2022 Women's Twenty20 East Asia Cup
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| 2022 Women's Twenty20 East Asia Cup | |||
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| Japan | Hong Kong | ||
| Dates | 27 – 30 October 2022 | ||
| Captains | Mai Yanagida | Kary Chan[n 1] | |
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| Results | Hong Kong won the 4-match series 4–0 | ||
| Most runs | Akari Kano (75) | Natasha Miles (149) | |
| Most wickets |
Mai Yanagida (3) Shizuka Miyaji (3) | Betty Chan (6) | |
| Player of the series | Mariko Hill (HK) | ||
The 2022 Women's East Asia Cup was a Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) cricket tournament held in Kaizuka, Osaka, Japan from 27 to 30 October 2022.[1] This was the fourth edition of the women's East Asia Cup, and was originally scheduled to involve the same teams as in all previous editions, namely China, Hong Kong, Japan and South Korea.[2] China and South Korea both withdrew from this year's tournament, and so Japan and Hong Kong played a four-match series to determine the winner.[3] The four member countries signed an agreement in 2021 to make the women's East Asia Cup an annual event,[4] but the 2021 event (which would have been played in Hong Kong) was cancelled due to COVID-19.[5] China won the previous tournament in 2019.[6]
Hong Kong were comfortable winners by 8 wickets in the first game.[7] The second game ended with the same result, with Hong Kong's Mariko Hill scoring an unbeaten 51.[8] Hong Kong took an unassailable lead in the series by winning the third game, helped by an unbeaten 86 from Natasha Miles.[9][10] An improved performance by the hosts saw Japan fall short by just 3 runs, with Akari Kano scoring an unbeaten half-century.[11] The last match of the series ended in a tie, with Hong Kong winning in the Super Over to take the series 4–0.[12]
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WT20I series
1st WT20I
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Shimako Kato 15 (16) Maryam Bibi 2/7 (4 overs) |
- Hong Kong won the toss and elected to field.
- Ahilya Chandel, Hinase Goto, Haruna Iwasaki, Shimako Kato and Mako Munakata (Jpn) all made their WT20I debuts.
2nd WT20I
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Shimako Kato 28 (36) Betty Chan 4/13 (3.2 overs) |
- Japan won the toss and elected to bat.
- Minami Yoshioka (Jpn) made her WT20I debut.
3rd WT20I
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Akari Kano 54 (50) Ruchitha Venkatesh 1/25 (4 overs) |
- Hong Kong won the toss and elected to bat.
- Ayumi Fujikawa, Meg Ogawa (Jpn) and Georgina Bradley (HK) all made their WT20I debuts.