Keenu Gill

Kanwardeep Keenu Gill (born 8 July 1990) is a Hong Kong women's cricketer. She is an all-rounder, has captained the side, and has played domestic cricket for Kowloon Cricket Club Maidens.

Keenu Gill
Personal information
Full nameKanwardeep Keenu Gill
Born (1990-07-08) 8 July 1990
Hong Kong
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
International information
National side
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
??Kowloon Cricket Club Maidens
Source: Cricinfo, 22 March 2016

Career

Gill played in Hong Kong's first match, against Pakistan.[1] During the 2007 Asian Cricket Council 30-over tournament in Malaysia, Gill top scored with 10 from 41 balls in a match against Nepal; Hong Kong scored only 31 runs, and lost by 7 wickets.[2] In October 2007, Gill was named vice-captain of the Hong Kong team at the age of 17.[3] In a 2008 Asian Cricket Council Under-19s Women's Championship match, Gill took 5 wickets for 3 runs in 4.3 overs in a match against the UAE; the UAE were bowled out for 60, and Gill then scored 28 runs from 22 balls.[4][5] She won a player of the match award in a 2009 match against Pakistan despite being on the losing team; Gill took 2/18 and scored 75 runs in the match.[6] In the 2010/11 season, Gill scored 201* in an innings; as of 2016, only 4 women have scored a double century in matches in Hong Kong.[7]

In 2012, Gill and Connie Wong Ar-yan withdrew from the Hong Kong squad for the 2012 Asian Cricket Council Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup in protest of new eligibility rules that made Neisha Pratt ineligible to play for Hong Kong. Both players were subsequently banned from playing for a year.[8][9] As a result of her suspension, Gill missed the 2014 Asian Games qualifying tournament, during which Hong Kong qualified for the main tournament.[9] Gill played for Hong Kong in the Games' main tournament; in the first group match against China she scored 45*, and in the second group match she top scored with 33.[10] In the quarter-final match against Sri Lanka, Gill again top scored with 16, as Hong Kong scored just 67.[11][12][13] She had previously also played for Hong Kong at the 2010 Asian Games.[14]

In 2015/16, she played for Kowloon Cricket Club Maidens; in a Twenty20 match against DIASQUA Little Sai Wan Cricket Club Wasps (DLSW Wasps), Gill scored 40 runs in a match winning opening partnership of 77 with Sidra Nasreen.[15]

References
  1. "Hong Kong girls take on Pakistan for a cricket World Cup place". DailyTimes. Archived from the original on 1 April 2016. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
  2. "Nepal beat Hong Kong to enter semi-finals". Cricinfo. Archived from the original on 5 April 2016. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
  3. "Keenu Gill named Vice Captain of Hong Kong Women's team". Cricinfo. Archived from the original on 5 April 2016. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
  4. "Bhutan find success on debut". Cricinfo. Archived from the original on 5 April 2016. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
  5. "Natasha's knock in vain as UAE lose first tie". Archived from the original on 13 May 2016. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
  6. "Pakistan Times! » Pakistan "A" make clean sweep in women's series vs Hong Kong". Archived from the original on 4 April 2016. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
  7. "dlswcc". dlswcc. Archived from the original on 24 October 2017. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
  8. "Two Hong Kong women cricketers banned for pulling out of Asia Cup squad". South China Morning Post. Archived from the original on 23 April 2016. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
  9. "Hong Kong women's cricket team beats odds to qualify for Asian Games". South China Morning Post. Archived from the original on 23 April 2016. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
  10. "Hong Kong women cricketers to face Sri Lanka in quarter-finals". South China Morning Post. 22 September 2014. Archived from the original on 15 February 2020. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
  11. "Asian Games 2014: Sri Lanka women beat Hong Kong in women's cricket". Cricket Country. Archived from the original on 4 April 2016. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
  12. "Batsman". batsman. Archived from the original on 8 April 2016. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
  13. "SL women beat Hong Kong in cricket". The Ceylon Independent. Archived from the original on 8 April 2016. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
  14. "2010 Guangzhou Asian Games". Archived from the original on 3 April 2016. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
  15. "HK Cricket Match Report: Women's Twenty20 Cup – 20 February 2016". bc magazine. Archived from the original on 8 April 2016. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
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