2017 Women's Twenty20 East Asia Cup
| Dates | 21 – 24 September 2017 |
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| Administrator(s) | Hong Kong Cricket Association |
| Cricket format | Twenty20 |
| Host(s) |  Hong Kong |
| Champions | Hong Kong (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  Japan |
| Participants | 4 |
| Matches | 8 |
| Most runs | Yasmin Daswani (179) |
| Most wickets | Etsuko Kobayashi (6) |
The 2017 Women's East Asia Cup was a Twenty20 (T20) cricket tournament, which was held in Hong Kong in September 2017.[1] The venues for the round-robin stage matches were the Hong Kong Cricket Club in Wong Nai, and the Mission Road Ground in Mong Kok. The tournament was completed with the final and third-place play-off, which were played at the Kowloon Cricket Club.[2]
The Twenty20 East Asia Cup is an annual competition featuring China, Hong Kong, Japan and South Korea that was first played in 2015 and alternates annually between a men's and women's event.[3] China were the defending women's champions, having won the inaugural edition in 2015 at the Yeonhui Cricket Ground in Incheon, South Korea.[4] South Korea had won the inaugural men's edition in 2016.[5] The matches did not have Twenty20 International status.
Hong Kong defeated Japan in a close contest in the final on 24 September 2017 to win the Women's East Asia Cup for the first time.[2]
Squads
[edit] China[6]
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Hong Kong[7]
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Japan[8]
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 South Korea[9]
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Round-robin
[edit]Points table
[edit]| Team[10] | P | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR | Status |
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| Hong Kong (H)
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3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | +4.450 | Advanced to the final |
| Japan
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3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | +0.470 | |
| South Korea
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3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | –2.525 | Advanced to the 3rd place play-off |
| China
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3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | –2.603 |
Matches
[edit] 21 September 2017
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Miho Kanno 22 (24)
Jiyeon Park 2/12 (3 overs) |
Jiyeon Park 27 (45)
Etsuko Kobayashi 4/24 (4 overs) |
- South Korea Women won the toss and elected to field.
21 September 2017
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Zhang Chan 34* (43)
Betty Chan 2/19 (4 overs) |
- China Women won the toss and elected to field.
22 September 2017
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Zhang Chan 23 (42)
Etsuko Kobayashi 2/23 (4 overs) |
Mai Yanagida 42 (48)
Shi Rui 1/14 (2 overs) |
- China Women won the toss and elected to bat.
- The match was reduced to 17 overs per side and Japan Women were set a revised target of 88 runs to win due to rain.
22 September 2017
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Yasmin Daswani 77 (64)
So Hyeon Park 1/32 (4 overs) |
Sinae Kim 14 (27)
Annie Ho 2/2 (3 overs) |
- Hong Kong Women won the toss and elected to bat.
Play-offs
[edit]Third-place play-off
[edit] 24 September 2017
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Caiyun Zhou 17 (20)
Seungmin Song 3/16 (3 overs) |
Jiyeon Park 18* (31)
Tian Qi 3/13 (3 overs) |
- China Women won the toss and elected to bat.
- The match was reduced to 15 overs per side due to rain.
Final
[edit] 24 September 2017
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Mai Yanagida 35 (56)
Betty Chan 2/3 (4 overs) |
Yasmin Daswani 31 (49)
Sonia Wylde 1/7 (1 over) |
- Japan Women won the toss and elected to bat.
- Hong Kong Women were set a revised target of 83 runs to win from 18 overs due to rain.
References
[edit]- ^ "Women's Twenty20 East Asia Cup 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
- ^ a b "East Asia Cup (Women)". Japan Cricket Association. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
- ^ "East Asia Cup 2018". Cricket Hong Kong. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
- ^ "2015 East Asia Cup". Japan Cricket Association. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
- ^ "South Korea edge Japan to win East Asia Cup cricket tournament". Inside the Games. 8 November 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
- ^ "China Women squad East Asia Cup 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
- ^ "Hong Kong Women squad East Asia Cup 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
- ^ "Japan Women squad East Asia Cup 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
- ^ "South Korea Women squad East Asia Cup 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
- ^ "Women's Twenty20 East Asia Cup 2017 - Points Table". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 May 2020.