# China women's national cricket team

The China women's national cricket team is the team that represents China in international women's cricket matches. The team is organised by the Chinese Cricket Association and made its official international debut in 2007.

## History

The first time Chinese women cricketers making their international debut was in September 2006 in a Sixes game against Scotland in Shanghai, losing by 59 runs. However, the side was not recognised by the Chinese Cricket Association as the official team.
The official Chinese National Women Team was incepted in May 2007. After the National Cricket Tournament Final, a total of 21 girls from 19 school teams were gathered in Shenzhen and underwent vigorous centralised training before a final 14 squad was sent to Bangkok for the ACC Women's Tournament 2007. The team turn up to be a semi-finalist.
The team was coached by Rashid Khan and captained by MEI Chun-hua, a right arm fast-bowler and final year student from the Shanghai Tongji University. Other notable players included WANG Meng, a consistent fast bowler and HU Tingting, who turned up to be the best batsman for China during the ACC Tournament. Both WANG and HU were students from the Shenyang Sports Institute.
In April 2018, the International Cricket Council (ICC) decided to grant full Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between China women and other ICC members after 1 July 2018 will be a full WT20I.
On 13 January 2019, in their match against the UAE, the team was bowled out for 14 runs, at the time the lowest total in a Women's T20I match.
In December 2020, the ICC announced the qualification pathway for the 2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup. China were named in the 2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier regional group, alongside seven other teams.

## Tournament history
### Asia Cup

ACC Women's Asia Cup record :
| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | L | T | NR |
| 2004 | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate |
| 2005–06 | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate |
| 2006 | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate |
| 2008 | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate |
| 2012 | Group stages | – | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate |
| 2018 | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate |
| 2022 | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate |
| 2024 | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate |
| Total | 1/9 | – | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |

### Asian Games (T20 format)

Asian Games record :
| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | L | T | NR |
| 2010 | 4th place | 4/7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 4th place | 4/9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | Did not included Cricket | Did not included Cricket | Did not included Cricket | Did not included Cricket | Did not included Cricket | Did not included Cricket | Did not included Cricket | Did not included Cricket |
| 2022 | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate |
| 2026 | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined |
| Total | 1/4 | – | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |

### ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier

| Year | Position | GP | W | L | T | NR |
| 2013 | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate |
| 2015 | 6/8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate |
| Total | | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |

### ICC Women's T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier

| Year | Position | GP | W | L | T | NR |
| 2019 | 4/7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate |
| 2023 | 9/11 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 |

### ACC Women's Premier Cup

ACC Women's Premier Cup record :
| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | L | T | NR |
| 2024 | Group stages | 12/16 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | | | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |

### Women Twenty20 East Asia Cup

Women Twenty20 East Asia Cup record :
| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | L | T | NR |
| 2015 | Champions | 1/4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 3rd place | 4/4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | Champions | 1/4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate |
| 2024 | 3rd-place | 3/5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | | | 15 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 1 |

## Records and statistics

International Match Summary — China Women
Last updated 8 December 2024
Playing Record :
| Format | M | W | L | T | NR | Inaugural Match |
| Twenty20 Internationals | 41 | 17 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 3 November 2018 |

### Twenty20 International

* Highest team total: 132/6 v. South Korea on 20 September 2019 at Yeonhui Cricket Ground, Incheon.
* Highest individual score: 55, Zhang Chan v. South Korea on 3 November 2018 at Yeonhui Cricket Ground, Incheon.
* Best individual bowling figures: 5/15, Xiuli Jin v. Kuwait on 31 August 2023 at Bayuemas Oval, Klang.
| Player | Runs | Average | Career span |
| Han Lili (韩丽丽) | 272 | 16.00 | 2019–2024 |
| Huang Zhuo (黄卓) | 202 | 13.46 | 2019–2024 |
| Zhang Chan (张婵) | 164 | 12.61 | 2018–2019 |
| Zi Mei | 159 | 13.25 | 2023–2024 |
| Zhang Mei (张梅) | 149 | 18.62 | 2019–2019 |
| Player | Wickets | Average | Career span |
| Mengting Liu (刘梦婷) | 42 | 8.71 | 2023–2024 |
| Xu Qian (徐谦) | 32 | 14.00 | 2018–2024 |
| Han Lili (韩丽丽) | 19 | 12.36 | 2018–2024 |
| Cai Yuzhi | 14 | 12.42 | 2024–2024 |
| Li Haoye (李浩业) | 14 | 17.07 | 2018–2019 |
T20I record versus other nations
Records complete to WT20I #2148. Last updated 8 December 2024.
| Opponent | M | W | L | T | NR | First match | First win |
| vs Associate Members ||||||||
| Hong Kong | 12 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 19 February 2019 | 19 February 2019 |
| Japan | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21 September 2019 | 21 September 2019 |
| Kuwait | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 February 2019 | 21 February 2019 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 January 2019 | 22 February 2019 |
| Mongolia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 October 2024 | 8 October 2024 |
| Myanmar | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 September 2023 | 4 September 2023 |
| Namibia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 December 2024 | |
| Nepal | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 January 2019 | |
| Oman | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 February 2024 | 13 February 2024 |
| South Korea | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 November 2018 | 3 November 2018 |
| Thailand | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 18 February 2019 | |
| United Arab Emirates | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 January 2019 | |

## Current squad

* Huang Zhuo (c)
* Caiyun Zhao
* Chai Yudian(柴雨点) (wk)
* Han Lili
* Li Yingying
* Liu Jie
* Reziye
* Song Yang Yang
* Sun Meng Yao(孙梦瑶)
* Tian Qi
* Wang Meng
* Wu Juan
* Xiang Ruan(阮香)
* Zhao Ning(赵宁)