| Dates | 3 – 16 April 2023 |
|---|---|
| Administrator(s) | FairBreak Global Cricket Hong Kong |
| Cricket format | Twenty20 |
| Tournament format(s) | Round-robin and knockouts |
| Champions | Warriors (1st title) |
| Participants | 6 |
| Matches | 20 |
| Most runs | Chamari Athapaththu (281) |
| Most wickets | Kathryn Bryce (13) |
2023 USA → | |
The2023 FairBreak Invitational T20 was the second edition of theFairBreak Invitational T20, awomen's Twenty20cricketcompetition, which was held from 3 to 16 April 2023 at theKowloon Cricket Club inHong Kong. The tournament, sanctioned by theICC, was being privately run byFairBreak Global, a company that aims to promotegender equality. A total of 90 players from 28 countries were spread across six teams.[1][2][3] The tournament was won by Warriors, who beat Falcons in the final by 94 runs.[4]
An additional tournament for 2023, staged in collaboration withUSA Cricket, will be played in Houston, Texas, USA, between 15 and 30 September 2023.[5][6]
Teams played each other team once, with two matches taking place on most days. The top four teams in the group advanced to the semi-finals. All matches took place atKowloon Cricket Club.[7]
The group worked on a points system with positions being based ontotal points. Points were awarded as follows:
Win: 3 points.
Tie: 2 points.
Loss: 0 points.
Abandoned/No Result: 2 points.
Bonus Point: 1 point awarded to the team with the highest score after 10 overs of the batting innings.
| Barmy Army Coach:Michael Bates | Falcons Coach:Joanne Broadbent | South Coast Sapphires Coach:Shane Deitz |
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| Spirit Coach:Damien Wright | Tornadoes Coach:Anju Jain | Warriors Coach:Julia Price |
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| Team | Pld | W | L | T | A | BP | NRR | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warriors(Q) | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | +1.308 | 15 |
| Barmy Army(Q) | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 | +1.093 | 13.5 |
| Falcons(Q) | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | +1.160 | 13 |
| Spirit(Q) | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 | +0.173 | 11.5 |
| South Coast Sapphires | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -0.735 | 5 |
| Tornadoes | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2.500 | 2 |
Advanced to knockout stage
Falcons 150/6 (20 overs) | v | Tornadoes 109/9 (20 overs) |
Falcons won by 41 runs Kowloon Cricket Club,Kowloon,Hong Kong Umpires:Jacqueline Williams (WI) andViswanadan Kalidas (Mal) Player of the match:Theertha Satish (Falcons) |
South Coast Sapphires 111/7 (20 overs) | v | Warriors 115/3 (12.4 overs) |
Warriors won by 7 wickets Kowloon Cricket Club,Kowloon,Hong Kong Umpires:Jacqueline Williams (WI) andTabarak Dar (HKG) Player of the match:Phoebe Litchfield (Warriors) |
Barmy Army 135/5 (20 overs) | v | Spirit 138/6 (18.2 overs) |
Spirit won by 4 wickets Kowloon Cricket Club,Kowloon,Hong Kong Umpires:Anna Harris (Eng) andShivani Mishra (Qat) Player of the match:Mahika Gaur (Spirit) |
Warriors 84/3 (12 overs) | v | Tornadoes |
Barmy Army 143/6 (20 overs) | v | Falcons 134/9 (20 overs) |
Barmy Army won by 9 runs Kowloon Cricket Club,Kowloon,Hong Kong Umpires:John Prakash (HKG) andSimon Taufel (Aus) Player of the match:Laura Cardoso (Barmy Army) |
Spirit 121/8 (20 overs) | v | South Coast Sapphires 109/9 (20 overs) |
Spirit won by 12 runs Kowloon Cricket Club,Kowloon,Hong Kong Umpires:Claire Polosak (Aus) andLauren Agenbag (SA) Player of the match:Ayabonga Khaka (Spirit) |
Falcons 133/8 (20 overs) | v | Warriors 134/5 (17.4 overs) |
Warriors won by 5 wickets Kowloon Cricket Club,Kowloon,Hong Kong Umpires:Anna Harris (Eng) andSarika Prasad (Sin) Player of the match:Kathryn Bryce (Warriors) |
Tornadoes 160/4 (20 overs) | v | Barmy Army 162/0 (15.4 overs) |
Lauren Winfield-Hill 120* (64) |
Barmy Army won by 10 wickets Kowloon Cricket Club,Kowloon,Hong Kong Umpires:Lauren Agenbag (SA) andSimon Taufel (Aus) Player of the match:Lauren Winfield-Hill (Barmy Army) |
