The 2024 ACC Women's Premier Cup was the inaugural edition of the ACC Women's Premier Cup, hosted by Malaysian Cricket Association from 10 to 18 February 2024. Sixteen associate teams competed in 31 matches across four venues in Malaysia. Hosts Malaysia were defeated in the final by the United Arab Emirates. The top four teams of the tournament: the United Arab Emirates, Malaysia, Thailand and Nepal qualified for the 2024 Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup.

Background The ACC Women's Premier Cup is a biennial international cricket competition in Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) format, organised by the Asian Cricket Council (ACC). In January 2023, the tournament was announced as a part of the associate teams' qualification pathway for the Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup.

Format The 16 participating teams were divided into four groups of four teams each. In the group stage, each team played each of the other teams in the group once in a round-robin format, and the top two teams in each group advanced to the knockout stage. The knockout stage consisted of four quarter-finals, two semi-finals and a final.

Venues

The tournament was played across 4 venues in Malaysia: 8 matches at UKM-YSD Cricket Oval in Bangi (including quarter-finals 2 and 4), 6 matches each at Royal Selangor Club and Selangor Turf Club in Kuala Lumpur, and 11 matches at Bayuemas Oval in Pandamaran (including quarter-finals 1 and 3, both semi-finals and final).

Squads Following squads were announced for the tournament: Bahrain: Sadamali Bhakshala, Sana Butt (wk), Tharanga Gajanayake, Poorvaja Jagdeesha, Durriya Malik, Manal Malik, Ashwini Munglimane, Swarna Nunna, Nishma Pereira, Shashikala Prakash, Deepika Rasangika (c), Asha Samildeen, Pavithra Shetty, Ishara Suhun, Abeera Waris Bhutan: Ngawang Choden, Sonam Choden, Tshering Choden, Yeshey Choden, Karma Dema, Anjuli Ghalley, Anju Gurung, Nidupangmo, Chado Om, Sonam, Dechen Wangmo (c), Pema Yangchen (wk), Eva Yangzom, Sangay Zangmo, Tshering Zangmo China: Zheng Lili, Chen Jie (wk), Han Lili, Mengting Liu, Zi Mei (wk), Sun Meng Yao, Xu Qian, Zhang Xiangxue, Chen Xinyu, Zhi Xin Yu, Wenjing Yin, Yang Yu Xuan, Mingyue Zhu, Huang Zhuo (c) Hong Kong: Maryam Bibi, Betty Chan, Kary Chan (c), Hiu Ying Cheung (wk), Yasmin Daswani, Mariko Hill, Elysa Hubbard, Emma Lai, Marina Lamplough, Natasha Miles, Iqra Sahar, Shanzeen Shahzad (wk), Alison Siu, Ruchitha Venkatesh Indonesia: Andriani, Mia Arda, Ni Ariani, Maria Corazon, Kisi Kasse, Ni Luh Ketut, Sang Ayu, Rahmawati Pangestuti, Ni Kadek Fitria Rada Rani, Ni Putu Ayu Nanda Sakarini (wk), Ni Wayan Sariani (c), Ni Made Putri Suwandewi, Kadek Winda Prastini, Desi Wulandari Japan: Ahilya Chandel, Ayumi Fujikawa, Hinase Goto, Haruna Iwasaki, Shimako Kato, Elena Kusuda-Nairn, Akari Nishimura (wk), Erika Oda, Meg Ogawa, Kurumi Ota, Seika Sumi, Erika Toguchi-Quinn, Mai Yanagida (c), Nonoha Yasumoto Kuwait: Maryyam Ashraf, Suchitha D'Sa (wk), Venora D'Souza, Siobhan Lee Gomez, Mariamma Hyder, Maria Jasvi, Zeefa Jilani, Khadija Khalil (wk), Glenda Menezes, Priyada Murali, Maryam Omar, Balasubramani Shanti, Amna Tariq (c), Madeeha Zuberi Malaysia: Nur Aishah, Winifred Duraisingam (c), Amalin Sorfina, Aisya Eleesa, Mas Elysa, Ainna Hamizah Hashim, Elsa Hunter, Jamahidaya Intan, Mahirah Izzati Ismail, Wan