2019 ICC Women's Qualifier Asia

2019 ICC Women's Qualifier Asia
Dates18 – 27 February 2019
Administrator(s)International Cricket Council
Cricket formatTwenty20 International
Host(s)Thailand Thailand
Champions Thailand
Runners-up   Nepal
Participants7
Matches21
Player of the seriesNepal Sita Magar[1]
Most runsThailand Naruemol Chaiwai (181)
Most wicketsThailand Sornnarin Tippoch (13)
Nepal Nary Thapa (13)
2021 →

The 2019 ICC Women's Qualifier Asia was a cricket tournament that was held in Thailand in February 2019.[2] The matches were played as Women's Twenty20 Internationals (WT20Is), with the top team progressing to both the 2019 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier and the 2021 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier tournaments.[3] The fixtures took place at the Terdthai Cricket Ground and the Asian Institute of Technology Ground in Bangkok.[4]

Ahead of the final round of fixtures, Thailand, United Arab Emirates and Nepal all had a chance to top the group and progress to the next phase of qualification.[5][6] Thailand won the tournament, after beating the United Arab Emirates by 50 runs in their final match.[7] They won all of their matches in the tournament, and it was Thailand's 14th consecutive win in WT20Is.[1] Nepal finished the tournament in second place, with the United Arab Emirates in third.[8]

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  3. ^ "ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier – Asia 2019 set to begin in Bangkok". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
  4. ^ "Thailand hosts women's T20 and ODI World Cup pre-qualifiers". Inside Sport. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
  5. ^ "Thailand win again but exciting finish ahead in ICC Women's Asia Qualifier". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  6. ^ "Thailand put one foot in global qualifiers". Cricket Europe. Archived from the original on 26 February 2019. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
  7. ^ "Thailand tops the chart in ICC Women's World Cup Asia Qualifiers". Women's CricZone. Archived from the original on 27 February 2019. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
  8. ^ "Thailand make it six wins in a row to claim ICC Women's Asia Qualifier". Cricket Association of Thailand. Retrieved 27 February 2019.