Warriors 118 (17.4 overs) | v | Spirit 115/8 (20 overs) |
Warriors won by 3 runs Kowloon Cricket Club,Kowloon,Hong Kong Umpires:Jacqueline Williams (WI) andViswanadan Kalidas (Mal) Player of the match:Amanda-Jade Wellington (Warriors) |
South Coast Sapphires 95/2 (7 overs) | v | Tornadoes 59/5 (7 overs) |
South Coast Sapphires won by 36 runs Kowloon Cricket Club,Kowloon,Hong Kong Umpires:Shivani Mishra (Qat) andTabarak Dar (HK) Player of the match:Tash Farrant (South Coast Sapphires) |
Barmy Army 163/6 (20 overs) | v | Warriors 146 (20 overs) |
Barmy Army won by 17 runs Kowloon Cricket Club,Kowloon,Hong Kong Umpires:Humaira Farah (Pak) andClaire Polosak (Aus) Player of the match:Deandra Dottin (Barmy Army) |
South Coast Sapphires 131 (20 overs) | v | Falcons 133/1 (13.3 overs) |
Falcons won by 9 wickets Kowloon Cricket Club,Kowloon,Hong Kong Umpires:Humaira Farah (Pak) andJohn Prakash (HKG) Player of the match:Chamari Athapaththu (Falcons) |
Tornadoes 150/4 (20 overs) | v | Spirit 155/4 (15.4 overs) |
Spirit won by 6 wickets Kowloon Cricket Club,Kowloon,Hong Kong Umpires:Simon Taufel (Aus) andViswanadan Kalidas (Mal) Player of the match:Nicola Carey (Spirit) |
Barmy Army 168/8 (20 overs) | v | South Coast Sapphires 107 (15.5 overs) |
Laura Wolvaardt 49 (32) Jivana Aras 4/32 (4 overs) |
Barmy Army won by 61 runs Kowloon Cricket Club,Kowloon,Hong Kong Umpires:Anna Harris (Eng) andSarika Prasad (Sin) Player of the match:Rubina Chhetry (Barmy Army) |
Spirit 137/9 (20 overs) | v | Falcons 140/1 (14.2 overs) |
Falcons won by 9 wickets Kowloon Cricket Club,Kowloon,Hong Kong Umpires:John Prakash (HKG) andLauren Agenbag (SA) Player of the match:Chamari Athapaththu (Falcons) |
Tornadoes 115/5 (20 overs) | v | South Coast Sapphires 60 (14.2 overs) |
Tornadoes won by 55 runs Kowloon Cricket Club,Kowloon,Hong Kong Umpires:Humaira Farah (Pak) andShivani Mishra (Qat) Player of the match:Chanida Sutthiruang (Tornadoes) |
Spirit 73 (17.4 overs) | v | Warriors 74/6 (13.1 overs) |
Warriors won by 4 wickets Kowloon Cricket Club,Kowloon,Hong Kong Umpires:Lauren Agenbag (SA) andTabarak Dar (HGK) Player of the match:Kathryn Bryce (Warriors) |
Barmy Army 158/8 (20 overs) | v | Falcons 161/4 (18.1 overs) |
Falcons won by 6 wickets Kowloon Cricket Club,Kowloon,Hong Kong Umpires:Anna Harris (Eng) andViswanadan Kalidas (Mal) Player of the match:Chamari Athapaththu (Falcons) |
Barmy Army 147/4 (20 overs) | v | Spirit 125/6 (20 overs) |
Barmy Army won by 22 runs Kowloon Cricket Club,Kowloon,Hong Kong Umpires:John Prakash (HKG) andSarika Prasad (Sin) Player of the match:Deandra Dottin (Barmy Army) |
Warriors 230/4 (20 overs) | v | Falcons 137/8 (20 overs) |
Warriors won by 94 runs Kowloon Cricket Club,Kowloon,Hong Kong Umpires:Claire Polosak (Aus) andJacqueline Williams (WI) Player of the match:Hayley Matthews (Warriors) |
| Position | Team |
|---|---|
| 1st | Warriors |
| 2nd | Falcons |
| 3rd | Barmy Army |
| 4th | Spirit |
| 5th | Tornadoes |
| 6th | South Coast Sapphires |
| Player | Team | Matches | Innings | Runs | Average | HS | 100s | 50s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Chamari Athapaththu | Falcons | 7 | 7 | 281 | 46.83 | 78 | 0 | 2 |
 Lauren Winfield-Hill | Barmy Army | 7 | 7 | 213 | 42.60 | 120* | 1 | 1 |
 Deandra Dottin | Barmy Army | 5 | 5 | 201 | 40.20 | 75 | 0 | 2 |
 Nicola Carey | Spirit | 7 | 7 | 200 | 40.00 | 84* | 0 | 2 |
 Theertha Satish | Falcons | 7 | 6 | 172 | 34.40 | 57 | 0 | 1 |
Source: ESPNcricinfo[10]
| Player | Team | Overs | Wickets | Average | BBI | 5w |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Kathryn Bryce | Warriors | 23.0 | 13 | 9.07 | 3/16 | 0 |
| Chamari Athapaththu | Falcons | 25.0 | 12 | 13.75 | 4/17 | 0 |
 Marizanne Kapp | Falcons | 18.0 | 9 | 8.33 | 3/4 | 0 |
 Sornnarin Tippoch | Falcons | 21.0 | 9 | 17.00 | 3/13 | 0 |
 Mariko Hill | Falcons | 12.4 | 8 | 11.00 | 3/11 | 0 |
 Rubina Chhetry | Barmy Army | 17 | 8 | 12.50 | 5/11 | 1 |
Source: ESPNcricinfo[11]
