2024 ACC Women's Premier Cup
 Tournament logo | |
| Dates | 10 – 18 February 2024 |
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| Administrator | Asian Cricket Council |
| Cricket format | Women's Twenty20 International |
| Tournament format(s) | Group stage and knockout stage |
| Host | Malaysia |
| Champions |  United Arab Emirates (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  Malaysia |
| Participants | 16 |
| Matches | 31 |
| Most runs | Esha Oza (249)[1] |
| Most wickets | Heena Hotchandani (13)[2] |
The 2024 ACC Women's Premier Cup was the inaugural edition of the ACC Women's Premier Cup, hosted by Malaysian Cricket Association from 10 to 18 February 2024. Sixteen associate teams competed in 31 matches across four venues in Malaysia. Hosts Malaysia were defeated in the final by the United Arab Emirates. The top four teams of the tournament: the United Arab Emirates, Malaysia, Thailand and Nepal qualified for the 2024 Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup.
Background
[edit]The ACC Women's Premier Cup is a biennial international cricket competition in Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) format, organised by the Asian Cricket Council (ACC). In January 2023, the tournament was announced as a part of the associate teams' qualification pathway for the Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup.[3][4][5]
Format
[edit]The 16 participating teams were divided into four groups of four teams each. In the group stage, each team played each of the other teams in the group once in a round-robin format, and the top two teams in each group advanced to the knockout stage. The knockout stage consisted of four quarter-finals, two semi-finals and a final.[5]
Venues
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The tournament was played across 4 venues in Malaysia: 8 matches at UKM-YSD Cricket Oval in Bangi (including quarter-finals 2 and 4), 6 matches each at Royal Selangor Club and Selangor Turf Club in Kuala Lumpur, and 11 matches at Bayuemas Oval in Pandamaran (including quarter-finals 1 and 3, both semi-finals and final).[6]
Squads
[edit]Following squads were announced for the tournament:[7][5][8]
- Bahrain: Sadamali Bhakshala, Sana Butt (wk), Tharanga Gajanayake, Poorvaja Jagdeesha, Durriya Malik, Manal Malik, Ashwini Munglimane, Swarna Nunna, Nishma Pereira, Shashikala Prakash, Deepika Rasangika (c), Asha Samildeen, Pavithra Shetty, Ishara Suhun, Abeera Waris
- Bhutan: Ngawang Choden, Sonam Choden, Tshering Choden, Yeshey Choden, Karma Dema, Anjuli Ghalley, Anju Gurung, Nidupangmo, Chado Om, Sonam, Dechen Wangmo (c), Pema Yangchen (wk), Eva Yangzom, Sangay Zangmo, Tshering Zangmo
- China: Zheng Lili, Chen Jie (wk), Han Lili, Mengting Liu, Zi Mei (wk), Sun Meng Yao, Xu Qian, Zhang Xiangxue, Chen Xinyu, Zhi Xin Yu, Wenjing Yin, Yang Yu Xuan, Mingyue Zhu, Huang Zhuo (c)
- Hong Kong:[9] Maryam Bibi, Betty Chan, Kary Chan (c), Hiu Ying Cheung (wk), Yasmin Daswani, Mariko Hill, Elysa Hubbard, Emma Lai, Marina Lamplough, Natasha Miles, Iqra Sahar, Shanzeen Shahzad (wk), Alison Siu, Ruchitha Venkatesh
- Indonesia: Andriani, Mia Arda, Ni Ariani, Maria Corazon, Kisi Kasse, Ni Luh Ketut, Sang Ayu, Rahmawati Pangestuti, Ni Kadek Fitria Rada Rani, Ni Putu Ayu Nanda Sakarini (wk), Ni Wayan Sariani (c), Ni Made Putri Suwandewi, Kadek Winda Prastini, Desi Wulandari
