2022 ACC Women's T20 Championship

2022 ACC Women's T20 Championship
Dates17 – 25 June 2022
Administrator(s)Asian Cricket Council
Cricket formatTwenty20 International
Tournament format(s)Group round-robin and knockouts
Host(s) Malaysia
Champions United Arab Emirates (1st title)
Runners-up Malaysia
Participants10
Matches23
Player of the seriesUnited Arab Emirates Theertha Satish
Most runsUnited Arab Emirates Esha Oza (192)
Most wicketsNepal Asmina Karmacharya (8)
Hong Kong Maryam Bibi (8)
← 2013

The 2022 ACC Women's T20 Championship was a women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) cricket tournament that was held in Malaysia from 17 to 25 June 2022.[1] The tournament was organised by the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) and the top two sides qualified for the 2022 Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup.[2] The series was the last to be played at the Kinrara Academy Oval before the ground closed on 30 June 2022.[3]

The tournament was contested by 10 teams,[4] including the hosts Malaysia, as well as Bahrain, Bhutan, Hong Kong, Kuwait, Nepal, Oman, Qatar, Singapore and United Arab Emirates.[5] The ACC Women's Championship was last contested in 2013.[6]

The tournament began with comfortable victories for Nepal and Malaysia, before both afternoon matches were both abandoned after rain stopped play.[7] Following the conclusion of the group stage, the UAE, Hong Kong, Malaysia and Nepal had all reached the semi-finals of the tournament.[8] The first semi-final finished in a no result due to rain, with the UAE progressing to the tournament's final because of their superior net run rate in the group stage.[9] The second semi-final was also impacted by the weather, with Malaysia winning their reduced match against Hong Kong by 12 runs.[10] In the final, the UAE beat Malaysia by five wickets to win the tournament, with both teams qualifying for the 2022 Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup.[11][12] The final was the last game to be played at the Kinrara Oval.[13]

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  3. ^ "Kinrara Oval, Malaysia's premier cricket ground, to close its doors on June 30". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
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  9. ^ "ACC T20 Championship: Hosts and UAE advance to summit clash". Women's CricZone. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
  10. ^ "Malaysian women create history". New Straits Times. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
  11. ^ "Malaysia outplayed by UAE". New Straits Times. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  12. ^ "Clinical UAE win ACC T20 Championship on back of Theertha Satish's 50". Women's CricZone. Retrieved 25 June 2022.[permanent dead link‍]
  13. ^ "M'sian women's team qualify for T20 Asia Cup despite loss to UAE". New Straits Times. Retrieved 26 June 2022.