China Women crowned Champions of 2019 Women’s East Asia Cup

China Women have regained the Women’s East Asia Cup for the 2nd time after winning the 2015 edition, as they defeated Hong Kong Women in the final of the tournament by 14 runs at Incheon’s Yeonhui Cricket Ground in South Korea. Japan Women finished 3rd in the event after winning the play-off match against the host’s, Korea Women.

The single round-robin group stage saw China Women, Hong Kong Women and Japan Women register three wins out of their four games, with China and Hong Kong edging past Japan on net run-rate to qualify for the final. Korea Women had a disappointing campaign in the group stages, unable to register a win to their name.

Japan’s Shizuka Miyaji (95 runs in 4 innings), China’s Sun Mengyao (84 runs in 4 innings) and Hong Kong’s Mariko Hill (77 runs in 4 innings) were the top three run-scorer’s in the tournament, while Hong Kong’s Ka Man Chan & Ka Ying Chan, along with Korea’s Baek Mina were the top three wicket-taker’s in the tournament with 8 wickets each to their names. Ka Ying Chan also claimed the tournament’s only hat-trick against Hong Kong Women in the group stage match.

Brief Scores

1st Match: Japan Women 97/7 in 20 overs (Ayaka Kanada 29 n.o, Shizuka Miyaji 16, Song Seungmin 2/14, Park Hyejin 2/14, Park Jiyeon 1/11, Chang Seri 1/18) beat Korea Women 85/7 in 20 overs (Baek Mina 28 n.o, Song Seungmin 14, Mai Yanagida 2/11, Shizuka Miyaji 1/9, Ruan Kanai 1/10) by 12 runs

2nd Match: Hong Kong 84/5 in 20 overs (Yasmin Daswani 20, Mariko Hill 19, Li Haoyue 1/17, Han Lili 1/19) beat China Women 79 all out in 19.3 overs (Huang Zhuo 21, Song FengFeng 20, Ka Ying Chan 5/7, Ka Man Chan 2/13, Mariko Hill 1/17) by 5 runs

3rd Match: Hong Kong Women 91 all out in 19.4 overs (Ruchitha Venkatesh 25, Miho Kanno 2/14, Mai Yanagida 1/15, Shizuka Miyaji 1/16, Nao Tokizawa 1/19) lost to Japan Women 92/8 in 18.5 overs (Nao Tokizawa 22, Erika Oda 21, Mai Yanagida 15 n.o, Ka Ying Chan 3/7, Ka Man Chan 3/13, Mei Wai Siu 1/13) by 2 wickets

4th Match: China Women 132/6 in 20 overs (Zhang Mei 35, Huang Zhuo 16, Han Lili 16 n.o, Baek Mina 2/21, Park Jiyeon 2/25, Song Seungmin 1/17) beat Korea Women 51 all out in 19.5 overs (Choi Kang 14, Song FengFeng 4/7, Li Haoyue 2/13, Han Lili 1/10, Liu Jie 1/12) by 81 runs

5th Match: Hong Kong Women 120/5 in 20 overs (Mariko Hill 43 n.o, Yee Shan To 28, Ka Ying Chan 19, Song Seungmin 1/10, Kwon Halim 1/14, Park Jiyeon 1/19, Baek Mina 1/22) beat Korea Women 83/6 in 20 overs (Kim Sinae 25, Park Jiyeon 17, Song Seungmin 15 n.o, Ruchitha Venkatesh 2/18, Ka Man Chan 1/5, Yee Shan To 1/10) by 37 runs

6th Match: Japan Women 67 all out in 19.2 overs (Nao Tokizawa 28, Shizuka Miyaji 20 n.o, Wu Juan 3/5, Wang Meng 3/7, Liu Jie 2/12, Han Lili 1/17) lost to China Women 68/5 in 14.2 overs (Zhou Caiyun 18, Sun Mengyao 17, Zhang Mei 15, Mai Yanagida 2/14, Shizuka Miyaji 1/15, Ruan Kanai 1/11) by 5 wickets

3rd/4th Play-off: Japan Women 129/6 in 20 overs (Shizuka Miyaji 47, Erika Oda 27, Miho Kanno 21 n.o, Baek Mina 4/17, Park Hyejin 1/17) beat Korea Women 97/8 in 20 overs (Kim Sinae 23, Song Seungmin 19, Nao Tokizawa 3/6, Kasumi Nanno 3/19, Miho Kanno 1/21) by 32 runs

Final: China Women 104/4 in 20 overs (Sun Mengyao 49 n.o, Zhou Caiyun 18, Ka Man Chan 2/14, Yee Shan To 1/21) beat Hong Kong Women 90/9 in 20 overs (Ka Ying Chan 21, Yee Shan To 18, Liu Jie 3/17, Han Lili 2/11, Wang Meng 1/17, Wu Juan 1/20) by 14 runs

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