Asian Cricket Council (ACC) have awarded the hosting rights for the 2024 ACC Women’s Premier Cup tournament to Malaysian Cricket Association (MCA), with the event set to take place from February 09th – 18th, 2024 across four (4) venues in the country. MCA will be hosting Women’s National teams from Thailand, United Arab Emirates, Indonesia, Nepal, Hong Kong, China, Myanmar, Bhutan, Bahrain, Oman, Kuwait, Singapore, Japan, Qatar and Maldives for the tournament, with four (4) groups of four (4) teams each will be competing against each other in a single round-robin group stage format, following which the top two (2) teams in each of the groups will advance to the quarterfinals.
The Winner and the runners-up in the Premier Cup will qualify for the ACC Women’s Asia Cup 2024 tournament, set to take place in July (Host TBA). The four (4) semifinalists from the Premier Cup will qualify for the ACC Women’s Emerging Asia Cup 2025 tournament (Host and Dates TBA). All matches in the tournament will carry ICC team ranking points. Women’s teams of Japan and Indonesia will be taking part as special invitees, as announced by ACC in 2022 towards their pathway tournaments for 2023 and 2024. The previous edition of Women’s Asia Cup in Bangladesh saw teams from United Arab Emirates and Malaysia qualify for the tournament through the ACC Women’s T20 Championship event held in Malaysia in 2022.
Group A: Thailand, Myanmar, Kuwait, Singapore
Group B: United Arab Emirates, China, Oman, Japan
Group C: Indonesia, Malaysia, Bahrain, Qatar
Group D: Nepal, Hong Kong, Bhutan, Maldives
ACC Women’s Premier Cup 2024 Schedule
10th February 2024: Thailand Women vs Myanmar Women (Scorecard) ; UAE Women vs China Women (Scorecard) ; Indonesia Women vs Malaysia Women (Scorecard) ; Nepal Women vs Hong Kong Women (Scorecard) ; Kuwait Women vs Singapore Women (Scorecard) ; Oman Women vs Japan Women (Scorecard) ; Bahrain Women vs Qatar Women (Scorecard) ; Bhutan Women vs Maldives Women (Scorecard)
11th February 2024: Nepal Women vs Bhutan Women (Scorecard) ; Thailand Women vs Kuwait Women (Scorecard) ; UAE Women vs Oman Women (Scorecard) ; Indonesia Women vs Bahrain Women (Scorecard) ; Hong Kong Women vs Maldives Women (Scorecard) ; Myanmar Women vs Singapore Women (Scorecard) ; China Women vs Japan Women (Scorecard) ; Malaysia Women vs Qatar Women (Scorecard)
13th February 2024: Malaysia Women vs Bahrain Women (Scorecard) ; Hong Kong Women vs Bhutan Women (Scorecard) ; Myanmar Women vs Kuwait Women (Scorecard) ; China Women vs Oman Women (Scorecard) ; Indonesia Women vs Qatar Women (Scorecard) ; Nepal Women vs Maldives (Scorecard) ; Thailand Women vs Singapore Women (Scorecard) ; UAE Women vs Japan Women (Scorecard)
14th February 2024: Quarterfinal#1 (Scorecard) ; Quarterfinal#2 (Scorecard) ; Quarterfinal#3 (Scorecard) ; Quarterfinal#4 (Scorecard)
16th February 2024: Semifinal#1 (Scorecard) ; Semifinal#2 (Scorecard)
18th February 2024: FINAL (Scorecard)
Women’s Premier Cup 2024 Squads
Japan Women: Mai Yanagida (Captain), Ahilya Chandel, Ayumi Fujikawa, Hinase Goto, Haruna Iwasaki, Shimako Kato, Elena Kusuda-Nairn, Akari Nishimura, Erika Oda, Meg Ogawa, Kurumi Ota, Seika Sumi, Erika Toguchi-Quinn and Nonoha Yasumoto
United Arab Emirates Women: Esha Oza (Captain), Al Maseera Jahangir, Heena Hotchandhani, Indhuja Nandakumar, Kavisha Kumari Egodage, Khushi Sharma, Mehak Thakur, Rinitha Rajith, Rishitha Rajith, Samaira Dharnidharka, Siya Swarup Gokhale, Suraksha Kotte, Theertha Satish and Vaishnave Mahesh
Bhutan Women: Dechen Wangmo (Captain), Anju Gurung, Yeshey Choden, Sonam Choden, Tshering Zangmo, Anjuli Ghailey, Sonam, Karma Dema, Ngawang Choden, Eve Somsei Yangzom, Tshering Choden, Chado Om, Sangay Zangmo and Nidupangmo
Bahrain Women: Deepika Rasangika (Captain), Tharanga Gajanayake, Abeera Waris, Ashwini Munglimane, Durriya Malik, Gnei Samildeen, Manal Malik, Pavithra Shetty, Nishma Pereira, Poorvaja Babu, Sana Butt, Swarna Nunna, Sadamali Arachchige and Ishara Suhun
Kuwait Women: Amna Sharif (Captain), Priyada Murali, Maryam Omar, Mariamma Hyder, Shanthi Balasubramanian, Maryyam Sheikh, Siobhan Lee Gomez, Glenda Menezes, Suchitha D’Sa, Khadija Khalil, Maria Jasvi, Madeeha Zuberi, Zeefa Azeem and Venora Shaina
Nepal Women: Indu Barma (Captain), Bindu Rawal, Apsari Begam, Kabita Joshi, Rubina Chettry, Sita Rana Magar, Kabita Kunwar, Samjhana Khadka, Kajol Shrestha, Puja Mahato, Roma Thapa, Dolly Bhatta, Sangita Rai and Ashmina Karmacharya
Hong Kong, China Women: Kary Chan (Captain), Natasha Miles, Alison Siu, Betty Chan, Emma Lai, Elysa Hubbard, Iqra Sahar, Lemon Cheung, Mariko Hill, Marina Lamplough, Maryam Bibi, Ruchitha Venkatesh, Shanzeen Shahzad and Yasmin Daswani
Oman Women: Priyanka Mendonca (Captain), Akshada Gunasekar, Cynthia Saldanha, Sakshi Shetty, Nitya Joshi, Trupti Pawde, Alifiya Sayed, Sani-e-Zehra, Sameera Khan, Shreya Prabhu, Amanda DCosta, Hina Javed, Sushama Shetty and Sahana Jeelany
Malaysia Women: Winifred Anne (Captain), Aina Najwa, Ainna Hamizah, Aisya Eleesa, Arianna Natasya, Dhanusri, Elsa Hunter, Intan Jamahidayu, Mahirah Izzati, Mas Elysa, Amalin Sorfina, Nur Aishah, Nur Dania and Wan Julia
Singapore Women: Shafina Mahesh (Captain), Roshni Ramesh, Dhawina Sharma, Diviya GK, Johanna Pooranakaran, Sara Merican, Vathaana Sreemurugavel, Jocelyn Pooranakaran, Saumya Piumi Gurisinghe, Ada Bhasin, Vinu Kumar, Riyaa Bhasin, Damini Ramesh and Devika Atul Galia
