East Zone women's cricket team

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East Zone
Personnel
Captain Madhuri Mehta
Team information
Established1974
History
First-class debut New Zealand
in 1985
at  Nehru Stadium, Durgapur
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The East Zone women's cricket team is a women's cricket team that represents East India in the Women's Senior Inter Zonal One Day and Women's Senior Inter Zonal T20. It is a composite team of players from five teams from eastern India: Assam, Bengal, Jharkhand, Odisha and Tripura. They were formed in 1974–75 to play in the Rani Jhansi Trophy, which they competed in until 2002–03, when the competition ended. They then competed in the Inter Zone Women's One Day Competition, and then in the Inter Zone Women's Three Day Competition, which they finished as champions once and runners-up twice. [1]

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History

East Zone Women first played in the Rani Jhansi Trophy in the 1974–75 season, a List A competition. They competed in the tournament until it was dissolved after the 2002–03 season, but full results for the trophy are not recorded. [2] They also played matches against the touring New Zealand side in 1975–76 and 1984–85. [3] [4]

In 2007, East Zone began playing in the Inter Zone Women's One Day Competition, which they competed in between the 2006–07 season until it ended after the 2013–14 season. [2] Their best finish in the tournament came in 2010–11, finishing 3rd with two wins from their four matches. [5]

In the 2014–15 season, the zonal teams began competing in a two-day competition, the Inter Zone Women's Two Day Competition. In the first season, East Zone finished as runners-up, with two drawn games won on first innings from their four matches. [6] The side again finished as runners-up in 2015–16, when the tournament became a three-day competition, with three drawn games won on first innings. [7] In 2016–17 the side finished fourth and in 2017–18 East Zone finished bottom of the five team league. [8] [9]

In 2022–23, zonal cricket in India returned, in the form of the Women's Senior Inter Zonal T20. [10] They finished fifth out of sixth teams in the first edition of the tournament. [11] In February 2023, the 2022–23 Women's Senior Inter Zonal One Day tournament took place, in which they finished third in the group stage. [12] They won their first title in December 2023, winning the Women's Senior Inter Zonal T20. [13]

East Zone were crowned as the champions of the 2023–24 Senior Women's Inter Zonal Multi-Day Trophy after beating South Zone by one wicket in the final. [14]

Players

Current squad

Based on squad announced for the 2023–24 season. Players in bold have international caps. [15]

NameNationalityDomestic teamNotes
Madhuri Mehta Flag of India.svg  India Odisha Captain
Priyanka AcharjeeFlag of India.svg  India Tripura
Uma Chetry Flag of India.svg  India Assam
Sushree Dibyadarshini Flag of India.svg  India Odisha
Dhara GujjarFlag of India.svg  India Bengal
Richa Ghosh Flag of India.svg  India Bengal
Saika Ishaque Flag of India.svg  India Bengal
Jintimani KalitaFlag of India.svg  India Assam
Ashwani KumariFlag of India.svg  India Jharkhand
Mamta PaswanFlag of India.svg  India Jharkhand
Mita PaulFlag of India.svg  India Bengal
Indrani RoyFlag of India.svg  India Jharkhand
Titas Sadhu Flag of India.svg  India Bengal
Priyanka SarkarFlag of India.svg  India Bengal
Deepti Sharma Flag of India.svg  India Bengal

Seasons

Inter Zone Women's Three Day Competition

SeasonLeague standings [16] Notes
PWLDWFDLFNDBPPtsPos
2014–15 400211082nd
2015–16 4003100102nd
2016–17 401210074th
2017–18 401120055th
2023–24 3300000N/A1st

Women's Senior Inter Zonal T20

SeasonLeague standingsNotes
PWLTNRNRRPtsPos
2022–23 51400+0.25745th
2023–24 54001+2.074181stChampions

Women's Senior Inter Zonal One Day

SeasonLeague standingsNotes
PWLTNRNRRPtsPos
2022–23 53200+0.362123rd

Honours

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References

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  2. 1 2 "Women's List A Matches Played by East Zone Women". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  3. ↑ "East Zone Women v New Zealand Women, 23 January 1976". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  4. ↑ "East Zone Women v New Zealand Women, 2, 3 March 1985". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  5. ↑ "Inter Zone Women's One Day Competition 2010/11". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  6. ↑ "Inter Zone Women's Two Day Competition 2014/15". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  7. ↑ "Inter Zone Women's Three Day Competition 2015/16". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  8. ↑ "Inter Zone Women's Three Day Competition 2016/17". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  9. ↑ "Inter Zone Women's Three Day Competition 2017/18". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  10. ↑ "Senior Women's Inter Zonal T20 Trophy 2022: Full squads, Fixtures & Preview: All you need to know". CricketWorld. 7 November 2022. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
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  13. ↑ "Senior Women's Inter Zonal T20". BCCI. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
  14. ↑ "Annapurna Das and Titas Sadhu guides East Zone to Victory in Inter-Zonal Multi-Day Trophy". Female Cricket. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
  15. ↑ "Senior Women's Inter Zonal T20 Trophy 2023: Full squads, Fixtures & Preview: All you need to know". CricketWorld. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
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