Cricket tournament
Prime Minister Cup Women's National Cricket Tournament is a twenty20 cricket tournament in Nepal organised by the Cricket Association of Nepal .[ 3]
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]
The 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
Defunct teams
Region-I (Biratnagar)
Region-II (Birgunj)
Region-III (Kathmandu)
Region-IV (Bhairahawa)
Region-V (Nepalgunj)
Region-VI (Baitadi)
Region-VII (Janakpur)
Region-VIII (Pokhara)
Region-XI (Dhangadhi)
Eastern Region
Central Region
Western Region
Mid-Western Region
Far-Western Region
Tournament season and results
Legend
C – Champion
RU – Runner-up
SF – Semi-final
GS – Group stage
References
^ "Cricket Records in Prime Minister Cup Women's National Cricket Tournament most career runs" . ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 27 March 2024 .
^ "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 .
^ https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/pm-cup-women-s-national-2023-24-1413684/armed-police-force-women-vs-koshi-province-women-final-1413718/full-scorecard [bare URL ]
^ "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 . 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 .
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