The China women's national cricket team is the team that represents

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in international

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matches. The team is organised by the Chinese Cricket Association and made its official international debut in 2007.

History

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

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. 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 ICC members 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

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. China were named in the

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regional group, alongside seven other teams.

Tournament history

Asia Cup

Asian Games (T20 format)

ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier

ICC Women's T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier

ACC Women's Premier Cup

Women Twenty20 East Asia Cup

Records and statistics

International Match Summary — China Women ''Last updated 8 June 2025''

Twenty20 International

* Highest team total: 132/6 v.

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on 20 September 2019 at Yeonhui Cricket Ground,

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. * Highest individual score: 55, Zhang Chan v.

on 3 November 2018 at Yeonhui Cricket Ground,

. * Best individual bowling figures: 5/15, Xiuli Jin v.

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on 31 August 2023 at Bayuemas Oval, Klang. Most T20I runs for China Women Most T20I wickets for China Women T20I record versus other nations ''Records complete to WT20I #2347. Last updated 8 June 2025.''

Current squad

* Huang Zhuo ( c) * Caiyun Zhao * Chai Yudian(柴雨点) ( wk) * Han Lili * Li Yingying *

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* 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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