China women's national cricket team
The Chinese women's cricket team is the team that represents China in international women's cricket matches. The team is organised by the Chinese Cricket Association and made its official international debut in 2007.
Association | Chinese Cricket Association | |||||||||
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Personnel | ||||||||||
Captain | Huang Zhuo | |||||||||
International Cricket Council | ||||||||||
ICC status | Associate member[1] (2017) Affiliate member (2004) | |||||||||
ICC region | Asia | |||||||||
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Women's international cricket | ||||||||||
First international | Scotland at Shanghai Cricket Club, Shanghai; September 2006 | |||||||||
Women's Twenty20 Internationals | ||||||||||
First WT20I | v South Korea at Yeonhui Cricket Ground, Incheon; 3 November 2018 | |||||||||
Last WT20I | v Myanmar at UKM-YSD Cricket Oval, Bangi; 4 September 2023 | |||||||||
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Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier appearances | 1 (first in 2015) | |||||||||
Best result | 6th (2015) | |||||||||
As of 4 September 2023 |
History
The first time Chinese women cricketers making their international debut was in September 2006 in a Sixes game against Scotland in Shanghai, losing by 59 runs.[5] However, the side was not recognised by the Chinese Cricket Association as the official team.
The official Chinese National Women Team was incepted in May 2007. After the National Cricket Tournament Final, a total of 21 girls from 19 school teams were gathered in Shenzhen and underwent vigorous centralised training before a final 14 squad was sent to Bangkok for the ACC Women's Tournament 2007. The team turn up to be a semi-finalist.
The team was coached by Rashid Khan and captained by MEI Chun-hua, a right arm fast-bowler and final year student from the Shanghai Tongji University. Other notable players included WANG Meng, a consistent fast bowler and HU Tingting, who turned up to be the best batsman for China during the ACC Tournament. Both WANG and HU were students from the Shenyang Sports Institute.
In April 2018, the International Cricket Council (ICC) decided to grant full Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between China women and other ICC members after 1 July 2018 will be a full WT20I.[6]
On 13 January 2019, in their match against the UAE, the team was bowled out for 14 runs, at the time the lowest total in a Women's T20I match.[7][8]
In December 2020, the ICC announced the qualification pathway for the 2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup.[9] China were named in the 2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier regional group, alongside seven other teams.[10]
Tournament history
Records and Statistics
International Match Summary — China Women[16]
Last updated 4 September 2023
Playing Record | ||||||
Format | M | W | L | T | NR | Inaugural Match |
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Twenty20 Internationals | 25 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 3 November 2018 |
Twenty20 International
- Highest team total: 132/6 v. South Korea on 20 September 2019 at Yeonhui Cricket Ground, Incheon.[17]
- Highest individual score: 55, Zhang Chan v. South Korea on 3 November 2018 at Yeonhui Cricket Ground, Incheon.[18]
- Best individual bowling figures: 5/15, Xiuli Jin v. Kuwait on 31 August 2023 at Bayuemas Oval, Klang.[19]
Most T20I runs for China Women[20]
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Most T20I wickets for China Women [21]
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T20I record versus other nations[16]
Records complete to WT20I #1600. Last updated 4 September 2023.
Opponent | M | W | L | T | NR | First match | First win |
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vs Associate Members | |||||||
Hong Kong | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 19 February 2019 | 19 February 2019 |
Japan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 September 2019 | 21 September 2019 |
Kuwait | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 February 2019 | 21 February 2019 |
Malaysia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 January 2019 | 22 February 2019 |
Myanmar | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 September 2023 | 4 September 2023 |
Nepal | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 January 2019 | |
South Korea | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 November 2018 | 3 November 2018 |
Thailand | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18 February 2019 | |
United Arab Emirates | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 January 2019 |
Current squad
- Huang Zhuo (c)
- Caiyun Zhao
- Chai Yudian(柴雨点) (wk)
- Han Lili
- Li Yingying
- Liu Jie
- Reziye
- Song Yang Yang
- Sun Meng Yao(孙梦瑶)
- Tian Qi
- Wang Meng
- Wu Juan
- Xiang Ruan(阮香)
- Zhao Ning(赵宁)
See also
References
- "Ireland and Afghanistan ICC newest full members amid wide-ranging governance reform". International Cricket Council. 22 June 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
- "ICC Rankings". International Cricket Council.
- "WT20I matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
- "WT20I matches - 2023 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
- Bascombe, Charlotte; Urquhart, Fiona (2 October 2006). "Scotland Ladies make a strong start in the International Shanghai Sixes". Cricket Scotland. Archived from the original on 10 March 2007.
- "All T20I matches to get international status". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
- "All out for 14 - China slump to lowest women's T20I total". ESPN Cricinfo. 13 January 2019. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
- "China Women bowled out for 14, record lowest T20I total ever". Cricket Country. 13 January 2019. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
- "Qualification for ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2023 announced". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
- "ICC announce qualification process for 2023 Women's T20 World Cup". The Cricketer. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
- "History of the Games". Cricket Hong Kong. Archived from the original on 4 September 2018. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
- "Women Twenty20 East Asia Cup 2017 - Fixtures & Results". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
- "Women's Twenty20 East Asia Cup 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
- "East Asia Cup Tournament organised between China, Hong Kong, Japan and Korea". Japan Cricket Association. 19 February 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
- "History of the Games". Cricket Hong Kong. Archived from the original on 4 September 2018. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
- "Records / China Woman / Twenty20 Internationals / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
- "Records / China Women / Twenty20 Internationals / Highest totals". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
- "Records / China Women / Twenty20 Internationals / High scores". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
- "Records / China Women / Twenty20 Internationals / Best bowling figures". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
- "Records / China women / Twenty20 Internationals / Most runs". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
- "Records / China women / Twenty20 Internationals / Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 February 2019.