2023 Malaysia Women's Quadrangular Series

The 2023 Malaysia Quadrangular Series was a Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket tournament which took place in Malaysia in August 2023.[1] The participating teams were the hosts Malaysia along with Hong Kong, Kuwait and Nepal.[2] All the matches were played at Bayuemas Oval in Klang.[3] The tournament formed part of the preparation of all four teams for the 2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier tournament.[4]

2023 Malaysia Quadrangular Series
Dates22 – 26 August 2023
Administrator(s)Malaysian Cricket Association
Cricket formatTwenty20 International
Tournament format(s)Round-robin and final
Host(s) Malaysia
Champions   Nepal
Runners-up Hong Kong
Participants4
Matches8
Player of the seriesNepal Indu Barma
Most runsMalaysia Ainna Hamizah Hashim (91)
Most wicketsKuwait Mariamma Hyder (7)
Nepal Sita Rana Magar (7)

Nepal beat Hong Kong by 13 runs according to the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method in the final to win the tournament.[5]

Squads

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  Hong Kong[6]   Kuwait[7]   Malaysia[8]     Nepal[9]
  • Amna Tariq (c)
  • Priyada Murali (vc)
  • Maryyam Ashraf (wk)
  • Angel Gabriella D'Costa
  • Suchitha Lita D'Sa (wk)
  • Raelyn D'Souza
  • Siobhan Gomez
  • Mariamma Hyder
  • Iqra Ishaq (wk)
  • Maria Jasvi
  • Zeefa Jilani
  • Khadija Khalil (wk)
  • Glenda Menezes
  • Maryam Omar
  • Balasubramani Shanti

Round-robin

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Points table

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Pos Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR
1     Nepal 3 2 1 0 4 0.853
2   Hong Kong 3 2 1 0 4 0.193
3   Malaysia 3 2 1 0 4 0.007
4   Kuwait 3 0 3 0 0 −1.244
Source: ESPNcricinfo[10]

  Advanced to the final
  Advanced to the 3rd place play-off

Fixtures

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22 August 2023
09:30
Scorecard
Kuwait  
22/7 (5 overs)
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  Malaysia
23/2 (3.5 overs)
Maryam Omar 9 (10)
Nik Nur Atiela 3/6 (1 overs)
Ainna Hamizah Hashim 13* (13)
Mariamma Hyder 1/4 (1 overs)
Malaysia won by 8 wickets
Bayuemas Oval, Pandamaran
Umpires: Denish Sevakumaran (Mas) and Narayanan Sivan (Mas)
Player of the match: Ainna Hamizah Hashim (Mas)
  • Malaysia won the toss and elected to field.
  • The match was reduced to 5 overs per side due to rain.
  • Musfirah Nur Ainaa and Nur Aishah (Mas) both made their T20I debuts.

22 August 2023
14:00
Scorecard
Hong Kong  
84 (19.1 overs)
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    Nepal
87/4 (15.5 overs)
Kary Chan 34 (29)
Sita Rana Magar 5/16 (4 overs)
Samjhana Khadka 36* (36)
Kary Chan 1/7 (1 over)
Nepal won by 6 wickets
Bayuemas Oval, Pandamaran
Umpires: Rudy Ismandy (Mas) and Narayanan Sivan (Mas)
Player of the match: Sita Rana Magar (Nep)

23 August 2023
09:30
Scorecard
Malaysia  
68 (19.5 overs)
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  Hong Kong
42/0 (9 overs)
Mas Elysa 30 (35)
Maryam Bibi 2/9 (3 overs)
Mariko Hill 24* (26)
Hong Kong won by 10 wickets (DLS method)
Bayuemas Oval, Pandamaran
Umpires: Viswanadan Kalidas (Mas) and Narayanan Sivan (Mas)
Player of the match: Mariko Hill (HK)
  • Malaysia won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Hong Kong were set a revised target of 42 runs from 12 overs due to rain.

23 August 2023
14:00
Scorecard
Nepal    
89/8 (20 overs)
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  Kuwait
55 (20 overs)
Indu Barma 23 (19)
Mariamma Hyder 4/8 (4 overs)
Zeefa Jilani 11 (19)
Indu Barma 3/10 (4 overs)
Nepal won by 34 runs
Bayuemas Oval, Pandamaran
Umpires: Nur Hijrah (Mas) and Viswanadan Kalidas (Mas)
Player of the match: Indu Barma (Mas)
  • Kuwait won the toss and elected to field.
  • Khusi Dangol (Nep) made her T20I debut.

