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HK Women’s Cricket: Twenty20 Cup Match Reports 16-18 September, 2016

Women’s Twenty20 Cup

HKCC Cavaliers v HKCC Willow Wielders
In an all-HKCC affair on the 16 September, Cavaliers beat the Willow Wielders by 16 runs.

Batting first, Cavaliers’ Jasmine Titmuss led the team with 32 runs, while Hong Kong captain Emma Lai added 22. They finished their innings with a total of 76. Willow Wielders’ Annie Ho took one wicket and allowed only nine runs in four overs.

In response, Willow Wielders’ opener Yasmin Daswani led the team with 25 runs, while Ashley Hung scored 12. Their chase proved unsuccessful as Cavaliers’ Ruchitha Venkatesh took three wickets while allowing only six runs in four overs.
Scorecard: www.crichq.com/#matches/429620/1st_innings

CCC Fung Wong v DLSW Wasps
Little Sai Wan Wasps beat Craigengower Cricket Club Fung Wong by 64 runs on the 18 September.

Wasps’ opener Manpreet Kaur scored a team-high 44 runs. Her partner, last season’s cricketer of the year Shanzeen Shahzad scored 14 runs facing only 7 balls. Yousaf Mehreen added an efficient 33 runs of 29 balls to bring the total to 157. Hong Kong and Fung Wong’s bowler Kary Chan took four wickets for 20 runs.

Fung Wong’s V Wong scored a team-high 19 runs off 22 balls, and Kary Chan added 11 runs off 8 balls in their unsuccessful chase. Yousaf Mehreen was Wasps top bowler with 1/18 in three overs.
Scorecard: www.crichq.com/#matches/429100/1st_innings

USRC v KCC Maidens
Kowloon Cricket Club Maidens defeated the United Services Recreation Club with nine wickets to spare.

USRC scored 41 runs after getting all out in the 18th over. KCC needed only five overs and two balls to overcome the target.
Scorecard: www.crichq.com/#matches/429593/1st_innings

Additional reporting and photos: HK Cricket Association

Match Reports: Women’s T20 Cup -18 October 2015

The first phase of matches in the Women’s T20 Cup was completed on Sunday with two games at PKVR Reservoir and one at Kowloon Cricket Club.

KCC Maidens enjoyed a rare day at home when they hosted HKCC Cavaliers at Kowloon Cricket Club. The HKCC women batted first and they scored 2/126 from their 20 overs. In reply, the KCC Maidens were restricted to 8/79 in their innings.
At KCC: HKCC Cavaliers 2/126 from 20 overs beat KCC Maidens 8/79 from 20 overs by 47 runs.

Over at PKVR Reservoir, DLSWCC Wasps defeated PACC by nine wickets in the first match. PACC could only muster 23 all out in just 5.1 overs with Shanzeen Shahzad claiming 5/11. The DLSWCC women only needed four overs to knock off the runs.
At PKVR Reservoir: PACC 23 from 5.1 overs lost to DLSWCC Wasps 1/24 from 4 overs by nine wickets.

The day’s final match saw HKCC Willow Wielders finish the first phase of matches unbeaten after knocking off CCC Fung Wong by eight wickets. The CCC women put up some brave resistance, scoring 69 from 17.5 overs but they couldn’t combat Mariko Hill who picked up figures of 3/14 from three overs. The Willow Wielders had to work for their runs, with Marina Lamplough scoring 23 and Mariko Hill finishing on 29 not out, after sharing an opening partnership worth 63 runs.
At PKVR Reservoir: CCC Fung Wong 69 from 17.5 overs lost to HKCC Willow Wielders 2/71 from 9 overs by eight wickets.

The women’s competition will now switch to the 35-over Women’s League with all teams playing each other once. The Women’s T20 Cup will resume in late February 2016 once all Women’s League matches are completed.

HK Women’s Cricket Match Reports: Sunday, 27 September 2015

Women’s T20 Cup
After a one-week break, action in the Women’s T20 Cup competition resumed in earnest on Sunday.

DLSWCC’s Shanzeen Shahzad brought up the first century of the women’s season with an unbeaten 114 against USRC in the second T20 match at PKVR Reservoir. Shanzeen shared an impressive unbroken opening partnership of 206 with Manpreet Kaur who finished on 68 not out. Shanzeen then grabbed 3/14 as USRC was dismissed for 51 in the 14th over.
At PKVR Reservoir: DLSWCC Wasps 0/206 from 20 overs beat USRC 51 from 13.3 overs by 155 runs.

In a derby match at Hong Kong Cricket Club, Willow Wielders had no trouble dispensing of Cavaliers by a 101-runs. Willow Wielders batted well to score 9/131 from their 20 overs with Chan Sau Ha hitting 31 and Mariko Hill top-scoring with 50. Cavaliers’ skipper Emma Lai was the pick of the bowlers with 4/17 from her four over spell.

The Cavaliers’ batters had no answer to the Willow Wielders bowling attack and they were skittled for just 30 in 12 overs. Starring with the ball was Marina Lamplough with 6/13 – George will be chuffed.
At HKCC: HKCC Willow Wielders 9/131 from 20 overs beat HKCC Cavaliers 30 from 12 overs by 101 runs.

KCC Maidens enjoyed a 9-wicket victory over PACC in the first match of the day at PKVR Reservoir. Batted first, the PACC Women scored 4/78 from their 20 overs with sundries contribution 59. The Maidens opening pair scored 73 runs with Reenu Gill hitting 26 and Anum Ahmad finishing unbeaten on 24.
At PKVR Reservoir: PACC 4/78 from 20 overs lost to KCC Maidens 1/79 from 11 overs by 9 wickets.