# 2012 Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup

The 2012 Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup was the fifth edition of the ACC Women's Asia Cup and the first edition played in the Women's Twenty20 cricket format as all four previous editions were contested in the Women's One Day International cricket format. It was organized by the Asian Cricket Council and the tournament took place at Guangzhou, China. All the matches were played at the Guanggong International Cricket Stadium, the venue for the cricket tournament in 2010 Asian Games. Eight teams competed in the tournament which was played from 24 to 31 October 2012.

## Format

The teams were divided into two groups where matches were played in a round-robin format. The two best placed teams from each group progressed to the two-round knock-out stage.
| Group A | Group B |
| Pakistan | Bangladesh |
| India | Sri Lanka |
| Thailand | Nepal |
| Hong Kong | China |

## Squads

| Bangladesh | China | Hong Kong | India | Nepal | Pakistan | Sri Lanka | Thailand |
| Salma Khatun (c) Shukhtara Rahman (vc) Fargana Hoque Jahanara Alam Khadija Tul Kubra Lata Mondal Lily Rani Biswas Nuzhat Tasnia Panna Ghosh Ritu Moni Rumana Ahmed Sanjida Islam Shamima Sultana (wk) Sharmin Akhter Tazia Akhter | Wang Meng (c) Han Lili Huang Zhuo Liu Xiaonan Sun Huan Sun Meng Yao Wu Di Wu Juan Yang Yu Xuan Yu Miao Zhang Mei Zhao Ning Zheng Lili Zhou Haijie Zou Miao | Ishitaa Gidwani (c) Mariko Hill (vc) Kary Chan Betty Chan Charlotte Chan Annie Ho Jaswinder Kaur Amanda Kwok Emma Lai Godiva Li Dominique McCusker Shanzeen Shahzad Natural Yip (wk) Alvina Tam Yee Shan To | Mithali Raj (c) Harmanpreet Kaur (vc) Ekta Bisht Archana Das Jhulan Goswami Reema Malhotra Mona Meshram Sulakshana Naik (wk) Niranjana Nagarajan Rasanara Parwin Anuja Patil Punam Raut Amita Sharma Shubhlakshmi Sharma Sunitha Anand | Rubina Chhetri (c) Indu Barma Mamta Chaudhary Rashmi Chaulagain Karuna Bhandari Sonu Khadka Sita Rana Magar Sarita Magar Mamata Thapa (wk) Neri Thapa Neera Rajopadhyay Rekha Rawal Bohara Roshani Sobha Aale Trishna Singh | Sana Mir (c) Asmavia Iqbal Batool Fatima (wk) Bismah Maroof Javeria Khan Javeria Rauf Mariam Hasan Marina Iqbal Nahida Khan Nain Abidi Nida Dar Qanita Jalil Rabiya Shah Sadia Yousuf Sumaiya Siddiqi | Shashikala Siriwardene (c) Sandamali Dolawatte (vc) Chamari Atapattu Inoka Galagedara Eshani Kaushalya Yashoda Mendis Udeshika Prabodhani Inoka Ranaweera Deepika Rasangika Sharina Ravikumar Maduri Samuddika Chamani Seneviratne Dilani Manodara (wk) Sripali Weerakkody Prasadani Weerakkody | Sornnarin Tippoch (c) & (wk) Nattaya Boochatham Naruemol Chaiwai Natthakan Chantam Premwadee Doungsin Maneewan Jala Phira-on Khamla Nantanit Konchan Siwaporn Kosathong Suleeporn Laomi Ratanaporn Padunglerd Pundarika Prathanmitr Sirintra Saengsakaorat Rattana Sangsoma Chanida Sutthiruang |

## Results

    All times shown are in China Standard Time (UTC+08:00).

