2017–18 Senior Women's Cricket Inter Zonal Three Day Game

The 2017–18 Senior Women's Cricket Inter Zonal Three Day Game was the fourth season of India's Inter Zonal women's first-class competition.^[1] The tournament took place from 18 March to 5 April 2018. Five zonal teams participated in the tournament, facing each other in a round-robin format in three-day matches. All matches took place in Thiruvananthapuram. North Zone won the tournament and with it their first title.^[2]

2017–18 Senior Women's Cricket Inter Zonal Three Day Game

Dates	18 March – 5 April 2018
Administrator(s)	BCCI
Cricket format	First-class
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin tournament
Host(s)	India
Champions	North Zone (1st title)
Participants	5
Matches	10
Most runs	Thirush Kamini (353)
Most wickets	Preeti Bose (21)
← 2016–17

Competition format

The five teams played in a round-robin league, therefore playing four matches. Matches were played using a three-day format.^[3]

The league worked on a points system with positions within the divisions being based on the total points. Points were awarded as follows:^[4]

Win: 6 points.
Tie: 3 points.
Loss: 0 points.
Drawn (lead after first innings): 3 points.
Drawn (trail after first innings): 1 point.
Drawn (no decision on first innings): 1 point.
Abandoned without a ball bowled: 1 point.

If points in the final table are equal, teams are separated by most wins, then net run rate.

Standings

Team	Pld	W	L	DWF	DLF	ND	BP	Pts	NRR
North Zone (C)	4	2	0	2	0	0	1	19	+0.185
South Zone	4	2	1	0	1	0	0	13	–0.354
West Zone	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	10	–0.445
Central Zone	4	1	2	0	1	0	0	7	+0.729
East Zone	4	0	1	1	2	0	0	5	–0.084

Source: CricketArchive^[4]

Fixtures

Round 1

18 – 20 March 2018 Scorecard

East Zone	v	North Zone
54 (36.1 overs) Mouchaity Debnath 22 (38) Renuka Singh 6/23 (12 overs)		194 (93.5 overs) Priya Punia 73 (238) Devyani Prasad 3/43 (16.5 overs)
305/7 (131 overs) Madhusmita Behera 114 (312) Tanuja Kanwar 3/60 (36 overs)

Match drawn Greenfield International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram Umpires: M Ashwin Kumar and Mohit Krishnadas

• East Zone won the toss and elected to bat.
• North Zone lead on first innings.
• Points: North Zone 3, East Zone 1.

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18 – 20 March 2018 Scorecard

South Zone	v	West Zone
203 (99.4 overs) Sobhana Asha 63 (162) Renuka Chaudhari 4/17 (21 overs)		212 (101 overs) Shweta Jadhav 81 (148) Gouher Sultana 3/70 (34 overs)
89 (50.3 overs) Nagarajan Niranjana 26 (48) Renuka Chaudhari 3/8 (10.3 overs)		82/0 (13 overs) Palak Patel 46* (46)

West Zone won by 10 wickets St Xavier's College Ground, Thiruvananthapuram Umpires: Sumit Bansal and Vikas Bhatt

• South Zone won the toss and elected to bat.
• Points: West Zone 7, South Zone 0.

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Round 2

22 – 24 March 2018 Scorecard

Central Zone	v	East Zone
155 (58.5 overs) Punam Raut 55 (81) Devyani Prasad 4/27 (14 overs)		248 (137 overs) Tanusree Sarkar 84 (227) Priti Yadav 3/42 (30 overs)
151/5 (60 overs) Shweta Bishnoi 48 (84) Sushree Dibyadarshini 2/17 (15 overs)

Match drawn Greenfield International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram Umpires: P Bhanuprakash and Nagaraj Ramesh

• East Zone won the toss and elected to field.
• East Zone lead on first innings.
• Points: East Zone 3, Central Zone 1.

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22 – 24 March 2018 Scorecard

South Zone	v	North Zone
204 (93.3 overs) Sobhana Asha 55 (155) Tanuja Kanwar 3/52 (29 overs)		218/9d (93.1 overs) Mandeep Kaur 65 (174) Nagarajan Niranjana 4/52 (18 overs)
96/4 (63 overs) Dayalan Hemalatha 31 (125) Harleen Deol 3/22 (17 overs)

Match drawn St Xavier's College Ground, Thiruvananthapuram Umpires: Bhanushali Ashish and Sandeep Vasudeo Chavan

• South Zone won the toss and elected to bat.
• North Zone lead on first innings.
• Points: North Zone 3, South Zone 1.

