2019 Women's Twenty20 East Asia Cup
The 2019 Women's East Asia Cup was a Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) cricket tournament, which was held in South Korea in September 2019.[1][2][3] All of the matches were played at the Yeonhui Cricket Ground in Incheon, where a round-robin series was followed by a final and a third-place play-off.[2]
| Dates | 19 – 22 September 2019 |
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| Administrator(s) | Korea Cricket Association |
| Cricket format | Twenty20 International |
| Host(s) |  South Korea |
| Champions |  China (2nd title) |
| Runners-up |  Hong Kong |
| Participants | 4 |
| Matches | 8 |
| Most runs |  Shizuka Miyaji (92) |
| Most wickets | Kary Chan (14) |
The Twenty20 East Asia Cup is an annual competition featuring China, Hong Kong, Japan and South Korea that was first played in 2015 and alternates annually between a men's and women's event.[4] The women's event was won by China in 2015 and by Hong Kong in 2017.[5][6] The men's events in 2016 and 2018 (both featuring the Hong Kong Dragons – a side representing Hong Kong's Chinese community – instead of their senior national team) had been won by South Korea and Japan, respectively.[7][8] The 2019 edition was the first to be granted official T20I status after the International Cricket Council (ICC) had granted T20I status to matches between all of its members from 1 July 2018 (women's teams) and 1 January 2019 (men's teams).[9]
China defeated Hong Kong in the final by 14 runs to claim the title.[10]
Squads
| China |
Hong Kong[2] |
Japan[3] |
South Korea |
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Round-robin
Points table
| Team[11] | P | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR | Status |
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| China |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | +1.768 | Advanced to the final |
| Hong Kong |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | +0.559 | |
| Japan |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | –0.140 | Advanced to the 3rd place play-off |
| South Korea (H) |
3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –2.167 |
Matches
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Ayaka Kanada 29* (35) Hyejin Park 2/14 (2 overs) |
- South Korea won the toss and elected to field.
- Kiyo Fujikawa (Jpn) made her WT20I debut.
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Yasmin Daswani 20 (37) Li Haoye 1/17 (4 overs) |
- Hong Kong won the toss and elected to field.
- Sun Meng Yao (Chn) made her WT20I debut.
- Kary Chan (HK) took her first hat-trick in WT20Is.
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Ruchitha Venkatesh 25 (40) Miho Kanno 2/14 (4 overs) |
Nao Tokizawa 22 (34) Kary Chan 3/7 (3 overs) |
- Hong Kong won the toss and elected to field.
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Zhang Mei 35 (42) Mina Baek 2/21 (4 overs) |
Kang Choi 14 (32) Fengfeng Song 4/7 (2.5 overs) |
- South Korea won the toss and elected to field.
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Sinae Kim 25 (60) Ruchitha Venkatesh 2/18 (4 overs) |
- South Korea won the toss and elected to field.
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Nao Tokizawa 28 (34) Wu Juan 3/5 (4 overs) |
Caiyun Zhou 18 (22) Mai Yanagida 2/14 (4 overs) |
- Japan won the toss and elected to bat.
Play-offs
Third-place play-off
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Shizuka Miyaji 47 (44) Mina Baek 4/17 (4 overs) |
Sinae Kim 23 (44) Nao Tokizawa 3/6 (4 overs) |
- South Korea won the toss and elected to field.
References
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- "Women's Team For East Asia Cup Announced". Japan Cricket Association. 5 August 2019. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
- "East Asia Cup 2018". Cricket Hong Kong. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
- "Women's Twenty20 East Asia Cup 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
- "East Asia Cup (Women)". Japan Cricket Association. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
- "South Korea edge Japan to win East Asia Cup cricket tournament". Inside the Games. 8 November 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
- "Japan win East Asia Cup". Japan Cricket Association. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
- "All T20 matches between ICC members to get international status". International Cricket Council. 26 April 2018. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
- "East Asia Cup: Japan win 3rd place over South Korea while China win final over Hong Kong". Japan Cricket Association. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
- "Women's Twenty20 East Asia Cup 2019 - Points Table". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 August 2019.