Emma Lai
Hong Kong cricketer
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| Full name | Wing Ki Lai | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1988-03-14) March 14, 1988 (age 36) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| T20I debut (cap 13) | 13 January 2019 v Bhutan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 30 October 2022 v Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2016–17 | Perth Scorchers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 8 November 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wing Ki Lai or Emma Lai (born March 14, 1988) is a Hong Kong cricketer who plays for Hong Kong women's national cricket team.[1] She started learning to play cricket while working as a waitress at the Hong Kong Cricket Club. Just over a year after her first cricket lesson, she travelled to Kuwait as part of the Hong Kong squad, and a year later, she played in her first game for Hong Kong against Thailand.[2]
Lai is often described as the captain of the Hong Kong women's team, and she did captain Hong Kong to the final of the East Asia Women's T20 Championship, in which Hong Kong finished second to China. However, she has since reverted to being just a player.[2] In the Women's Big Bash League Twenty20 competition's WBBL02 season in 2016–17, she was the Associate Rookie for Perth Scorchers.[3]
As of early 2017, Lai was a cricket officer for Cricket Hong Kong, running and planning coaching clinics, conducting demonstrations in schools and also doing some promotion.[2]
In May 2021, she was named in Bauhinia Stars' squad for the 2021 Hong Kong Women's Premier League.[4][5]
References
- ^ "Emma Lai". Cricinfo. Retrieved March 1, 2017.
- ^ a b c Kimber, Jarrod (February 21, 2017). "Emma Lai walks on the grass". Cricinfo. Retrieved March 1, 2017.
- ^ Battrick, Jake (November 16, 2016). "Hong Kong skipper to join Scorchers". Perth Scorchers. Archived from the original on December 20, 2016. Retrieved December 19, 2016.
- ^ "Squads announced for 2021 CHK Women's Premier League". Cricket Hong Kong (via Twitter). Retrieved May 27, 2021.
- ^ "Hong Kong Women's Premier League T20 2021: Full schedule, squads and live streaming details". Sportskeeda. May 19, 2021. Retrieved May 27, 2021.
External links
- Emma Lai at ESPNcricinfo
