cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...
at the
2019 South Asian Games
The 2019 South Asian Games, officially the XIII South Asian Games, was a major multi-sport event which was originally slated to be held from 9 to 18 March 2019 in Kathmandu and Pokhara, Nepal. However, the dates were postponed and the event was ...
was held in
Pokhara
Pokhara ( ne, पोखरा, ) is a metropolis, metropolitan city in Nepal, which serves as the capital of Gandaki Province. It is the List of cities in Nepal, second most populous city of Nepal after Kathmandu, with 518,452 inhabitants living ...
,
Nepal
Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne,
सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mai ...
from 2 to 8 December 2019. The women's event featured teams from Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Maldives and Nepal. Sri Lanka named an under-23 squad, while matches played between Bangladesh, Maldives and Nepal were granted
Women's Twenty20 International
Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) is the shortest form of women's international cricket. A women's Twenty20 International is a 20 overs-per-side cricket match between two of the International Cricket Council (ICC) members. The first Twent ...
status. Matches were played at the Pokhara Stadium.
On 2 December 2019, the Maldives played their first-ever WT20I match, when they faced Nepal in the opening match of the tournament. In the same match,
Anjali Chand
Anjali Chand ( ne, अञ्जली चन्द, born 16 September 1995) is a Nepali cricketer who plays for the Nepali national women's team. She has scored a century in a domestic national tournament, becoming the third Nepali woman to scor ...
of Nepal took six wickets without conceding a run. On 5 December 2019, Bangladesh beat the Maldives by 249 runs, with the Maldives bowled out for just six runs in their innings.
Nepal beat the Maldives by ten wickets in the play-off match to win the bronze medal. In the match, the Maldives were dismissed for just eight runs, to record the second lowest total in a WT20I match. Only one run came from the bat, with the other seven runs coming from wides. Nine cricketers were dismissed without scoring.
In the final, Bangladesh beat Sri Lanka by two runs to win the gold medal. Bangladesh defended seven runs from the final over of the match to win their first ever gold in cricket at the South Asian Games.
Format
The four participating nations played matches on a round-robin basis. The top two teams progressed to the final, while the third and fourth sides met in the bronze medal match.
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...