Nepal women's national cricket team

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.

Nepal women's national cricket team
नेपाली महिला राष्ट्रिय क्रिकेट टोली
Nepal cricket crest
AssociationCricket Association of Nepal
Personnel
CaptainRubina Chhetri
CoachJagat Tamata
ManagerSanjaya Raj Singh
International Cricket Council
ICC regionAsia
ICC Rankings Current[1] Best-ever
WT20I 14th 14th (27-Feb-2019)
Women's international cricket
First internationalv  Thailand at Johor; 12 July 2007
Women's Twenty20 Internationals
First WT20Iv  China at Asian Institute of Technology Ground, Bangkok; 12 January 2019
Last WT20Iv  Maldives at Pokhara Rangasala, Pokhara; 7 December 2019
WT20Is Played Won/Lost
Total[2] 14 11/3
(0 ties, 0 no result)
This year[3] 0 0/0
(0 ties, 0 no result)
As of 5 October 2020

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
Captain and All-rounder
Rubina Chhetri27Right Hand BatRight-arm medium Province No. 1 A
Vice-captain and All-rounder
Sita Rana Magar 28 Left Hand Bat Left-arm medium-fast Armed Police Force Club A
Wicket-keeper
Kajal Shrestha 21 Right Hand Bat Province No. 1 B
Jyoti Pandey 23 Right Hand Bat Armed Police Force Club B
Kabita Joshi Right Hand Bat Right-arm medium Sudurpaschim B
Batswoman
Sarita Magar 28 Right Hand Bat Right-arm medium-fast Armed Police Force Club B
Bindu Rawal 24 Left Hand Bat Sudurpaschim B
Roma Thapa 23 Right Hand Bat Province No. 1 B
Apsari Begam 21 Right Hand Bat Province No. 1 B
Sobha Ale 31 Right Hand Bat Province No. 2 C
Mamta Kumari Chaudhary 22 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 28 Left Hand Bat Left-arm fast-medium Province No. 5 A
Indu Barma 23 Right Hand Bat Right-arm medium Armed Police Force Club A
Ritu Kanoujiya 38 Armed Police Force Club B
Suman Khatiwada 21 Right Hand Bat Right-arm medium Province No. 3 C
Bowlers
Karuna Bhandari 32 Right Hand Bat Right-arm off break Armed Police Force Club A
Sonu Khadka 26 Right Hand Bat Left-arm fast-medium Armed Police Force Club C
Anjali Chand 25 Right Hand Bat Right-arm off break Armed Police Force Club C
Saraswati Chaudhary 24 Right Hand Bat Right-arm medium Province No. 2 B
Anuradha Chaudhary 22 Right Hand Bat Right-arm medium Province No. 2 C
Kabita Kunwar 17 Right Hand Bat Right-arm medium Sudurpaschim C

Coaching Staff
  • Assistant Coach – Nira Rajopadhyay
  • Manager – Amrita Paudel
  • Physiotherapist – Sakuna Dani

Tournament history

ICC Women's Qualifier Asia

Asia Cup (T20I format)
Year Round Position Played Won Lost Tie NR
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
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
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
2019 Third Place 3/4 4 2 2 0 0

Records and Statistics
Main article: List of Nepal women Twenty20 international records

International Match Summary — Nepal Women[14]

Last updated 7 December 2019

Playing Record
FormatMWLTNRInaugural Match
Twenty20 International141130012 January 2019

Twenty20 International

T20I record versus other nations[14]

Records complete to WT20I #810. Last updated 7 December 2019.

OpponentMWLTNRFirst matchFirst win
ICC Full members
v  Bangladesh 101005 December 2019
ICC Associate members
v  China 2200012 January 201912 January 2019
v  Hong Kong 1100024 February 201924 February 2019
v  Indonesia 1100018 January 201918 January 2019
v  Kuwait 1100027 February 201927 February 2019
v  Malaysia 2200013 January 201913 January 2019
v  Maldives 220002 December 20192 December 2019
v  Thailand 2020019 January 2019
v  United Arab Emirates 2200014 January 201914 January 2019

Other records
  • Nepal's highest One Day score: 284/6 (40.0 ov) against Iran, 2014 Asian Cricket Council Women's Premier[20]
  • Nepal's highest Twenty20 score: 109/3 (20.0 ov) against Iran, ACC Women's Twenty20 Championship 2009[21]
  • Highest individual One Day score: 72 off 94 balls by Sarita Magar against Iran, 2014 Asian Cricket Council Women's Premier[20]
  • Highest individual Twenty20 score: 39 off 58 balls by Neera Rajopadhyay against Iran, ACC Women's Twenty20 Championship 2009[21]
  • Best One Day innings bowling: 4/5 (4.5 ov) by Sita Rana Magar against Iran, 2014 Asian Cricket Council Women's Premier[20]
  • Best Twenty20 innings bowling: 5/5 (4.0 ov) by Nary Thapa against Bhutan, ACC Women's Twenty20 Championship 2009[22]

See also

References
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  2. "WT20I matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
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  7. "Cricketing feats of Nepali players: Five wickets in 5 balls". myrepublica.com.
  8. "Qualification for ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2023 announced". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  9. "ICC announce qualification process for 2023 Women's T20 World Cup". The Cricketer. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  10. "क्यानले गर्याे खेलाडीकाे नयाँ बर्गिकरण". Cricnepal.com. 22 September 2020. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
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  12. "Cricket". South Asian Games Nepal 2019. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  13. "Nepal defeat Hong Kong, finish third". The Himalayan Times. 27 November 2017. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
  14. "Records / Nepal Women / Twenty20 Internationals / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo.
  15. "Nepal Women Cricket Team Records & Stats | ESPNcricinfo.com". Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
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  19. "Records / Nepal Women / Twenty20 Internationals / Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  20. "Scorecard of Iran v Nepal, ACC Women's Premier 2014". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
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