Yasmin Daswani (born 21 September 1994) is an English-born Hong Kong women's

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who represents the Hong Kong national women's national cricket team in international cricket. In February 2022, Daswani was announced as a player in the 2022 FairBreak Invitational T20 – an ICC sanctioned competition that will take place on May 1–15, 2022 in

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in conjunction with

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. The six-team tournament is made up of players from all around the world and will be the world’s first privately funded tournament in women’s cricket history with the leading healthcare group Gencor as the lead sponsor.

Early life and education

Daswani was born on 21 September 1994 She studied law at Durham University and following a two year break started practicing as a solicitor at Fladgate LLP.

Notable performances

In 2010, Daswani was awarded player of the tournament at the ACC Under-19 Women's Championship 2010. In 2017, she was awarded player of the tournament at the

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with figures of 77 off 64 against

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, 71 off 68 against

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and 31 off 49 against

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References

External links

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1994 births Living people Hong Kong people Hong Kong women cricketers Hong Kong women Twenty20 International cricketers Cricketers at the 2010 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for Hong Kong English people of Indian descent Hong Kong people of Indian descent English emigrants to Hong Kong {{HongKong-cricket-bio-stub