The 2022 GCC Women's Gulf Cup was a women's T20I cricket (WT20I) tournament played in

Oman Oman ( ; ar, عُمَان ' ), officially the Sultanate of Oman ( ar, سلْطنةُ عُمان ), is an Arabian country located in southwestern Asia. It is situated on the southeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula, and spans the mouth of ...

from 20 to 26 March 2022. Organised by the

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(GCC), the tournament featured the women's national teams of

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Kuwait Kuwait (; ar, الكويت ', or ), officially the State of Kuwait ( ar, دولة الكويت '), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated in the northern edge of Eastern Arabia at the tip of the Persian Gulf, bordering Iraq to the nort ...

Qatar Qatar (, ; ar, قطر, Qaṭar ; local vernacular pronunciation: ), officially the State of Qatar,) is a country in Western Asia. It occupies the Qatar Peninsula on the northeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula in the Middle East; it ...

Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in Western Asia. It covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and has a land area of about , making it the fifth-largest country in Asia, the second-largest in the A ...

and

United Arab Emirates The United Arab Emirates (UAE; ar, اَلْإِمَارَات الْعَرَبِيَة الْمُتَحِدَة ), or simply the Emirates ( ar, الِْإمَارَات ), is a country in Western Asia ( The Middle East). It is located at t ...

. Bahrain and Saudi Arabia played their first official WT20I matches during this tournament. This was the fourth edition of the women's Gulf Cup, which had been contested annually between 2014 and 2016. The inaugural event in 2014 was hosted in Oman, was contested by Oman, UAE, Kuwait and Qatar, and was won by UAE who defeated Kuwait by 49 runs in the final. Qatar hosted the event in 2015, which saw UAE retain the title by defeating the hosts by five wickets in the final following a round-robin stage that also involved Oman. The 2016 edition was played at the

Sharjah Cricket Stadium The Sharjah Cricket Stadium ( ar, ملعب الشارقة للكريكيت) is in Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates. It holds the record for the most ODIs hosted in a venue with 240 ODIs up to December 2019. It was originally constructed in t ...

, and was contested by UAE, Oman, Kuwait, Qatar and guest teams from

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and

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. Kenya won the 2016 title with a five wicket win over UAE in the final. On 22 March 2022, in the match between Bahrain and Saudi Arabia,

Deepika Rasangika Deepika Rasangika (born 13 December 1983) is a Sri Lankan cricketer who now plays for the Bahrain women's cricket team. Rasangika played in more than 60 matches for the Sri Lanka women's cricket team from 2008 to 2014. She was named in Sri Lank ...

of Bahrain set a new record for the highest individual score in a WT20I match, scoring 161

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Squads

Kuwait named Noora Bahurudeen and Reema Bahurudeen as reserves. Qatar included Manjiri Bawane, Sneha Chandnani, Fatima Saeed and Sharon Williams as reserves.

Points table

Fixtures

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References

External links

Series home at ESPN Cricinfo
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