- Japan:[10] Ahilya Chandel, Ayumi Fujikawa, Hinase Goto, Haruna Iwasaki, Shimako Kato, Elena Kusuda-Nairn, Akari Nishimura (wk), Erika Oda, Meg Ogawa, Kurumi Ota, Seika Sumi, Erika Toguchi-Quinn, Mai Yanagida (c), Nonoha Yasumoto
- Kuwait: Maryyam Ashraf, Suchitha D'Sa (wk), Venora D'Souza, Siobhan Lee Gomez, Mariamma Hyder, Maria Jasvi, Zeefa Jilani, Khadija Khalil (wk), Glenda Menezes, Priyada Murali, Maryam Omar, Balasubramani Shanti, Amna Tariq (c), Madeeha Zuberi
- Malaysia: Nur Aishah, Winifred Duraisingam (c), Amalin Sorfina, Aisya Eleesa, Mas Elysa, Ainna Hamizah Hashim, Elsa Hunter, Jamahidaya Intan, Mahirah Izzati Ismail, Wan Julia (wk), Dhanusri Muhunan, Aina Najwa (wk), Nur Arianna Natsya, Nur Dania Syuhada
- Maldives:[11] Hafsaa Abdhulla (wk), Sumayya Abdul (c), Shamma Ali, Fathimath Anaal, Sajaa Fathimath, Laisha Haleemath, Hawwa Ifasha, Leen Luthufee, Fathimath Malha, Nabaa Naseem, Hamza Niyaz, Aishath Meesa Rameez, Hawwa Shaaiqa
- Myanmar: Htet Aung, Thae Thae Aung, Zin Kyaw. Zon Lin, Aye Moe, Khin Min, Htwe Neaung, May San, Theint Soe (c), Thae Thae Po (wk), Zar Thoon, Lin Tun, Shwe Yee Win, Zar Win
- Nepal: Indu Barma (c), Apsari Begam, Dolly Bhatta, Rubina Chhetry, Kabita Joshi, Asmina Karmacharya, Kabita Kunwar, Samjhana Khadka, Puja Mahato, Sita Rana Magar, Bindu Rawal, Sangita Rai, Kajal Shrestha (wk), Roma Thapa
- Oman: Amanda Dcosta, Akshadha Gunasekar, Javed Hina, Sahana Jeelany, Nitya Joshi, Sameera Khan, Priyanka Mendonca (c), Trupti Pawde, Shreya Prabhu, Cynthia Saldanha (wk), Alifiya Sayed, Sakshi Shetty, Sushama Shetty, Sani Zehra
- Qatar: Sarrinah Ahmed, Aysha (c), Rizpha Bano Emmanuel (wk), Krishna Bhuva, Saachi Dhadwal, Taful Elkhair, Khadija Imtiaz, Trupti Kale, Shrutiben Rana Kamleshbhai, Devanandha Kavinisseri, Angeline Mare, Sabeeja Panayan, Rochelle Quyn, Sudha Thapa
- Singapore: Ada Bhasin, Riyaa Bhasin, Haresh Dhavina, Diviya G K, Devika Galia, Piumi Gurusinghe (wk), Vinu Kumar, Shafina Mahesh (c), Sara Merican, Jocelyn Pooranakaran, Johanna Pooranakaran, Damini Ramesh, Roshni Seth, Vathana Sreemurugavel
- Thailand: Naruemol Chaiwai (c), Natthakan Chantam, Nattaya Boochatham, Nanthita Boonsukham, Kanyakorn Bunthansen, Sunida Chaturongrattana, Onnicha Kamchomphu, Rosenanee Kanoh, Suwanan Khiaoto (wk), Nannapat Koncharoenkai (wk), Phannita Maya, Chayanisa Phengpaen, Thipatcha Putthawong, Chanida Sutthiruang, Apishara Suwanchonrati, Sornnarin Tippoch
- United Arab Emirates:[12] Samaira Dharnidharka, Kavisha Egodage, Siya Gokhale, Heena Hotchandhani, Al Maseera Jahangir, Suraksha Kotte, Vaishnave Mahesh, Indhuja Nandakumar, Esha Oza (c, wk), Rinitha Rajith, Rishitha Rajith, Theertha Satish (wk), Khushi Sharma, Mehak Thakur
Malaysia v Kuwait T20I series
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Malaysia and Kuwait contested a three-match T20I series at the Johor Cricket Academy Oval in Johor Bahru from 4 to 6 February 2024, in preparation for the tournament.[13] Malaysia won all three matches in the series.[14] |
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Group stage
[edit]In the group stage, four groups of four teams played in a round-robin format for a total of 24 matches from 10 to 13 February 2024 across the four venues. The top two teams from each group: Thailand and Kuwait from group A, the United Arab Emirates and Japan from group B, Malaysia and Indonesia from group C and Nepal and Hong Kong from group D advanced to the knockout stage.[6][17][5]
| Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D |
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Group A
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Thailand |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5.729 | Advanced to the knockout stage |
| 2 |  Kuwait |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | −0.514 | |
| 3 |  Myanmar |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1.507 | Eliminated |
| 4 |  Singapore |
3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | −2.900 |
Source: ESPNcricinfo[17]
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Khin Myat 7 (14) Chanida Sutthiruang 3/9 (3 overs) |
Nannapat Koncharoenkai 21* (18) |
- Thailand won the toss and elected to field.
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Naruemol Chaiwai 83* (64) |
Zeefa Jilani 25 (30) Nattaya Boochatham 2/12 (4 overs) |
- Kuwait won the toss and elected field.
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Ada Bhasin 24 (42) Zin Kyaw 3/17 (4 overs) |
Khin Myat 28 (29) Diviya G K 2/11 (4 overs) |
- Singapore won the toss and elected to bat.
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Zeefa Jilani 27 (27) Shwe Yee Win 4/18 (4 overs) |
Theint Soe 29 (42) Zeefa Jilani 2/14 (4 overs) |
- Myanmar won the toss and elected to field.
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Suwanan Khiaoto 74 (58) Diviya G K 2/35 (4 overs) |
Vinu Kumar 21 (42) Chayanisa Phengpaen 3/14 (3.5 overs) |
- Thailand won the toss and elected to bat.
- Chayanisa Phengpaen (Tha) made her T20I debut.
Group B
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United Arab Emirates |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5.751 | Advanced to the knockout stage |
| 2 |  Japan |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | −0.462 | |
| 3 |  China |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1.756 | Eliminated |
| 4 |  Oman |
3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | −3.510 |
Source: ESPNcricinfo[17]
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- United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to bat.
- Zhi Xin Yu (Chn) and Mehak Thakur (UAE) both made their T20I debuts.
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Nitya Joshi 43 (53) Shimako Kato 2/12 (4 overs) |
- Japan won the toss and elected to bat.
- Akshadha Gunasekar, Nitya Joshi, Trupti Pawde, Shreya Prabhu and Cynthia Saldanha (Oma) all made their T20I debuts.
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Sakshi Shetty 8 (4) Suraksha Kotte 3/9 (3 overs) |
- Oman won the toss and elected to field.
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Han Lili 29 (41) Ahilya Chandel 4/8 (2.5 overs) |
Erika Oda 31 (26) Mengting Liu 3/15 (4 overs) |
- China won the toss and elected to bat.
- Yang Yu Xuan (Chn) made her T20I debut.
- Ahilya Chandel became the first Japanese player to take a hat-trick in WT20Is.[18]
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Sakshi Shetty 13 (17) Xu Qian 3/5 (4 overs) |
Sun Meng Yao 32 (43) Sushma Shetty 1/3 (1 over) |
- China won the toss and elected to field.
- Sahana Jeelany and Sushama Shetty (Oma) both made their T20I debuts.
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Erika Oda 17 (30) Vaishnave Mahesh 3/16 (4 overs) |
Kavisha Egodage 34* (32) |
- Japan won the toss and elected to bat.
