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2024 Twenty20 East Asia Cup

2024 East Asia Cup
Dates14 – 17 February 2024
Administrator(s)Hong Kong Cricket Association
Cricket formatTwenty20 International
Host(s) Hong Kong
Champions Hong Kong (1st title)
Runners-up Japan
Participants3
Matches7
Most runsJapan Kendel Kadowaki-Fleming (217)
Most wicketsJapan Sabaorish Ravichandran (9)
2018

The 2024 East Asia Cup was held in Hong Kong in February 2024, and was the third edition of Men's Twenty20 East Asia Cup.[1][2] This was the first edition in which all of the matches had Twenty20 International (T20I) status.[3] Japan won the previous edition in 2018.[4] South Korea did not participate in this edition of the tournament.[2]

Hong Kong defeated Japan in the final by 34 runs.[5][6][7] The victory secured Hong Kong's first men's East Asia Cup title.[8]

Squads

 China  Hong Kong[9]  Japan[10]
  • Wei Guo Lei (c, wk)
  • Deng Jinqi
  • Xie Qiulai
  • Zhuang Zelin
  • Zou Kui
  • Tian Sen Qun
  • Qiu Yingjie
  • Huang Junjie (wk)
  • Ma Qiancheng
  • Luo Shilin
  • Zhao Tianle
  • Zong Yuechao
  • Shenjian Zheng
  • Chen Zhuo Yue
  • Kendel Kadowaki-Fleming (c)[n 1]
  • Koji Abe
  • Ryan Drake
  • Charles Hinze
  • Kazuma Kato-Stafford
  • Wataru Miyauchi (wk)
  • Sabaorish Ravichandran
  • Reo Sakurano-Thomas
  • Mian Siddique
  • Declan Suzuki-McComb
  • Ibrahim Takahashi
  • Makoto Taniyama
  • Marcus Thurgate
  • Lachlan Yamamoto-Lake

Round-robin

Points table

Pos Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR Qualification
1  Hong Kong 4 4 0 0 8 4.075 Advanced to the final
2  Japan 4 2 2 0 4 2.089
3  China 4 0 4 0 0 −6.121
Source: ESPNcricinfo[11]

Fixtures

14 February 2024
09:00
Scorecard
Hong Kong 
171/5 (20 overs)
v
 China
48/8 (20 overs)
Anshuman Rath 72* (46)
Tian Sen Qun 3/20 (4 overs)
Huang Junjie 10 (30)
Nizakat Khan 2/5 (2 overs)
Hong Kong won by 123 runs
Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok
Umpires: Shelton D'Cruz (HK) and John Prakash (HK)
Player of the match: Anshuman Rath (HK)
  • Hong Kong won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Dhananjay Rao (HK) and Shenjian Zheng (Chn) both made their T20I debuts.

14 February 2024
14:00
Scorecard
Japan 
179/5 (20 overs)
v
 Hong Kong
184/3 (16.1 overs)
Kendel Kadowaki-Fleming 78 (53)
Aizaz Khan 2/44 (4 overs)
Jamie Atkinson 68* (36)
Declan Suzuki-McComb 1/21 (3 overs)
Hong Kong won by 7 wickets
Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok
Umpires: Niaz Ali (HK) and John Prakash (HK)
Player of the match: Jamie Atkinson (HK)
  • Japan won the toss and elected to bat.

15 February 2024
09:00
Scorecard
Japan 
258/0 (20 overs)
v
 China
78 (16.5 overs)
Lachlan Yamamoto-Lake 134* (68)
Wei Guo Lei 24 (23)
Makoto Taniyama 3/5 (3 overs)
Japan won by 180 runs
Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok
Umpires: Jayanth Babu (HK) and Shelton D'Cruz (HK)
Player of the match: Kendel Kadowaki-Fleming (Jpn) and Lachlan Yamamoto-Lake (Jpn)
  • Japan won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Marcus Thurgate (Jpn) made his T20I debut.
  • Lachlan Yamamoto-Lake (Jpn) scored his first century in T20Is.[12]
  • The partnership between Kendel Kadowaki-Fleming and Lachlan Yamamoto-Lake (Jpn) was the highest in men's T20Is (258).[13]

