Nepal women's national cricket team

Nepal women's national cricket team
The Nepal women's national cricket team 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 Rubina Chhetry, coach is Samson Jung Thapa and manager is Sanjaya Raj Singh.
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. 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.
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. 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.
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. Nepal were named in the 2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier regional group, alongside seven other teams.
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. 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.
Coaching staff
Tournament history
ICC Women's T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier
2016: 2nd (DNQ)
2017: 3rd (DNQ)
2019: 2nd (DNQ)
2021: 3rd (DNQ)
Asia Cup
Asian Games
ACC Women's Tournament
South Asian Games
Honours
Others
South Asian Games
Bronze Medal (1): 2019
Records and Statistics
International Match Summary — Nepal Women
Last updated 8 September 2023
Twenty20 International
Highest team total: 164/3 v. Qatar on 18 November 2021 at West End Park International Cricket Stadium, Doha.
Highest individual score: 82*, Sita Rana Magar v Qatar on 18 November 2021 at West End Park International Cricket Stadium, Doha.
Best innings bowling: 6/0, Anjali Chand v Maldives, 2 December 2019 at Pokhara Rangasala, Pokhara.
Most T20I runs for Nepal Women
Most T20I wickets for Nepal Women
T20I record versus other nations
Records complete to WT20I #1639. Last updated 8 September 2023.
See also
List of Nepal women Twenty20 International cricketers
References
Cricket teams in Nepal
Cricket, women's
Women's national cricket teams
Women
Women's sport in Nepal
2007 establishments in Nepal