Nepal women's national cricket team explained

Nepal
Association:Cricket Association of Nepal
Captain:Indu Barma
Coach:Manoj Katwal
Manager:Ambika Budhathoki
Icc Status:Associate member
Icc Member Year:1996
Icc Status2:Affiliate member
Icc Member Year2:1988
Icc Region:Asia
Wt20i Rank:21st
Wt20i Rank Best:14th (27 Feb 2019)
First Wmatch:v. at Johor; 12 July 2007
First Wt20i:v. at Asian Institute of Technology Ground, Bangkok; 12 January 2019
Most Recent Wt20i:v. at Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla; 23 July 2024
Num Wt20is:58
Num Wt20is This Year:8
Wt20i Record:39/18
(0 ties, 1 no result)
Wt20i Record This Year:5/3
(0 ties, 0 no results)
Asofdate:23 July 2024

The Nepal women's national cricket team (Nepali: [[:ne:नेपाल महिला राष्ट्रिय क्रिकेट टोली|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.

Manoj Katwal serves as the head coach of the team whereas Indu Barma captains the team in all formats. Bindu Rawal serves as the vice-captain of the team.

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.[1] Nepal made their 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.[2]

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.[3] With the rare incident, Rubina also became the first Nepalese cricketer, men or women, 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.[4]

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.[5] Nepal were named in the 2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier regional group, alongside seven other teams.[6]

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.[7] 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 2024 ACC Women's Premier Cup, were centrally contracted by the Cricket Association of Nepal for 2024.[8]

NameDate of birthBatting styleBowling styleDomestic teamC/GNotes
Batters
11 June 1996Left-handed D Vice captain
Samjhana Khadka11 September 1999 Right-handed EC
7 July 1999Right-handed D
17 August 1997Right-handed
11 January 2002Right-handed
All-rounders
26 November 1993Right-handed A
5 March 1992Left-handed A
29 September 1997Right-handed A Captain
Puja Mahato17 February 2006Right-handed Madhesh ProvinceC
Wicket-keepers
20 May 1999Right-handed Koshi ProvinceD
Kanchan Shrestha 25 May 1998Right-handed EC
Rubi Poddar 3 December 2000Right-handed EC
Spin Bowlers
17 June 1996Right-handed D
Khusi Dangol 5 February 2003Right-handed EC
24 February 2000Right-handed D
Pace Bowlers
31 July 2003Right-handed B
Asmina Karmacharya28 April 2000Right-handed C
Sony PakhrinRight-handed EC

Note - Sana Praveen, Shristi Jaisi & Jyotsinka Marasini are also given Emerging Category Contract but has not played for Nepal national team yet.

Coaching staff

PositionName
Manager Amrita Paudel
Head coach Manoj Katwal
Assistant coach Nira Rajopadhyay
Physiotherapist Sakuna Dani

Tournament history

Women's World Cup

World Cup record
width=150 Yearwidth=150 Roundwidth=50 Positionwidth=50 GPwidth=50 Wwidth=50 Lwidth=50 Twidth=50 NR
1973Not an ICC member
1978
1982
1988
1993
1997No women's ODI status
2000
2005
2009
2013
2017
2022
2025
Total0/130 Titles00000

Women's World T20

Twenty20 World Cup Record
width=150 Yearwidth=150 Roundwidth=50 Positionwidth=50 GPwidth=50 Wwidth=50 Lwidth=50 Twidth=50 NR
2009Did not qualify
2010
2012
2014
2016
2018
2020
2023
2024
TBD
Total0/100 Titles00000

ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier

ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier
width=150 Yearwidth=150 Roundwidth= Positionwidth=50 GPwidth=50 Wwidth=50 Lwidth=50 Twidth=50 NR
2013Did not qualify
2015
2018
2019
2022
Total0/60 Titles00000

ICC Women's T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier

Asia Cup

YearRoundPositionGPWLTNR
did not enter (ODI format)
2012 Group stage7/830300
2016 Group stage6/850500
did not qualify (T20I format)
2024 Group Stage6/831200
Total3/90 Titles111200

ACC Women's Tournament

YearRoundPositionPlayedWonLostTieNR
ACC Women's Tournament
2007 Runners-Up2/854100
ACC Women's Twenty20 Championship
Semi-finals3/1275200
Semi-finals4/1064200
ACC Women's Championship
Semi-finals3/1165100
ACC Women's Premier
2014 Group Stage4/652300
TotalRunners-Up5/52920900

Asian Games

YearRoundPositionPlayedWonLostTieNR
2010 First Round5/831200
2014 Quarter-finals5/1031200
TotalQuarter-finals2/262400

South Asian Games

Honours

Others

Records and statistics

See main article: List of Nepal women Twenty20 international records.

