# 2023 FairBreak Invitational T20 Hong Kong

The 2023 FairBreak Invitational T20 was the second edition of the FairBreak Invitational T20, a women's Twenty20 cricket competition, which was held from 3 to 16 April 2023 at the Kowloon Cricket Club in Hong Kong. The tournament, sanctioned by the ICC, was being privately run by FairBreak Global, a company that aims to promote gender equality. A total of 90 players from 28 countries were spread across six teams. The tournament was won by Warriors, who beat Falcons in the final by 94 runs.
An additional tournament for 2023, staged in collaboration with USA Cricket, will be played in Houston, Texas, USA, between 15 and 30 September 2023.

## Competition format

Teams played each other team once, with two matches taking place on most days. The top four teams in the group advanced to the semi-finals. All matches took place at Kowloon Cricket Club.
The group worked on a points system with positions being based on total points. Points were awarded as follows:
Win: 3 points. Tie: 2 points. Loss: 0 points. Abandoned/No Result: 2 points. Bonus Point: 1 point awarded to the team with the highest score after 10 overs of the batting innings.

## Teams

| Barmy Army Coach: Michael Bates | Falcons Coach: Joanne Broadbent | South Coast Sapphires Coach: Shane Deitz |
| Lauren Winfield-Hill (c) Rumana Ahmed Shemaine Campbelle Laura Cardoso Rubina Chhetry Deandra Dottin Kavisha Egodage Keenu Gill Roberta Moretti Avery Tara Norris Iqra Sahar Fatima Sana Nigar Sultana Ruchitha Venkatesh Laura Wolvaardt | Suzie Bates (c) Jahanara Alam Kaia Arua Chamari Athapaththu Mas Elysa Christina Gough Anju Gurung Mariko Hill Marizanne Kapp Nannapat Koncharoenkai Marina Lamplough Theertha Satish Gunjan Shukla Sornnarin Tippoch Danni Wyatt | Sana Mir (c) Jivana Aras Erin Burns Kary Chan Aditi Chudasama Babette de Leede Tash Farrant Shabnim Ismail Sibona Jimmy Geetika Kodali Gaby Lewis Katie Mack Maryam Omar Katherine Sciver-Brunt Pull To |
| Spirit Coach: Damien Wright | Tornadoes Coach: Anju Jain | Warriors Coach: Julia Price |
| Nicola Carey (c) Gargi Bhogle Nattaya Boochatham Sarah Bryce Naruemol Chaiwai Betty Chan Natthakan Chantam Yasmin Daswani Sophia Dunkley Mahika Gaur Ayabonga Khaka Bismah Maroof Shizuka Miyaji Nensi Patel Kerry-Anne Tomlinson | Stafanie Taylor (c) Diana Baig Maryam Bibi Ariana Dowse Winifred Duraisingam Sterre Kalis Suné Luus Sita Magar Natasha Miles Mary-Anne Musonda Akari Kano Aliya Riaz Chanida Sutthiruang Dane van Niekerk Andrea-Mae Zepeda | Sindhu Sriharsha (c) Kathryn Bryce Shamilia Connell Mignon du Preez Ellie Johnston Jess Kerr Yasmeen Khan Phoebe Litchfield Mariana Martinez Hayley Matthews Esha Oza Tanya Ruma Shanzeen Shahzad Alison Sui Amanda-Jade Wellington |
    Source: FairBreak

## Points table

| Team | Pld | W | L | T | A | BP | NRR | Pts |
| Warriors (Q) | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | +1.308 | 15 |
| Barmy Army (Q) | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 | +1.093 | 13.5 |
| Falcons (Q) | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | +1.160 | 13 |
| Spirit (Q) | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 | +0.173 | 11.5 |
| South Coast Sapphires | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -0.735 | 5 |
| Tornadoes | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2.500 | 2 |
Advanced to knockout stage
    Source: ESPN Cricinfo

