2023 FairBreak Invitational T20 Hong Kong

2023 FairBreak Invitational T20 Hong Kong
Dates3 – 16 April 2023
Administrator(s)FairBreak Global
Cricket Hong Kong
Cricket formatTwenty20
Tournament format(s)Round-robin and knockouts
ChampionsWarriors (1st title)
Participants6
Matches20
Most runsChamari Athapaththu (281)
Most wicketsKathryn Bryce (13)

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.[1][2][3] The tournament was won by Warriors, who beat Falcons in the final by 94 runs.[4]

An additional tournament for 2023, staged in collaboration with USA Cricket, will be played in Houston, Texas, USA, between 15 and 30 September 2023.[5][6]

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  5. ^ USA Cricket Media (27 January 2023). "USA Cricket to host additional 2023 FairBreak Global Invitational T20". USA Cricket. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  6. ^ ESPNcricinfo staff (28 January 2023). "USA to host additional 2023 FairBreak Global Invitational T20 in September". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 February 2023.