Bhutan women's national cricket team

The Bhutan women's national cricket team represents the country of Bhutan in international women's cricket. The team is organised by the Bhutan Cricket Council Board, which has been a member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) since 2001. The team made its international debut against Qatar in 2009.

Bhutan
Nickname(s)Lady Dragons
AssociationBhutan Cricket Council Board
International Cricket Council
ICC statusAffiliate member (2001)
ICC regionAsia
ICC Rankings Current[1] Best-ever
WT20I 43rd 39th (6-Feb-2019)
Women's international cricket
First internationalv  Qatar at Kuala Lumpur; 3 July 2009
Women's Twenty20 Internationals
First WT20Iv  Hong Kong at Bangkok; 13 Jan 2019
Last WT20Iv  Thailand at Bangkok; 16 Jan 2019
WT20Is Played Won/Lost
Total[2] 4 0/4
(0 ties, 0 no result)
This year[3] 0 0/0
(0 ties, 0 no result)
As of 4 October 2020

History

Bhutan made its international debut at the 2009 ACC Women's Twenty20 Championship in Malaysia.[4] The team won its first match against Qatar (another international debutant) by 42 runs,[5] but lost its four other group-stage games.[6] However, in the ninth-place play-off against Oman, Bhutan won by 101 runs, and consequently finished the tournament ranked ninth out of twelve teams.[7] At the tournament's 2011 edition, Bhutan again won only a single group-stage game, against Oman, and were defeated by Kuwait in the seventh-place play-off.[8] The team returned to international competition at the 2013 ACC Women's Championship, where matches were played over 25 overs. In the group stage, Bhutan defeated both Malaysia and the United Arab Emirates, finished third.[9] They went on to narrowly defeat Iran in the fifth-place play-off.[10] Both Bhutan and Iran qualified for the 2014 ACC Women's Premier competition as a result of finishing in the top six teams.[11]

In April 2018, the ICC granted full Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between Bhutan women and another international side after 1 July 2018 will be a full WT20I.[12] Bhutan made her Twenty20 International debut in Bangkok on 12 January 2019 against Hong Kong at the 2019 Thailand Women's T20 Smash.[13]

In December 2020, the ICC announced the qualification pathway for the 2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup.[14] The Bhutan women's team are scheduled to make their debut at an ICC women's event when they play in the 2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier group.[15]

Records and statistics

International Match Summary — Bhutan Women[16]

Last updated 16 January 2019

Playing Record
FormatMWLTNRInaugural Match
Twenty20 Internationals4040026 April 2019

Twenty20 International

T20I record versus other nations[16]

Records complete to T20I #557. Last updated 16 January 2019.

OpponentMWLTNRFirst matchFirst win
ICC Associate members
v  Hong Kong 1010013 January 2019
v  Indonesia 1010014 January 2019
v  Myanmar 1010015 January 2019
v  Thailand 1010016 January 2019

See also

References
  1. "ICC Rankings". International Cricket Council.
  2. "WT20I matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  3. "WT20I matches - 2021 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  4. Other women's matches played by Kuwait – CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
  5. Bhutan Women v Qatar Women, Asian Cricket Council Women's Twenty20 Championship 2009 (Group A) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
  6. Table: Asian Cricket Council Women's Twenty20 Championship 2009 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
  7. Bhutan Women v Oman Women, Asian Cricket Council Women's Twenty20 Championship 2009 (9th Place Play-off) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
  8. Kuwait Women v Bhutan Women, Asian Cricket Council Women's Twenty20 Championship 2010/11 (7th Place Play-off)] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
  9. Table: Asian Cricket Council Women's Championship 2012/13 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
  10. Bhutan Women v Iran Women, Asian Cricket Council Women's Championship 2012/13 (5th Place Play-off) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
  11. Table: Asian Cricket Council Women's Premier 2013/14 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
  12. "All T20I matches to get international status". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
  13. http://www.espncricinfo.com/scores/team/417082/bhutan-women
  14. "Qualification for ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2023 announced". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  15. "ICC announce qualification process for 2023 Women's T20 World Cup". The Cricketer. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  16. "Records / Bhutan Women / Twenty20 Internationals / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo.
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