The Chinese women's cricket team is the team that represents

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in international

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matches. The first time Chinese women cricketers making their international debut was in September 2006 in a Sixes game against

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, losing by 59 runs. However, the side was not recognised by the Chinese Cricket Association as the official team. The official Chinese National Women Team was incepted in May 2007. After the National Cricket Tournament Final, a total of 21 girls from 19 school teams were gathered in Shenzhen and underwent vigorous centralised training before a final 14 squad was sent to Bangkok for the ACC Women's Tournament 2007. The team turn up to be a semi-finalist. The team was coached by Rashid Khan and captained by MEI Chun-hua, a right arm fast-bowler and final year student from the Shanghai Tongji University. Other notable players included WANG Meng, a consistent fast bowler and HU Tingting, who turned up to be the best batsman for China during the ACC Tournament. Both WANG and HU were students from the Shenyang Sports Institute. In April 2018, the

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(ICC) decided to grant full

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(WT20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all

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matches played between China women and other

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after 1 July 2018 will be a full WT20I. On 13 January 2019, in their match against the

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, the team was bowled out for 14 runs, at the time the lowest total in a Women's T20I match. In December 2020, the ICC announced the qualification pathway for the 2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup. China were named in the 2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier regional group, alongside seven other teams.

Tournament history

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: 4th * 2014: 4th

Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier

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: 6th

Women's East Asia Cup

*2015: Won *2017: 3rd place * 2019: Won

Records and Statistics

International Match Summary — China Women ''Last updated 22 September 2019''

Twenty20 International

* Highest team total: 132/6 v.

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on 20 September 2019 at

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. * Highest individual score: 55,

Zhang Chan Zhang Chan (born 7 November 1997) is a Chinese cricketer who plays for China women's national cricket team in domestic and international cricket in Women's Twenty20. She made her international cricket debut in 2018 when Chinese women's team tou ...

on 3 November 2018 at

. * Best individual bowling figures: 4/7, Wu Juan v.

on 20 September 2019 at

. Most T20I runs for China Women Most T20I wickets for China Women T20I record versus other nations ''Records complete to WT20I #767. Last updated 22 September 2019.''

Current squad

Huang Zhuo Huang Zhuo (, born 13 August 1985) is a Chinese woman cricketer. She captained the Chinese women's cricket team during the 2015 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier. She also represented China at the 2010 Asian Games and in the 2014 Asian Game ...

( c) * Caiyun Zhao * Chai Yudian(柴雨点) ( wk) *

Han Lili Han Lili (韩丽丽; born 10 June 1990) is a Chinese woman cricketer who represents China women's national cricket team in domestic and international cricket in Women's Twenty20 cricket. She made her international cricket debut in 2018 when Chi ...

* Li Yingying * Liu Jie * Reziye * Song Yang Yang * Sun Meng Yao(孙梦瑶) * Tian Qi * Wang Meng * Wu Juan * Xiang Ruan(阮香) * Zhao Ning(赵宁)

References

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Women's national cricket teams

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