2024 Twenty20 East Asia Cup

2024 East Asia Cup
Dates14 – 17 February 2024
Administrator(s)Hong Kong Cricket Association
Cricket formatTwenty20 International
Host(s) Hong Kong
Champions Hong Kong (1st title)
Runners-up Japan
Participants3
Matches7
Most runsJapan Kendel Kadowaki-Fleming (217)
Most wicketsJapan Sabaorish Ravichandran (9)
← 2018

The 2024 East Asia Cup was held in Hong Kong in February 2024, and was the third edition of Men's Twenty20 East Asia Cup.[1][2] This was the first edition in which all of the matches had Twenty20 International (T20I) status.[3] Japan won the previous edition in 2018.[4] South Korea did not participate in this edition of the tournament.[2]

Hong Kong defeated Japan in the final by 34 runs.[5][6][7] The victory secured Hong Kong's first men's East Asia Cup title.[8]

Squads

 China  Hong Kong[9]  Japan[10]
  • Wei Guo Lei (c, wk)
  • Deng Jinqi
  • Xie Qiulai
  • Zhuang Zelin
  • Zou Kui
  • Tian Sen Qun
  • Qiu Yingjie
  • Huang Junjie (wk)
  • Ma Qiancheng
  • Luo Shilin
  • Zhao Tianle
  • Zong Yuechao
  • Shenjian Zheng
  • Chen Zhuo Yue
  • Kendel Kadowaki-Fleming (c)[n 1]
  • Koji Abe
  • Ryan Drake
  • Charles Hinze
  • Kazuma Kato-Stafford
  • Wataru Miyauchi (wk)
  • Sabaorish Ravichandran
  • Reo Sakurano-Thomas
  • Mian Siddique
  • Declan Suzuki-McComb
  • Ibrahim Takahashi
  • Makoto Taniyama
  • Marcus Thurgate
  • Lachlan Yamamoto-Lake

Round-robin

Points table

Pos Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR Qualification
1  Hong Kong 4 4 0 0 8 4.075 Advanced to the final
2  Japan 4 2 2 0 4 2.089
3  China 4 0 4 0 0 −6.121
Source: ESPNcricinfo[11]

Fixtures

14 February 2024
09:00
Scorecard
Hong Kong 
171/5 (20 overs)
v
 China
48/8 (20 overs)
Anshuman Rath 72* (46)
Tian Sen Qun 3/20 (4 overs)
Huang Junjie 10 (30)
Nizakat Khan 2/5 (2 overs)
Hong Kong won by 123 runs
Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok
Umpires: Shelton D'Cruz (HK) and John Prakash (HK)
Player of the match: Anshuman Rath (HK)
  • Hong Kong won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Dhananjay Rao (HK) and Shenjian Zheng (Chn) both made their T20I debuts.
14 February 2024
14:00
Scorecard
Japan 
179/5 (20 overs)
v
 Hong Kong
184/3 (16.1 overs)
Kendel Kadowaki-Fleming 78 (53)
Aizaz Khan 2/44 (4 overs)
Jamie Atkinson 68* (36)
Declan Suzuki-McComb 1/21 (3 overs)
Hong Kong won by 7 wickets
Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok
Umpires: Niaz Ali (HK) and John Prakash (HK)
Player of the match: Jamie Atkinson (HK)
  • Japan won the toss and elected to bat.
15 February 2024
09:00
Scorecard
Japan 
258/0 (20 overs)
v
 China
78 (16.5 overs)
Lachlan Yamamoto-Lake 134* (68)
Wei Guo Lei 24 (23)
Makoto Taniyama 3/5 (3 overs)
Japan won by 180 runs
Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok
Umpires: Jayanth Babu (HK) and Shelton D'Cruz (HK)
Player of the match: Kendel Kadowaki-Fleming (Jpn) and Lachlan Yamamoto-Lake (Jpn)
  • Japan won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Marcus Thurgate (Jpn) made his T20I debut.
  • Lachlan Yamamoto-Lake (Jpn) scored his first century in T20Is.[12]
  • The partnership between Kendel Kadowaki-Fleming and Lachlan Yamamoto-Lake (Jpn) was the highest in men's T20Is (258).[13]
15 February 2024
14:00
Scorecard
Hong Kong 
155 (19.4 overs)
v
 Japan
128 (18.5 overs)
Yasim Murtaza 48 (26)
Sabaorish Ravichandran 5/22 (4 overs)
Ibrahim Takahashi 25 (23)
Anas Khan 4/30 (4 overs)
Hong Kong won by 27 runs
Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok
Umpires: Niaz Ali (HK) and John Prakash (HK)
Player of the match: Yasim Murtaza (HK)
16 February 2024
09:00
Scorecard
China 
41 (12.4 overs)
v
 Hong Kong
42/0 (5 overs)
Shenjian Zheng 21 (13)
Haroon Arshad 4/7 (4 overs)
Aizaz Khan 21* (14)
Hong Kong won by 10 wickets
Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok
Umpires: Shelton D'Cruz (HK) and Shiroy Vachha (HK)
Player of the match: Haroon Arshad (HK)
  • China won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Jason Lui (HK) made his T20I debut.
16 February 2024
14:00
Scorecard
Japan 
143 (19.3 overs)
v
 China
99/8 (20 overs)
Wataru Miyauchi 31 (24)
Tian Sen Qun 4/12 (4 overs)
Deng Jinqi 38 (49)
Mian Siddique 2/17 (3 overs)
Japan won by 44 runs
Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok
Umpires: Shelton D'Cruz (HK) and John Prakash (HK)
Player of the match: Mian Siddique (Jpn)
  • Japan won the toss and elected to bat.