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Round 3

26 – 27 March 2018 Scorecard

West Zone	v	North Zone
131 (63.4 overs) Palak Patel 32 (81) Preeti Bose 3/31 (19 overs)		243 (85.5 overs) Neha Tanwar 82 (150) Renuka Chaudhari 4/60 (21.5 overs)
104 (63.4 overs) Shweta Jadhav 35 (131) Preeti Bose 5/26 (21.4 overs)

North Zone won by an innings and 8 runs St Xavier's College Ground, Thiruvananthapuram Umpires: Viswajith B and Ramachandran Kannan

• North Zone won the toss and elected to field.
• Points: North Zone 7, West Zone 0.

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26 – 28 March 2018 Scorecard

South Zone	v	Central Zone
125 (59.3 overs) Dayalan Hemalatha 32 (62) Meghna Singh 3/20 (7.3 overs)		100 (59.3 overs) Shweta Bishnoi 29 (80) Sravanthi Naidu 6/7 (14.3 overs)
154 (86 overs) Nagarajan Niranjana 47 (133) Shivangiraj Singh 4/42 (32 overs)		74 (31.4 overs) Priti Yadav 19 (32) Nagarajan Niranjana 3/12 (6 overs)

South Zone won by 105 runs Greenfield International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram Umpires: Arun Kumar Basa and Vaibhav Mohan Dhokre

• Central Zone won the toss and elected to field.
• Points: South Zone 6, Central Zone 0.

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Round 4

30 March – 1 April 2018 Scorecard

Central Zone	v	North Zone
140 (46.3 overs) Thirush Kamini 55 (110) Tanuja Kanwar 5/36 (13 overs)		183 (107.1 overs) Renuka Singh 44 (64) Shivangiraj Singh 4/52 (42.1 overs)
92 (46.1 overs) Thirush Kamini 36 (111) Preeti Bose 7/32 (21.1 overs)		50/1 (13.4 overs) Priya Punia 28* (35) Thirush Kamini 1/13 (2 overs)

North Zone won by 9 wickets Greenfield International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram Umpires: Piyush Khakhar and Chandrakant Mhase

• North Zone won the toss and elected to field.
• Points: North Zone 6, Central Zone 0.

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30 March – 1 April 2018 Scorecard

West Zone	v	East Zone
190 (94.5 overs) Prajakta Shirwadkar 45 (166) Monika Das 7/23 (19.5 overs)		106 (59.1 overs) Tanusree Sarkar 23 (63) Renuka Chaudhari 7/40 (23.1 overs)
140/8d (60 overs) Palak Patel 42 (102) Devyani Prasad 4/47 (17 overs)		126/2 (42.2 overs) Tanusree Sarkar 61* (127) Shweta Haranhalli 1/19 (8 overs)

Match drawn St Xavier's College Ground, Thiruvananthapuram Umpires: Ajith Kumar and Rajeev Godara

• East Zone won the toss and elected to field.
• West Zone lead on first innings.
• Points: West Zone 3, East Zone 1.

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Round 5

3 – 5 April 2018 Scorecard

West Zone	v	Central Zone
137 (80.4 overs) Binaisha Surti 42 (75) Shweta Bishnoi 4/31 (23.4 overs)		183 (65.2 overs) Thirush Kamini 80 (158) Krutika Chaudhari 5/61 (22.2 overs)
188 (87.1 overs) Humaira Kazi 81* (118) Shivangiraj Singh 5/46 (32 overs)		143/2 (26.5 overs) Thirush Kamini 91* (85) Krutika Chaudhari 2/40 (11 overs)

Central Zone won by 8 wickets St Xavier's College Ground, Thiruvananthapuram Umpires: Ajith Kumar and Sivakumar A

• West Zone won the toss and elected to bat.
• Points: Central Zone 6, West Zone 0.

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3 – 5 April 2018 Scorecard

South Zone	v	East Zone
216 (111 overs) Lakhmi Nethra 65 (215) Saiqa Ishaque 4/49 (28 overs)		99 (46.3 overs) Monika Das 23 (30) Gouher Sultana 7/36 (16.3 overs)
107/6d (42.4 overs) Lakhmi Nethra 71* (132) Sushree Dibyadarshini 2/26 (7 overs)		105 (38 overs) Madhuri Mehta 50 (104) Ananya Upendran 3/16 (8 overs)

South Zone won by 119 runs Greenfield International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram Umpires: Rajeev Godara and Milind Pathak

• East Zone won the toss and elected to field.
• Points: South Zone 6, East Zone 0.

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References

1. "senior-women's-cricket-inter-zonal-three-day-game-2017-18". www.bcci.tv.
2. "senior-women's-cricket-inter-zonal-three-day-game-2017-18/fixtures". www.bcci.tv.
3. "Inter Zone Women's Three Day Competition 2017/18". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
4. "Inter Zone Women's Three Day Competition 2017/18 Table". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 July 2021.