15 February 2024
14:00
Scorecard
Hong Kong 
155 (19.4 overs)
v
 Japan
128 (18.5 overs)
Yasim Murtaza 48 (26)
Sabaorish Ravichandran 5/22 (4 overs)
Ibrahim Takahashi 25 (23)
Anas Khan 4/30 (4 overs)
Hong Kong won by 27 runs
Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok
Umpires: Niaz Ali (HK) and John Prakash (HK)
Player of the match: Yasim Murtaza (HK)

16 February 2024
09:00
Scorecard
China 
41 (12.4 overs)
v
 Hong Kong
42/0 (5 overs)
Shenjian Zheng 21 (13)
Haroon Arshad 4/7 (4 overs)
Aizaz Khan 21* (14)
Hong Kong won by 10 wickets
Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok
Umpires: Shelton D'Cruz (HK) and Shiroy Vachha (HK)
Player of the match: Haroon Arshad (HK)
  • China won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Jason Lui (HK) made his T20I debut.

16 February 2024
14:00
Scorecard
Japan 
143 (19.3 overs)
v
 China
99/8 (20 overs)
Wataru Miyauchi 31 (24)
Tian Sen Qun 4/12 (4 overs)
Deng Jinqi 38 (49)
Mian Siddique 2/17 (3 overs)
Japan won by 44 runs
Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok
Umpires: Shelton D'Cruz (HK) and John Prakash (HK)
Player of the match: Mian Siddique (Jpn)
  • Japan won the toss and elected to bat.

Final

17 February 2024
09:00
Scorecard
Hong Kong 
219/7 (20 overs)
v
 Japan
185/8 (20 overs)
Nizakat Khan 81 (48)
Reo Sakurano-Thomas 3/40 (4 overs)
Declan Suzuki-McComb 37 (28)
Yasim Murtaza 3/25 (4 overs)
Hong Kong won by 34 runs
Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok
Umpires: Shelton D'Cruz (HK) and John Prakash (HK)
Player of the match: Nizakat Khan (HK)
  • Japan won the toss and elected to field.
  • Hong Kong's innings total of 219 was their highest in men's T20Is.[14]

Exhibition match

17 February 2024
14:00
Scorecard
Hong Kong Dragons 
92 (18.2 overs)
v
 China
93/5 (9.4 overs)
Bobby Chan 20 (25)
Zong Yuechao 2/7 (3 overs)
Wei Guo Lei 35 (26)
Anthony Lau 2/20 (2.4 overs)
China won by 5 wickets
Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok
Umpires: Royce McDonald (HK) and Hemant Tukrul (HK)
Player of the match: Wei Guo Lei (Chn)
  • China won the toss and elected to field.

Notes

  1. ^ Reo Sakurano-Thomas captained Japan in their fourth match of the tournament.

References

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  2. ^ a b "Men's Japan National Team to Visit Thailand and Hong Kong". Japan Cricket Association. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
  3. ^ "Men's East Asia Cup 2024 will be played in Hong Kong as a Lunar New Year spectacular". Cricket Hong Kong, China. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
  4. ^ "Japan team won 2018 East Asia Cup!". Cricket Hong Kong. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
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  8. ^ "Hong Kong Win East Asia Cup". Japan Cricket Association. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
  9. ^ "Hong Kong, China Squads Announced for Men's East Asia Cup 2024". Cricket Hong Kong, China. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
  10. ^ "Men's Japan National Teams announced for upcoming tournaments". Japan Cricket Association. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
  11. ^ "East Asia Cup 2024". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
  12. ^ a b "Record Breaking Day in East Asia Cup". Japan Cricket Association. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
  13. ^ "Japan pair post record Men's T20I opening stand in win over China". Emerging Cricket. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
  14. ^ "Record T20 international total for Hong Kong as they beat Japan in East Asia Cup final". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 17 February 2024.