Group C
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malaysia (H) |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3.006 | Advanced to the knockout stage |
| 2 |  Indonesia |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2.080 | |
| 3 |  Qatar |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −0.602 | Eliminated |
| 4 |  Bahrain |
3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | −4.872 |
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Ni Luh Dewi 38 (47) Mas Elysa 2/7 (4 overs) |
- Malaysia won the toss and elected to field.
- Desi Wulandari (Idn) made her T20I debut.
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Deepika Rasangika 18 (13) Sabeeja Panayan 4/13 (4 overs) |
Aysha 27 (17) Deepika Rasangika 1/7 (1 overs) |
- Bahrain won the toss and elected to bat.
- Sana Butt (Bhr), Krishna Bhuva and Taful Elkhair (Qat) all made their T20I debuts.
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Ni Putu Ayu Nanda Sakarini 71* (63) Tharanga Gajanayake 2/21 (4 overs) |
Deepika Rasangika 18 (32) Ni Wayan Sariani 3/4 (2.3 overs) |
- Indonesia won the toss and elected to bat.
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Mas Elysa 23 (23) Sudha Thapa 3/18 (4 overs) |
Angeline Mare 36 (46) Nur Dania Syuhada 2/21 (4 overs) |
- Qatar won the toss and elected to field.
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Elsa Hunter 68 (46) Pavithra Shetty 2/37 (4 overs) |
- Bahrain won toss and elected to field.
- Durriya Malik and Nishma Pereira (Bhr) both made their T20I debuts.
Group D
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Nepal |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5.585 | Advanced to the knockout stage |
| 2 |  Hong Kong |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3.615 | |
| 3 |  Bhutan |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −0.322 | Eliminated |
| 4 |  Maldives |
3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | −8.000 |
Source: ESPNcricinfo[17]
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Dechen Wangmo 36 (35) Nabba Naseem 3/23 (4 overs) |
Sumayya Abdul 15 (56) Ngwang Choden 3/5 (4 overs) |
- Maldives won the toss and elected to field.
- Eva Yangzom (Bhu), Fathimath Anaal, Fathimath Malha, Nabaa Naseem, Aishath Meesa Rameez and Hawwa Shaaiqa (Mdv) all made their T20I debuts.
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Latsha Haleemath 17 (15) Kary Chan 4/5 (2.4 overs) |
- Hong Kong won the toss and elected to bat.
- Hawwa Ifasha and Leen Luthufee (Mdv) both made their T20I debuts.
- Mariko Hill became the first Hong Kong player to score a century in WT20Is.[19]
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Sumayya Abdul 5 (6) Asmina Karmacharya 4/7 (4 overs) |
- Nepal won the toss and elected to bat.
- Rubina Chhetry became the first Nepalese player to score a century in WT20Is.[20]
- This was Nepal's highest innings total in WT20Is.[21]
Knockout stage
[edit]The knockout stage consisted of four quarter-finals played on 14 February, two semi-finals played on 16 February, and a final played on 18 February.[6][5] The top four teams (winners of the quarter-finals / semi-finalists): the United Arab Emirates, Malaysia, Thailand and Nepal qualified for the 2024 Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup.[22]
Bracket
[edit]| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||
| A1 | Thailand
| 93/7 (19.1 overs) | ||||||||||||
| D2 | Hong Kong
| 92/8 (20 overs) | ||||||||||||
| QF1W | Thailand
| 66 (19.2 overs) | ||||||||||||
| QF2W | United Arab Emirates
| 70/7 (20 overs) | ||||||||||||
| B1 | United Arab Emirates
| 122/6 (20 overs) | ||||||||||||
| C2 | Indonesia
| 66/6 (20 overs) | ||||||||||||
| SF1W | United Arab Emirates
| 103/5 (20 overs) | ||||||||||||
| SF2W | Malaysia
| 68/9 (20 overs) | ||||||||||||
| C1 | Malaysia
| 101/3 (20 overs) | ||||||||||||
| B2 | Japan
| 85/7 (20 overs) | ||||||||||||
| QF3W | Malaysia
| 116/6 (19.5 overs) | ||||||||||||
| QF4W | Nepal
| 115/6 (20 overs) | ||||||||||||
| D1 | Nepal
| 50/2 (6.5 overs) | ||||||||||||
| A2 | Kuwait
| 73/9 (20 overs) | ||||||||||||
Quarter-finals
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- Thailand won the toss and elected to field.
