC members after 1 July 2018 will be a full WT20I.[4] Hong Kong made its Twenty20 International debut against Indonesia on 12 January 2019 at Bangkok during the Thailand Women's T20 Smash.[5]

Hong Kong
Flag of Hong Kong
AssociationCricket Hong Kong
Personnel
CaptainKary Chan
CoachAndy Cottam
International Cricket Council
ICC statusAssociate member (1969)
ICC regionAsia
ICC Rankings Current[1] Best-ever
WT20I 23rd 22nd (1 Feb 2019)
Women's international cricket
First internationalv.  Pakistan at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore; 17 September 2006
Women's Twenty20 Internationals
First WT20Iv.  Indonesia at Terdthai Cricket Ground, Bangkok; 12 January 2019
Last WT20Iv.  Thailand at Bayuemas Oval, Pandamaran; 14 February 2024
WT20Is Played Won/Lost
Total[2] 63 35/26
(2 ties, 0 no result)
This year[3] 4 2/2
(0 ties, 0 no results)
As of 14 February 2024

History edit

They made their international debut in September 2006, playing against Pakistan in a three match series of one-day games to decide which country would represent the Asia region in the Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier in Ireland in 2007. They lost the series 3-0 after a series of heavy defeats, two by more than 200 runs.

In 2009, the Hong Kong women's team won the ACC Women's T20 Championship Trophy, then defended their title and won the tournament again in 2011, narrowly defeating Chinawith three balls to spare.

In 2010 Asian Games, Hong Kong team lost to Nepal as they finished 7th in the tournament at Guanggong Cricket Stadium in Guangzhou.[6]

In 2014 Asian Games, Hong Kong team reached quarter-finals where they lost to Sri Lanka at Yeonhui Cricket Ground in Incheon.[7]

In 2017, the Hong Kong women's team won the 2017 Women's Twenty20 East Asia Cup, with Yasmin Daswani awarded Player of the Tournament [8]

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

Tournament history edit

ICC Women's T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier edit

Year Position GP W L T NR
  2019 5/7 6 2 4 0 0
  2021 2/6 5 4 1 0 0
Total 11 6 5 0 0

Women's Asia Cup (T20I format) edit

Women's Asia Cup
Year Round Position GP W L T NR
  2004 Did not participate (ODI format)
  2005–06
  2006
  2008
  2012 Group stage 8/8 3 0 3 0 0
  2016 Did not qualify
  2018
  2022
Total 3 0 3 0 0

Asian Games (T20I format) edit

Asian Games record
Year Round Position GP W L T NR
  2010 First Round 7/8 2 0 2 0 0
  2014 Quarter-finals 5/10 3 1 2 0 0
  2022 Quarter-finals 5/9 3 1 1 0 1
Total 8 2 5 0 1

Women Twenty20 East Asia Cup edit

Women Twenty20 East Asia Cup record[11]
Year Round Position GP W L T NR
  2015 Runners-up 2/4 4 3 1 0 0
  2017 Champions 1/4 4 3 0 0 1
  2019 Runners-up 2/4 4 2 2 0 0
  2022 Champions 1/2 4 4 0 0 0
Total 16 12 3 0 1

Records and statistics edit

International Match Summary — Hong Kong Women[12]

Last updated 14 February 2024

Playing Record
Format M W L T NR Inaugural Match
Twenty20 Internationals 63 35 26 2 0 12 January 2019

Twenty20 International edit

T20I record versus other nations[12]

Records complete to WT20I #1778. Last updated 14 February 2024.

