2020 Qatar Women's T20I Triangular Series

2020 Qatar Women's Tri-Nation Series
Date17–21 January 2020
LocationQatar
Result Kuwait won the series
Teams
 Kuwait  Oman  Qatar
Captains
Amna Tariq Vaishali Jesrani Aysha
Most runs
Priyada Murali (126) Sakshi Shetty (115) Aysha (102)
Most wickets
Maria Jasvi (6) Bhakti Shetty (8) Nahan Arif (5)

The 2020 Qatar Women's T20I Triangular Series was a women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) cricket tournament that took place at the West End Park International Cricket Stadium in Doha, Qatar from 17 to 21 January 2020.[1][2] Matches in the series had official WT20I games as per ICC's announcement that full WT20I status would apply to all the matches played between women's teams of associate members after 1 July 2018.[3] Qatar and Oman both made their WT20I debut in the opening match the tournament.

The participants were originally announced to be the women's national sides of Qatar, China, Kuwait and Oman, playing in a quadrangular round-robin event followed by semi-finals and a final.[4][5] However, on the first day of the event, the tournament was changed to a triangular series with China withdrawn at short notice and a new schedule was announced.[6][7]

Oman booked their place in the final on day two and were joined by Kuwait the following day.[8][9] Kuwait recovered from losing to Oman in the last round-robin match by defeating the same opponents in the final by a comfortable margin of 7 wickets.[10][11]

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  2. ^ "Aysha to lead Qatar team in four-nation women's T20 tourney". Gulf Times. 11 January 2020. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  3. ^ "All T20 matches between ICC members to get international status". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  4. ^ "Four-Nation Women's Twenty 20 International Tournament to commence from January 16 in Qatar". Female Cricket. 4 January 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  5. ^ "Kuwait National Women's team set to participate in ICC T20I Quadrangular series in Qatar from 16th-22nd Jan". Kuwait Cricket Official (via Facebook). Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  6. ^ "Kuwait National Women's team is all set to participate in a triangular series with Qatar and Oman that is scheduled to commence from tomorrow in Doha". Kuwait Cricket Official (via Facebook). Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  7. ^ "Schedule triangular series". Kuwait Cricket Official (via Facebook). Retrieved 17 January 2020.
  8. ^ "Dominant Oman Women set up final against Kuwait". Times of Oman. 19 January 2020. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  9. ^ "Oman, Kuwait to clash for title Tuesday". Times of Oman. 20 January 2020. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
  10. ^ "Oman women finish runners-up in Qatar T20". Oman Observer. 22 January 2020. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
  11. ^ "Kuwait beat Oman to win QCA women's T20I series". Doha Stadium Plus. 22 January 2020. Archived from the original on 31 January 2020. Retrieved 22 January 2020.