The 2019 ICC Women's Qualifier Asia was a cricket tournament that was held in Thailand in February 2019.[2] The matches were played as Women's Twenty20 Internationals (WT20Is), with the top team progressing to both the 2019 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier and the 2021 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier tournaments.[3] The fixtures took place at the Terdthai Cricket Ground and the Asian Institute of Technology Ground in Bangkok.[4]
| Dates | 18 – 27 February 2019 |
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| Administrator(s) | International Cricket Council |
| Cricket format | Twenty20 International |
| Host(s) |  Thailand |
| Champions | Thailand |
| Runners-up |  Nepal |
| Participants | 7 |
| Matches | 21 |
| Player of the series | Sita Magar[1] |
| Most runs | Naruemol Chaiwai (181) |
| Most wickets | Sornnarin Tippoch (13) Nary Thapa (13) |
Ahead of the final round of fixtures, Thailand, United Arab Emirates and Nepal all had a chance to top the group and progress to the next phase of qualification.[5][6] Thailand won the tournament, after beating the United Arab Emirates by 50 runs in their final match.[7] They won all of their matches in the tournament, and it was Thailand's 14th consecutive win in WT20Is.[1] Nepal finished the tournament in second place, with the United Arab Emirates in third.[8]
Teams edit
The following teams competed in the tournament:[2]
Points table edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR | |
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| 1 | Thailand (H)
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6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3.268 | Advanced to qualifying tournament |
| 2 | Nepal
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6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.564 | Eliminated |
| 3 |  United Arab Emirates
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6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1.089 | |
| 4 |  China
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6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.337 | |
| 5 |  Hong Kong
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6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | −0.509 | |
| 6 |  Malaysia
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6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | −1.568 | |
| 7 |  Kuwait
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6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3.342 |
Fixtures edit
Round 1 edit
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- Thailand Women won the toss and elected to field.
- The match was reduced to 8 overs per side due to rain.
- Zhang Mei, Caiyun Zhou, Zheng Lili, Huang Zhuo, Fengfeng Song, Wu Juan, Wang Meng and Liu Jie (Chn) all made their WT20I debuts.
- Chanida Sutthiruang (Tha) took a hat-trick.[10]
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- Kuwait Women won the toss and elected to field.
- Maryam Omar, Priyada Murali, Amna Tariq, Mariamma Hyder, Siobhan Gomez, Maria Jasvi, Khadija Khalil, Maryyam Ashraf, Zeefa Jilani, Madeeha Zuberi and Sabreen Zaki (Kuw) all made their WT20I debuts.
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- United Arab Emirates Women won the toss and elected to bat.
- Jenefer Davies, Yee Shan To, Marina Lamplough, Maryam Bibi (HK) and Ishani Seneviratne (UAE) all made their WT20I debuts.
Round 2 edit
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- Nepal Women won the toss and elected to bat.
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- China Women won the toss and elected to field.
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- United Arab Emirates Women won the toss and elected to bat.
- Mofida Kocchargi and Mahnoor Mahmood (Kuw) both made their WT20I debuts.
- Chamani Seneviratne (UAE) took her first five-wicket haul in WT20Is.[11]
Round 3 edit
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- United Arab Emirates Women won the toss and elected to bat.
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- Thailand Women won the toss and elected to bat.
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- China Women won the toss and elected to field.
- Chen Yue (Chn) and Iqra Ishaq (Kuw) both made their WT20I debuts.
Round 4 edit
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- United Arab Emirates Women won the toss and elected to bat.
- Apsari Begam (Nep) made her WT20I debut.
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Yasmin Daswani 7 (44)
Nattaya Boochatham 4/3 (3.1 overs) |
- Thailand Women won the toss and elected to bat.
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- Malaysia Women won the toss and elected to bat.
Round 5 edit
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- China Women won the toss and elected to field.
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- Hong Kong Women won the toss and elected to bat.
- Nary Thapa (Nep) took her first five-wicket haul in WT20Is.[12]
Round 6 edit
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- Malaysia Women won the toss and elected to field.
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- China Women won the toss and elected to field.
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- Hong Kong Women won the toss and elected to field.
Round 7 edit
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Yasmin Daswani 31 (57)
Winifred Duraisingam 3/10 (4 overs) |
- Hong Kong Women won the toss and elected to field.
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- Thailand Women won the toss and elected to bat.
References edit
- ^ a b "Thailand make it six wins in a row to claim ICC Women's Asia Qualifier 2019". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
- ^ a b "Thailand plays host as the road to the Women's T20 and 50-over World Cups begins". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
- ^ "ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier – Asia 2019 set to begin in Bangkok". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
- ^ "Thailand hosts women's T20 and ODI World Cup pre-qualifiers". Inside Sport. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
- ^ "Thailand win again but exciting finish ahead in ICC Women's Asia Qualifier". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
- ^ "Thailand put one foot in global qualifiers". Cricket Europe. Archived from the original on 26 February 2019. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
- ^ "Thailand tops the chart in ICC Women's World Cup Asia Qualifiers". Women's CricZone. Archived from the original on 27 February 2019. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
- ^ "Thailand make it six wins in a row to claim ICC Women's Asia Qualifier". Cricket Association of Thailand. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
- ^ "ICC Women's T20 World Cup Asia Region Qualifier Table - 2019". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
- ^ "Interview with ICC's Emerging Player and first Thai player to claim Hat-Trick – Chanida Sutthiruang". Female Cricket. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
- ^ "A great day for China while UAE make it two wins from two". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
- ^ "UAE and Nepal keep pressure on hosts after Thailand beat Kuwait by nine wickets". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
- ^ "Nepal win over Kuwait with captain's hat trick in Women's T20 Qualifier". Online Khabar. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
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