2023 ACC Women's T20 Emerging Teams Asia Cup

2023 ACC Women's T20 Emerging Teams Asia Cup
Dates12 – 21 June 2023
Administrator(s)Asian Cricket Council
Cricket format20 over, Twenty20, Twenty20 International
Tournament format(s)Group round-robin and knockout
Host(s) Hong Kong
Champions India A (1st title)
Runners-up Bangladesh A
Participants8
Matches15
Player of the seriesIndia Shreyanka Patil
Most runsBangladesh Murshida Khatun (59)
Most wicketsIndia Shreyanka Patil (9)

The 2023 ACC Women's T20 Emerging Teams Asia Cup was the inaugural edition of the ACC Women's T20 Emerging Teams Asia Cup played in Hong Kong in June 2023,[1] with all the matches held at the Mission Road Ground in Kowloon.[2] Eight teams took part in the tournament, including the A teams of four nations with ODI status and the next four top associate teams.[3] The tournament was organized by the Asian Cricket Council (ACC).[4][5][6]

7 of the scheduled 12 matches in the first round of the tournament were rained out. Only two teams – Malaysia and United Arab Emirates – were able to play more than one match, and the match between those two teams was also reduced to 5 overs. One of the semi-finals was also rained out, meaning that Bangladesh A and Pakistan A were the only other teams that had played more than one match going into the final. India A won the tournament after defeating Bangladesh A by 31 runs in the final.[7]

Participating teams

The following eight teams participated in the tournament. Thailand A withdrew shortly before the tournament began due to visa issues, and were replaced by Nepal.[8]

Squads

 Bangladesh A[9]  Hong Kong[10]  India A[11]  Malaysia[12]
   Nepal[13]  Pakistan A[14]  Sri Lanka A[15]  United Arab Emirates[16]

Group stage

Group A

Points table

Pos Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR
1  India A 3 1 0 2 4 5.425
2  Pakistan A 3 1 0 2 4 0.450
3    Nepal 3 0 1 2 2 −0.450
4  Hong Kong 3 0 1 2 2 −5.425
Source: ESPNcricinfo[17]

  Advanced to the knockout stage

Fixtures

13 June 2023
09:00
Scorecard
Pakistan A 
87 (19.2 overs)
v
   Nepal
78/6 (20 overs)
Shawaal Zulfiqar 28 (36)
Indu Barma 3/6 (3 overs)
Kabita Kunwar 20 (32)
Syeda Aroob Shah 2/16 (4 overs)
Pakistan A won by 9 runs
Mission Road Ground, Kowloon
Umpires: Narayanan Janani (Ind) and Hemangi Yerzal (UAE)
Player of the match: Kabita Kunwar (Nep)
  • Nepal won the toss and elected to field.
13 June 2023
13:30
Scorecard
Hong Kong 
34 (14 overs)
v
 India A
38/1 (5.2 overs)
Mariko Hill 14 (19)
Shreyanka Patil 5/2 (3 overs)
Gongadi Trisha 19 (13)
Betty Chan 1/15 (2 overs)
India A won by 9 wickets
Mission Road Ground, Kowloon
Umpires: Afia Amin (Pak) and Nur Hjrah (Mas)
Player of the match: Shreyanka Patil (India A)
  • India A won the toss and elected to field.
15 June 2023
09:00
Scorecard
v
Match abandoned
Mission Road Ground, Kowloon
Umpires: Narayanan Janani (Ind) and Vrinda Rathi (Ind)
  • No toss.
  • No play was possible due to rain.
15 June 2023
13:30
Scorecard
v
   Nepal
Match abandoned
Mission Road Ground, Kowloon
Umpires: Humaira Farah (Pak) and Saleema Imtiaz (Pak)
  • No toss.
  • No play was possible due to rain.
17 June 2023
09:00
Scorecard
v
   Nepal
Match abandoned
Mission Road Ground, Kowloon
Umpires: Humaira Farah (Pak) and Vrinda Rathi (Ind)
  • No toss.
  • No play was possible due to rain.
17 June 2023
13:30
Scorecard
v
Match abandoned
Mission Road Ground, Kowloon
Umpires: Dedunu Silva (SL) and Hemangi Yerzal (UAE)
  • No toss.
  • No play was possible due to rain.

