Nepal women's national cricket team

Nepal
First international
Captain	Rubina Chettri
v Thailand at Johor Cricket Academy Oval, 12 July 2007
as of 14 August 2014

The Nepal national women's cricket team is the team that represents the country of 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 Chettri, coach is Shyam Sun Jung Thapa and manager is Sanjaya Raj Singh.

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.^[1] 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.^[2]

Tournament history

Asian Games

2010: First round
2014: Quarter-finals

Records and Statistics

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

Current Squad

The following list contains the final 15 players and 4 reserve players in Nepal's squad for the 2014 Asian Games:

Name	Age	Batting style	Bowling style
Captain and All-rounder
Rubina Chhetry	23	Right Hand Bat	Right-arm medium
Vice-captain and Wicket-keeper
Mamta Thapa	25	Right Hand Bat	Right-arm medium
Opening batsmen
Sobha Aale	27	Right Hand Bat	Right-arm medium
Kajal Shrestha	17
Middle-order batsmen
Mamta Chaudhary	18	Right Hand Bat
Indu Verma	19	Right Hand Bat	Right-arm medium
Saraswoti Chaudhary	19	Right Hand Bat
Anjali Chand	21	Right Hand Bat	Left-arm medium
Trishna Singh	24	Right Hand Bat
All-rounders
Sarita Magar	24	Right Hand Bat	Right-arm medium-fast
Sita Magar	24	Left Hand Bat	Left-arm medium-fast
Nary Thapa	24	Left Hand Bat	Left-arm fast-medium
Bowlers
Karuna Bhandari	28	Right Hand Bat	Right-arm off break
Sonu Khadka	22	Right Hand Bat	Left-arm fast-medium
Rekha Rawal	25	Right Hand Bat	Left-arm medium

Reserves

Binu Budhamagar
Jyoti Pandey
Kabita Gautam
Roshani Bohara

Future tournaments

Asia Women's World Cup Qualifier

References

↑ "Scorecard of Nepal Women v Singapore Women, Asian Cricket Council Women's Twenty20 Championship 2009 (Group A)". cricketarchive.com.
↑ "Cricketing feats of Nepali players: Five wickets in 5 balls". myrepublica.com.
1 2 3 "Scorecard of Iran v Nepal, ACC Women's Premier 2014". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
1 2 "Scorecard of Iran v Nepal, ACC Women's Twenty20 Championship 2009". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
↑ "Scorecard of Bhutan v Nepal, ACC Women's Twenty20 Championship 2009". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 September 2014.

Women's national cricket teams

Women's Championship	Australia England India New Zealand Pakistan South Africa Sri Lanka West Indies

Other ODI teams	Bangladesh Ireland

Former ODI teams	Denmark Japan Netherlands Scotland

Other active teams	Afghanistan Argentina Bermuda Bhutan Brazil Canada Cayman Islands China Cook Islands Fiji Hong Kong Iran Kenya Kuwait Malaysia Namibia Nepal Nigeria New Caledonia Oman Papua New Guinea Qatar Samoa Sierra Leone Singapore Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Uganda United Arab Emirates United States Vanuatu Wales Zimbabwe

Defunct teams	International XI Jamaica Trinidad & Tobago Young England

Cricket in Nepal

Governing body	Cricket Association of Nepal

National Teams	Nepal Women Under-19s

NPL Teams	Colors X-Factors Jagdamba Giants Kantipur Gurkhas Panchakanya Tej Sagarmatha Legends Vishal Warriors

Regional Teams	Biratnagar (Region no. 1) Birgunj (Region no. 2) Kathmandu (Region no. 3) Bhairawa (Region no. 4) Nepalgunj (Region no. 5) Baitadi (Region no. 6) Janakpur (Region no. 7) Pokhara (Region no. 8) Dhangadhi (Region no. 9) APF Club Nepal Army Club Nepal Police Club

Competitions	Nepal Premier League National League SPA Cup

Grounds	TU Cricket Ground Pulchowk Engineering Cricket Ground SAMV Cricket Ground Tundikhel Ground Mulpani Cricket Stadium Fapla Cricket Ground

Players	Twenty20 International cricketers First-class cricketers List A cricketers Twenty20 cricketers

Records	Twenty20 International records

National sports teams of Nepal

Association Football F M FU-23 MU-23 FU-20 MU-20 FU-17 MU-17 Badminton Baseball F M Basketball F M FU-19 MU-19 FU-17 MU-17 F 3x3 M 3x3 Boxing Cricket F M FU19 MU19 FU16 MU16 Futsal F M Gymnastics Handball M F Kabaddi Olympics Paralympics Rugby Union F M F7 M7 Rugby league Tennis F M Volleyball F M

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