Nepal_women's_national_cricket_team

Nepal women's national cricket team

Nepal women's national cricket team

Cricket team

The Nepal women's national cricket team (Nepali: नेपाल महिला राष्ट्रिय क्रिकेट टोली) 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 Indu Barma, coach is Samson Jung Thapa and manager is Sanjaya Raj Singh.

For the men's team, see Nepal national cricket team.
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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 Chhetry 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]

At the 2022 ACC Women's T20 Championship, Nepal reached the semifinals before being eliminated, losing to the UAE not on the field, but rather on a lower net-run-rate than the latter, due to a rain-out.

In late May to early June 2023, the Nepal women returned to action for the first time since 2022, with a 5-match T20 series against Malaysia, winning 3-2. Later in June 2023, it was announced that Nepal would replace Thailand at the 2023 ACC Women's T20 Emerging Teams Asia Cup, due to reported visa issues with the latter team.[10] This was announced on short notice, as the announcement was made on the 8th, and their first match would be on the 13th of the month. Ultimately, they would only get to play one match against Pakistan A, losing 87-78, with their other scheduled matches against India A and Hong Kong rained out.

Current squad

The following is a list of players who were in the squad for the 2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier, were centrally contracted by the Cricket Association of Nepal for 2023.[11]

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As of 26 february 2024

Pay grade

CAN awards central contracts to its players, their pay is graded according to the importance of the player. Players' salaries are as follows:[12]

  • Grade A – रु.50,000
  • Grade B – रु.35,000
  • Grade C – रु.30,000
  • Grade D – रु.25,000
  • Grade EC (Emerging Category) – रु.20,000

Coaching staff

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Tournament history

ICC Women's T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier

Asia Cup

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Asian Games

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ACC Women's Tournament

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South Asian Games

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Honours

Others

Records and statistics

Main article: List of Nepal women Twenty20 international records

International Match Summary — Nepal Women[14]

Last updated 16 February 2024

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Twenty20 International

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T20I record versus other nations[14]

Records complete to WT20I #1783. Last updated 16 February 2024.

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See also

References

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    "WT20I matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
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    "All T20I matches to get international status". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
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    "Nepal Women Cricket Team 2021 Schedules, Fixtures & Results, Time Table, Matches and upcoming series".
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    "Scorecard of Nepal Women v Singapore Women, Asian Cricket Council Women's Twenty20 Championship 2009 (Group A)". cricketarchive.com.
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    "Cricketing feats of Nepali players: Five wickets in 5 balls". myrepublica.com.
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    "Qualification for ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2023 announced". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
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    "ICC announce qualification process for 2023 Women's T20 World Cup". The Cricketer. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
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    "Nepal to compete in ACC Women's Emerging Asia Cup after Thailand's withdrawal". Cricnepal. 8 June 2023. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
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    "CAN finalize the central contracts list 2023 for Nepalese Cricketers". cricnepal.com. 1 February 2023. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
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    "Nepal defeat Hong Kong, finish third". The Himalayan Times. 27 November 2017. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
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    "Records / Nepal Women / Twenty20 Internationals / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo.
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    "Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Highest Totals". Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
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    "Women's Twenty20 Internationals / High Scores". Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
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    "Records Nepal Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Best Bowling Figures in an Innings". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
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    "Records / Nepal Women / Twenty20 Internationals / Most runs". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
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    "Records / Nepal Women / Twenty20 Internationals / Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
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