Emma Lai

Wing Ki Lai or Emma Lai (born March 14, 1988) is a Hong Kong cricketer who plays for Hong Kong women's national cricket team.[1] She started learning to play cricket while working as a waitress at the Hong Kong Cricket Club. Just over a year after her first cricket lesson, she travelled to Kuwait as part of the Hong Kong squad, and a year later, she played in her first game for Hong Kong against Thailand.[2]

Emma Lai
Personal information
Full name
Wing Ki Lai
Born (1988-03-14) March 14, 1988
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
RoleBowler
International information
National side
T20I debut (cap 13)13 January 2019 v Bhutan
Last T20I30 October 2022 v Japan
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
Hong Kong Cricket Club
2016–17Perth Scorchers
Career statistics
Competition WT20I
Matches 16
Runs scored 43
Batting average 3.90
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 14*
Balls bowled 18
Wickets 0
Bowling average –
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling –
Catches/stumpings 0/–
Source: Cricinfo, 8 November 2022

Lai is often described as the captain of the Hong Kong women's team, and she did captain Hong Kong to the final of the East Asia Women's T20 Championship, in which Hong Kong finished second to China. However, she has since reverted to being just a player.[2] In the Women's Big Bash League Twenty20 competition's WBBL02 season in 2016–17, she was the Associate Rookie for Perth Scorchers.[3]

As of early 2017, Lai was a cricket officer for Cricket Hong Kong, running and planning coaching clinics, conducting demonstrations in schools and also doing some promotion.[2]

In May 2021, she was named in Bauhinia Stars' squad for the 2021 Hong Kong Women's Premier League.[4][5]

References
  1. "Emma Lai". Cricinfo. Retrieved March 1, 2017.
  2. Kimber, Jarrod (February 21, 2017). "Emma Lai walks on the grass". Cricinfo. Retrieved March 1, 2017.
  3. Battrick, Jake (November 16, 2016). "Hong Kong skipper to join Scorchers". Perth Scorchers. Retrieved December 19, 2016.
  4. "Squads announced for 2021 CHK Women's Premier League". Cricket Hong Kong (via Twitter). Retrieved May 27, 2021.
  5. "Hong Kong Women's Premier League T20 2021: Full schedule, squads and live streaming details". Sportskeeda. May 19, 2021. Retrieved May 27, 2021.
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