Women's Asia Cup
The Women's Asia Cup, officially known as the ACC Women's Asia Cup is a women's One Day International and Twenty20 International cricket tournament. It was established in 2004 and is a biennial tournament. The tournament is contested by cricket teams from Asia.[1]
| Administrator | Asian Cricket Council |
|---|---|
| Format | One Day International and Twenty20 International |
| First edition | 2004 ( Sri Lanka) |
| Latest edition | 2022 ( Bangladesh) |
| Next edition | 2024 |
| Tournament format | Round-robin tournament |
| Number of teams | ACC member nations |
| Current champion |  India (7th title) |
| Most successful | India (7 titles) |
| Most runs | Mithali Raj (588) |
| Most wickets | Neetu David (26) |
| Tournaments |
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The first Women's Asia Cup was held in 2004 on Colombo and Kandy in the Sri Lanka. The 2020 edition was postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic before being cancelled. The ICC has ruled that all the matches played in the Women's Asia Cup has ODI or T20I status. The 2012 Women's Asia Cup was the first event to be played in the T20 format. By the end of 2022, there have been eight Women’s Asia Cup tournaments with India winning the most number of titles (7).[2]
History
2004
The first Women's Asia Cup was played in Sri Lanka in April 2004. Only two teams took part, India and Sri Lanka and they played a five match One-Day International series against each other. India won all five matches and won the first Women's Asia Cup.[3]
2005-2006
Karachi, Pakistan hosted the second Women's Asia Cup in December 2005 and January 2006.[4] Pakistan made their first appearance in the tournament.[5] India again won the tournament, beating Sri Lanka by 97 runs in the final.[6]
2006
The third Women's Asia Cup tournament was played in Jaipur, India in December 2006.[7] The tournament went very much the way of the previous event. India beat Sri Lanka in the final, this time by eight wickets.[8]
2008
The fourth Women's Asia Cup tournament was played in Sri Lanka in May 2008. India again won the tournament, defeating Sri Lanka by 177 runs in the final.[9]
2012
The fifth Women's Asia Cup Tournament was played in Guanggong Cricket Stadium, Guangzhou, China from 24 to 31 October 2012. India defeated Pakistan by 19 runs in the final [10][11]
2016
The sixth Women's Asia Cup tournament was played in Thailand, from 27 November to 4 December 2016. India beat Pakistan by 17 runs in the final, becoming champion for the 6th time consecutively.
2018
The seventh Women's Asia Cup tournament was played in Malaysia, from 3 June to 10 June 2018.[12] Bangladesh beat six-time winner India by 3 wickets in the final to clinch their first Asia Cup title.[13]
2022
A tournament was due to take place in 2020 in Bangladesh,[14] but was postponed to 2021 (and eventually 2022) due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[15] The 2022 edition of the tournament took place at Sylhet, Bangladesh in October 2022.[16] India beat Sri Lanka in the final, this time by eight wickets by chasing a modest total of 65 and became 7th time winner.Jemimah Rodrigues was the highest run scorer of this tournament.
