2024 Twenty20 East Asia Cup

International cricket tournament

Cricket tournament

2024 East Asia CupDates| 14 – 17 February 2024

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Administrator(s)| Hong Kong Cricket Association
Cricket format| Twenty20 International
Host(s)|  Hong Kong
Champions|  Hong Kong (1st title)
Runners-up|  Japan
Participants| 3
Matches| 7
Most runs|  Kendel Kadowaki-Fleming (217)
Most wickets|  Sabaorish Ravichandran (9)

← 2018

The 2024 East Asia Cup was held in Hong Kong in February 2024, and was the third edition of Men's Twenty20 East Asia Cup.[1][2] This was the first edition in which all of the matches had Twenty20 International (T20I) status.[3] Japan won the previous edition in 2018.[4] South Korea did not participate in this edition of the tournament.[2]

Hong Kong defeated Japan in the final by 34 runs.[5][6][7] The victory secured Hong Kong's first men's East Asia Cup title.[8]

## Squads

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China |  Hong Kong[9] |  Japan[10]

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* Wei Guo Lei (c, wk)
* Deng Jinqi
* Xie Qiulai
* Zhuang Zelin
* Zou Kui
* Tian Sen Qun
* Qiu Yingjie
* Huang Junjie (wk)
* Ma Qiancheng
* Luo Shilin
* Zhao Tianle
* Zong Yuechao
* Shenjian Zheng
* Chen Zhuo Yue

* Nizakat Khan (c)
* Yasim Murtaza (vc)
* Zeeshan Ali (wk)
* Haroon Arshad
* Jamie Atkinson (wk)
* Martin Coetzee
* Mohammad Ghazanfar
* Babar Hayat
* Ateeq Iqbal
* Aizaz Khan
* Anas Khan
* Ehsan Khan
* Jason Lui (wk)
* Nasrulla Rana
* Dhananjay Rao
* Anshuman Rath

* Kendel Kadowaki-Fleming (c)[n 1]
* Koji Abe
* Ryan Drake
* Charles Hinze
* Kazuma Kato-Stafford
* Wataru Miyauchi (wk)
* Sabaorish Ravichandran
* Reo Sakurano-Thomas
* Mian Siddique
* Declan Suzuki-McComb
* Ibrahim Takahashi
* Makoto Taniyama
* Marcus Thurgate
* Lachlan Yamamoto-Lake

## Round-robin

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### Points table

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification

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1  |  Hong Kong | 4  | 4  | 0  | 0  | 8  | 4.075  | Advanced to the final
2  |  Japan | 4  | 2  | 2  | 0  | 4  | 2.089
3  |  China | 4  | 0  | 4  | 0  | 0  | −6.121  |

Source: ESPNcricinfo[11]

### Fixtures

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14 February 2024
09:00
Scorecard

Hong Kong
171/5 (20 overs)

China
48/8 (20 overs)

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Anshuman Rath 72* (46)
Tian Sen Qun 3/20 (4 overs)

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Huang Junjie 10 (30)
Nizakat Khan 2/5 (2 overs)

Hong Kong won by 123 runs
Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok
Umpires: Shelton D'Cruz (HK) and John Prakash (HK)
Player of the match: Anshuman Rath (HK)

* Hong Kong won the toss and elected to bat.
* Dhananjay Rao (HK) and Shenjian Zheng (Chn) both made their T20I debuts.

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14 February 2024
14:00
Scorecard

Japan
179/5 (20 overs)

Hong Kong
184/3 (16.1 overs)

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Kendel Kadowaki-Fleming 78 (53)
Aizaz Khan 2/44 (4 overs)

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Jamie Atkinson 68* (36)
Declan Suzuki-McComb 1/21 (3 overs)

Hong Kong won by 7 wickets
Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok
Umpires: Niaz Ali (HK) and John Prakash (HK)
Player of the match: Jamie Atkinson (HK)

* Japan won the toss and elected to bat.

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15 February 2024
09:00
Scorecard

Japan
258/0 (20 overs)

China
78 (16.5 overs)

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Lachlan Yamamoto-Lake 134* (68)

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Wei Guo Lei 24 (23)
Makoto Taniyama 3/5 (3 overs)

Japan won by 180 runs
Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok
Umpires: Jayanth Babu (HK) and Shelton D'Cruz (HK)
Player of the match: Kendel Kadowaki-Fleming (Jpn) and Lachlan Yamamoto-Lake (Jpn)

* Japan won the toss and elected to bat.
* Marcus Thurgate (Jpn) made his T20I debut.
* Lachlan Yamamoto-Lake (Jpn) scored his first century in T20Is.[12]
* The partnership between Kendel Kadowaki-Fleming and Lachlan Yamamoto-Lake (Jpn) was the highest in men's T20Is (258).[13]

