The China women's national cricket team represents China in international women's cricket matches. The team is organised by the Chinese Cricket Association and made its official international debut in 2007.
History
The Chinese women cricketers made their international debut in September 2006 in a Sixes game against Scotland in Shanghai, losing by 59 runs. However, the side was not recognised by the Chinese Cricket Association as the official team.
The official Chinese women's national team was incepted in May 2007. After the National Cricket Tournament Final, a total of 21 girls from 19 school teams were gathered in Shenzhen and underwent vigorous centralised training before a final 14-player squad was sent to Bangkok for the ACC Women's Tournament 2007. The team managed to reach the semi-finals.
The team was coached by Rashid Khan and captained by MEI Chun-hua, a right arm fast-bowler and final year student from the Shanghai Tongji University. Other notable players included Wang Meng, a consistent fast bowler and HU Tingting, who turned up to be the best batsman for China during the ACC Tournament. Both Wang and HU were students from the Shenyang Sports Institute.
In April 2018, the International Cricket Council (ICC) decided to grant full Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between China women and other ICC members after 1 July 2018 have been full WT20I.
On 13 January 2019, in their match against the Arab Emirates, the team was bowled out for 14 runs, at the time the lowest total in a Women's T20I match.
In December 2020, the ICC announced the qualification pathway for the 2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup. China were named in the 2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier regional group, alongside seven other teams.
Tournament history
Asia Cup YearRoundPositionGPWLTNR 2004Did not participate 2006 2008 2012Group stages–31200 2016Did not participate 2018 2022 2024Total1/9 –31200
Asian Games
YearRoundPositionGPWLTNR 20104th place 4/752300 20144th place4/953200 2022Did not participate 20265th place5/810001Total3/4 –115501
T20 World Cup Qualifier YearPositionGPWLTNR 2013Did not participate 20156/831200 2018Did not participate Total 31200 T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier YearPositionGPWLTNR 2019 4/763300 2021Did not participate 2023 9/1141300Total 104600
Premier Cup
YearRoundPositionGPWLTNR 2024Group stages12/1631200Total 31200
East Asia Cup Source YearRoundPositionGPWLTNR 2015 Champions 1/444000 20173rd place 4/430201 2019Champions 1/443100 2022Did not participate 20243rd-place3/542200Total 159501
Records and statistics
International Match Summary — China Women
Last updated 24 August 2026 Playing Record Format M W L T NR Inaugural Match Twenty20 Internationals 66 30 33 2 1 3 November 2018
Twenty20 International
Highest team total: 132/6 v. South Korea on 20 September 2019 at Yeonhui Cricket Ground, Incheon. Highest individual score: 55, Zhang Chan v. South Korea on 3 November 2018 at Yeonhui Cricket Ground, Incheon. Best individual bowling figures: 5/15, Xiuli Jin v. Kuwait on 31 August 2023 at Bayuemas Oval, Klang.
Most T20I runs for China Women PlayerRunsAverageCareer spanMingyue Zhu (朱明月) 441 14.22 2023–2026Wang Huiying 367 19.31 2024–2026Han Lili (韩丽丽) 272 16.00 2019–2024Wei Haitang 225 9.00 2024–2026Jiaping Li 205 7.06 2023–2026
Most T20I wickets for China Women PlayerWicketsAverageCareer spanMengting Liu (刘梦婷) 53 7.81 2023–2025Ma Ruike (马瑞克) 40 14.07 2024–2026Xu Qian (徐谦) 33 14.72 2018–2025Wang Huiying 26 20.96 2024–2026Cai Yuzhi 25 15.00 2024–2026
T20I record versus other nations
Records complete to WT20I #2964. Last updated 24 August 2026. Opponent M W L T NR First match First win vs Associate Members 15 4 10 1 0 19 February 2019 19 February 2019 4 3 1 0 0 26 May 2026 26 May 2026 6 2 4 0 0 21 September 2019 21 September 2019 2 1 1 0 0 21 February 2019 21 February 2019 4 1 2 1 0 16 January 2019 22 February 2019 5 5 0 0 0 8 October 2024 8 October 2024 3 2 1 0 0 4 September 2023 4 September 2023 1 0 1 0 0 5 December 2024 4 1 3 0 0 12 January 2019 31 May 2026 4 3 1 0 0 13 February 2024 13 February 2024 3 3 0 0 0 4 June 2025 4 June 2025 1 0 0 0 1 9 June 2026 6 5 1 0 0 3 November 2018 3 November 2018 4 0 4 0 0 18 February 2019 4 0 4 0 0 12 January 2019
Current squad Huang Zhuo (c) Caiyun Zhao Chai Yudian (柴雨点) (wk) Han Lili Li Yingying Liu Jie Reziye Song Yang Yang Sun Meng Yao (孙梦瑶) Tian Qi Wang Meng Wu Juan Xiang Ruan (阮香) Zhao Ning (赵宁)
See also List of China women Twenty20 International cricketers Chinese men's cricket team Chinese Cricket Association Asian Cricket Council
References