Results
| Year | Format | Host Nation | Final Venue | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | Result | Runner-up | ||||
| 2004 Details |
ODI | Sri Lanka | Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo | India |
India won the tournament 5–0 | Sri Lanka [18] |
| 2005–06 Details |
ODI |  Pakistan | National Stadium, Karachi | India 269/4 (50 overs) | India won by 97 runs | Sri Lanka 172/9 (50 overs) |
| 2006 Details |
ODI | India |
Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur | India 95/2 (27.5 overs) | India won by 8 wickets | Sri Lanka 93 (44.1 overs) |
| 2008 Details |
ODI | Sri Lanka |
Welagedara Stadium , Kurunegala | India 260/7 (50 overs) | India won by 177 runs | Sri Lanka 83 (35.2 overs) |
| 2012 Details |
T20I |  China |
Guanggong International Cricket Stadium, Guangzhou | India 81 (20 overs) | India won by 18 runs | Pakistan 63 (19.1 overs) |
| 2016 Details |
T20I |  Thailand |
Asian Institute of Technology Ground, Bangkok | India 121/5 (20 overs) | India won by 17 runs | Pakistan 104/6 (20 overs) |
| 2018 Details |
T20I |  Malaysia |
Kinrara Academy Oval, Kuala Lumpur | Bangladesh 113/7 (20 overs) | Bangladesh won by 3 wickets |
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| 2022 Details |
T20I | Bangladesh |
Sylhet International Cricket Stadium, Sylhet | India 71/2 (8.3 overs) | India won by 8 wickets |
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| 2024 Details |
T20I |  United Arab Emirates |
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Performance by team
- Legend
- 1st – Champions
- 2nd – Runners-up
- 3rd – Third place
- SF - Semi-finalists
- GS – Group stage
- Q – Qualified
| Team | 2004 ODI (2) |
2005 ODI (3) |
2006 ODI (3) |
2008 ODI (4) |
2012 T20I (8) |
2016 T20I (6) |
2018 T20I (6) |
2022 T20I (7) |
2024 T20I (6) |
Total 9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh |
– | — | — | 4th | SF | 4th | 1st | 5th | Q | 5 |
| China |
— | — | — | — | GS | — | — | — | TBD | 1 |
 Hong Kong |
– | — | — | — | GS | — | — | — | TBD | 1 |
| India |
1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | Q | 8 |
| Malaysia |
– | — | — | — | — | — | 6th | 7th | TBD | 2 |
 Nepal |
– | — | — | — | GS | 6th | — | — | TBD | 2 |
| Pakistan |
– | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | SF | Q | 7 |
| Sri Lanka |
2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | SF | 3rd | 4th | 2nd | Q | 8 |
| Thailand |
– | — | — | — | GS | 5th | 5th | SF | TBD | 4 |
| United Arab Emirates |
– | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6th | TBD | 1 |
Debutant teams in main tournament
| Year | Teams |
|---|---|
| 2004 | India, Sri Lanka |
| 2005 | Pakistan |
| 2008 | Bangladesh |
| 2012 | China, Hong Kong, Nepal, Thailand |
| 2018 | Malaysia |
| 2022 | United Arab Emirates |
See also
- Asia Cup - the equivalent men's event
- Asian Test Championship
- ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup
- ACC Under-19 Cup
References
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- Mohanty, Dillip. "List of Women's Asia Cup Winners: Champions Through the Years". Sportsboom.com. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
- [ 2004 Women's Asia Cup] at CricketArchive
- [ 2005/06 Women's Asia Cup] at Cricket Archive
- [ Points table] for 2005/06 Women's Asia Cup at Cricket Archive
- [ Scorecard] of India Women v Sri Lanka Women, 4 January 2006 at Cricket Archive
- [ 2006 Women's Asia Cup] at Cricket Archive]
- [ Scorecard] of India Women v Sri Lanka Women match, 21 December 2006 at Cricket Archive
- [ Scorecard] of India Women v Sri Lanka Women match, 11 May 2008 at ESPN cricinfo
- Scorecard of Asian Cricket Council Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup, 2012/13 Final
- Final, Asian Cricket Council Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup at Guangzhou, Oct 13 2012, ESPN Cricinfo, retrieved 10 June 2018
- "Womens Asia Cup T20, 2018". CricBuzz. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
- "India vs Bangladesh T20 Highlights: Bangladesh beat India by 3 wickets to clinch Women's Asia Cup". The Indian Express. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
- "Asian Cricket Council Calendar 2020". Asian Cricket Council. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
- "Cricket for some, not for all - where does the women's game stand?". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
- Ghosh, Annesha. "Sylhet to host 2022 Women's Asia Cup starting October 1". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
- Shetty, Neha (6 January 2023). "Pathway to Women's Asia Cup 2024 announced by ACC". Female Cricket. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
- "Cricket Records – Records – 1984 – Sri Lanka – One-Day Internationals – Match results – ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo.
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