Yasmin Daswani (born 21 September 1994) is an English-born Hong Kong women's
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 st ...
er and
lawyer
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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
The 2022 FairBreak Invitational T20 was a women's Twenty20 cricket competition, which took place from 4 to 15 May 2022 in Dubai. The tournament, sanctioned by the ICC, was privately-run by FairBreak Global, a company that aims to promote gende ...
– an ICC sanctioned competition that will take place on May 1–15, 2022 in
Dubai
Dubai (, ; ar, دبي, translit=Dubayy, , ) is the most populous city in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the capital of the Emirate of Dubai, the most populated of the 7 emirates of the United Arab Emirates.The Government and Politics ...
in conjunction with
Cricket Hong Kong
Cricket Hong Kong () is the official governing body of the sport of cricket in Hong Kong. Its current headquarters is in So Kon Po, Causeway Bay. Established as the Hong Kong Cricket Association in 1968, CHK is Hong Kong's representative at the I ...
. 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
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 Mon ...
with figures of 77 off 64 against
Korea
Korea ( ko, 한국, or , ) is a peninsular region in East Asia. Since 1945, it has been divided at or near the 38th parallel, with North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) comprising its northern half and South Korea (Republi ...
, 71 off 68 against
China and 31 off 49 against
Japan
References
External links
Cricinfo
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
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