The Hong Kong women's cricket team is the team that represents the Chinese special administrative region of

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in international

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. In April 2018, the

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(ICC) granted full

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

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matches played between Hong Kong women and other

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after 1 July 2018 will be a full WT20I. Hong Kong made its

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debut against

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on 12 January 2019 at

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during the Thailand Women's T20 Smash.

History

They made their international debut in September 2006, playing against

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in a three match series of one-day games to decide which country would represent the Asia region in the

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in 2007. They lost the series 3-0 after a series of heavy defeats, two by more than 200 runs. In 2009, the Hong Kong women's team won the

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, then defended their title and won the tournament again in 2011, narrowly defeating

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with three balls to spare. In

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, Hong Kong team lost to

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as they finished 7th in the tournament at Guanggong Cricket Stadium in

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. In

2014 Asian Games The 2014 Asian Games ( ko, 2014년 아시아 경기대회/2014년 아시안 게임, Icheon sip-sa nyeon Asia gyeonggi daehoe/Icheon sip-sa nyeon Asian Geim), officially known as the 17th Asian Games ( ko, 제17회 아시아 경기대회/제17회 ...

, Hong Kong team reached quarter-finals where they lost to

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

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. In 2017, the Hong Kong women's team won the

2017 Women's Twenty20 East Asia Cup The 2017 Women's East Asia Cup was a Twenty20 (T20) cricket tournament, which was held in Hong Kong in September 2017. The venues for the round-robin stage matches were the Hong Kong Cricket Club in Wong Nai, and the Mission Road Ground in Mong ...

, with Yasmin Daswani awarded Player of the Tournament In December 2020, the ICC announced the qualification pathway for the 2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup. Hong Kong were named in the 2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier regional group, alongside seven other teams.

Tournament history

ICC Women's T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier

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format)

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(
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format)

Women Twenty20 East Asia Cup

Records and Statistics

International Match Summary — Hong Kong Women ''Last updated 30 October 2022''

Twenty20 International

* Highest team total: 155/3 v.

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on 28 November 2021 at ICC Academy Ground,

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. * Highest individual score: 86 *,

Natasha Miles Natasha Tara Miles (born 19 October 1988) is a British Hong Kong cricketer who plays for the Hong Kong women's national cricket team and Middlesex in English county cricket. An all-rounder, she is a right-handed batter and right-arm medium bow ...

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on 29 October 2022 at Kaizuka Cricket Ground, Kaizuka. * Best individual bowling figures: 5/7,

Kary Chan Kary Chan (; born 13 March 1997) is a Hong Kong cricketer and the captain of the Hong Kong women's national cricket team. Chan made her Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) debut on 12 January 2019, for Hong Kong against Indonesia in the 2019 ...

on 19 September 2019 at

. Most T20I runs for Hong Kong Women Most T20I wickets for Hong Kong Women T20I record versus other nations ''Records complete to WT20I #1285. Last updated 30 October 2022.''

Squad

This lists all the players who were named in the most recent squad. ''Updated as on 30 October 2022''

References

External links

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