2023 Malaysia Women's Quadrangular Series
The 2023 Malaysia Quadrangular Series was a Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket tournament which took place in Malaysia in August 2023.[1] The participating teams were the hosts Malaysia along with Hong Kong, Kuwait and Nepal.[2] All the matches were played at Bayuemas Oval in Klang.[3] The tournament formed part of the preparation of all four teams for the 2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier tournament.[4]
Nepal beat Hong Kong by 13 runs according to the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method in the final to win the tournament.[5]
Squads
 Hong Kong[6]
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 Kuwait[7]
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 Malaysia[8]
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 Nepal[9]
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Round-robin
Points table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
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| 1 | Nepal
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0.853 |
| 2 | Hong Kong
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0.193 |
| 3 | Malaysia
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0.007 |
| 4 | Kuwait
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3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | −1.244 |
Source: ESPNcricinfo[10]
Advanced to the final
Advanced to the 3rd place play-off
Fixtures
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- Malaysia won the toss and elected to field.
- The match was reduced to 5 overs per side due to rain.
- Musfirah Nur Ainaa and Nur Aishah (Mas) both made their T20I debuts.
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- Nepal won the toss and elected to field.
- Puja Mahato (Nep) made her T20I debut.
- Sita Rana Magar (Nep) took her first five-wicket haul in T20Is.[11]
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Mas Elysa 30 (35)
Maryam Bibi 2/9 (3 overs) |
Mariko Hill 24* (26)
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- Malaysia won the toss and elected to bat.
- Hong Kong were set a revised target of 42 runs from 12 overs due to rain.
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Indu Barma 23 (19)
Mariamma Hyder 4/8 (4 overs) |
Zeefa Jilani 11 (19)
Indu Barma 3/10 (4 overs) |
- Kuwait won the toss and elected to field.
- Khusi Dangol (Nep) made her T20I debut.
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Priyada Murali 16 (21)
Betty Chan 3/12 (3.3 overs) |
- Kuwait won the toss and elected to field.
- Suchitha Lita D'Sa (Kuw) made her T20I debut.
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- Malaysia won the toss and elected to field.
- The match was reduced to 18 overs per side due to rain. Malaysia were set a revised target of 85 runs from 18 overs.
- Irdina Beh Nabil (Mas) made her T20I debut.
3rd place play-off
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Zeefa Jilani 38 (58)
Aisya Eleesa 3/19 (4 overs) |
- Kuwait won the toss and elected to field.
- Angel Gabriella D'Costa (Kuw) made her T20I debut.
Final
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Kary Chan 29 (45)
Khusi Dangol 3/20 (3 overs) |
- Nepal won the toss and elected to field.
- No further play was possible due to rain.
Notes
- ^ Winifred Duraisingam was named as the captain of the Malaysia squad, but Mas Elysa captained the team in all of their games.
References
- ^ "Malaysia to host 4 Team Women's T20I Quadrangular series starting 22nd August 2023". Female Cricket. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
- ^ "Nepali women's cricket team departs for Malaysia". NepalNews. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
- ^ "Nepali women's cricket team to compete T20 series featuring four nations". Republica. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
- ^ "Malaysia Cricket to host Women's T20 Quadrangular series in August 2023". Czarsportz. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
- ^ "Nepali women's team clinch T20 Quadrangular Series". The Kathmandu Post. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
- ^ "HK Women's squad for ICC Women's T20 World Cup Asia Qualifiers announced!". Cricket Hong Kong. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
- ^ "Kuwait National Women's team powered by Al Muzaini Exchange Co. and led by skipper Amna Sharif is all set to depart to Kuala Lumpur for Malaysia T20I Women's Quadrangular series – 2023 followed by ICC Women's T20 World Cup Asia Qualifiers". Kuwait Cricket (via Facebook). Retrieved 18 August 2023.
- ^ "Let's show some support for the Malaysia T20i Women's Quadrangular Series 2023". Malaysia Cricket Association (via Facebook). Retrieved 16 August 2023.
- ^ "Nepal's squad announced for Women's T20 World Cup Asia Qualifiers". Cricnepal. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
- ^ "Women's T20 Quadrangular Series (in Malaysia) 2023". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
- ^ "Nepal outplay HK in T20 Quadrangular Series". The Himalayan Times. Retrieved 23 August 2023.