| China | |
| Association: | Chinese Cricket Association |
| Captain: | Huang Zhuo |
| Icc Status: | Associate member[1] |
| Icc Member Year: | 2017 |
| Icc Status2: | Affiliate member |
| Icc Member Year2: | 2004 |
| Icc Region: | Asia |
| Wt20i Rank: | 44th |
| Wt20i Rank Best: | 25th (26 Feb 2019) |
| First Wmatch: | at Shanghai Cricket Club, Shanghai; September 2006 |
| First Wt20i: | v at Yeonhui Cricket Ground, Incheon; 3 November 2018 |
| Most Recent Wt20i: | v at Selangor Turf Club, Seri Kembangan; 13 February 2024 |
| Num Wt20is: | 28 |
| Num Wt20is This Year: | 3 |
| Wt20i Record: | 12/15 (1 tie, 0 no results) |
| Wt20i Record This Year: | 1/2 (0 ties, 0 no results) |
| Wwt20q Apps: | 1 |
| Wwt20q First: | 2015 |
| Wwt20q Best: | 6th (2015) |
| Asofdate: | 13 May 2024 |
The China women's national cricket team is the team that represents China in international women's cricket matches. The team is organised by the Chinese Cricket Association and made its official international debut in 2007.
The first time Chinese women cricketers making their international debut was in September 2006 in a Sixes game against Scotland in Shanghai, losing by 59 runs.[2] However, the side was not recognised by the Chinese Cricket Association as the official team.
The official Chinese National Women Team was incepted in May 2007. After the National Cricket Tournament Final, a total of 21 girls from 19 school teams were gathered in Shenzhen and underwent vigorous centralised training before a final 14 squad was sent to Bangkok for the ACC Women's Tournament 2007. The team turn up to be a semi-finalist.
The team was coached by Rashid Khan and captained by MEI Chun-hua, a right arm fast-bowler and final year student from the Shanghai Tongji University. Other notable players included WANG Meng, a consistent fast bowler and HU Tingting, who turned up to be the best batsman for China during the ACC Tournament. Both WANG and HU were students from the Shenyang Sports Institute.
In April 2018, the International Cricket Council (ICC) decided to grant full Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between China women and other ICC members after 1 July 2018 will be a full WT20I.[3]
On 13 January 2019, in their match against the UAE, the team was bowled out for 14 runs, at the time the lowest total in a Women's T20I match.[4] [5]
In December 2020, the ICC announced the qualification pathway for the 2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup.[6] China were named in the 2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier regional group, alongside seven other teams.[7]
International Match Summary — China Women[12] Last updated 13 February 2024
| Playing Record | |||||||
| Format | M | W | L | T | NR | Inaugural Match | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Twenty20 Internationals | 28 | 12 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 3 November 2018 |
Most T20I runs for China Women[16]
| Player | Runs | Average | Career span | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Han Lili (韩丽丽) | 272 | 16.00 | 2019–2024 | |
| Huang Zhuo (黄卓) | 202 | 13.46 | 2019–2024 | |
| Zhang Chan (张婵) | 164 | 12.61 | 2018–2019 | |
| Zhang Mei (张梅) | 149 | 18.62 | 2019–2019 | |
| Caiyun Zhou (周才云) | 149 | 11.46 | 2019–2023 |
Most T20I wickets for China Women [17]
| Player | Wickets | Average | Career span | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | 14.35 | 2018–2024 | ||
| Han Lili (韩丽丽) | 19 | 12.36 | 2018–2024 | |
| Li Haoye (李浩业) | 14 | 17.07 | 2018–2019 | |
| Mengting Liu | 14 | 14.14 | 2023–2024 | |
| Wu Juan (吴娟) | 12 | 9.50 | 2019–2019 |
T20I record versus other nations[12]
Records complete to WT20I #1771. Last updated 13 February 2024.
| Opponent | M | W | L | T | NR | First match | First win | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs Associate Members | ||||||||
| 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 19 February 2019 | 19 February 2019 | ||
| 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21 September 2019 | 21 September 2019 | ||
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 February 2019 | 21 February 2019 | ||
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 January 2019 | 22 February 2019 | ||
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 September 2023 | 4 September 2023 | ||
| 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 January 2019 | |||
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 February 2024 | 13 February 2024 | ||
| 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 November 2018 | 3 November 2018 | ||
| 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18 February 2019 | |||
| 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 January 2019 | |||