| Departmental T20 Women's Championship | |
| Administrator: | Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) |
| Cricket Format: | Twenty20 |
| First: | 2018 |
| Last: | 2018–19 |
| Tournament Format: | Double round-robin and final |
| Participants: | 4 |
| Champions: | Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited (2nd title) |
| Most Successful: | Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited (2 titles) |
The Departmental T20 Women's Championship was a women's domestic Twenty20 competition that took place in Pakistan in 2018 and 2018–19. Four teams, three departmental and one XI formed by the Pakistan Cricket Board, competed in the double round-robin group stage.
Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited won both editions of the tournament. The tournament was succeeded by the PCB Triangular Twenty20 Women's Tournament.
The Departmental T20 Women's Championship was established in 2018, replacing the Women's Cricket Challenge Trophy. Four teams, Higher Education Commission, State Bank of Pakistan, Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited and a PCB XI, competed in a Twenty20 double round-robin group held at the National Stadium, Karachi in May 2018. Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited and PCB XI progressed to the final, which was one by Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited by 46 runs, helped by half-centuries from Nain Abidi and Bismah Maroof.[1]
The following tournament took place in the 2018–19 season at Diamond Club Ground, Islamabad in March and April 2019. Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited and State Bank of Pakistan qualified for the final, which was again won by Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited, with Javeria Khan making a half-century for the victors.[2] The following season, the tournament was replaced by the PCB Triangular Twenty20 Women's Tournament.[3]
| Team | First | Last | Titles | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Higher Education Commission | 2018 | 2018–19 | ||
| PCB XI | 2018 | 2018–19 | ||
| State Bank of Pakistan | 2018 | 2018–19 | ||
| Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited | 2018 | 2018–19 |
| Season | Winners | Runners-up | Leading run-scorer | Leading wicket-taker | Refs | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited | PCB XI | Nain Abidi (ZTBL) 223 | Nida Dar (ZTBL); Diana Baig (ZTBL); Saba Nazir (PCB); Sania Khan (PCB) 9 | [4] [5] [6] | |
| 2018–19 | Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited | State Bank of Pakistan | Javeria Khan (ZTBL) 240 | Almas Akram (ZTBL) 12 | [7] [8] [9] |