## Fixtures

    Source: FairBreak

### Group stage

* 3 April 2023 14:00 Scorecard
| Falcons 150/6 (20 overs) | v | Tornadoes 109/9 (20 overs) |
| Theertha Satish 57 (40) Winifred Duraisingam 2/34 (4 overs) | | Suné Luus 48 (35) Marizanne Kapp 3/4 (3 overs) |
* Falcons won by 41 runs Kowloon Cricket Club, Kowloon, Hong Kong Umpires: Jacqueline Williams (WI) and Viswanadan Kalidas (Mal) Player of the match: Theertha Satish (Falcons)
* Tornadoes won the toss and elected to field.
* Points: Falcons 4, Tornadoes 0
* 4 April 2023 10:00 Scorecard
| South Coast Sapphires 111/7 (20 overs) | v | Warriors 115/3 (12.4 overs) |
| Babette De Leede 24 (36) Kathryn Bryce 3/25 (4 overs) | | Phoebe Litchfield 77 (37) Katherine Sciver-Brunt 1/13 (2 overs) |
* Warriors won by 7 wickets Kowloon Cricket Club, Kowloon, Hong Kong Umpires: Jacqueline Williams (WI) and Tabarak Dar (HKG) Player of the match: Phoebe Litchfield (Warriors)
* Warriors won the toss and elected to field.
* Points: Warriors 4, South Coast Sapphires 0
* 4 April 2023 14:00 Scorecard
| Barmy Army 135/5 (20 overs) | v | Spirit 138/6 (18.2 overs) |
| Shemaine Campbelle 33* (25) Betty Chan 2/15 (3 overs) | | Nicola Carey 40* (30) Rumana Ahmed 2/21 (4 overs) |
* Spirit won by 4 wickets Kowloon Cricket Club, Kowloon, Hong Kong Umpires: Anna Harris (Eng) and Shivani Mishra (Qat) Player of the match: Mahika Gaur (Spirit)
* Spirit won the toss and elected to field.
* Points: Spirit 4, Barmy Army 0
* 5 April 2023 10:00 Scorecard
| Warriors 84/3 (12 overs) | v | Tornadoes |
| Phoebe Litchfield 27 (21) Aliya Riaz 1/12 (2 overs) | | |
* No result Kowloon Cricket Club, Kowloon, Hong Kong Umpires: Sarika Prasad (Sin) and Shivani Mishra (Qat)
* Tornadoes won the toss and elected to field.
* No further play possible due to rain.
* Points: Warriors 2, Tornadoes 2
* 5 April 2023 14:00 Scorecard
| Barmy Army 143/6 (20 overs) | v | Falcons 134/9 (20 overs) |
| Lauren Winfield-Hill 54 (35) Chamari Athapaththu 4/17 (4 overs) | | Chamari Athapaththu 44 (33) Kavisha Egodage 3/17 (4 overs) |
* Barmy Army won by 9 runs Kowloon Cricket Club, Kowloon, Hong Kong Umpires: John Prakash (HKG) and Simon Taufel (Aus) Player of the match: Laura Cardoso (Barmy Army)
* Falcons won the toss and elected to field.
* Points: Barmy Army 3, Falcons 1
* 7 April 2023 10:00 Scorecard
| Spirit 121/8 (20 overs) | v | South Coast Sapphires 109/9 (20 overs) |
| Nicola Carey 52 (34) Katherine Sciver-Brunt 2/20 (4 overs) | | Katherine Sciver-Brunt 47 (29) Ayabonga Khaka 4/13 (4 overs) |
* Spirit won by 12 runs Kowloon Cricket Club, Kowloon, Hong Kong Umpires: Claire Polosak (Aus) and Lauren Agenbag (SA) Player of the match: Ayabonga Khaka (Spirit)
* South Coast Sapphires won the toss and elected to field.
* Points: Spirit 3.5, South Coast Sapphires 0.5
* 7 April 2023 14:00 Scorecard
| Falcons 133/8 (20 overs) | v | Warriors 134/5 (17.4 overs) |
| Theertha Satish 45 (37) Yasmeen Khan 2/9 (2 overs) | | Ellie Johnston 38 (27) Mariko Hill 3/11 (2.4 overs) |
* Warriors won by 5 wickets Kowloon Cricket Club, Kowloon, Hong Kong Umpires: Anna Harris (Eng) and Sarika Prasad (Sin) Player of the match: Kathryn Bryce (Warriors)
* Falcons won the toss and elected to bat.
* Points: Warriors 4, Falcons 0
* 8 April 2023 10:00 Scorecard
| Tornadoes 160/4 (20 overs) | v | Barmy Army 162/0 (15.4 overs) |
| Suné Luus 65* (43) Fatima Sana 1/24 (4 overs) | | Lauren Winfield-Hill 120* (64) |
* Barmy Army won by 10 wickets Kowloon Cricket Club, Kowloon, Hong Kong Umpires: Lauren Agenbag (SA) and Simon Taufel (Aus) Player of the match: Lauren Winfield-Hill (Barmy Army)
