Women's cricket is the team sport of cricket when played by women. Its rules are almost identical to those in the game played by men,the main change being the use of a smaller ball. Women's cricket is beginning to be played at professional level in 11 of the 12 full members of the International Cricket Council (ICC),and is played worldwide,especially in Commonwealth nations.
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 Indu Barma,coach is Samson Jung Thapa and manager is Sanjaya Raj Singh.
Amy Ellen Jones is an English cricketer who plays as a wicket-keeper and right-handed batter for Warwickshire,Central Sparks,Birmingham Phoenix,Perth Scorchers and England. She made her England debut in 2013 and is a holder of an ECB central contract.
Salma Khatun is a Bangladeshi cricketer who plays for the Bangladesh cricket team. She plays as right-handed batter and right-arm off break bowler. She was the captain of Bangladesh between 2008 and 2020,including captaining the side in their first One Day International and Twenty20 International.
Bethany Louise Mooney is an Australian professional cricketer who plays for the national cricket team as a batter in all three formats of the game. At the domestic level,she plays as a wicket-keeper-batter for Western Australia,Perth Scorchers in WBBL and for Gujarat Giant in WPL. In March 2020,at the conclusion of the ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2020,she became the world's number one batter in Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) cricket.
Smriti Shriniwas Mandhana is an Indian cricketer who represents the Indian women's national team. She plays for Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Women's Premier League (WPL). In domestic cricket,she represents the Maharashtra cricket team.
Poonam Yadav is an Indian cricketer who plays for the national women's cricket team as a leg-spin bowler. She made her debut in International cricket on 5 April 2013 in a Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) match against Bangladesh. Yadav's Test debut,on 16 November 2014,was against South Africa and her ODI debut,on 12 April 2013,was against Bangladesh.
SunéElbie Luus is a South African professional cricketer,who plays for the national cricket team as a leg spin bowling all-rounder.
Radha Prakash Yadav is an Indian cricketer. She plays for Mumbai,Baroda and West zone. She has played 4 First-class,13 List A and 16 Women's Twenty20 matches. She made her debut in major domestic cricket on 10 January 2015 against Kerala.
Natthakan Chantham is a Thai cricketer,who plays for the women's national cricket team as a right-handed opening batter.
Sita Rana Magar is a Nepali cricketer who plays for the women's national cricket team as a left-handed batting all-rounder. She has also been the vice captain of the team.
The 2018–19 Ranji Trophy was the 85th season of the Ranji Trophy,the first-class cricket tournament that took place in India. It was contested by 37 teams,divided into four groups,with ten teams in Group C. The group stage ran from 1 November 2018 to 10 January 2019. The top two teams from Group C progressed to the quarter-finals of the competition.
The 2018–19 Indian cricket season was the 126th cricket season since the commencement of first-class cricket in India. The international cricket season started early in June 2018 with Afghanistan playing its home matches against Bangladesh. Afghanistan went on to win the T20I series 3–0. The Indian national team started its season hosting Afghanistan for the latter's Test cricket debut. India won the match in two days by an innings and 262 runs. West Indies toured India and lost the Test series 0–2,ODI series 1–3 and the T20I series 0–3. Australia toured India and won the T20I series 2–0 and ODI series 3–2. India also played host to Afghanistan's home games against Ireland. Afghanistan won the T20I series 3–0 and Test series 1–0. The ODI series was drawn 2–2. England women's toured India and lost the WODI series 1–2 but won the WT20I series 3–0.
Harleen Kaur Deol is an Indian cricketer. She plays for Himachal Pradesh as an attacking right-hand batter who occasionally bowls right arm leg spin.
The Women's T20 Challenge was an Indian women's cricket Twenty20 tournament that was held between 2018 and 2022. The tournament featured three teams,playing a round-robin group followed by a final. IPL Supernovas were the most successful team in the history of the tournament,with three title wins.
IPL Velocity were an Indian women's cricket team. They were founded in 2019 to compete in the Women's T20 Challenge,which they competed in until the tournament ended in 2022. They reached the final of the competition twice,in 2019 and 2022,but lost both times.
IPL Trailblazers were an Indian cricket team. They were founded in 2018 to compete in the Women's T20 Challenge,which they competed in until the tournament ended in 2022. They won the tournament once,beating Supernovas in the final of the 2020 Women's T20 Challenge by 16 runs.
IPL Supernovas were an Indian cricket team. They were founded in 2018 to compete in the Women's T20 Challenge,which they competed in until the tournament ended in 2022. They were the most successful T20 Challenge side,having won the tournament three times,in 2018,2019 and 2022.
Mehak Kesar is an Indian cricketer who plays for Punjab Women's Cricket Team. She is a right-arm off break bowler and a right-handed lower order batter. In 2019,she was the Vice Captain of Punjab Women's Cricket Team when they won their maiden T20 title of 2018–19 Senior Women's T20 League. In 2021,she was selected to represent India-A ahead of 2021–22 Senior Women's Challenger Trophy organized by Board of Control for Cricket in India.
Kanika S Ahuja is an Indian cricketer who currently plays for Punjab and Royal Challengers Bangalore and India. She is a left-handed batter and right-arm off break bowler.
