Kuwait Cricket Under the leadership of H.E. Sheikh Dari Fahad Al-Sabah and with support of Sheikha Naeema Al-Ahmed Al Sabah, Head of Women Cricket in Kuwait will host ACC Women’s Twenty20 Championship 2011, which will be played from 18-25 February on grounds at KEC Doha, KOC Hubara and Sulaibiya venues. 10 teams will be participating in this tournament which is divided into two groups namely Group A: Hong Kong, China, Singapore, Bhutan, Oman and Group B: Kuwait, Nepal, Malaysia, UAE, and Thailand.
Teams and ACC officials have arrived in Kuwait and are staying at the Movenpick Hotel & Resort Al Bidae, Kuwait who our Local sponsors for this event.
Four matches are schedule per day starting on 18th February 2011; Kuwait will play its inaugural match in Group B against Malaysia on Hubara ground on Friday, 18th February 2011 at 8.30am. Kuwait women’s team have had intense training under Coach Tariq Rasool and Physio Sandra Almeida ably supported by Manager Nida Mirza. Team Captain Siobhan Gomez will lead the side.
Kuwait v Malaysia at Hubara. Player of the Match, Kuwait's Anisha D'Silva
Nepal v Thailand at KEC. Player of the Match, Nepal's Janaki Bhatta
Nepal v UAE at KEC. Player of the Match, Nepal's Rashmi Sharma
Hongkong v Bhutan at KOC Hubara. Player of the Match, Hongkong's Keenu Gill
Nepal vs Kuwait at KEC. Player of the Match, Nepal's Karuna Bhandari
Singapore vs Oman at KOC Hubara.Player of the Match, Singapore's Vritti Sethi
Hongkong v Singapore at KOC Hubara, Player of the Match Hongkong's Connie Wong
Thailand v Kuwait, Player of the Match Thailand's Nattaya Boochatham
Press conference for ACC Women's T20 Championship 2011 held by Mr. Haider Farman- General Secretary Kuwait Cricket, Eng. Ms. Rasha Al Sayegh, Mr. Mahmoud Abdullah, Mr. Emad Jassem, Mr. Yousef Ali Bash.
First Semi Finals China v Thailand at KOC Hubara, Player of the Match China's Wang Meng
Second Semi Finals Hongkong v Nepal at KOC Hubara, Player of the Match Connie Wong receiving her award from Ex Prime Minister of United Kingdom Sir. John Major
Sir John Major giving speech at the post match award ceremony of Second Semi Finals between Hongkong & Nepal
3rd 4th Playoff Thailand vs Nepal at KEC,Player of the Match Thailand's Nantanit Khonchan
ACC Women’s T20 Championship 2011 Winner Hong Kong’s Captain Neisha Pratt receiving the trophy from Sheikha Naeema Al Ahmed Al Sabah, Head of Women's Cricket in Kuwait in presence of Sir John Major Ex Prime Minister of United Kingdom and ACC Chief Mr. Ash
Runners Up China’s Captain Meng Wang receiving the trophy from Sheikha Naeema Al Ahmed Al Sabah, Head of Women's Cricket in Kuwait in presence of Sir John Major Ex Prime Minister of United Kingdom and ACC Chief Mr. Ashraf Ul Haq
Finals Hong Kong v China at KEC, Player of the Match Hong Kong’s Neisha Pratt receiving her award from Sheikha Naeema Al Ahmed Al Sabah, Head of Women's Cricket in Kuwait in presence of Sir John Major Ex Prime Minister of United Kingdom.
