Nepal women's national cricket team
नेपाली महिला राष्ट्रिय क्रिकेट टोली | ||||||||||
Association | Cricket Association of Nepal | |||||||||
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Personnel | ||||||||||
Captain | Rubina Chhetri | |||||||||
Coach | Jagat Tamata | |||||||||
Manager | ||||||||||
International Cricket Council | ||||||||||
ICC region | Asia | |||||||||
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Women's international cricket | ||||||||||
First international | v Thailand at Johor; 12 July 2007 | |||||||||
Women's Twenty20 Internationals | ||||||||||
First WT20I | v China at Asian Institute of Technology Ground, Bangkok; 12 January 2019 | |||||||||
Last WT20I | v United Arab Emirates at ICC Academy Ground 2, Dubai; 28 November 2021 | |||||||||
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As of 28 November 2021 |
The Nepal national women's cricket team represents Nepal in international women's cricket. They made their international debut in the ACC Women's Tournament in Malaysia in July 2007. Nepal has been participating in various international tournaments since then. Nepal's current captain is Rubina Chhetri, coach is Shyam Sun Jung Thapa and manager is Sanjaya Raj Singh.
In April 2018, the International Cricket Council (ICC) granted full Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between Nepal women and another international side after 1 July 2018 will be a full WT20I.[4] Nepal made her Twenty20 International debut on 12 January 2019 against China, at the 2019 Thailand Women's T20 Smash in Bangkok. Nepal finished runner-up at the tournament losing to Thailand by 70 runs in the Final.[5]
Overview[]
Women's cricket is thriving and the national team (made up of top athletes from other sports) did very well to reach the final of the 2007 ACC Women's Tournament. Nepal won the 2008 ACC Under-19 Women's Championship and defended its title in 2010.
In the ACC Women Twenty20 in Malaysia in 2009, Singapore needed two runs off the last over for victory with five wickets intact. Rubina Chhetri was given the 'hopeless' over but she did a miracle by taking five wickets in five balls as the match ended in a draw as she threw a wide. Nepal won the match in bowl-out.[6] With the rare incident, Rubina also became the first Nepalese cricketer, man or woman, to take a hat-trick. "I have never heard that any team has won the match taking five wickets in the last over, this is very, very rare," the then captain Binod Das commented.[7]
On 26 April 2018, ICC announced that all the T20 matches played between ICC members will be awarded T20I status starting from 1 July 2018 for women's cricket, as a result Nepal played their first T20I match against China on January 12 2019.
In December 2020, the ICC announced the qualification pathway for the 2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup.[8] Nepal were named in the 2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier regional group, alongside seven other teams.[9]
Current squad[]
- The following is a list of players centrally contracted by the Cricket Association of Nepal for 2020.[10][11][12]
Name | Age | Batting style | Bowling style | Domestic team | C/G |
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Captain and All-rounder | |||||
Rubina Chhetri | 28 | Right Hand Bat | Right-arm medium | Province No. 1 | A |
Vice-captain and All-rounder | |||||
Sita Rana Magar | 29 | Left Hand Bat | Left-arm medium-fast | Armed Police Force Club | A |
Wicket-keeper | |||||
Kajal Shrestha | 22 | Right Hand Bat | Province No. 1 | B | |
Jyoti Pandey | 24 | Right Hand Bat | Armed Police Force Club | B | |
Kabita Joshi | Right Hand Bat | Right-arm medium | Sudurpaschim | B | |
Batswoman | |||||
Sarita Magar | 29 | Right Hand Bat | Right-arm medium-fast | Armed Police Force Club | B |
Bindu Rawal | 25 | Left Hand Bat | Sudurpaschim | B | |
Roma Thapa | 24 | Right Hand Bat | Province No. 1 | B | |
Apsari Begam | 22 | Right Hand Bat | Province No. 1 | B | |
Sobha Ale | 32 | Right Hand Bat | Province No. 2 | C | |
Mamta Kumari Chaudhary | 23 | Right Hand Bat | Right-arm medium | Armed Police Force Club | C |
Dolly Bhatta | 19 | Right Hand Bat | Right-arm medium | Sudurpaschim | C |
All-rounder | |||||
Nary Thapa | 29 | Left Hand Bat | Left-arm fast-medium | Province No. 5 | A |
Indu Barma | 24 | Right Hand Bat | Right-arm medium | Armed Police Force Club | A |
Ritu Kanoujiya | 39 | Armed Police Force Club | B | ||
Suman Khatiwada | 22 | Right Hand Bat | Right-arm medium | Province No. 3 | C |
Bowlers | |||||
Karuna Bhandari | 33 | Right Hand Bat | Right-arm off break | Armed Police Force Club | A |
Sonu Khadka | 27 | Right Hand Bat | Left-arm fast-medium | Armed Police Force Club | C |
Anjali Chand | 26 | Right Hand Bat | Right-arm off break | Armed Police Force Club | C |
Saraswati Kumari | 24 | Right Hand Bat | Right-arm medium | Province No. 2 | B |
Anuradha Chaudhary | 23 | Right Hand Bat | Right-arm medium | Province No. 2 | C |
Kabita Kunwar | 18 | Right Hand Bat | Right-arm medium | Sudurpaschim | C |
Coaching Staff[]
Position | Name |
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Head coach | Jagat Tamata |
Assistant coach | Nira Rajopadhyay |
Manager | Amrita Paudel |
Physiotherapist | Sakuna Dani |
Tournament history[]
ICC Women's T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier[]
Asia Cup (T20I format)[]
Year | Round | Position | Played | Won | Lost | Tie | NR |
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2004 | Did not enter (no team) | ||||||
2005-06 | |||||||
2006 | |||||||
2008 | Did not enter (ODI format) | ||||||
2012 | Group stage | 7/8 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
2016 | Group stage | 6/8 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
2018 | Did not qualify | ||||||
Total | 2/7 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
Asian Games[]
Year | Round | Position | Played | Won | Lost | Tie | NR |
