Bangladesh Women's Cricket League
| Countries | Bangladesh |
|---|---|
| Administrator | Bangladesh Cricket Board |
| Format | First-class |
| First edition | 2022–23 |
| Latest edition | 2022–23 |
| Tournament format | Round-robin |
| Number of teams | 3 |
| Current champion | Team Meghna |
| Most successful | Team Meghna (1 title) |
| Seasons |
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TheBangladesh Women's Cricket Leagueis a women's domestic cricket competition that takes place inBangladesh.[1]The tournament is played usingfirst-classformat.[2]Each match is scheduled for up to two days. The first edition of the competition was held in 2022–23.[3]The tournament sees three teams competing, each representing one of the three major rivers of Bangladesh.[4]
History
[edit]Following the success of Bangladesh in2018 Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup,plans were going on to establish a two-day red-ball match for women since August 2018.[5]In April 2021, theInternational Cricket Councilawarded permanentwomen's Teststatus toBangladesh women's national cricket team.[6]The lack of a domestic first-class cricket competition for women prevented Bangladesh to start playing Test matches.[7]The 2022–23 edition is the first-ever women's multi-day competition in Bangladesh, launched by theBangladesh Cricket Boardin March 2023.[8]In March 2023, the tournament was inaugurated by the chairman of BCB women's wingShafiul Alam Chowdhury Nadel,atSheikh Abu Naser StadiuminKhulna.[9]The competition was introduced to prepare women cricketers for Test cricket and adapt themselves with the longer version.[10]
The first edition of the tournament took place from 30 March to 8 April 2023 in around-robin format.All the matches ended in adrawand thus the championship was clinched by Team Meghna in terms ofquotient.[11]
Teams
[edit]| Team | First | Last | Titles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Team Jamuna | 2022–23 | 2022–23 | 0
|
| Team Meghna | 2022–23 | 2022–23 | 1
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| Team Padma | 2022–23 | 2022–23 | 0
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Overview
[edit]| Season | Dates | Winners | Runners-up | Match format | Most runs | Most wickets | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022–23 | 30 March–8 April 2023 | Team Meghna | Team Jamuna | 2 days | Ritu Moni | Sanjida Akter Meghla | [12] |
References
[edit]- ^"যাত্রা শুরু হল নারী ক্রিকেটারদের প্রথম শ্রেণির টুর্নামেন্ট".The Daily Messenger.Retrieved10 April2024.
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- ^"মেয়েদের জন্য বিসিএলের মতো টুর্নামেন্ট?".Bangla Tribune(in Bengali).Retrieved10 April2024.
- ^"Bangladesh women's cricket team granted Test status".The Financial Express.Retrieved10 April2024.
- ^"দেশে নারী ক্রিকেটারদের অন্যরকম দিন".Daily Bangladesh.Retrieved10 April2024.
- ^"লাল বলের যুগে বাংলাদেশের মেয়েরা".Ajker Patrika.Retrieved10 April2024.
- ^"Women's First Class Cricket BCL gets underway".Bangladesh Post.Retrieved10 April2024.
- ^"BCB to gradually adapt Women's team to Tests".New Age.Retrieved10 April2024.
- ^"2022/23 Bangladesh Women's Cricket League".CricketArchive.Retrieved10 April2024.
- ^"Women's BCL 2022-23 (1st Edition)".Bangladesh Cricket Board.Retrieved10 April2024.
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