Kuwait Women's Team
Team Thailand enjoying dinner hosted by Kuwait Cricket
Team Singapore enjoying dinner hosted by Kuwait Cricket
Team Manager of Bhutan being felicitated by Sheikha Naeema Al-Ahmed Al Sabah, Head of Women Cricket in Kuwait in presence of Mr. Ashraf Ul Haq, Chief Executive of ACC and Tournament Director Mr. Asad Baig
Team Malaysia enjoying dinner hosted by Kuwait Cricket
Team Hongkong enjoying dinner hosted by Kuwait Cricket
Team China posing for a photograph at the dinner hosted by Kuwait Cricket
Team Captain of UAE being felicitated by Sheikha Naeema Al-Ahmed Al Sabah, Head of Women Cricket in Kuwait in presence of Mr. Ashraf Ul Haq, Chief Executive of ACC and Tournament Director Mr. Asad Baig
Team Captain of Thailand being felicitated by Sheikha Naeema Al-Ahmed Al Sabah, Head of Women Cricket in Kuwait in presence of Mr. Ashraf Ul Haq, Chief Executive of ACC and Tournament Director Mr. Asad Baig
Team Captain of Oman being felicitated by Sheikha Naeema Al-Ahmed Al Sabah, Head of Women Cricket in Kuwait in presence of Mr. Ashraf Ul Haq, Chief Executive of ACC and Tournament Director Mr. Asad Baig
Team Captain of Malaysia being felicitated by Sheikha Naeema Al-Ahmed Al Sabah, Head of Women Cricket in Kuwait in presence of Mr. Ashraf Ul Haq, Chief Executive of ACC and Tournament Director Mr. Asad Baig
Team Captain of Hongkong being felicitated by Sheikha Naeema Al-Ahmed Al Sabah, Head of Women Cricket in Kuwait in presence of Mr. Ashraf Ul Haq, Chief Executive of ACC and Tournament Director Mr. Asad Baig
Team Captain of China being felicitated by Sheikha Naeema Al-Ahmed Al Sabah, Head of Women Cricket in Kuwait in presence of Mr. Ashraf Ul Haq, Chief Executive of ACC and Tournament Director Mr. Asad Baig
Mr. Haider Farman, Secretary General of Kuwait Cricket addressing all the teams present at the dinner
Mr. Ashraf Ul Haq, Chief Executive of ACC addressing all the teams of ACC Women's T20 Chmapionship 2011 at the dinner hosted by Kuwait Cricket
Match Referee Mr. Iqbal Sikander being felicitated by Sheikha Naeema Al-Ahmed Al Sabah, Head of Women Cricket in Kuwait in presence of Mr. Ashraf Ul Haq, Chief Executive of ACC and Tournament Director Mr. Asad Baig
Jeff De Lange the Master of ceremony at dinner hosted by Kuwait Cricket for all the teams participating in ACC Women's T20 Championship 2011
Kuwait Women's T20 Captain Siobhan L.Gomez, Manager Nida Mirza and Coach Tariq Rasool celebrate home success on the opening day of the ACC T20 Championship 2011
DAY 1: KUWAIT vs MALAYSIA
Kuwait's women cricketers won their first ever senior victory with a six-wicket victory over Malaysia on the opening day of the ACC Women's Twenty20. "We've won at U-19s twice, and this is a result achieved because of a lot of hard work by the team," said Kuwait's coach Tariq Rasool.
Play got underway amidst cool morning at KOC Hubara, following a ceremony which involved the British Ambassador to Kuwait HE Frank Baker and the Olympic Council of Asia General Secretary Haider Farman and Kuwait were among the Malaysian wickets early. Kuwait's new ball bowlers Anisha D'Silva, Sabreena Zaki and Khadija Khalil were impressive - though wides still tarnished their efforts - and after 7 overs Malaysia were 25 for 4. Khadija Khalil took a good catch low down at square leg to get rid of Rewina Mohammad, pulling. Malaysia recovered thanks to a battling 20* by Cristina Baret but Kuwait will feel they could and should have taken even more wickets.
Malaysia got up to a respectable 85 for 8 after 18 overs before Varshini Suresh put an end to proceedings three balls into the next over.
Cheered on by a noisy crowd of fans, (as if Kuwait's captainSiobhan Gomez wasn't rousing enough) Kuwait set about their target positively. An excellent reflex return catch by Dewi Chunam had Kuwait at 5 for 2 after 2 overs but Gomez was resolute in defense and mostly attack and with Afia Khan put on 55 in eight overs to take the game away from Malaysia. Malaysia didn't help themselves with a number of dropped catches but it was Kuwait's day from start to finish.
ACC Women’s Twenty20 Championship 2011
KUWAIT WON BY SIX WICKETS
Group B: Kuwait v Malaysia at KOC Hubara
Malaysia won the toss and chose to bat
Malaysia: 85 all out after 18.3 overs(C.Baret 20*; K.Khalil 2-11,A.D'Silva 4-22, V.Suresh 3-5)
Kuwait: 86 for 4 after 15.4 overs (A.Khan 21, S.Gomez 36*;D.Chunam 3-21)
Kuwait's women cricketers won their first ever senior victory with a six-wicket victory over Malaysia on the opening day of the ACC Women's Twenty20. "We've won at U-19s twice, and this is a result achieved because of a lot of hard work by the team," said Kuwait's coach Tariq Rasool.
