2024 Twenty20 East Asia Cup
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Dates14 – 17 February 2024
Administrator(s)Hong Kong Cricket Association
Cricket formatTwenty20 International
Host(s)
Hong Kong
Hong Kong| Dates | 14 – 17 February 2024 |
|---|---|
| Administrator(s) | Hong Kong Cricket Association |
| Cricket format | Twenty20 International |
| Host(s) | Hong Kong |
| Champions | Hong Kong (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  Japan |
| Participants | 3 |
| Matches | 7 |
| Most runs | Kendel Kadowaki-Fleming (217) |
| Most wickets | Sabaorish Ravichandran (9) |
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]
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Hong Kong[9] |
Japan[10] |
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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
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Huang Junjie 10 (30) Nizakat Khan 2/5 (2 overs) |
- Hong Kong won the toss and elected to bat.
- Dhananjay Rao (HK) and Shenjian Zheng (Chn) both made their T20I debuts.
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Lachlan Yamamoto-Lake 134* (68) |
Wei Guo Lei 24 (23) Makoto Taniyama 3/5 (3 overs) |
- 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]
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Yasim Murtaza 48 (26) Sabaorish Ravichandran 5/22 (4 overs) |
Ibrahim Takahashi 25 (23) Anas Khan 4/30 (4 overs) |
- Hong Kong won the toss and elected to bat.
- Sabaorish Ravichandran (Jpn) took his first five-wicket haul in T20Is.[12]
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Shenjian Zheng 21 (13) Haroon Arshad 4/7 (4 overs) |
Aizaz Khan 21* (14) |
- China won the toss and elected to bat.
- Jason Lui (HK) made his T20I debut.
Final
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Nizakat Khan 81 (48) Reo Sakurano-Thomas 3/40 (4 overs) |
Declan Suzuki-McComb 37 (28) Yasim Murtaza 3/25 (4 overs) |
- 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
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Bobby Chan 20 (25) Zong Yuechao 2/7 (3 overs) |
Wei Guo Lei 35 (26) Anthony Lau 2/20 (2.4 overs) |
- China won the toss and elected to field.