Top women’s cricketers set to play in new international event in Hong Kong in 2022
- The inaugural Invitational Women’s Cricket T20 tournament is organised by gender equality group FairBreak Global and will feature six teams
- Players from associate members will be able to team up with top-tier stars in what may be the first international tournament in Hong Kong since 2018
Cricket Hong Kong is hoping to stage an international women’s Twenty20 tournament in January 2022 featuring the best players from top-tier nations and associate members.
Joining hands with gender equality group FairBreak Global, the inaugural Invitational Women’s Cricket T20 tournament will feature six teams, with Hong Kong possibly one of the stops in a series of competitions.
“Given that supporting and growing women’s cricket is one of our five tenets in our Cricket Hong Kong strategy, we are happy to back this event,” said Tony Melloy, chairman of the Hong Kong governing body. “It’s a good thing to bring top-qualify cricket to Hong Kong.
“The recent [men’s] T20 Premier League was very successful and well supported on online streaming and even at the Kowloon Cricket Club, which was quite full. It shows the need of the Hong Kong populace to see some quality cricket.
“We are in discussion with the ICC [International Cricket Council] for the required sanctions and then we would run it under ICC regulations. It is not 100 per cent confirmed but it is highly probable.”