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15 February 2024
14:00
Scorecard

Hong Kong
155 (19.4 overs)

Japan
128 (18.5 overs)

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Yasim Murtaza 48 (26)
Sabaorish Ravichandran 5/22 (4 overs)

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Ibrahim Takahashi 25 (23)
Anas Khan 4/30 (4 overs)

Hong Kong won by 27 runs
Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok
Umpires: Niaz Ali (HK) and John Prakash (HK)
Player of the match: Yasim Murtaza (HK)

* Hong Kong won the toss and elected to bat.
* Sabaorish Ravichandran (Jpn) took his first five-wicket haul in T20Is.[12]

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16 February 2024
09:00
Scorecard

China
41 (12.4 overs)

Hong Kong
42/0 (5 overs)

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Shenjian Zheng 21 (13)
Haroon Arshad 4/7 (4 overs)

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Aizaz Khan 21* (14)

Hong Kong won by 10 wickets
Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok
Umpires: Shelton D'Cruz (HK) and Shiroy Vachha (HK)
Player of the match: Haroon Arshad (HK)

* China won the toss and elected to bat.
* Jason Lui (HK) made his T20I debut.

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16 February 2024
14:00
Scorecard

Japan
143 (19.3 overs)

China
99/8 (20 overs)

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Wataru Miyauchi 31 (24)
Tian Sen Qun 4/12 (4 overs)

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Deng Jinqi 38 (49)
Mian Siddique 2/17 (3 overs)

Japan won by 44 runs
Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok
Umpires: Shelton D'Cruz (HK) and John Prakash (HK)
Player of the match: Mian Siddique (Jpn)

* Japan won the toss and elected to bat.

## Final

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17 February 2024
09:00
Scorecard

Hong Kong
219/7 (20 overs)

Japan
185/8 (20 overs)

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Nizakat Khan 81 (48)
Reo Sakurano-Thomas 3/40 (4 overs)

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Declan Suzuki-McComb 37 (28)
Yasim Murtaza 3/25 (4 overs)

Hong Kong won by 34 runs
Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok
Umpires: Shelton D'Cruz (HK) and John Prakash (HK)
Player of the match: Nizakat Khan (HK)

* Japan won the toss and elected to field.
* Hong Kong's innings total of 219 was their highest in men's T20Is.[14]

## Exhibition match

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17 February 2024
14:00
Scorecard

Hong Kong Dragons
92 (18.2 overs)

China
93/5 (9.4 overs)

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Bobby Chan 20 (25)
Zong Yuechao 2/7 (3 overs)

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Wei Guo Lei 35 (26)
Anthony Lau 2/20 (2.4 overs)

China won by 5 wickets
Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok
Umpires: Royce McDonald (HK) and Hemant Tukrul (HK)
Player of the match: Wei Guo Lei (Chn)

* China won the toss and elected to field.

## Notes

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1. ^ Reo Sakurano-Thomas captained Japan in their fourth match of the tournament.

## References

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1. ^ "Hong Kong to take on Canada, Malaysia in one-day tri-series, as teams begin preparing for cricket World Cup run". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
2. ^ a b "Men's Japan National Team to Visit Thailand and Hong Kong". Japan Cricket Association. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
3. ^ "Men's East Asia Cup 2024 will be played in Hong Kong as a Lunar New Year spectacular". Cricket Hong Kong, China. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
4. ^ "Japan team won 2018 East Asia Cup!". Cricket Hong Kong. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
5. ^ "Record T20 international total for Hong Kong as they beat Japan in East Asia Cup final". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
6. ^ "Hong Kong go undefeated in East Asia Cup, head to Qatar for Bilateral Series". Emerging Cricket. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
7. ^ "男子板球東亞盃 港隊東亞杯決賽贏日本 五連勝勇奪冠軍" [Men's Cricket East Asian Cup Hong Kong team beat Japan in the East Asian Cup final, winning five consecutive games to win the championship]. Cricket Hong Kong, China (in Chinese). Retrieved 17 February 2024.
8. ^ "Hong Kong Win East Asia Cup". Japan Cricket Association. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
9. ^ "Hong Kong, China Squads Announced for Men's East Asia Cup 2024". Cricket Hong Kong, China. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
10. ^ "Men's Japan National Teams announced for upcoming tournaments". Japan Cricket Association. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
11. ^ "East Asia Cup 2024". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
12. ^ a b "Record Breaking Day in East Asia Cup". Japan Cricket Association. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
13. ^ "Japan pair post record Men's T20I opening stand in win over China". Emerging Cricket. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
14. ^ "Record T20 international total for Hong Kong as they beat Japan in East Asia Cup final". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 17 February 2024.

## External links

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* Series home at ESPNcricinfo

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