Opponent M W L T NR First match First win
ICC Associate members
  Bahrain 1 1 0 0 0 19 June 2022 19 June 2022
  Bhutan 4 4 0 0 0 13 January 2019 13 January 2019
  China 7 3 3 1 0 19 February 2019 19 September 2019
  Indonesia 1 0 1 0 0 12 January 2019
  Japan 8 6 1 1 0 19 September 2019 27 October 2022
  Kuwait 5 5 0 0 0 25 February 2019 25 February 2019
  Malaysia 5 3 2 0 0 27 February 2019 27 February 2019
  Maldives 1 1 0 0 0 11 February 2024 11 February 2024
  Mongolia 1 1 0 0 0 20 September 2023 20 September 2023
  Myanmar 3 3 0 0 0 16 January 2019 16 January 2019
  Namibia 2 0 2 0 0 25 April 2023
    Nepal 7 3 4 0 0 24 February 2019 22 November 2021
  South Korea 1 1 0 0 0 21 September 2019 21 September 2019
  Tanzania 2 2 0 0 0 18 November 2023 18 November 2023
  Thailand 4 0 4 0 0 14 January 2019
  Uganda 2 1 1 0 0 27 April 2023 30 April 2022
  United Arab Emirates 9 1 8 0 0 18 February 2019 26 April 2023

Squad edit

This lists all the players who were named in the most recent squad. Updated as on 28 May 2023

Name Age Batting style Bowling style Notes
Batters
Shanzeen Shahzad 30 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Yasmin Daswani 29 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Natasha Miles 35 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Emma Lai 36 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Shing Chan 32 Right-handed Right-arm leg break
Charlotte Chan 30 Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
All-rounders
Kary Chan 27 Left-handed Slow left-arm unorthodox Captain
Mariko Hill 28 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Pull To 30 Right-handed Right-arm off break
Amanda Cheung 27 Left-handed Right-arm medium
Heiley Lui 26 Right-handed Right-arm leg break
Wicket-keeper
Hiu Ying Cheung 27 Right-handed
Spin Bowlers
Betty Chan 35 Right-handed Right-arm off break
Ruchitha Venkatesh 27 Right-handed Right-arm off break
Pace Bowlers
Maryam Bibi 20 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Iqra Sahar 21 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Alison Sui 25 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Cindy Ho 25 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Tammy Chu 32 Right-handed Right-arm medium

Head coaches edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "ICC Rankings". International Cricket Council.
  2. ^ "WT20I matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  3. ^ "WT20I matches - 2024 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  4. ^ "All T20I matches to get international status". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
  5. ^ "Hong Kong Women Cricket Team Scores, HKG Women team Matches, Schedule, News, Players". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  6. ^ "Asian Games 2010 News". Asiancricket.org. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  7. ^ "Full Scorecard of SL Women vs HKG Women 2nd Quarter-Final 2014/15 - Score Report". ESPNcricinfo.com. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  8. ^ "Hong Kong Win East Asia T20 Cup". 25 September 2017.
  9. ^ "Qualification for ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2023 announced". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  10. ^ "ICC announce qualification process for 2023 Women's T20 World Cup". The Cricketer. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  11. ^ "Women Twenty20 East Asia Cup 2017 - Fixtures & Results". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  12. ^ a b "Records / Hong Kong Women / Twenty20 Internationals / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo.
  13. ^ "Records / Hong Kong Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Highest totals". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  14. ^ "Records / Hong Kong Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Top Scores". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  15. ^ "Records / Hong Kong Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Best Bowling figures". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  16. ^ "Records / Hong Kong Women / Twenty20 Internationals / Most runs". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  17. ^ "Records / Hong Kong Women / Twenty20 Internationals / Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  18. ^ "Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament - Pakistan, 15-22 September 2006". Hong Kong Cricket Association. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
  19. ^ "Cricket Hong Kong appoints dedicated Head of Women's Cricket". Cricket Hong Kong. 2 July 2019. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
  20. ^ "Cricket Hong Kong, China completes Appointments of High Performance Coaches". Cricket Hong Kong, China. 2 June 2023. Retrieved 12 September 2023.

External links edit

  • Hong Kong Cricket Association
  • Cricket.com
  • Hong Kong tour of Pakistan scorecards Archived 2012-08-12 at the Wayback Machine