Group B

Points table

Pos Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR
1  Bangladesh A 3 1 0 2 4 4.850
2  Sri Lanka A 3 1 0 2 4 0.090
3  United Arab Emirates 3 1 1 1 3 0.000
4  Malaysia 3 0 2 1 1 −3.969
Source: ESPNcricinfo[17]

  Advanced to the knockout stage

Fixtures

12 June 2023
09:00
Scorecard
United Arab Emirates 
95 (19.3 overs)
v
 Sri Lanka A
96/7 (19.5 overs)
Esha Oza 39 (30)
Madushika Methtananda 4/16 (3.3 overs)
Vishmi Gunaratne 21 (32)
Esha Oza 2/10 (4 overs)
Sri Lanka A won by 3 wickets
Mission Road Ground, Kowloon
Umpires: Nur Hijrah (Mas) and Narayanan Janani (Ind)
Player of the match: Madushika Methtananda (Sri Lanka A)
  • United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to bat.
12 June 2023
13:30
Scorecard
Bangladesh A 
148/6 (20 overs)
v
 Malaysia
51/8 (20 overs)
Murshida Khatun 57* (44)
Aisya Eleesa 2/20 (4 overs)
Ainna Hamizah Hashim 13* (31)
Rabeya Khan 2/7 (3 overs)
Bangladesh A won by 97 runs
Mission Road Ground, Kowloon
Umpires: Saleema Imtiaz (Pak) and Gayathri Venugopalan (Ind)
Player of the match: Murshida Khatun (Bangladesh A)
  • Bangladesh A won the toss and elected to bat.
14 June 2023
09:00
Scorecard
v
Match abandoned
Mission Road Ground, Kowloon
Umpires: Afia Amin (Pak) and Gayathri Venugopalan (Ind)
  • No toss.
  • No play was possible due to rain.
14 June 2023
13:30
Scorecard
Malaysia 
34/6 (5 overs)
v
 United Arab Emirates
35/5 (4.5 overs)
Yusrina Yaakop 9 (5)
Vaishnave Mahesh 3/10 (2 overs)
United Arab Emirates won by 5 wickets
Mission Road Ground, Kowloon
Umpires: Nimali Perera (SL) and Dedunu Silva (SL)
Player of the match: Vaishnave Mahesh (UAE)
  • United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to field.
  • The match was reduced to 5 overs per side due to rain.
16 June 2023
09:00
Scorecard
v
Match abandoned
Mission Road Ground, Kowloon
Umpires: Nimali Perera (SL) and Hemangi Yerzal (UAE)
  • No toss.
  • No play was possible due to rain.
16 June 2023
13:30
Scorecard
v
Match abandoned
Mission Road Ground, Kowloon
Umpires: Saleema Imtiaz (Pak) and Shathira Jakir (Ban)
  • No toss.
  • No play was possible due to rain.

Knockout stage

Bracket

Semi-finals Final
      
A1  India A
B2  Sri Lanka A
A1  India A 127/7 (20)
B1  Bangladesh A 96 (19.2)
B1  Bangladesh A 59/7 (9)
A2  Pakistan A 53/4 (9)

Semi-finals

1st semi-final

19–20 June 2023
09:00
Scorecard
v
Match abandoned
Mission Road Ground, Kowloon
Umpires: Saleema Imtiaz (Pak) and Hemangi Yerzal (UAE)
  • No toss.
  • No play was possible on the scheduled date due to rain. Reserve day was used.
  • No play was possible in reserved due to rain.
  • India A advanced to the final on the basis of finishing higher in the group stage standings.

2nd semi-final

19–20 June 2023
13:30
Scorecard
Bangladesh A 
59/7 (9 overs)
v
 Pakistan A
53/4 (9 overs)
Nahida Akter 21 (16)
Fatima Sana 3/10 (2 overs)
Eyman Fatima 18 (15)
Rabeya Khan 2/13 (2 overs)
Bangladesh A won by 6 runs
Mission Road Ground, Kowloon
Umpires: Nimali Perera (SL) and Gayathri Venugopalan (Ind)
Player of the match: Nahida Akter (Bangladesh A)
  • Bangladesh A won the toss and elected to bat.
  • No play was possible on the scheduled date due to rain. Reserve day was used.
  • The match was reduced to 9 overs per side due to rain.

Final

21 June 2023
11:30
Scorecard
India A 
127/7 (20 overs)
v
 Bangladesh A
96 (19.2 overs)
Dinesh Vrinda 36 (29)
Nahida Akter 2/13 (4 overs)
Nahida Akter 17* (22)
Shreyanka Patil 4/13 (4 overs)
India A won by 31 runs
Mission Road Ground, Kowloon
Umpires: Nimali Perera (SL) and Hemangi Yerzal (UAE)
Player of the match: Kanika Ahuja (India A)
  • India A won the toss and elected to bat.

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