2024 Twenty20 East Asia Cup
International cricket tournament
| Dates | 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
 China | Hong Kong[9] | Japan[10] |
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Round-robin
Points table
| 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
14 February 2024 09:00 Scorecard |
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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.
14 February 2024 14:00 Scorecard |
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Kendel Kadowaki-Fleming 78 (53) Aizaz Khan 2/44 (4 overs) | 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.
15 February 2024 09:00 Scorecard |
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Lachlan Yamamoto-Lake 134* (68) | 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]
15 February 2024 14:00 Scorecard |
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Yasim Murtaza 48 (26) Sabaorish Ravichandran 5/22 (4 overs) | 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]
16 February 2024 09:00 Scorecard |
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Shenjian Zheng 21 (13) Haroon Arshad 4/7 (4 overs) | 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.
16 February 2024 14:00 Scorecard |
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Wataru Miyauchi 31 (24) Tian Sen Qun 4/12 (4 overs) | 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
17 February 2024 09:00 Scorecard |
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Nizakat Khan 81 (48) Reo Sakurano-Thomas 3/40 (4 overs) | 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
17 February 2024 14:00 Scorecard |
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Bobby Chan 20 (25) Zong Yuechao 2/7 (3 overs) | 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
- ^ Reo Sakurano-Thomas captained Japan in their fourth match of the tournament.
References
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b "Men's Japan National Team to Visit Thailand and Hong Kong". Japan Cricket Association. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Japan team won 2018 East Asia Cup!". Cricket Hong Kong. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
- ^ "Record T20 international total for Hong Kong as they beat Japan in East Asia Cup final". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
- ^ "Hong Kong go undefeated in East Asia Cup, head to Qatar for Bilateral Series". Emerging Cricket. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Hong Kong Win East Asia Cup". Japan Cricket Association. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
- ^ "Hong Kong, China Squads Announced for Men's East Asia Cup 2024". Cricket Hong Kong, China. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
- ^ "Men's Japan National Teams announced for upcoming tournaments". Japan Cricket Association. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
- ^ "East Asia Cup 2024". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
- ^ a b "Record Breaking Day in East Asia Cup". Japan Cricket Association. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
- ^ "Japan pair post record Men's T20I opening stand in win over China". Emerging Cricket. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
- ^ "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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