Emma Lai Explained

Emma Lai
Female:true
Country:Hong Kong
Fullname:Wing Ki Lai
Birth Date:March 14, 1988
Batting:Right-handed
Bowling:Right-arm medium
Role:Bowler
International:true
T20idebutdate:13 January
T20idebutyear:2019
T20idebutagainst:Bhutan
T20icap:13
Lastt20idate:30 October
Lastt20iyear:2022
Lastt20iagainst:Japan
Club1:Hong Kong Cricket Club
Club2:Perth Scorchers
Year2:2016–17
Columns:1
Column1:WT20I
Matches1:16
Runs1:43
Bat Avg1:3.90
100S/50S1:0/0
Top Score1:14
Deliveries1:18
Wickets1:0
Bowl Avg1:
Fivefor1:0
Tenfor1:0
Best Bowling1:
Catches/Stumpings1:0/–
Date:8 November
Year:2022
Source:http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/587501.html Cricinfo

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Emma Lai. March 1, 2017 . Cricinfo.
  2. Web site: Kimber. Jarrod. Emma Lai walks on the grass. Cricinfo. March 1, 2017. February 21, 2017.
  3. Web site: Battrick. Jake. 16 November 2016. Hong Kong skipper to join Scorchers. Perth Scorchers. 19 December 2016. December 20, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161220234857/http://www.perthscorchers.com.au/news/hong-kong-skipper-to-join-scorchers/2016-11-16. dead.
  4. Web site: Squads announced for 2021 CHK Women's Premier League. 2021-05-27. Cricket Hong Kong (via Twitter). en.
  5. Web site: 2021-05-19. Hong Kong Women's Premier League T20 2021: Full schedule, squads and live streaming details. 2021-05-27. Sportskeeda. en-us.