Thailand and Myanmar players impress on opening day of Malaysia’s Super Women League

The opening day of action in the inaugural edition of Super Women League, organised by Malaysian Cricket Association, saw impressive performances from players from Thailand and Myanmar among others (Malaysia, Singapore, Vanuatu and Australia) in the 2 games that took place at the Kinrara Oval.

Thailand’s Manatsawee Jatho’s spell with the ball helped Northern Queens defend their total and win their opening game against Eastern Lioness by a big margin, after Australia’s Adelaide Campion set up the Queens total with an unbeaten knock of 40. Thailand’s Phannita Maya and Myanmar’s Theint Theint Soe performed admirably with the ball for their respective team’s, however, Central Super Girls defended their total of 122 quite comfortably, as the local Malaysian players (Mas Elysa and Noor Hayati) combined well with Theint Theint Soe to bowl out the Jaguars for only 84 to register a big margin win of 38 runs.

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Northern Queens vs Eastern Lioness in 2019 Malaysian Super Women League – Image by Malaysian Cricket Association @MalaysiaCricket (Twitter)

Myanmar’s Khin Min Myat and Zin Tharaphy Kyaw made the most of the opportunity they got with the bat for their respective team’s. Australian trio of Adelaide Campion, Samantha Arnold and Elsa Hunter brought their experience of playing top-tier domestic cricket in Australia’a women’s domestic circuit and for the players from Associate members to have witnessed that first-hand and also playing alongside them is one of the top highlights of this tournament and as the games go along, will benefit them in the long run when they play for their respective countries in ACC/ICC level events in the future.

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Northern Queens vs Eastern Lioness in 2019 Malaysian Super Women League – Image by Malaysian Cricket Association @MalaysiaCricket (Twitter)

Central Super Girls and Northern Queens take on each other in the top-of-the-table clash while the Lioness take on the Jaguars, as both look to open their account in the points table on 30th Dec 2019.

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Central Super Girls and Southern Jaguars in action in 2019 Malaysian Super Women League – Image by Malaysian Cricket Association @MalaysiaCricket (Twitter)

Brief Scores

Northern Queens 111/4 in 20 overs (Adelaide Campion 40 n.o, Mahirah Izzati 21, Khin Min Myat 17, Sunida Chaturongrattana 1/11, Nur Nadirah 1/17) beat Eastern Lioness 77 all out in 18.3 overs (Samantha Arnold 31, Edenyce Eduard 14 n.o, Sunida Chaturongrattana 13, Manatsawee Jatho 3/17, Nik Nur Atiela 1/13, Thipatcha Putthawong 1/15) by 34 runs

Central Super Girls 122/4 in 20 overs (Elsa Hunter 40, Wan Julia Wan Rosdi 30 n.o, Mas Elysa Yasmin 19, Phannita Maya 2/22, Diviya GK 1/12) beat Southern Jaguars 84 all out in 19.3 overs (Zin Tharaphy Kyaw 24, Selina Solman 13, Theint Theint Soe 2/8, Mas Elysa Yasmin 2/12, Noor Hayati 2/17, Rosenanee Kanoh 1/3) by 38 runs

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