The Hong Kong women's cricket team represents the Chinese special administrative region of Hong Kong in international women's cricket. In April 2018, the International Cricket Council (ICC) granted full Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between Hong Kong women and other ICC members after 1 July 2018 will be a full WT20I. Hong Kong made its Twenty20 International debut against Indonesia on 12 January 2019 at Bangkok during the Thailand Women's T20 Smash.
History They made their international debut in September 2006, playing against Pakistan in a three match series of one-day games to decide which country would represent the Asia region in the Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier in Ireland in 2007. They lost the series 3-0 after a series of heavy defeats, two by more than 200 runs.
Hong Kong won the 2009 ACC Women's Twenty20 Championship, then defended their title and won the tournament again in 2011, narrowly defeating China with three balls to spare.
In 2010 Asian Games, Hong Kong team lost to Nepal as they finished 7th in the tournament at Guanggong Cricket Stadium in Guangzhou.
In 2014 Asian Games, Hong Kong team reached quarter-finals where they lost to Sri Lanka at Yeonhui Cricket Ground in Incheon.
In 2017, the Hong Kong women's team won the 2017 Women's Twenty20 East Asia Cup, with Yasmin Daswani awarded Player of the Tournament
In December 2020, the ICC announced the qualification pathway for the 2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup. Hong Kong were named in the 2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier regional group, alongside seven other teams.
On 11 February 2024, Mariko Hill became the first Hong Kong player to score a century in a WT20I century, making 100 not out against the Maldives at the ACC Women's Premier Cup in Malaysia.
Tournament history Women's World Cup
World Cup recordYearRoundPositionGPWLTNR 1973 Did not qualify/No women's ODI status 1978 1982 1988 1993 1997 2000 2005 2009 2013 2017 2022 2025Did not qualify Total0/120 Titles00000 Women's World T20
Twenty20 World Cup recordsYearRoundPositionGPWLTNR 2009 Did not qualify 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2023 2024 2026Total0/100 Titles00000
ICC Women's T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier Asia recordYearRound PositionGPWLTNR 2019DNQ 5/762400 2021DNQ2/654100 2023DNQ 2/653200 2025DNQ–41003Total4/4 –2010703
Women's Asia Cup (T20I format) +Women's Asia Cup records YearRoundPositionGPWLTNR 2004Did not participate (ODI format) 2005–06 2006 2008 2012Group stage8/830300 2016Did not qualify 2018 2022 2024 2026Group stage8/830300Total2/10–60600
Asian Games (T20I format) Asian Games recordYearRoundPositionGPWLTNR 2010 First Round 7/820200 2014 Quarter-finals 5/1031200 2022 Quarter-finals 5/931101Total 82501
Women Twenty20 East Asia Cup Women Twenty20 East Asia Cup record YearRoundPositionGPWLTNR 2015 Runners-up 2/443100 2017 Champions 1/443001 2019 Runners-up 2/442200 2022 Champions 1/244000 2024To be determined Total 1612301
Records and statistics
International Match Summary — Hong Kong Women
Last updated 7 September 2026 Playing Record Format M W L T NR Inaugural Match Twenty20 Internationals 126 71 52 2 1 12 January 2019
Twenty20 International
Highest team total: 222/1 v. Maldives on 11 February 2024 at Bayuemas Oval, Pandamaran. Highest individual score: 106, Mariko Hill v. China on 4 December 2024 at Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok. Best individual bowling figures: 5/2, Mariko Hill v. Tanzania on 19 November 2023 at Hong Kong Cricket Club, Wong Nai Chung Gap.
Most T20I runs for Hong Kong Women PlayerRunsAverageCareer spanMariko Hill 2,223 24.16 2019–2026Natasha Miles 2,057 27.79 2021–2026Kary Chan 1,765 18.77 2019–2026Yasmin Daswani 1,525 25.41 2019–2026Shanzeen Shahzad 869 11.58 2019–2026
Most T20I wickets for Hong Kong Women PlayerWicketsAverageCareer spanKary Chan 155 11.78 2019–2026Betty Chan 92 12.40 2019–2025Alison Siu 88 16.54 2019–2026Maryam Bibi 76 17.85 2019–2026Iqra Sahar 55 23.83 2021–2026
T20I record versus other nations
Records complete to WT20I #3008. Last updated 7 September 2026. Opponent M W L T NR First match First win ICC Full members 1 0 1 0 0 3 September 2026 1 0 1 0 0 7 September 2026 ICC Associate members 2 1 0 0 1 19 June 2022 19 June 2022 8 8 0 0 0 13 January 2019 13 January 2019 15 10 4 1 0 19 February 2019 19 September 2019 2 0 2 0 0 12 January 2019 13 10 2 1 0 19 September 2019 27 October 2022 6 6 0 0 0 25 February 2019 25 February 2019 11 8 3 0 0 27 February 2019 27 February 2019 1 1 0 0 0 11 February 2024 11 February 2024 5 5 0 0 0 20 September 2023 20 September 2023 6 5 1 0 0 16 January 2019 16 January 2019 7 1 6 0 0 25 April 2023 9 March 2025 11 6 5 0 0 24 February 2019 22 November 2021 4 0 4 0 0 16 June 2024 1 1 0 0 0 4 June 2026 4 June 2026 2 2 0 0 0 21 September 2019 21 September 2019 5 4 1 0 0 18 November 2023 18 November 2023 8 0 8 0 0 14 January 2019 6 2 4 0 0 27 April 2023 30 April 2022 11 1 10 0 0 18 February 2019 26 April 2023
Squad
This lists all the players who were named in the most recent squad. Updated as on 14 February 2024
Name Age Batting style Bowling style Notes Batters Shanzeen Shahzad Right-handed Right-arm medium Natasha Miles Right-handed Right-arm medium Yasmin Daswani Right-handed Right-arm medium Emma Lai Right-handed Right-arm medium All-rounders Kary Chan Left-handed Slow left-arm unorthodox Captain Mariko Hill Right-handed Right-arm medium Marina Lamplough Right-handed Right-arm medium Elysa Hubbard Right-handed Right-arm medium Wicket-keeper Hiu Ying Cheung Right-handed Spin Bowlers Betty Chan Right-handed Right-arm off break Ruchitha Venkatesh Right-handed Right-arm off break Pace Bowlers Maryam Bibi Right-handed Right-arm medium Iqra Sahar Right-handed Right-arm medium Alison Siu Right-handed Right-arm medium
Head coaches 2006: Nasir Hameed 2019–2023: Chris Pickett 2023–: Andy Cottam
See also
List of Hong Kong women Twenty20 International cricketers Hong Kong national cricket team
References
External links Hong Kong Cricket Association Cricket.com Hong Kong tour of Pakistan scorecards