### Group stage
#### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
| 1 | India | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3.824 |
| 2 | Pakistan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3.906 |
| 3 | Thailand | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −2.767 |
| 4 | Hong Kong | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | −4.867 |
* 24 October 10:00 Scorecard
| Pakistan 129/7 (20 overs) | v | Thailand 32 (15.1 overs) |
| Javeria Khan 33 (25) Somnarin Tippoch 1/16 (2 overs) | | Phira-on Khamla 4 (6) Marina Iqbal 5/10 (3 overs) |
* Pakistan Women won by 97 runs Guanggong International Cricket Stadium, Guangzhou Umpires: Sarika Prasad (SGP) and Sun Jianxin (CHN) Player of the match: Marina Iqbal (PAK)
* Thailand Women won the toss and elected to field.
* 25 October 10:00 Scorecard
| India 109/4 (20 overs) | v | Thailand 32 (19.3 overs) |
| Mithali Raj 28 (30) Somnarin Tippoch 2/19 (3 overs) | | Nattaya Boochatham 8 (22) Mona Meshram 2/1 (1.3 overs) |
* India Women won by 77 runs Guanggong International Cricket Stadium, Guangzhou Umpires: Buddhi Pradhan (NPL) and Batumalai Ramani (MYS) Player of the match: Mithali Raj (IND)
* India Women won the toss and elected to bat.
* 26 October 14:00 Scorecard
| India 166/3 (20 overs) | v | Hong Kong 24 (16.4 overs) |
| Harmanpreet Kaur 61 (38) Charlotte Chan 1/28 (4 over) | | Ishitaa Gidwani 7 (17) Jhulan Goswami 2/1 (3 overs) |
* India Women won by 142 runs Guanggong International Cricket Stadium, Guangzhou Umpires: Liu Jingming (CHN) and Buddhi Pradhan (NPL) Player of the match: Harmanpreet Kaur (IND)
* India Women won the toss and elected to bat.
* 27 October 14:00 Scorecard
| Pakistan 157/7 (20 overs) | v | Hong Kong 15 (13.1 overs) |
| Bismah Maroof 34 (33) Betty Chan 3/26 (4 overs) | | Mariko Hill 3 (7) Nida Dar 3/0 (1.1 overs) |
* Pakistan Women won by 142 runs Guanggong International Cricket Stadium, Guangzhou Umpires: Batumalai Ramani (MYS) and Sun Jianxin (CHN) Player of the match: Nida Dar (PAK)
* Pakistan Women won the toss and elected to bat.
* 28 October 14:00 Scorecard
| Pakistan 93 (19.3 overs) | v | India 94/2 (18.3 overs) |
| Marina Iqbal 22 (31) Archana Das 2/12 (4 overs) | | Mithali Raj 36* (38) Mariam Hasan 2/15 (4 overs) |
* India Women won by 8 wickets Guanggong International Cricket Stadium, Guangzhou Umpires: Sarika Prasad (SGP) and Buddhi Pradhan (NPL) Player of the match: Mithali Raj (IND)
* Pakistan Women won the toss and elected to bat.
* 29 October 14:00 Scorecard
| Thailand 83/9 (20 overs) | v | Hong Kong 75/4 (20 overs) |
| Somnarin Tippoch 23 (26) Ishitaa Gidwani 3/3 (4 overs) | | Natural Yip 21 (58) Chanida Sutthiruang 2/13 (3 overs) |
* Thailand Women won by 8 runs Guanggong International Cricket Stadium, Guangzhou Umpires: Sun Jianxin (CHN) and Liu Jingmin (CHN) Player of the match: Somnarin Tippoch (HKG)
* Hong Kong Women won the toss and elected to field.

#### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
| 1 | Bangladesh | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.713 |
| 2 | Sri Lanka | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1.287 |
| 3 | China | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −0.244 |
| 4 | Nepal | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | −1.777 |
* 24 October 14:00 Scorecard
| Bangladesh 64/4 (19.1 overs) | v | China 63/6 (20 overs) |
| Sharmin Akhter 27* (42) Zhou Haijie 2/8 (4 overs) | | Sun Huan 29 (39) Panna Ghosh 2/11 (4 overs) |
* Bangladesh Women won by 6 wickets Guanggong International Cricket Stadium, Guangzhou Umpires: Buddhi Pradhan (NPL) and Sanjay Sarda (THA) Player of the match: Salma Khatun (BAN)
* China Women won the toss and elected to bat.
* 25 October 14:00 Scorecard
| Nepal 58/9 (20 overs) | v | Sri Lanka 78/8 (20 overs) |
| Sita Rana Magar 9 (16) Shashikala Siriwardene 2/8 (4 overs) | | Shashikala Siriwardene 23 (33) Rubina Chhetry 4/7 (4 overs) |
* Sri Lanka Women won by 20 runs Guanggong International Cricket Stadium, Guangzhou Umpires: Sarika Prasad (SGP) and Sanjay Sarda (THA) Player of the match: Shashikala Siriwardene (SRI)
* Sri Lanka Women won the toss and elected to bat.
* 26 October 10:00 Scorecard
| Bangladesh 46/1 (10.3 overs) | v | Nepal 45 (19.3 overs) |
| Sharmin Akhter 21* (35) Karuna Bhandari 1/8 (2.3 overs) | | Nary Thapa 12* (23) Rumana Ahmed 2/8 (3 overs) |
* Bangladesh Women won by 9 wickets Guanggong International Cricket Stadium, Guangzhou Umpires: Batumalai Ramani (MYS) and Sanjay Sarda (THA) Player of the match: Lata Mondal (BAN)
* Bangladesh Women won the toss and elected to field.
* 27 October 10:00 Scorecard
| China 52/9 (20 overs) | v | Sri Lanka 54/1 (5.3 overs) |
| Liu Xiaonan 16 (38) Maduri Samuddika 2/14 (4 overs) | | Chamari Atapattu 35* (20) Yu Miao 1/12 (1 overs) |
* Sri Lanka Women won by 9 wickets Guanggong International Cricket Stadium, Guangzhou Umpires: Sarika Prasad (SGP) and Sanjay Sarda (THA) Player of the match: Chamari Atapattu
* Sri Lanka Women won the toss and elected to field.
* 28 October 10:00 Scorecard
| Bangladesh 62 (18 overs) | v | Sri Lanka 57 (19.4 overs) |
| Rumana Ahmed 25* (33) Sandamali Dolawatta 3/0 (1 overs) | | Sandamali Dolawatta 15 (32) Salma Khatun 4/6 (3.4 overs) |
* Bangladesh Women won by 5 runs Guanggong International Cricket Stadium, Guangzhou Umpires: Batumalai Ramani (MYS) and Sanjay Sarda (THA) Player of the match: Salma Khatun (BAN)
* Sri Lanka Women won the toss and elected to field.
* Women's T20I debut: Panna Ghosh (BAN).
* 29 October 10:00 Scorecard
| China 92/2 (20 overs) | v | Nepal 47 (19 overs) |
| Zhang Mei 44* (60) Neera Rajopadhyay 1/13 (4 overs) | | Sarita Magar 10 (18) Zhou Haijie 2/8 (3 overs) |
* China Women won by 45 runs Guanggong International Cricket Stadium, Guangzhou Umpires: Batumalai Ramani (MYS) and Bisrit Giri (THA)
* Nepal Women won the toss and elected to field.

### Knockout stage

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| A1 | India | | | | |
| B2 | Sri Lanka | | | | |
| B2 | Sri Lanka | | SF1 | India | 81 (20 overs) |
| | | | SF2 | Pakistan | 63 (19.1 overs) |
| A2 | Pakistan | 83/4 (17.4 overs) | SF2 | Pakistan | 63 (19.1 overs) |
| B1 | Bangladesh | 82/7 (20 overs) | | | |

#### Semi-finals

* 30 October 10:00 Scorecard
| India | v | Sri Lanka |
* Match abandoned Guanggong International Cricket Stadium, Guangzhou Umpires: Liu Jingming (CHN) and Buddhi Pradhan (NPL)
* No toss.
* Match abandoned without a ball bowled due to rain. For having more points at the group stage, India Women advanced to Final.
* 30 October 14:00 Scorecard
| Bangladesh 82/7 (20 overs) | v | Pakistan 83/4 (17.4 overs) |
| Fargana Hoque 28 (44) Bismah Maroof 2/9 (2 overs) | | Bismah Maroof 27* (45) Panna Ghosh 1/7 (3 overs) |
* Pakistan Women won by 6 wickets Guanggong International Cricket Stadium, Guangzhou Umpires: Sarika Prasad (SGP) and Batumalai Ramani (MYS) Player of the match: Nida Dar (PAK)
* Pakistan Women won the toss and elected to field.

#### Final

* 31 October 14:00 Scorecard
| India 81 (20 overs) | v | Pakistan 63 (19.1 overs) |
| Poonam Raut 25 (28) Sana Mir 4/13 (4 overs) | | Bismah Maroof 18 (32) Archana Das 2/12 (4 overs) |
* India Women won by 18 runs Guanggong International Cricket Stadium, Guangzhou Umpires: Sarika Prasad (SGP) and Buddhi Pradhan (NPL) Player of the match: Poonam Raut (IND)
* India Women won the toss and elected to bat.