The 2023 FairBreak Invitational T20 was the second edition of the FairBreak Invitational T20, a women's Twenty20 cricket competition, which was held from 3 to 16 April 2023 at the Kowloon Cricket Club in Hong Kong. The tournament, sanctioned by the ICC, was being privately run by FairBreak Global, a company that aims to promote gender equality. A total of 90 players from 28 countries were spread across six teams. The tournament was won by Warriors, who beat Falcons in the final by 94 runs.

An additional tournament for 2023, staged in collaboration with USA Cricket, will be played in Houston, Texas, USA, between 15 and 30 September 2023.

Competition format Teams played each other team once, with two matches taking place on most days. The top four teams in the group advanced to the semi-finals. All matches took place at Kowloon Cricket Club.

The group worked on a points system with positions being based on total points. Points were awarded as follows:

Win: 3 points. Tie: 2 points. Loss: 0 points. Abandoned/No Result: 2 points. Bonus Point: 1 point awarded to the team with the highest score after 10 overs of the batting innings.

Teams Barmy ArmyFalconsSouth Coast Sapphires Lauren Winfield-Hill (c) Rumana Ahmed Shemaine Campbelle Laura Cardoso Rubina Chhetry Deandra Dottin Kavisha Egodage Keenu Gill Roberta Moretti Avery Tara Norris Iqra Sahar Fatima Sana Nigar Sultana Ruchitha Venkatesh Laura Wolvaardt Suzie Bates (c) Jahanara Alam Kaia Arua Chamari Athapaththu Mas Elysa Christina Gough Anju Gurung Mariko Hill Marizanne Kapp Nannapat Koncharoenkai Marina Lamplough Theertha Satish Gunjan Shukla Sornnarin Tippoch Danni Wyatt Sana Mir (c) Jivana Aras Erin Burns Kary Chan Aditi Chudasama Babette de Leede Tash Farrant Shabnim Ismail Sibona Jimmy Geetika Kodali Gaby Lewis Katie Mack Maryam Omar Katherine Sciver-Brunt Pull ToSpiritTornadoesWarriors Nicola Carey (c) Gargi Bhogle Nattaya Boochatham Sarah Bryce Naruemol Chaiwai Betty Chan Natthakan Chantam Yasmin Daswani Sophia Dunkley Mahika Gaur Ayabonga Khaka Bismah Maroof Shizuka Miyaji Nensi Patel Kerry-Anne Tomlinson Stafanie Taylor (c) Diana Baig Maryam Bibi Ariana Dowse Winifred Duraisingam Sterre Kalis Suné Luus Sita Magar Natasha Miles Mary-Anne Musonda Akari Kano Aliya Riaz Chanida Sutthiruang Dane van Niekerk Andrea-Mae Zepeda Sindhu Sriharsha (c) Kathryn Bryce Shamilia Connell Mignon du Preez Ellie Johnston Jess Kerr Yasmeen Khan Phoebe Litchfield Mariana Martinez Hayley Matthews Esha Oza Tanya Ruma Shanzeen Shahzad Alison Sui Amanda-Jade Wellington Source: FairBreak

Points table TeamWarriors (Q)5 3 1 0 1 3 +1.308 15Barmy Army (Q)5 4 1 0 0 1.5 +1.093 13.5Falcons (Q)5 3 2 0 0 3 +1.160 13Spirit (Q)5 3 2 0 0 2.5 +0.173 11.5South Coast Sapphires5 1 4 0 0 2 -0.735 5Tornadoes 5 0 4 0 1 0 -2.500 2

Advanced to knockout stage

Source: ESPN Cricinfo

Fixtures

Source: FairBreak Group stage

Knockout stage Fifth-place play-off

Semi-finals

Third-place play-off

Final

Final standings Position Team 1st Warriors 2nd Falcons 3rd Barmy Army 4th Spirit 5th Tornadoes 6th South Coast Sapphires Statistics Most runs Player Team Matches Innings Runs Average 100s 50s Chamari AthapaththuFalcons7728146.837802 Lauren Winfield-HillBarmy Army7721342.60120*11 Deandra DottinBarmy Army5520140.207502 Nicola CareySpirit7720040.0084*02 Theertha SatishFalcons7617234.405701 Source: ESPNcricinfo

Most wickets Player Team Overs Wickets Average BBI 5w Kathryn BryceWarriors23.0139.073/160 Chamari AthapaththuFalcons25.01213.754/170 Marizanne KappFalcons18.098.333/40 Sornnarin TippochFalcons21.0917.003/130 Mariko HillFalcons12.4811.003/110 Rubina ChhetryBarmy Army17812.505/111 Source: ESPNcricinfo

References

Further reading

External links Series home at ESPN Cricinfo The Final Word Podcast : FairBreak Special - a truly good thing (18 April 2023) – on Apple Podcasts, on Google Podcasts, and on Spotify