China women's national cricket team explained

China
Association:Chinese Cricket Association
Captain:Huang Zhuo
Icc Status:Associate member[1]
Icc Member Year:2017
Icc Status2:Affiliate member
Icc Member Year2:2004
Icc Region:Asia
Wt20i Rank:44th
Wt20i Rank Best:25th (26 Feb 2019)
First Wmatch: at Shanghai Cricket Club, Shanghai; September 2006
First Wt20i:v at Yeonhui Cricket Ground, Incheon; 3 November 2018
Most Recent Wt20i:v at Selangor Turf Club, Seri Kembangan; 13 February 2024
Num Wt20is:28
Num Wt20is This Year:3
Wt20i Record:12/15
(1 tie, 0 no results)
Wt20i Record This Year:1/2
(0 ties, 0 no results)
Wwt20q Apps:1
Wwt20q First:2015
Wwt20q Best:6th (2015)
Asofdate:13 May 2024

The China women's national 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.

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.[2] 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.[3]

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.[4] [5]

In December 2020, the ICC announced the qualification pathway for the 2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup.[6] China were named in the 2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier regional group, alongside seven other teams.[7]

Tournament history

Asia Cup

Asian Games

Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier

ACC Women's Premier Cup

Women's East Asia Cup

Won[10] [11] [8]

Records and statistics

International Match Summary — China Women[12] Last updated 13 February 2024

Playing Record
Format M W L T NR Inaugural Match
Twenty20 Internationals 28 12 15 1 0 3 November 2018

Twenty20 International

Most T20I runs for China Women[16]

PlayerRunsAverageCareer span
Han Lili (韩丽丽) 272 16.00 2019–2024
Huang Zhuo (黄卓) 202 13.46 2019–2024
Zhang Chan (张婵) 164 12.61 2018–2019
Zhang Mei (张梅) 149 18.62 2019–2019
Caiyun Zhou (周才云) 149 11.46 2019–2023

Most T20I wickets for China Women [17]

PlayerWicketsAverageCareer span
20 14.35 2018–2024
Han Lili (韩丽丽) 19 12.36 2018–2024
Li Haoye (李浩业) 14 17.07 2018–2019
Mengting Liu 14 14.14 2023–2024
Wu Juan (吴娟) 12 9.50 2019–2019

T20I record versus other nations[12]

Records complete to WT20I #1771. Last updated 13 February 2024.

Opponent M W L T NR First match First win
vs Associate Members
7 3 3 1 0 19 February 2019 19 February 2019
4 2 2 0 0 21 September 2019 21 September 2019
2 1 1 0 0 21 February 2019 21 February 2019
2 1 1 0 0 16 January 2019 22 February 2019
1 1 0 0 0 4 September 2023 4 September 2023
2 0 2 0 0 12 January 2019
1 1 0 0 0 13 February 2024 13 February 2024
4 3 1 0 0 3 November 2018 3 November 2018
2 0 2 0 0 18 February 2019
3 0 3 0 0 12 January 2019

Current squad

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ireland and Afghanistan ICC newest full members amid wide-ranging governance reform. International Cricket Council. 22 June 2017. 1 September 2018.
  2. Web site: 2 October 2006 . Scotland Ladies make a strong start in the International Shanghai Sixes. Cricket Scotland. Bascombe . Charlotte. Urquhart. Fiona. https://web.archive.org/web/20070310193802/http://www.cricketeurope4.net/DATABASE/ARTICLES/articles/000031/003194.shtml. 10 March 2007.
  3. Web site: All T20I matches to get international status . International Cricket Council . 26 April 2018.
  4. Web site: All out for 14 - China slump to lowest women's T20I total . ESPN Cricinfo . 13 January 2019 . 18 January 2019.
  5. Web site: China Women bowled out for 14, record lowest T20I total ever . Cricket Country . 13 January 2019 . 18 January 2019.
  6. Web site: Qualification for ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2023 announced . International Cricket Council . 12 December 2020.
  7. Web site: ICC announce qualification process for 2023 Women's T20 World Cup . The Cricketer . 12 December 2020.
  8. Web site: History of the Games. Cricket Hong Kong. 4 September 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180904084554/http://www.hkcricket.org/en/east-asia-cup/history-of-eac. 4 September 2018. dead.
  9. Web site: Women Twenty20 East Asia Cup 2017 - Fixtures & Results. ESPNcricinfo. 4 September 2018.
  10. Web site: Women's Twenty20 East Asia Cup 2019 . ESPN Cricinfo . 12 August 2019.
  11. Web site: East Asia Cup Tournament organised between China, Hong Kong, Japan and Korea. Japan Cricket Association. 19 February 2016. 4 September 2018.
  12. Web site: Records / China Woman / Twenty20 Internationals / Result summary . . 22 May 2019.
  13. Web site: Records / China Women / Twenty20 Internationals / Highest totals . . 25 February 2019.
  14. Web site: Records / China Women / Twenty20 Internationals / High scores . . 25 February 2019.
  15. Web site: Records / China Women / Twenty20 Internationals / Best bowling figures . . 25 February 2019.
  16. Web site: Records / China women / Twenty20 Internationals / Most runs . . 25 February 2019.
  17. Web site: Records / China women / Twenty20 Internationals / Most wickets . . 25 February 2019.