Hong Kong women's cricket team in the United Arab Emirates in 2021–22

The Hong Kong women's cricket team toured the United Arab Emirates in April 2022 to play a four-match bilateral Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) series.[1][2][3] The venue for the series was the Malek Cricket Ground in Ajman.[4][5] The UAE won all of the matches, to win the series 4–0,[6] taking their unbeaten run in WT20I cricket to fourteen matches.[7]

Hong Kong women's cricket team in the UAE in 2021–22
 
  United Arab Emirates Hong Kong
Dates 27 – 30 April 2022
Captains Chaya Mughal Kary Chan
Twenty20 International series
Results United Arab Emirates won the 4-match series 4–0
Most runs Kavisha Egodage (143) Kary Chan (92)
Most wickets Chamani Seneviratna (6) Mariko Hill (6)

Squads edit

  United Arab Emirates[8]   Hong Kong[9]

Shubha Venkataraman and Rinitha Rajith were both named as reserves in the UAE's squad.[8]

WT20I series edit

1st WT20I edit

27 April 2022
19:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Hong Kong  
118/6 (20 overs)
v
  United Arab Emirates
120/3 (15.3 overs)
Kary Chan 45 (53)
Chamani Seneviratne 4/24 (4 overs)
Kavisha Egodage 50* (43)
Maryam Bibi 1/11 (1 over)
United Arab Emirates won by 7 wickets
Malek Cricket Ground, Ajman
Umpires: Shameem Abdul Basheer (UAE) and Aasif Iqbal (UAE)
Player of the match: Chamani Seneviratne (UAE)
  • Hong Kong won the toss and elected to bat.

2nd WT20I edit

28 April 2022
19:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
United Arab Emirates  
131/5 (20 overs)
v
  Hong Kong
103/8 (20 overs)
Esha Oza 53 (51)
Mariko Hill 3/14 (2 overs)
Kary Chan 39 (45)
Khushi Sharma 2/10 (2 overs)
United Arab Emirates won by 28 runs
Malek Cricket Ground, Ajman
Umpires: Jeetendra Gupte (UAE) and Aasif Iqbal (UAE)
Player of the match: Esha Oza (UAE)
  • Hong Kong won the toss and elected to field.

3rd WT20I edit

29 April 2022
19:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
United Arab Emirates  
121/3 (20 overs)
v
  Hong Kong
95/9 (20 overs)
Kavisha Egodage 61* (58)
Mariko Hill 2/19 (4 overs)
Yasmin Daswani 34* (20)
Chamani Seneviratne 2/9 (3 overs)
United Arab Emirates won by 26 runs
Malek Cricket Ground, Ajman
Umpires: Shameem Abdul Basheer (UAE) and Raziq Khan (UAE)
Player of the match: Kavisha Egodage (UAE)
  • United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Cindy Ho (HK) made her WT20I debut.

4th WT20I edit

30 April 2022
09:00
Scorecard
Hong Kong  
62 (18.4 overs)
v
  United Arab Emirates
64/1 (8.3 overs)
Mariko Hill 15 (14)
Siya Gokhale 3/14 (4 overs)
Esha Oza 28* (24)
Mariko Hill 1/6 (2 overs)
United Arab Emirates won by 9 wickets
Malek Cricket Ground, Ajman
Umpires: Jeetendra Gupte (UAE) and Raziq Khan (UAE)
Player of the match: Siya Gokhale (UAE)
  • Hong Kong won the toss and elected to bat.

References edit

  1. ^ "UAE and Hong Kong Women to compete in 'SkyExchange.net Women's T20i Bilateral Series' in the UAE late April 2022". Cricket Hong Kong. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  2. ^ "UAE to host Hong Kong for four T20Is from April 27". Women's Criczone. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  3. ^ "Hong Kong and UAE women to compete in newly launched Twenty20 bilateral series". South China Morning Post. 22 April 2022. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  4. ^ "UAE women to host Hong Kong in four-match Twenty20 series". Gulf News. 20 April 2022. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  5. ^ "UAE and Hong Kong Women to compete in 'SkyExchange.net Women's T20i Bilateral Series' in the UAE late April 2022". Emirates Cricket Board. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  6. ^ "Siya Gokhale's three-for helps UAE whitewash Hong Kong". Women's CricZone. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
  7. ^ "UAE sweep Hong Kong to extend winning streak to 14". Cricket Europe. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
  8. ^ a b "Emirates Cricket Board announces team to represent UAE at 'SkyExchange.net Women's T20i Bilateral Series'". Emirates Cricket Board. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
  9. ^ "CHK announces squad for SkyExchange.net Women's T20i Bilateral Series against UAE". Cricket Hong Kong. Retrieved 26 April 2022.

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