Cricket tournament
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| Dates | 31 August – 9 September 2023 |
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| Administrator(s) | Asian Cricket Council |
| Cricket format | Twenty20 International |
| Tournament format(s) | Group round-robin and knockout |
| Host(s) |  Malaysia |
| Champions |  United Arab Emirates |
| Runners-up |  Thailand |
| Participants | 11 |
| Matches | 28 |
| Player of the series | Esha Oza |
| Most runs | Esha Oza (229) |
| Most wickets | Nattaya Boochatham (18) |
| ← 2021 | |
The 2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier was a cricket tournament that formed part of the qualification process for the 2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup. The Asia Qualifier was hosted by Malaysia in August and September 2023. The two teams to reach the final of the qualifier tournament progressed to the global qualifier.
Thailand and United Arab Emirates progressed to the global qualifier after winning their respective semi-finals. United Arab Emirates defeated Thailand in the final by 6 runs.
Squads
 Bahrain
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 Bhutan
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 China
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 Hong Kong
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 Kuwait
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Malaysia
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 Myanmar
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 Nepal
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 Qatar
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Thailand
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United Arab Emirates
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Group stage
Group A
Points table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
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| 1 | United Arab Emirates
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5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3.339 | Advanced to the knockout stage |
| 2 | Nepal
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5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2.184 | |
| 3 | Malaysia
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5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0.647 | |
| 4 | Bhutan
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5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | −1.306 | |
| 5 | Bahrain
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5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | −2.773 | |
| 6 | Qatar
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5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | −1.647 |
Fixtures
| 31 August 2023 09:30 Scorecard |
| Nepal 84/6 (20 overs) |
v | Malaysia 79/9 (20 overs) |
| Sita Rana Magar 38* (54) Ainna Hamizah Hashim 2/14 (4 overs) |
Winifred Duraisingam 28 (39) Kabita Joshi 2/5 (2 overs) |
| Nepal won by 5 runs Bayuemas Oval, Pandamaran Umpires: Tabarak Dar (HK) and Sarika Prasad (Sin) Player of the match: Sita Rana Magar (Nep) |
- Malaysia won the toss and elected to field.
| 31 August 2023 09:30 Scorecard |
| Qatar 116/7 (20 overs) |
v | Bahrain 119/5 (18.2 overs) |
| Aysha 41 (32) Sadamali Arachchige 2/18 (4 overs) |
Deepika Rasangika 74* (56) Hiral Agarwal 2/14 (2 overs) |
| Bahrain won by 5 wickets UKM-YSD Cricket Oval, Bangi Umpires: Vinay Kumar Jha (Nep) and Viswanadan Kalidas (Mas) Player of the match: Deepika Rasangika (Bhr) |
- Qatar won the toss and elected to bat.
- Sadamali Bhakshala, Ashwini Govinda, Manal Malik (Bhr) and Sudha Thapa (Qat) all made their T20I debuts.
| 31 August 2023 09:30 Scorecard |
| Bhutan 32 (15.4 overs) |
v | United Arab Emirates 33/1 (3.4 overs) |
| Anju Gurung 10* (17) Vaishnave Mahesh 3/7 (3.4 overs) |
Esha Oza 14* (9) Sonam 1/24 (1.4 overs) |
| United Arab Emirates won by 9 wickets Selangor Turf Club, Seri Kembangan Umpires: Dedunu Silva (SL) and Durga Subedi (Nep) Player of the match: Vaishnave Mahesh (UAE) |
- Bhutan won the toss and elected to bat.
- Kinley Bidha, Anjuli Ghalley and Chado Om (Bhu) all made their T20I debuts.
| 1 September 2023 13:30 Scorecard |
| Qatar 64/9 (20 overs) |
v | Bhutan 65/2 (17.4 overs) |
| Sabeeja Panayan 9 (14) Dechen Wangmo 4/8 (4 overs) |
Dechen Wangmo 29* (52) Saachi Dhadwal 1/10 (3.4 overs) |
| Bhutan won by 8 wickets Bayuemas Oval, Pandamaran Umpires: Tabarak Dar (HK) and Dedunu Silva (SL) Player of the match: Dechen Wangmo (Bhu) |
- Bhutan won the toss and elected to field.
- Tshering Choden (Bhu) made her T20I debut.
| 1 September 2023 13:30 Scorecard |
| Malaysia 64/6 (16 overs) |
v | United Arab Emirates 67/3 (12.5 overs) |
| Aina Najwa 17* (14) Chaya Mughal 2/10 (4 overs) |
Kavisha Egodage 19 (21) Nur Arianna Natsya 1/12 (3 overs) |
| United Arab Emirates won by 7 wickets UKM-YSD Cricket Oval, Bangi Umpires: Nimali Perera (SL) and Sarika Prasad (Sin) Player of the match: Kavisha Egodage (UAE) |
- Malaysia won the toss and elected to bat.
