Women's cricket at the 2019 South Asian Games was held in Pokhara, Nepal from 2 to 8 December 2019. The women's event featured teams from Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Maldives and Nepal. Sri Lanka named an under-23 squad, while matches played between Bangladesh, Maldives and Nepal were granted Women's Twenty20 International status. Matches were played at the Pokhara Stadium.
On 2 December 2019, the Maldives played their first-ever WT20I match, when they faced Nepal in the opening match of the tournament. In the same match, Anjali Chand of Nepal took six wickets without conceding a run. On 5 December 2019, Bangladesh beat the Maldives by 249 runs, bowling them out for just six runs.
Nepal beat the Maldives by ten wickets in the bronze medal play-off match. In the match, the Maldives were dismissed for just eight runs, to record the second lowest total in a WT20I match. Only one run came from the bat, with the other seven runs coming from wides. Nine cricketers were dismissed without scoring.
In the final, Bangladesh beat Sri Lanka by two runs to win the gold medal. Bangladesh defended seven runs from the final over of the match to win their first ever gold in cricket at the South Asian Games.
Format The four participating nations played matches on a round-robin basis. The top two teams progressed to the final, while the third and fourth sides met in the bronze medal match.
Squads Salma Khatun (c) Nahida Akter Jahanara Alam Puja Chakraborty Farjana Haque Sanjida Islam Rabeya Khan Fahima Khatun Murshida Khatun Ritu Moni Sobhana Mostary Ayesha Rahman Nigar Sultana Shamima Sultana Khadija Tul Kubra Zoona Mariyam (c) Sumayya Abdul Hafsa Abdhulla Aima Aishath Shamma Ali Mohamed Fathimath Naseer Fathimath Sajaa Fathimath Latsha Haleemath Eashal Ibrahim Kinaanath Ismail Luthufee Mariyam Naseem Nabaa Hamza Niyaz Shaffaa Saleem Rubina Chhetry (c) Indu Barma Apsari Begam Karuna Bhandari Dolly Bhatta Anjali Chand Mamta Chaudhary Sonu Khadka Suman Khatiwada Saraswati Kumari Kabita Kunwar Sarita Magar Sita Magar Kajal Shrestha Roma Thapa Harshitha Madavi (c) Kavisha Dilhari (vc) Janadi Anali Lihini Apsara Sachini De Silva Sachini Nisansala Shikari Nuwantha Shayani Oshadi Nilakshana Sandamini Sathya Sandeepani Tharika Sewwandi Malsha Shehani Tharuka Shehani Umesha Thimashini Jimanjali Wijenayake
Round-robin stage Points table
Fixtures
Medal round Bronze medal match
Gold medal match
See also Cricket at the 2019 South Asian Games – Men's tournament
References
External links Series home at ESPN Cricinfo Official Website of 2019 South Asian Games