Hong Kong 114/6 (20 overs) China 74 all out (18.5 overs)
Hong Kong won by 40 runs

A confident Hong Kong team came out on top in the “Cross-border derby” against China. The home team have maintained their perfect start to the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup Asia Qualifiers.

Opening batter Natural Sze-Wan Yip continued her great form from yesterday, scoring 26 runs off 27 balls.

Although her opening partner Kary Ka-Ying Chan was caught out in the third over, Keenu Gill provided impetus on the tally by scoring 21 as Hong Kong reached 1-56 in the 10^th over.

But it was captain Mariko Hill who stole the spotlight, producing a 35 runs off 19 balls in an innings that lifted Hong Kong’s score to 114-6 from 20 overs.

China’s Jie Liu and Fengfeng Song took two wickets each.

A confident Hong Kong team kept their composure and performed well early on in China’s innings. Two wickets in the second over set the tone for the rest of the match.

Left arm spinner and the eventual Player of the Match Sau-Ha Chan came in to the attack and took wickets in the 5th, 7th and 11th over, which further boosted Hong Kong’s morale.

Strong fielding for the home team continued to give China pressure and resulted in three run outs. Three wickets in the 19th over meant China were all out for 74. China’s Skipper Huang Zhuo was the highest scorer of the team with 17.

Sau-Ha Chan was delighted to be named Player of the Match, “I am very happy, I did not expect to get this award. My bowling was great but there were other aspects that I could have done better.”

“I credit my bowling performance to our great preparations. The whole team were confident coming into the match,” said Chan.

“It feels great, having two games in the bag now. The team’s confidence is even higher now,” said captain Mariko Hill.

“This (Hong Kong Cricket Club) is my home club, so playing on this ground and scoring 35 off 19 was awesome,” added Hill.

Hong Kong will face another unbeaten team in Thailand tomorrow 9:30am at Tin Kwong Road Recreation Ground.



​Thailand vs Nepal

Nepal 76/8 (20 overs), Thailand 77/7 (18.4 overs)

Thailand won by 3 wickets (with 8 balls remaining)

Thailand survived a nail-biting encounter against Nepal, sneaking home by three wickets to remain unbeaten from two matches.

Set only 77 to win, Thailand were under major pressure after they slumped to 22-5.

But a calm unbeaten 23 from Chanida Sutthiruang helped guide the lower order to the target with eight balls to spare.

The victory was despite a very impressive individual performance from Nepal’s Nirmala Shahi, who scored 36 of Nepal’s runs and took 3-7 with the ball.

As they did in the first game, Nepal lost wickets at regular intervals and couldn’t get a substantial partnership together as Shahi searched for a partner to build a score with.

Thailand’s wickets were shared with four bowlers taking a wicket each. Suleeporn Laomi was the pick, taking an economical 1-7 off her four overs.

香港 對 中國

香港得114分，六人出局，中國得74分，全數出局

香港以40分之差擊敗中國

港隊於中港大戰勝出，於女子板球世界盃亞洲外圍賽兩戰全勝！

港隊開局先鋒葉詩韻保持昨日強勢，今仗以27球取得28分。

雖然她的開局拍檔陳嘉瑩在第三回合被接殺，但是三號擊球手Keenu Gill取得21分，為港隊進攻注入動力。

不過其後隊長Mariko Hill成為全場焦點。她以極高效率的19球得35分，令港隊在完成20回合後取得114分，六人出局。

中國隊投手劉潔與宋鳳鳳各取得兩個出局。

攻守交換後，充滿信心的香港隊保持鎮定，很快就控制戰局。

左手旋轉球投手、賽後成為最佳球員的陳秀霞接連取得三個出局，令港隊士氣大振。

出色的防守表現令主場的香港繼續給予中國隊很大的壓力。最後中國隊在第19回合全數出局，只能得到74分而落敗，隊長黃卓取得全隊最高的17分。

陳秀霞對能夠成為今仗最佳球員感到很高興：「很開心，沒有想過可以得獎。雖然投球好，但還有其他方面做得不太好，將會繼續努力。」

「我們的準備及熱身都做得很好，令大家很有信心。」

隊長Mariko Hill表示：「能夠連勝兩場，感覺很好，全隊的信心更進一步。」

「今日能夠在自己的球會香港木球會主場作賽，更加取得35分，令人興奮。」

同日，泰國在球局僅餘八球的情況下，險勝尼泊爾。

港隊明早九時半將會面對同樣不敗的泰國隊，而中國隊只會對戰尼泊爾。