Nepal women's national cricket team
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The Nepal women's national cricket team (Nepali: नेपाल महिला राष्ट्रिय क्रिकेट टोली) 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.
Association | Cricket Association of Nepal | |||||||||
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Personnel | ||||||||||
Captain | Indu Barma | |||||||||
Coach | Manoj Katwal | |||||||||
Manager | Ambika Budhathoki | |||||||||
International Cricket Council | ||||||||||
ICC status | Associate member (1996) Affiliate member (1988) | |||||||||
ICC region | Asia | |||||||||
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Women's international cricket | ||||||||||
First international | v. Thailand at Johor; 12 July 2007 | |||||||||
Women's Twenty20 Internationals | ||||||||||
First WT20I | v. China at Asian Institute of Technology Ground, Bangkok; 12 January 2019 | |||||||||
Last WT20I | v. Malaysia at Bayuemas Oval, Pandamaran; 16 February 2024 | |||||||||
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As of 16 February 2024 |
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.[4] 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.[5]