- The match was reduced to 16 overs per side due to rain.
- Vaishnave Mahesh (UAE) became the youngest player among male or female, to take 50th wicket in T20Is.
| 1 September 2023 13:30 Scorecard |
| Bahrain 31 (15.4 overs) |
v | Nepal 32/0 (2.5 overs) |
| Deepika Rasangika 11 (20) Indu Barma 3/5 (4 overs) |
Kabita Kunwar 17* (14) |
| Nepal won by 10 wickets Selangor Turf Club, Seri Kembangan Umpires: Viswanadan Kalidas (Mas) and Vrinda Rathi (Ind) Player of the match: Indu Barma (Nep) |
- Bahrain won the toss and elected to bat.
| 3 September 2023 09:30 Scorecard |
| Malaysia 108/4 (20 overs) |
v | Bahrain 62 (16.4 overs) |
| Mas Elysa 54* (54) Pavithra Shetty 1/18 (4 overs) Tharanga Gajanayake 1/18 (4 overs) |
Deepika Rasangika 34 (31) Aisya Eleesa 3/21 (4 overs) |
| Malaysia won by 46 runs Bayuemas Oval, Pandamaran Umpires: Narayanan Janani (Ind) and Shivani Mishra (Qat) Player of the match: Mas Elysa (Mas) |
- Bahrain won the toss and elected to field.
| 3 September 2023 09:30 Scorecard |
| Bhutan 39/8 (20 overs) |
v | Nepal 41/7 (13.2 overs) |
| Dechen Wangmo 21 (44) Puja Mahato 3/6 (3 overs) |
Rubina Chhetry 12* (23) Anjuli Ghalley 3/12 (4 overs) |
| Nepal won by 3 wickets UKM-YSD Cricket Oval, Bangi Umpires: Tabarak Dar (HK) and Nimali Perera (SL) Player of the match: Puja Mahato (Nep) |
- Nepal won the toss and elected to field.
- Rubi Poddar (Nep) made her T20I debut.
| 3 September 2023 09:30 Scorecard |
| United Arab Emirates 114/5 (20 overs) |
v | Qatar 63/8 (20 overs) |
| Kavisha Egodage 40 (45) Aysha 3/18 (4 overs) |
Angeline Mare 11 (13) Esha Oza 2/7 (3 overs) |
| United Arab Emirates won by 51 runs Selangor Turf Club, Seri Kembangan Umpires: Vinay Kumar Jha (Nep) and Vrinda Rathi (Ind) Player of the match: Esha Oza (UAE) |
- United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to bat.
| 4 September 2023 09:30 Scorecard |
| United Arab Emirates 142/3 (20 overs) |
v | Bahrain 48/4 (17.1 overs) |
| Esha Oza 78* (60) Tharanga Gajanayake 2/15 (4 overs) |
Deepika Rasangika 25* (29) Vaishnave Mahesh 4/10 (4 overs) |
| United Arab Emirates won by 69 runs (DLS method) Bayuemas Oval, Pandamaran Umpires: Shivani Mishra (Qat) and Durga Subedi (Nep) Player of the match: Esha Oza (UAE) |
- Bahrain won the toss and elected to field.
- No further play was possible due to rain.
- Al Maseera Jahangir (UAE) made her T20I debut.
| 4 September 2023 09:30 Scorecard |
| Qatar 74/7 (20 overs) |
v | Nepal 75/1 (10.3 overs) |
| Saachi Dhadwal 21 (44) Indu Barma 3/10 (4 overs) |
Kajal Shrestha 32 (28) Sabeeja Panayan 1/23 (3 overs) |
| Nepal won by 9 wickets UKM-YSD Cricket Oval, Bangi Umpires: Viswanadan Kalidas (Mas) and Vrinda Rathi (Ind) Player of the match: Indu Barma (Nep) |
- Nepal won the toss and elected to field.
| 4 September 2023 09:30 Scorecard |
| Bhutan 59/8 (20 overs) |
v | Malaysia 63/2 (15.4 overs) |
| Ngawang Choden 19 (41) Nur Dania Syuhada 2/7 (4 overs) |
Winifred Duraisingam 22 (32) Tshering Zangmo 2/11 (4 overs) |
| Malaysia won by 8 wickets Selangor Turf Club, Seri Kembangan Umpires: Narayanan Janani (Ind) and Nimali Perera (SL) Player of the match: Nur Dania Syuhada (Mas) |
- Malaysia won the toss and elected to field.
| 6 September 2023 09:30 Scorecard |
| Malaysia |
v | Qatar |
| Match abandoned Bayuemas Oval, Pandamaran Umpires: Narayanan Janani (Ind) and Vinay Kumar Jha (Nep) |
- No toss.