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2010 | First Round | 5/8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
2014 | Quarter-finals | 5/10 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Total | Quarter-finals | 2/2 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
ACC Women's Tournament[]
Year | Round | Position | Played | Won | Lost | Tie | NR |
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ACC Women's Tournament | |||||||
2007 | Runners-Up | 2/8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
ACC Women's Twenty20 Championship | |||||||
2009 | Semi-finals | 3/12 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
2011 | Semi-finals | 4/10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
ACC Women's Championship | |||||||
2013 | Semi-finals | 3/11 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
ACC Women's Premier | |||||||
2014 | Group Stage | 4/6 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Total | Runners-Up | 5/5 | 29 | 20 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
South Asian Games[]
Year | Round | Position | Played | Won | Lost | Tie | NR |
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2019 | Third Place | 3/4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Records and Statistics[]
International Match Summary — Nepal Women[14]
Last updated 28 November 2021
Playing Record | ||||||
Format | M | W | L | T | NR | Inaugural Match |
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Twenty20 International | 22 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 January 2019 |
Twenty20 International[]
- Highest team total: 164/3 v. Qatar on 16 November 2021 at West End Park International Cricket Stadium, Doha.[15]
- Highest individual score: 82*, Sita Rana Magar v Qatar on 18 November 2021 at West End Park International Cricket Stadium, Doha.[16]
- Best innings bowling: 6/0, Anjali Chand v Maldives, 2 December 2019 at Pokhara Rangasala, Pokhara.[17]
Most T20I runs for Nepal Women.[18]
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Most T20I wickets for Nepal Women.[19]
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T20I record versus other nations[14]
Records complete to WT20I #1008. Last updated 26 November 2021.
Opponent | M | W | L | T | NR | First match | First win |
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ICC Full members | |||||||
Bangladesh | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 December 2019 | |
ICC Associate members | |||||||
Bhutan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 November 2021 | 23 November 2021 |
China | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 January 2019 | 12 January 2019 |
Hong Kong | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 February 2019 | 24 February 2019 |
Indonesia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 January 2019 | 18 January 2019 |
Kuwait | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 February 2019 | 27 February 2019 |
Malaysia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 January 2019 | 13 January 2019 |
Maldives | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 December 2019 | 2 December 2019 |
Qatar | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 November 2021 | 16 November 2021 |
Thailand | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19 January 2019 | |
United Arab Emirates | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 January 2019 | 14 January 2019 |
See also[]
- Cricket Association of Nepal
- Nepal national cricket team
- Nepal national under-19 cricket team
- National League
- List of Nepal women Twenty20 International cricketers
References[]
- ^ "ICC Rankings". International Cricket Council.
- ^ "WT20I matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ "WT20I matches - 2021 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ "All T20I matches to get international status". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
- ^ "Nepal Women Cricket Team 2021 Schedules, Fixtures & Results, Time Table, Matches and upcoming series".
- ^ "Scorecard of Nepal Women v Singapore Women, Asian Cricket Council Women's Twenty20 Championship 2009 (Group A)". cricketarchive.com.
- ^ "Cricketing feats of Nepali players: Five wickets in 5 balls". myrepublica.com.
- ^ "Qualification for ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2023 announced". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
- ^ "ICC announce qualification process for 2023 Women's T20 World Cup". The Cricketer. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
- ^ "क्यानले गर्याे खेलाडीकाे नयाँ बर्गिकरण". Cricnepal.com. 22 September 2020. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
- ^ "Nepal announces 14-member squads for 2019 ICC Women's Qualifier Asia". Cricnepal.com EN. 15 February 2019. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
- ^ "Cricket". South Asian Games Nepal 2019. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
- ^ "Nepal defeat Hong Kong, finish third". The Himalayan Times. 27 November 2017. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
- ^ a b "Records / Nepal Women / Twenty20 Internationals / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ "Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Highest Totals". Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ "Women's Twenty20 Internationals / High Scores". Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ "Reords Nepal Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Best Bowling Figures in an Innings". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
- ^ "Records / Nepal Women / Twenty20 Internationals / Most runs". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ "Records / Nepal Women / Twenty20 Internationals / Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- Cricket teams in Nepal
- National sports teams of Nepal
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