Julia (wk), Dhanusri Muhunan, Aina Najwa (wk), Nur Arianna Natsya, Nur Dania Syuhada Maldives: Hafsaa Abdhulla (wk), Sumayya Abdul (c), Shamma Ali, Fathimath Anaal, Sajaa Fathimath, Laisha Haleemath, Hawwa Ifasha, Leen Luthufee, Fathimath Malha, Nabaa Naseem, Hamza Niyaz, Aishath Meesa Rameez, Hawwa Shaaiqa Myanmar: Htet Aung, Thae Thae Aung, Zin Kyaw. Zon Lin, Aye Moe, Khin Min, Htwe Neaung, May San, Theint Soe (c), Thae Thae Po (wk), Zar Thoon, Lin Tun, Shwe Yee Win, Zar Win Nepal: Indu Barma (c), Apsari Begam, Dolly Bhatta, Rubina Chhetry, Kabita Joshi, Asmina Karmacharya, Kabita Kunwar, Samjhana Khadka, Puja Mahato, Sita Rana Magar, Bindu Rawal, Sangita Rai, Kajal Shrestha (wk), Roma Thapa Oman: Amanda Dcosta, Akshadha Gunasekar, Javed Hina, Sahana Jeelany, Nitya Joshi, Sameera Khan, Priyanka Mendonca (c), Trupti Pawde, Shreya Prabhu, Cynthia Saldanha (wk), Alifiya Sayed, Sakshi Shetty, Sushama Shetty, Sani Zehra Qatar: Sarrinah Ahmed, Aysha (c), Rizpha Bano Emmanuel (wk), Krishna Bhuva, Saachi Dhadwal, Taful Elkhair, Khadija Imtiaz, Trupti Kale, Shrutiben Rana Kamleshbhai, Devanandha Kavinisseri, Angeline Mare, Sabeeja Panayan, Rochelle Quyn, Sudha Thapa Singapore: Ada Bhasin, Riyaa Bhasin, Haresh Dhavina, Diviya G K, Devika Galia, Piumi Gurusinghe (wk), Vinu Kumar, Shafina Mahesh (c), Sara Merican, Jocelyn Pooranakaran, Johanna Pooranakaran, Damini Ramesh, Roshni Seth, Vathana Sreemurugavel Thailand: Naruemol Chaiwai (c), Natthakan Chantam, Nattaya Boochatham, Nanthita Boonsukham, Kanyakorn Bunthansen, Sunida Chaturongrattana, Onnicha Kamchomphu, Rosenanee Kanoh, Suwanan Khiaoto (wk), Nannapat Koncharoenkai (wk), Phannita Maya, Chayanisa Phengpaen, Thipatcha Putthawong, Chanida Sutthiruang, Apishara Suwanchonrati, Sornnarin Tippoch United Arab Emirates: Samaira Dharnidharka, Kavisha Egodage, Siya Gokhale, Heena Hotchandhani, Al Maseera Jahangir, Suraksha Kotte, Vaishnave Mahesh, Indhuja Nandakumar, Esha Oza (c, wk), Rinitha Rajith, Rishitha Rajith, Theertha Satish (wk), Khushi Sharma, Mehak Thakur

Malaysia v Kuwait T20I series

Malaysia and Kuwait contested a three-match T20I series at the Johor Cricket Academy Oval in Johor Bahru from 4 to 6 February 2024, in preparation for the tournament. Malaysia won all three matches in the series.

Group stage In the group stage, four groups of four teams played in a round-robin format for a total of 24 matches from 10 to 13 February 2024 across the four venues. The top two teams from each group: Thailand and Kuwait from group A, the United Arab Emirates and Japan from group B, Malaysia and Indonesia from group C and Nepal and Hong Kong from group D advanced to the knockout stage.

Group A Group B Group C Group D

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Knockout stage The knockout stage consisted of four quarter-finals played on 14 February, two semi-finals played on 16 February, and a final played on 18 February. The top four teams (winners of the quarter-finals / semi-finalists): the United Arab Emirates, Malaysia, Thailand and Nepal qualified for the 2024 Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup.

Bracket

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Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

See also

2024 ACC Men's Challenger Cup 2024 ACC Men's Premier Cup

References

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