Prime Minister Cup Women's National Cricket Tournament
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Prime Minister Cup Women's National Cricket Tournament is a twenty20 cricket tournament in Nepal organised by the Cricket Association of Nepal.[3]
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| Countries | Nepal |
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| Administrator | Cricket Association of Nepal |
| Format | Twenty20 |
| First edition | 2015 |
| Latest edition | 2023–24 |
| Tournament format | Round-robin and Knockout |
| Number of teams | 8 |
| Current champion | APF Club (6th title) |
| Current trophy holder | APF Club |
| Most successful | APF Club (6 titles) |
| Most runs | Rubina Chhetry (628)[1] |
| Most wickets | Karuna Bhandari (31) [2] |
| TV | Himalaya TV |
The inaugural edition was contested among 10 teams and six teams contested the tournament from 2016 to 2018. The competition has featured 8 teams from the 2019 edition. Nepal A.P.F. Club are the most successful team in the history of the competition, winning 6 titles.[4]
Competition format
editThe inaugural tournament had 10 teams, nine regional and one departmental team, competing in two round-robin groups with the top two teams from each group advancing to the semi-finals.[5] The following season the regional teams were replaced by teams representing the five development regions and the tournament was reduced to six teams while retaining the previous format.[6]
Ahead of the 2020 season, the five regional teams were replaced by teams representing the seven provinces, taking the number of teams to eight.[7] The tournament format remained unchanged until the 2023 season.
The format was changed for the 2023–24 season, with the eight teams competing in a round-robin format with the top four advancing to the play-offs.[8]
Teams
edit| Province/Department | First season | Titles | Runner-up |
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| Koshi Province | 2019 | 1 | 3 |
| Madhesh Province | 2019 | 0 | 0 |
| Bagmati Province | 2019 | 0 | 0 |
| Gandaki Province | 2019 | 0 | 0 |
| Lumbini Province | 2019 | 0 | 0 |
| Karnali Province | 2019 | 0 | 0 |
| Sudurpashchim Province | 2019 | 1 | 1 |
| Nepal A.P.F. Club | 2015 | 6 | 2 |
Defunct teams
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Tournament season and results
edit| Year | Winner | Runner-up | Best batter | Best bowler | Player of the tournament | Ref |
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| 2015 | R-VII (Janakpur) | APF Club | Shobha Ale (Region-VII) | Trishna Singh (Region-V) | Anuradha Chaudhary (Region-VII) | [9] |
| 2016 | APF Club | Eastern Region | Laxmi Chaudhary (Mid-Western) | Santoshi Chaudhary (Eastern) | Sarita Magar (APF) | [10] |
| 2017 | APF Club | Far-Western Region | Rekha Rawal (Far-Western) | Ritu Kanojiya (APF) | Sita Rana Magar (APF) | [11] |
| 2018 | APF Club | Eastern Region | Kajal Shrestha (Eastern) | Rubina Chhetri (Eastern) | Rubina Chhetri (Eastern) | [12] |
| 2019 | APF Club | Sudurpashchim Province | Kabita Kunwar (APF) | Khushi Dangol (Bagmati Province) | Sita Rana Magar (APF) | [13] |
| 2020 | Koshi Province | APF Club | Jyoti Pandey (APF) | Karuna Bhandari (APF) | Sangita Rai (Koshi Province) | [14] |
| 2021 | APF Club | Koshi Province | Apsari Begum (Koshi Province) | Alisha Khadiya (Koshi Province) | Rubina Chhetri (Koshi Province) | [15] |
| 2023 | Sudurpashchim Province | Koshi Province | Kabita Kunwar (Sudurpaschim Province) | Manisha Chaudhary (Sudurpashchim Province) | Kabita Kunwar (Sudurpaschim Province) | [16] |
| 2023–24 | APF Club | Koshi Province | Suman Khatiwada (Gandaki Province) | Puja Mahato (Madhesh Province) | Rubina Chhetri (Koshi Province) | [17] |
Team's performance
edit- Legend
- C – Champion
- RU – Runner-up
- SF – Semi-final
- GS – Group stage
| Season (Teams) |
2016 (6) |
2017 (6) |
2018 (6) |
2019 (8) |
2020 (8) |
2021 (8) |
2023 (8) |
2023-24 (8) |
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| Koshi Province | — | SF | C | RU | RU | RU | ||
| Madhesh Province | — | SF | GS | GS | SF | GS | ||
| Bagmati Province | — | GS | GS | GS | GS | SF | ||
| Gandaki Province | — | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | ||
| Lumbini Province | — | GS | SF | SF | GS | GS | ||
| Karnali Province | — | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | ||
| Sudurpashchim Province | — | RU | SF | SF | C | SF | ||
| Armed Police Force Club | C | C | C | C | RU | C | SF | C |
| Eastern Development Region | RU | GS | RU | — | ||||
| Central Development Region | GS | GS | GS | — | ||||
| Western Development Region | GS | GS | GS | — | ||||
| Mid-Western Development Region | GS | GS | GS | — | ||||
| Far Western Development Region | GS | RU | GS | — | ||||
References
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- ^ "Cricket Records in Prime Minister Cup Women's National Cricket Tournament most career wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
- ^ "Tie-sheet for the PM Cup Women's National Cricket Tournament – Cricket Association of Nepal". Retrieved 22 December 2020.
- ^ "APF-W vs KP-W Cricket Scorecard, Final at Kirtipur, January 03, 2024".
- ^ "PM Cup Women's National Cricket Tournament-2072 kicks off". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
- ^ "Women's selection tournament begins today". My Republica. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
- ^ Pandit, Dipesh (26 December 2020). "Nepal: APF records largest victory in PM Cup Women's National Cricket Tournament". Emerging Cricket. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
- ^ "पिएमकप महिला टि२० राष्ट्रिय प्रतियोगिता राउन्ड रोविनमा हुने - हाम्रो खेलकुद". HamroKhelkud (in Nepali). 12 December 2023. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
- ^ "Janakpur clinch low-scoring thriller in the final of PM Cup 2015". CricNepal. 18 June 2015. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
- ^ "APF claim women's national cricket title". The Himalayan Times. 26 July 2016. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
- ^ "Nepal APF outplay Far-west, claim PM Cup". The Himalayan Times. 9 March 2017. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
- ^ Republica. "Armed Police Force lifts PM Cup Women's Cricket title". My Republica. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
- ^ "Nepal APF beat Farwest, win PM Cup title". The Himalayan Times. 27 June 2019. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
- ^ "Full Scorecard of PROV-1 Women vs APF Women Final 2020 - Score Report | ESPNcricinfo.com". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
- ^ "Final, Fapla Cricket Ground, Dec 26 2021, Prime Minister Cup Women's National Cricket Tournament (Jyoti Pandey 36*, Mamta Chaudhary 19*, Sabnam Rai 0/12) - RESULT, PV1-W vs APF-W, Final, live score, 2021". ESPNcricinfo. 26 December 2021. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
- ^ "CAN National Women's Cricket Tournament [Jan 2023], CAN National Women's Cricket Tournament 2022/23 score, Match schedules, fixtures, points table, results, news". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
- ^ "APF clinches PM Cup Women's Cricket Championship". The Himalayan Times. Retrieved 3 January 2024.