25 August 2023
09:30
Scorecard
Hong Kong  
75 (18.2 overs)
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  Kuwait
59 (16.3 overs)
Mariko Hill 17 (17)
Amna Tariq 4/9 (4 overs)
Priyada Murali 16 (21)
Betty Chan 3/12 (3.3 overs)
Hong Kong won by 16 runs
Bayuemas Oval, Pandamaran
Umpires: Nur Hijrah (Mas) and Viswanadan Kalidas (Mas)
Player of the match: Amna Tariq (Kuw)
  • Kuwait won the toss and elected to field.
  • Suchitha Lita D'Sa (Kuw) made her T20I debut.

25 August 2023
14:00
Scorecard
Nepal    
83/7 (18 overs)
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  Malaysia
85/4 (16.2 overs)
Rubina Chhetry 23 (26)
Ainna Hamizah Hashim 2/13 (4 overs)
Ainna Hamizah Hashim 37* (39)
Puja Mahato 1/13 (2 overs)
Malaysia won by 6 wickets (DLS method)
Bayuemas Oval, Pandamaran
Umpires: Nur Hijrah (Mas) and Zaidan Taha (Mas)
Player of the match: Ainna Hamizah Hashim (Mas)
  • Malaysia won the toss and elected to field.
  • The match was reduced to 18 overs per side due to rain. Malaysia were set a revised target of 85 runs from 18 overs.
  • Irdina Beh Nabil (Mas) made her T20I debut.

3rd place play-off

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26 August 2023
09:30
Scorecard
Malaysia  
112/4 (20 overs)
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  Kuwait
77/8 (20 overs)
Ainna Hamizah Hashim 46* (53)
Maryam Omar 2/17 (4 overs)
Zeefa Jilani 38 (58)
Aisya Eleesa 3/19 (4 overs)
Malaysia won by 35 runs
Bayuemas Oval, Pandamaran
Umpires: Denish Sevakumaran (Mas) and Zaidan Taha (Mas)
Player of the match: Ainna Hamizah Hashim (Mas)
  • Kuwait won the toss and elected to field.
  • Angel Gabriella D'Costa (Kuw) made her T20I debut.

Final

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26 August 2023
14:00
Scorecard
Hong Kong  
101/6 (20 overs)
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    Nepal
37/1 (5.3 overs)
Kary Chan 29 (45)
Khusi Dangol 3/20 (3 overs)
Indu Barma 19* (19)
Iqra Sahar 1/13 (2 overs)
Nepal won by 13 runs (DLS method)
Bayuemas Oval, Pandamaran
Umpires: Nur Hijrah (Mas) and Denish Sevakumaran (Mas)
Player of the match: Khusi Dangol (Nep)
  • Nepal won the toss and elected to field.
  • No further play was possible due to rain.

Notes

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  1. ^ Winifred Duraisingam was named as the captain of the Malaysia squad, but Mas Elysa captained the team in all of their games.

References

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  1. ^ "Malaysia to host 4 Team Women's T20I Quadrangular series starting 22nd August 2023". Female Cricket. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
  2. ^ "Nepali women's cricket team departs for Malaysia". NepalNews. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  3. ^ "Nepali women's cricket team to compete T20 series featuring four nations". Republica. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  4. ^ "Malaysia Cricket to host Women's T20 Quadrangular series in August 2023". Czarsportz. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  5. ^ "Nepali women's team clinch T20 Quadrangular Series". The Kathmandu Post. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
  6. ^ "HK Women's squad for ICC Women's T20 World Cup Asia Qualifiers announced!". Cricket Hong Kong. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  7. ^ "Kuwait National Women's team powered by Al Muzaini Exchange Co. and led by skipper Amna Sharif is all set to depart to Kuala Lumpur for Malaysia T20I Women's Quadrangular series – 2023 followed by ICC Women's T20 World Cup Asia Qualifiers". Kuwait Cricket (via Facebook). Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  8. ^ "Let's show some support for the Malaysia T20i Women's Quadrangular Series 2023". Malaysia Cricket Association (via Facebook). Retrieved 16 August 2023.
  9. ^ "Nepal's squad announced for Women's T20 World Cup Asia Qualifiers". Cricnepal. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
  10. ^ "Women's T20 Quadrangular Series (in Malaysia) 2023". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  11. ^ "Nepal outplay HK in T20 Quadrangular Series". The Himalayan Times. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
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