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| Dates | 31 August – 9 September 2023 |
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| Administrator(s) | Asian Cricket Council |
| Cricket format | Twenty20 International |
| Tournament format(s) | Group round-robin and knockout |
| Host(s) |  Malaysia |
| Champions |  United Arab Emirates |
| Runners-up |  Thailand |
| Participants | 11 |
| Matches | 28 |
| Player of the series | Esha Oza |
| Most runs | Esha Oza (229) |
| Most wickets | Nattaya Boochatham (18) |
The 2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier was a cricket tournament that formed part of the qualification process for the 2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup.[1] The Asia Qualifier was hosted by Malaysia in August and September 2023.[2] The two teams to reach the final of the qualifier tournament progressed to the global qualifier.[3]
Thailand and United Arab Emirates progressed to the global qualifier after winning their respective semi-finals.[4] United Arab Emirates defeated Thailand in the final by 6 runs.[5]
Squads
[edit] Bahrain[6] |  Bhutan[7] |  China |  Hong Kong[8] |  Kuwait[9] | Malaysia[10] |
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 Myanmar |  Nepal[11] |  Qatar[12] | Thailand[13] | United Arab Emirates[14] | |
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Group stage
[edit]Group A
[edit]Points table
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
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| 1 | United Arab Emirates | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3.339 | Advanced to the knockout stage |
| 2 | Nepal | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2.184 | |
| 3 | Malaysia | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0.647 | |
| 4 | Bhutan | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | −1.306 | |
| 5 | Bahrain | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | −2.773 | |
| 6 | Qatar | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | −1.647 |
Source: ESPNcricinfo[15]
Fixtures
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- Malaysia won the toss and elected to field.
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Aysha 41 (32) Sadamali Arachchige 2/18 (4 overs) |
- Qatar won the toss and elected to bat.
- Sadamali Bhakshala, Ashwini Govinda, Manal Malik (Bhr) and Sudha Thapa (Qat) all made their T20I debuts.
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- Bhutan won the toss and elected to bat.
- Kinley Bidha, Anjuli Ghalley and Chado Om (Bhu) all made their T20I debuts.
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Sabeeja Panayan 9 (14) Dechen Wangmo 4/8 (4 overs) | Dechen Wangmo 29* (52) Saachi Dhadwal 1/10 (3.4 overs) |
- Bhutan won the toss and elected to field.
- Tshering Choden (Bhu) made her T20I debut.
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- Malaysia won the toss and elected to bat.
- The match was reduced to 16 overs per side due to rain.
- Vaishnave Mahesh (UAE) became the youngest player among male or female, to take 50th wicket in T20Is.[16]
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- Bahrain won the toss and elected to field.
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Dechen Wangmo 21 (44) Puja Mahato 3/6 (3 overs) |
- Nepal won the toss and elected to field.
- Rubi Poddar (Nep) made her T20I debut.
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Kavisha Egodage 40 (45) Aysha 3/18 (4 overs) | Angeline Mare 11 (13) Esha Oza 2/7 (3 overs) |
- United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to bat.
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- Bahrain won the toss and elected to field.
- No further play was possible due to rain.
- Al Maseera Jahangir (UAE) made her T20I debut.
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Saachi Dhadwal 21 (44) Indu Barma 3/10 (4 overs) | Kajal Shrestha 32 (28) Sabeeja Panayan 1/23 (3 overs) |
- Nepal won the toss and elected to field.
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Ngawang Choden 19 (41) Nur Dania Syuhada 2/7 (4 overs) | Winifred Duraisingam 22 (32) Tshering Zangmo 2/11 (4 overs) |
- Malaysia won the toss and elected to field.
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- No toss.
- No play was possible due to rain.
Group B
[edit]Points table
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
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| 1 | Thailand | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3.558 | Advanced to the knockout stage |
| 2 | Hong Kong | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0.999 | |
| 3 | Kuwait | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | −0.239 | |
| 4 | China | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | −1.147 | |
| 5 | Myanmar | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | −2.550 |
Source: ESPNcricinfo[15]
Fixtures
[edit]v | ||
Siobhan Gomez 25 (27) Xiuli Jin 5/15 (4 overs) | Yuanyuan Cai 12 (10) Maryam Omar 3/9 (4 overs) |
- China won the toss and elected to field.
- Zi Mei (Chn) made her T20I debut.
- Xiuli Jin became the first cricketer for China to take a five-wicket haul in women's T20Is.[17]
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Khin Myat 17 (31) Maryam Bibi 3/13 (4 overs) | Mariko Hill 33* (36) |
- Hong Kong won the toss and elected to field.
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- Myanmar won the toss and elected to field.
- Nattaya Boochatham (Tha) took her first five-wicket haul in T20Is.[18]
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Caiyun Zhou 19 (36) Mariko Hill 2/11 (4 overs) | Natasha Miles 26 (32) Xu Qian 2/9 (3.5 overs) |
- Hong Kong won the toss and elected to field.
- Wenjing Yin (Chn) made her T20I debut.
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- China won the toss and elected to bat.
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Zon Lin 13 (21) Xu Qian 2/10 (3 overs) | Chen Yue 28* (25) |
- China won the toss and elected to field.
- The match was reduced to 11 overs per side due to rain.
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Priyada Murali 11 (17) Nattaya Boochatham 3/3 (3 overs) |
- Thailand won the toss and elected to field.
- No further play was possible due to rain.
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Zin Kyaw 30 (31) Mariamma Hyder 2/10 (4 overs) |
- Myanmar won the toss and elected to field.
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Nannapat Koncharoenkai 75 (58) Alison Siu 1/18 4 overs) | Marina Lamplough 19 (29) Nattaya Boochatham 4/9 (4 overs) |
- Hong Kong won the toss and elected to field.
Knockout stage
[edit]Bracket
[edit]| Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| A1 | United Arab Emirates | 141/4 (20) | |||||||
| B2 | Hong Kong | 84 (16.5) | |||||||
| A1 | United Arab Emirates | 70/9 (20) | |||||||
| B1 | Thailand | 64 (17.5) | |||||||
| B1 | Thailand | 105/2 (20) | |||||||
| A2 | Nepal | 59 (19.3) | |||||||
Semi-finals
[edit]1st semi-final
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Esha Oza 85 (60) Ruchitha Venkatesh 1/24 (4 overs) | Maryam Bibi 34 (37) Esha Oza 2/6 (1 over) |
- United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to bat.
2nd semi-final
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- Nepal won the toss and elected to field.
Final
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- United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to bat.
References
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- ^ "UAE teenager Vaishnave Mahesh thrilled to break record of her hero Rashid Khan". The National. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
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