- No play was possible due to rain.
| 6 September 2023 09:30 Scorecard |
| Bahrain |
v | Bhutan |
| Match abandoned UKM-YSD Cricket Oval, Bangi Umpires: Shivani Mishra (Qat) and Dedunu Silva (SL) |
- No toss.
- No play was possible due to rain.
| 6 September 2023 09:30 Scorecard |
| United Arab Emirates |
v | Nepal |
| Match abandoned Selangor Turf Club, Seri Kembangan Umpires: Tabarak Dar (HK) and Viswanadan Kalidas (Mas) |
- No toss.
- No play was possible due to rain.
Group B
Points table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
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| 1 | Thailand
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4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3.558 | Advanced to the knockout stage |
| 2 | Hong Kong
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4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0.999 | |
| 3 | Kuwait
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4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | −0.239 | |
| 4 | China
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4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | −1.147 | |
| 5 | Myanmar
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4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | −2.550 |
Fixtures
| 31 August 2023 13:30 Scorecard |
| Kuwait 83 (20 overs) |
v | China 53 (16 overs) |
| Siobhan Gomez 25 (27) Xiuli Jin 5/15 (4 overs) |
Yuanyuan Cai 12 (10) Maryam Omar 3/9 (4 overs) |
| Kuwait won by 30 runs Bayuemas Oval, Pandamaran Umpires: Nimali Perera (SL) and Sarika Prasad (Sin) Player of the match: Xiuli Jin (Chn) |
- China won the toss and elected to field.
- Zi Mei (Chn) made her T20I debut.
- Xiuli Jin became the first cricketer for China to take a five-wicket haul in women's T20Is.
| 31 August 2023 13:30 Scorecard |
| Myanmar 69/6 (20 overs) |
v | Hong Kong 70/0 (11.4 overs) |
| Khin Myat 17 (31) Maryam Bibi 3/13 (4 overs) |
Mariko Hill 33* (36) |
| Hong Kong won by 10 wickets UKM-YSD Cricket Oval, Bangi Umpires: Narayanan Janani (Ind) and Viswanadan Kalidas (Mas) Player of the match: Maryam Bibi (HK) |
- Hong Kong won the toss and elected to field.
| 1 September 2023 09:30 Scorecard |
| Thailand 121/4 (20 overs) |
v | Myanmar 21/9 (20 overs) |
| Natthakan Chantam 54* (61) Lin Htun 1/18 (4 overs) |
Zin Kyaw 9* (41) Nattaya Boochatham 5/5 (4 overs) |
| Thailand won by 100 runs Bayuemas Oval, Pandamaran Umpires: Dedunu Silva (SL) and Durga Subedi (Nep) Player of the match: Nattaya Boochatham (Tha) |
- Myanmar won the toss and elected to field.
- Nattaya Boochatham (Tha) took her first five-wicket haul in T20Is.
| 1 September 2023 09:30 Scorecard |
| China 73/7 (20 overs) |
v | Hong Kong 74/5 (16.5 overs) |
| Caiyun Zhou 19 (36) Mariko Hill 2/11 (4 overs) |
Natasha Miles 26 (32) Xu Qian 2/9 (3.5 overs) |
| Hong Kong won by 5 wickets Selangor Turf Club, Seri Kembangan Umpires: Shivani Mishra (Qat) and Vrinda Rathi (Ind) Player of the match: Mariko Hill (HK) |
- Hong Kong won the toss and elected to field.
- Wenjing Yin (Chn) made her T20I debut.
| 3 September 2023 13:30 Scorecard |
| Kuwait 26 (12.2 overs) |
v | Hong Kong 27/2 (5.3 overs) |
| Balasubramani Shanti 5 (8) Kary Chan 5/4 (3 overs) |
Natasha Miles 10 (14) Amna Tariq 1/2 (1 over) |
| Hong Kong won by 8 wickets Bayuemas Oval, Pandamaran Umpires: Nimali Perera (SL) and Durga Subedi (Nep) Player of the match: Kary Chan (HK) |
- Hong Kong won the toss and elected to field.
| 3 September 2023 13:30 Scorecard |
| China 35 (12.3 overs) |
v | Thailand 36/1 (8 overs) |
| Yuanyuan Cai 14* (11) Phannita Maya 3/10 (4 overs) |
Nannapat Koncharoenkai 13* (24) Xu Qian 1/20 (4 overs) |
| Thailand won by 9 wickets UKM-YSD Cricket Oval, Bangi Umpires: Tabarak Dar (HK) and Dedunu Silva (SL) Player of the match: Phannita Maya (Tha) |
- China won the toss and elected to bat.
| 4 September 2023 13:30 Scorecard |
| Myanmar 49/6 (11 overs) |
v | China 52/1 (6.5 overs) |
| Zon Lin 13 (21) Xu Qian 2/10 (3 overs) |
Chen Yue 28* (25) |
| China won by 9 wickets UKM-YSD Cricket Oval, Bangi Umpires: Sarika Prasad (Sin) and Vrinda Rathi (Ind) Player of the match: Chen Yue (Chn) |
- China won the toss and elected to field.