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- United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to bat.
- Heena Hotchandani (UAE) took her maiden hat-trick in WT20Is.[23]
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- Malaysia won the toss and elected to bat.
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Priyada Murali 29 (33) Sita Rana Magar 3/11 (4 overs) |
- Kuwait won the toss and elected to bat.
- Nepal were set a revised target of 50 runs from 12 overs due to rain.
- Sita Rana Magar (Nep) took her maiden hat-trick in WT20Is.[24]
Semi-finals
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- United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to bat.
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- Nepal won the toss and elected to bat.
Final
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- United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to bat.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ 2024 ACC Women's Premier Cup, batting most runs career at Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
- ↑ 2024 ACC Women's Premier Cup, bowling most wickets career at Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
- ↑ "India, Pakistan in same group for Asia Cup 2023; ACC announces 2023-24 cricket calendar". Sportstar. 5 January 2023. Retrieved 6 September 2026.
- ↑ "Asian Cricket Council announces new pathway structure and calendar for 2023 & 2024". Asian Cricket Council. 29 December 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Malaysia Cricket to host ACC Women's Premier Cup 2024 tournament in February". Czarsportz. 6 February 2024. Retrieved 6 September 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 2024 ACC Women's Premier Cup, schedule: fixtures and results at Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
- ↑ "ACC Women's T20 Premier Cup 2024 | Squads and Full Players List of all Teams". CricTracker. Retrieved 21 September 2026.
- ↑ "ACC Women's T20 Premier Cup 2024 Squads". Cricket World. Retrieved 25 September 2026.
- ↑ "Hong Kong, China Women Squads Announced for ACC Women's Premier Cup". Cricket Hong Kong. Archived from the original on 5 February 2024. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
- ↑ "Women's Japan National Team to Play ACC Premier Cup". Japan Cricket Association. Archived from the original on 25 January 2024. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
- ↑ "2024 ACC Women's Premier Cup – Malaysia". Cricket Board of Maldives. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
- ↑ "Esha Oza to lead UAE in ACC Women's Premier Cup 2024". Emirates Cricket Board. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
- ↑ "Kuwait women's cricket team gears up for ACC Women's Premier Cup T20I". Arab Times. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
- ↑ "MAS Women beat KUW Women, MAS Women won by 10 wickets (with 38 balls remaining)". Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 September 2026.
Malaysia Women won the 3-match series 3-0
- 1 2 Kuwait women's cricket team in Malaysia in 2023–24, batting most runs career at Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
- 1 2 Kuwait women's cricket team in Malaysia in 2023–24, bowling most wickets career at Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
- 1 2 3 4 5 2024 ACC Women's Premier Cup, points table: standings at Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 February 2026.
- ↑ "Chandel stars as Japan defeat China to reach quarter-finals". Japan Cricket Association. Archived from the original on 9 October 2025. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
- ↑ "ACC Women's Premier Cup 2024 Day 2: Japan's victory, Malaysia's tactics, Hong Kong's blitz, Myanmar's comeback". Asian Cricket Council. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
- ↑ "Rubina shines in Nepal's record drubbing of Maldives". The Kathmandu Post. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
- ↑ "Nepal's record-breaking victory over Maldives". Asian Cricket Council. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
- ↑ "Asian Cricket Council announces women's Asia cup 2024 in Sri Lanka". Asian Cricket Council. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
- ↑ "Heena Hotchandani". Cricket History. Retrieved 21 September 2026.
- ↑ "Nepal sail into ACC Women's Premier Cup semi-finals". The Kathmandu Post. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
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