Final

17 February 2024
09:00
Scorecard
Hong Kong 
219/7 (20 overs)
v
 Japan
185/8 (20 overs)
Nizakat Khan 81 (48)
Reo Sakurano-Thomas 3/40 (4 overs)
Declan Suzuki-McComb 37 (28)
Yasim Murtaza 3/25 (4 overs)
Hong Kong won by 34 runs
Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok
Umpires: Shelton D'Cruz (HK) and John Prakash (HK)
Player of the match: Nizakat Khan (HK)
  • Japan won the toss and elected to field.
  • Hong Kong's innings total of 219 was their highest in men's T20Is.[14]

Exhibition match

17 February 2024
14:00
Scorecard
Hong Kong Dragons 
92 (18.2 overs)
v
 China
93/5 (9.4 overs)
Bobby Chan 20 (25)
Zong Yuechao 2/7 (3 overs)
Wei Guo Lei 35 (26)
Anthony Lau 2/20 (2.4 overs)
China won by 5 wickets
Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok
Umpires: Royce McDonald (HK) and Hemant Tukrul (HK)
Player of the match: Wei Guo Lei (Chn)
  • China won the toss and elected to field.

Notes

  1. ^ Reo Sakurano-Thomas captained Japan in their fourth match of the tournament.

References

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  2. ^ a b "Men's Japan National Team to Visit Thailand and Hong Kong". Japan Cricket Association. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
  3. ^ "Men's East Asia Cup 2024 will be played in Hong Kong as a Lunar New Year spectacular". Cricket Hong Kong, China. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
  4. ^ "Japan team won 2018 East Asia Cup!". Cricket Hong Kong. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
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  9. ^ "Hong Kong, China Squads Announced for Men's East Asia Cup 2024". Cricket Hong Kong, China. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
  10. ^ "Men's Japan National Teams announced for upcoming tournaments". Japan Cricket Association. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
  11. ^ "East Asia Cup 2024". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
  12. ^ a b "Record Breaking Day in East Asia Cup". Japan Cricket Association. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
  13. ^ "Japan pair post record Men's T20I opening stand in win over China". Emerging Cricket. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
  14. ^ "Record T20 international total for Hong Kong as they beat Japan in East Asia Cup final". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 17 February 2024.