The 2019 Saudari Cup was contested between the women's national teams of Singapore and Malaysia from 28 to 30 August 2019.[1][2]

2019 Saudari Cup
 
  Singapore women Malaysia women
Dates 28 – 30 August 2019
Captains Shafina Mahesh Winifred Duraisingam
Twenty20 International series
Results Malaysia women won the 3-match series 3–0
Most runs Diviya G K (111) Winifred Duraisingam (111)
Mas Elysa (111)
Most wickets Haresh Dhavina (3) Ainna Hamizah Hashim (3)

The Saudari Cup is an annual event between the two sides, which started in 2014, with Malaysia winning all of the previous editions, including the most recent edition in 2018.[3] The series consisted of three Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) matches, all being played at the Indian Association Ground in Singapore.[1][2] Malaysia retained the title, sweeping the series 3–0.[4]

This was the second edition of the event to have WT20I status following the International Cricket Council's decision to grant T20I status to all matches played between women's sides of Associate Members after 1 July 2018.[5]

Squads edit

  Singapore   Malaysia
  • Shafina Mahesh (c)
  • Rajeshwari Butler
  • Haresh Dhavina
  • Diviya G K
  • Lucky Gautam
  • Piumi Gurusinghe
  • Shafia Hassan
  • Amna Jamal
  • Wang Ling
  • Vigineswari Pasupathy
  • Smruthi Radhakrishnan
  • Roshni Seth
  • Ishita Shukla
  • Sanika Sonpethkar

T20I series edit

1st WT20I edit

28 August 2019
19:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Malaysia  
126/6 (20 overs)
v
  Singapore
104/6 (20 overs)
Ainna Hamizah Hashim 37* (34)
Dhavina Sharma 2/30 (4 overs)
Diviya G K 45* (42)
Wan Nor Zulaika 2/29 (4 overs)
Malaysia win by 22 runs
Indian Association Ground, Singapore
Umpires: Sathish Balasubramaniam (Sin) and Pramesh Parab (Sin)
Player of the match: Ainna Hamizah Hashim (Mas)
  • Singapore won the toss and elected to field.

2nd WT20I edit

29 August 2019
19:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Singapore  
91/3 (20 overs)
v
  Malaysia
92/1 (13.5 overs)
Rajeshwari Butler 35* (39)
Nur Nadihirah 1/6 (3 overs)
Winifred Duraisingam 40* (38)
Dhavina Sharma 1/15 (3 overs)
Malaysia won by 9 wickets
Indian Association Ground, Singapore
Umpires: Senthil Kumar (Sin) and Ravi Putcha (Sin)
Player of the match: Winifred Duraisingam (Mas)
  • Singapore won the toss and elected to bat.

3rd WT20I edit

30 August 2019
19:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Malaysia  
140/2 (20 overs)
v
  Singapore
110 (19.5 overs)
Winifred Duraisingam 66* (58)
Shafia Hassan 1/27 (4 overs)
Diviya G K 35 (34)
Ainna Hamizah Hashim 2/10 (4 overs)
Malaysia won by 30 runs
Indian Association Ground, Singapore
Umpires: Foyej Ahmed (Sin) and Dharmalingam Suresh (Sin)
Player of the match: Winifred Duraisingam (Mas)
  • Malaysia won the toss and elected to bat.

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Saudari Cup 2019 - Fixtures and Results". Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Saudari Cup 2019". Singapore Cricket Association via Facebook. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  3. ^ "Malaysia retain Saudari Cup". Sportimes. 12 August 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  4. ^ "Malaysia takes away the title of Saudari Cup 2019 by beating Singapore 3-0". Female Cricket. 1 September 2019. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  5. ^ "All T20 matches between ICC members to get international status". International Cricket Council. 26 April 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2019.

External links edit

Preceded by Saudari Cup Succeeded by