- The match was reduced to 11 overs per side due to rain.
| 4 September 2023 13:30 Scorecard |
| Kuwait 22/4 (9.5 overs) |
v | Thailand |
| Priyada Murali 11 (17) Nattaya Boochatham 3/3 (3 overs) |
| No result Selangor Turf Club, Seri Kembangan Umpires: Narayanan Janani (Ind) and Vinay Kumar Jha (Nep) |
- Thailand won the toss and elected to field.
- No further play was possible due to rain.
| 6 September 2023 13:30 Scorecard |
| Kuwait 85/5 (20 overs) |
v | Myanmar 78/8 (20 overs) |
| Maryam Omar 25* (27) Zon Lin 4/7 (4 overs) |
Zin Kyaw 30 (31) Mariamma Hyder 2/10 (4 overs) |
| Kuwait won by 7 runs Bayuemas Oval, Pandamaran Umpires: Vinay Kumar Jha (Nep) and Durga Subedi (Nep) Player of the match: Zon Lin (Mya) |
- Myanmar won the toss and elected to field.
| 6 September 2023 13:30 Scorecard |
| Thailand 121/4 (20 overs) |
v | Hong Kong 78/9 (20 overs) |
| Nannapat Koncharoenkai 75 (58) Alison Siu 1/18 4 overs) |
Marina Lamplough 19 (29) Nattaya Boochatham 4/9 (4 overs) |
| Thailand won by 43 runs UKM-YSD Cricket Oval, Bangi Umpires: Shivani Mishra (Qat) and Sarika Prasad (Sin) Player of the match: Nannapat Koncharoenkai (Tha) |
- Hong Kong won the toss and elected to field.
Knockout stage
Bracket
| Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| A1 | United Arab Emirates
| 141/4 (20) | |||||||
| B2 | Hong Kong
| 84 (16.5) | |||||||
| A1 | United Arab Emirates
| 70/9 (20) | |||||||
| B1 | Thailand
| 64 (17.5) | |||||||
| B1 | Thailand
| 105/2 (20) | |||||||
| A2 | Nepal
| 59 (19.3) | |||||||
Semi-finals
1st semi-final
| 8 September 2023 09:30 Scorecard |
| United Arab Emirates 141/4 (20 overs) |
v | Hong Kong 84 (16.5 overs) |
| Esha Oza 85 (60) Ruchitha Venkatesh 1/24 (4 overs) |
Maryam Bibi 34 (37) Esha Oza 2/6 (1 over) |
| United Arab Emirates won by 57 runs Bayuemas Oval, Pandamaran Umpires: Viswanadan Kalidas (Mas) and Sarika Prasad (Sin) Player of the match: Esha Oza (UAE) |
- United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to bat.
2nd semi-final
| 8 September 2023 09:30 Scorecard |
| Thailand 105/2 (20 overs) |
v | Nepal 59 (19.3 overs) |
| Nannapat Koncharoenkai 59* (63) Kabita Kunwar 1/17 (4 overs) |
Kabita Kunwar 17* (20) Thipatcha Putthawong 3/5 (3.3 overs) |
| Thailand won by 46 runs UKM-YSD Cricket Oval, Bangi Umpires: Tabarak Dar (HK) and Durga Subedi (Nep) Player of the match: Nannapat Koncharoenkai (Tha) |
- Nepal won the toss and elected to field.
Final
| 9 September 2023 09:30 Scorecard |
| United Arab Emirates 70/9 (20 overs) |
v | Thailand 64 (17.5 overs) |
| Theertha Satish 23 (33) Onnicha Kamchomphu 3/6 (4 overs) |
Natthakan Chantam 22 (27) Kavisha Egodage 3/7 (2.5 overs) |
| United Arab Emirates won by 6 runs Bayuemas Oval, Pandamaran Umpires: Nimali Perera (SL) and Vrinda Rathi (Ind) Player of the match: Kavisha Egodage (UAE) |
- United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to bat.
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External links
| 2024 Women's T20 World Cup | |
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| Stages | |
| Qualification | |
| Statistics | |
| Information | |
| ← 2023 Women's T20 World Cup 2026 Women's T20 World Cup → | |