International Match Summary — Nepal Women[10] Last updated 23 July 2024

Playing Record
Format M W L T NR Inaugural Match
58 39 18 0 1 12 January 2019

Twenty20 International

Most T20I runs for Nepal Women[14]

PlayerRunsAverageCareer span
914 21.25 2019–2024
774 23.45 2019–2024
659 16.07 2019–2024
301 10.37 2019–2024
220 10.00 2019–2024
Most T20I wickets for Nepal Women[15]
PlayerWicketsAverageCareer span
52 12.98 2019–2024
42 16.66 2019–2024
41 14.17 2019–2024
29 13.68 2019–2024
20 9.85 2021–2024

T20I record versus other nations[10]

Records complete to WT20I #1967. Last updated 23 July 2024.

Opponent M W L T NR First match First win
ICC Full members
1 0 1 0 0 5 December 2019
1 0 1 0 0 23 July 2024
1 0 1 0 0 21 July 2024
ICC Associate members
2 2 0 0 0 20 June 2022 20 June 2022
4 4 0 0 0 23 November 2021 23 November 2021
2 2 0 0 0 12 January 2019 12 January 2019
7 4 3 0 0 24 February 2019 24 February 2019
1 1 0 0 0 18 January 2019 18 January 2019
2 2 0 0 0 18 November 2023 18 November 2023
5 5 0 0 0 27 February 2019 27 February 2019
11 7 4 0 0 13 January 2019 13 January 2019
3 3 0 0 0 2 December 2019 2 December 2019
4 4 0 0 0 16 November 2021 16 November 2021
1 0 1 0 0 15 November 2023
3 0 3 0 0 19 January 2019
5 2 3 0 0 16 May 2022 20 May 2022
5 3 1 0 1 14 January 2019 14 January 2019

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: All T20I matches to get international status . International Cricket Council . 26 April 2018.
  2. Web site: Nepal Women Cricket Team 2021 Schedules, Fixtures & Results, Time Table, Matches and upcoming series.
  3. Web site: Scorecard of Nepal Women v Singapore Women, Asian Cricket Council Women's Twenty20 Championship 2009 (Group A). cricketarchive.com.
  4. Web site: Cricketing feats of Nepali players: Five wickets in 5 balls. myrepublica.com.
  5. Web site: Qualification for ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2023 announced . International Cricket Council . 12 December 2020.
  6. Web site: ICC announce qualification process for 2023 Women's T20 World Cup . The Cricketer . 12 December 2020.
  7. Web site: Nepal to compete in ACC Women's Emerging Asia Cup after Thailand's withdrawal . Cricnepal . 8 June 2023 . 8 June 2023.
  8. Web site: 2024-02-26 . Nepal Cricket awards central contracts to 19 Female Cricketers for 2024 season . 2024-02-26 . Female Cricket . en-US.
  9. Web site: 2017-11-27. Nepal defeat Hong Kong, finish third. 2020-09-04. The Himalayan Times. en-US.
  10. Web site: Records / Nepal Women / Twenty20 Internationals / Result summary . ESPNcricinfo.
  11. Web site: Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Highest Totals . Cricinfo. 18 November 2021.
  12. Web site: Women's Twenty20 Internationals / High Scores. Cricinfo. 18 November 2021.
  13. Web site: Records Nepal Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Best Bowling Figures in an Innings. Cricinfo. 2 December 2019.
  14. Web site: Records / Nepal Women / Twenty20 Internationals / Most runs . . 16 November 2021.
  15. Web site: Records / Nepal Women / Twenty20 Internationals / Most wickets . . 16 November 2021.