* Barmy Army won the toss and elected to field.
* Points: Barmy Army 4, Tornadoes 0
* 8 April 2023 14:00 Scorecard
| Warriors 118 (17.4 overs) | v | Spirit 115/8 (20 overs) |
| Ellie Johnston 40 (24) Sophia Dunkley 3/26 (3.4 overs) | | Bismah Maroof 66* (60) Amanda-Jade Wellington 3/27 (4 overs) |
* Warriors won by 3 runs Kowloon Cricket Club, Kowloon, Hong Kong Umpires: Jacqueline Williams (WI) and Viswanadan Kalidas (Mal) Player of the match: Amanda-Jade Wellington (Warriors)
* Spirit won the toss and elected to field.
* Points: Warriors 4, Spirit 0
* 9 April 2023 10:00 Scorecard
| South Coast Sapphires 95/2 (7 overs) | v | Tornadoes 59/5 (7 overs) |
| Tash Farrant 36* (18) Diana Baig 2/23 (2 overs) | | Suné Luus 13 (6) Tash Farrant 3/11 (2 overs) |
* South Coast Sapphires won by 36 runs Kowloon Cricket Club, Kowloon, Hong Kong Umpires: Shivani Mishra (Qat) and Tabarak Dar (HK) Player of the match: Tash Farrant (South Coast Sapphires)
* Tornadoes won the toss and elected to field.
* Match reduced to 7 overs per side due to rain.
* Points: South Coast Sapphires 4, Tornadoes 0
* 9 April 2023 14:00 Scorecard
| Barmy Army 163/6 (20 overs) | v | Warriors 146 (20 overs) |
| Deandra Dottin 69 (48) Kathryn Bryce 2/29 (4 overs) | | Kathryn Bryce 45 (26) Deandra Dottin 2/9 (3 overs) |
* Barmy Army won by 17 runs Kowloon Cricket Club, Kowloon, Hong Kong Umpires: Humaira Farah (Pak) and Claire Polosak (Aus) Player of the match: Deandra Dottin (Barmy Army)
* Warriors won the toss and elected to field.
* Points: Barmy Army 3, Warriors 1
* 11 April 2023 10:00 Scorecard
| South Coast Sapphires 131 (20 overs) | v | Falcons 133/1 (13.3 overs) |
| Kary Chan 32 (26) Marizanne Kapp 3/15 (4 overs) | | Chamari Athapaththu 75* (44) Sana Mir 1/10 (2 overs) |
* Falcons won by 9 wickets Kowloon Cricket Club, Kowloon, Hong Kong Umpires: Humaira Farah (Pak) and John Prakash (HKG) Player of the match: Chamari Athapaththu (Falcons)
* Falcons won the toss and elected to field.
* Points: Falcons 4, South Coast Sapphires 0
* 11 April 2023 14:00 Scorecard
| Tornadoes 150/4 (20 overs) | v | Spirit 155/4 (15.4 overs) |
| Stafanie Taylor 61* (48) Sophia Dunkley 2/20 (4 overs) | | Nicola Carey 84* (28) Aliya Riaz 2/15 (3 overs) |
* Spirit won by 6 wickets Kowloon Cricket Club, Kowloon, Hong Kong Umpires: Simon Taufel (Aus) and Viswanadan Kalidas (Mal) Player of the match: Nicola Carey (Spirit)
* Tornadoes won the toss and elected to bat.
* Points: Spirit 4, Tornadoes 0
* 12 April 2023 10:00 Scorecard
| Barmy Army 168/8 (20 overs) | v | South Coast Sapphires 107 (15.5 overs) |
| Laura Wolvaardt 49 (32) Jivana Aras 4/32 (4 overs) | | Tash Farrant 32 (32) Rubina Chhetry 5/11 (4 overs) |
* Barmy Army won by 61 runs Kowloon Cricket Club, Kowloon, Hong Kong Umpires: Anna Harris (Eng) and Sarika Prasad (Sin) Player of the match: Rubina Chhetry (Barmy Army)
* South Coast Sapphires won the toss and elected to field.
* Points: Barmy Army 3.5, South Coast Sapphires 0.5
* 12 April 2023 14:00 Scorecard
| Spirit 137/9 (20 overs) | v | Falcons 140/1 (14.2 overs) |
| Kerry-Anne Tomlinson 65 (46) Chamari Athapaththu 3/9 (4 overs) | | Danni Wyatt 76* (41) Nensi Patel 1/6 (2 overs) |
* Falcons won by 9 wickets Kowloon Cricket Club, Kowloon, Hong Kong Umpires: John Prakash (HKG) and Lauren Agenbag (SA) Player of the match: Chamari Athapaththu (Falcons)
* Spirit won the toss and elected to bat.
* Points: Falcons 4, Spirit 0

### Knockout stage
#### Fifth-place play-off

* 14 April 2023 10:00 Scorecard
| Tornadoes 115/5 (20 overs) | v | South Coast Sapphires 60 (14.2 overs) |
| Stafanie Taylor 24 (17) Shabnim Ismail 2/8 (4 overs) | | Katie Mack 11 (13) Winifred Duraisingam 3/8 (2.2 overs) |
* Tornadoes won by 55 runs Kowloon Cricket Club, Kowloon, Hong Kong Umpires: Humaira Farah (Pak) and Shivani Mishra (Qat) Player of the match: Chanida Sutthiruang (Tornadoes)
* South Coast Sapphires won the toss and elected to field.

#### Semi-finals

* 15 April 2023 10:00 Scorecard
| Spirit 73 (17.4 overs) | v | Warriors 74/6 (13.1 overs) |
| Natthakan Chantham 26 (34) Jess Kerr 3/11 (2.4 overs) | | Kathryn Bryce 26 (18) Sophia Dunkley 3/16 (3 overs) |
* Warriors won by 4 wickets Kowloon Cricket Club, Kowloon, Hong Kong Umpires: Lauren Agenbag (SA) and Tabarak Dar (HGK) Player of the match: Kathryn Bryce (Warriors)
* Warriors won the toss and elected to field.
* 15 April 2023 14:00 Scorecard
| Barmy Army 158/8 (20 overs) | v | Falcons 161/4 (18.1 overs) |
| Fatima Sana 45* (30) Marizanne Kapp 3/18 (4 overs) | | Chamari Athapaththu 78 (50) Rubina Chhetry 2/41 (4 overs) |
* Falcons won by 6 wickets Kowloon Cricket Club, Kowloon, Hong Kong Umpires: Anna Harris (Eng) and Viswanadan Kalidas (Mal) Player of the match: Chamari Athapaththu (Falcons)
* Falcons won the toss and elected to field.

#### Third-place play-off

* 16 April 2023 10:00 Scorecard
| Barmy Army 147/4 (20 overs) | v | Spirit 125/6 (20 overs) |
| Deandra Dottin 75 (38) Mahika Gaur 1/12 (4 overs) | | Kerry-Anne Tomlinson 33 (40) Laura Cardoso 2/31 (4 overs) |
* Barmy Army won by 22 runs Kowloon Cricket Club, Kowloon, Hong Kong Umpires: John Prakash (HKG) and Sarika Prasad (Sin) Player of the match: Deandra Dottin (Barmy Army)
* Spirit won the toss and elected to field.

#### Final

* 16 April 2023 14:00 Scorecard
| Warriors 230/4 (20 overs) | v | Falcons 137/8 (20 overs) |
| Hayley Matthews 123 (52) Anju Gurung 2/43 (4 overs) | | Chamari Athapaththu 29 (17) Kathryn Bryce 3/16 (4 overs) |
* Warriors won by 94 runs Kowloon Cricket Club, Kowloon, Hong Kong Umpires: Claire Polosak (Aus) and Jacqueline Williams (WI) Player of the match: Hayley Matthews (Warriors)
* Falcons won the toss and elected to field.

## Final standings

| Position | Team |
| 1st | Warriors |
| 2nd | Falcons |
| 3rd | Barmy Army |
| 4th | Spirit |
| 5th | Tornadoes |
| 6th | South Coast Sapphires |

## Statistics
### Most runs

| Player | Team | Matches | Innings | Runs | Average | HS | 100s | 50s |
| Chamari Athapaththu | Falcons | 7 | 7 | 281 | 46.83 | 78 | 0 | 2 |
| Lauren Winfield-Hill | Barmy Army | 7 | 7 | 213 | 42.60 | 120* | 1 | 1 |
| Deandra Dottin | Barmy Army | 5 | 5 | 201 | 40.20 | 75 | 0 | 2 |
| Nicola Carey | Spirit | 7 | 7 | 200 | 40.00 | 84* | 0 | 2 |
| Theertha Satish | Falcons | 7 | 6 | 172 | 34.40 | 57 | 0 | 1 |
Source: ESPNcricinfo

### Most wickets

| Player | Team | Overs | Wickets | Average | BBI | 5w |
| Kathryn Bryce | Warriors | 23.0 | 13 | 9.07 | 3/16 | 0 |
| Chamari Athapaththu | Falcons | 25.0 | 12 | 13.75 | 4/17 | 0 |
| Marizanne Kapp | Falcons | 18.0 | 9 | 8.33 | 3/4 | 0 |
| Sornnarin Tippoch | Falcons | 21.0 | 9 | 17.00 | 3/13 | 0 |
| Mariko Hill | Falcons | 12.4 | 8 | 11.00 | 3/11 | 0 |
| Rubina Chhetry | Barmy Army | 17 | 8 | 12.50 | 5/11 | 1 |
Source: ESPNcricinfo