Prime Minister Cup Women's National Cricket Tournament
CountriesNepal
AdministratorCricket Association of Nepal
FormatTwenty20
First edition2015
Latest edition2023–24
Tournament formatRound-robin and Knockout
Number of teams8
Current championSudurpashchim
Current trophy holderAPF Club
Most successfulAPF Club
(6 titles)
TVHimalaya TV

Prime Minister Cup Women's National Cricket Tournament is a twenty20 cricket tournament in Nepal organised by the Cricket Association of Nepal.[1]

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 5 titles.

Competition format

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.[2] 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.[3]

Ahead of the 2020 season, the five regional teams were replaced by teams representing the seven provinces, taking the number of teams to eight.[4] 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.[5]

Teams

Province/Department First season Titles Runner-up
Koshi Province 2019 1 3
Madhesh Province 2019 0 0
Bagmati Province 2019 0 0
Gandaki Province 2019 0 0
Lumbini Province 2019 0 0
Karnali Province 2019 0 0
Sudurpashchim Province 2019 1 1
Nepal A.P.F. Club 2015 6 2

Defunct teams

Tournament season and results

Year Winner Runner-up Best batter Best bowler Player of the tournament Ref
2015 R-VII (Janakpur) APF Club Shobha Ale (Region-VII) Trishna Singh (Region-V) Anuradha Chaudhary (Region-VII) [6]
2016 APF Club Eastern Region Laxmi Chaudhary (Mid-Western) Santoshi Chaudhary (Eastern) Sarita Magar (APF) [7]
2017 APF Club Far-Western Region Rekha Rawal (Far-Western) Ritu Kanojiya (APF) Sita Rana Magar (APF) [8]
2018 APF Club Eastern Region Kajal Shrestha (Eastern) Rubina Chhetri (Eastern) Rubina Chhetri (Eastern) [9]
2019 APF Club Sudurpashchim Kabita Kunwar (APF) Khushi Dangol (Province 3) Sita Rana Magar (APF) [10]
2020 Province No.1 APF Club Jyoti Pandey (APF) Karuna Bhandari (APF) Sangita Rai (Province 1) [11]
2021 APF Club Province No. 1 Apsari Begum (Province 1) Alisha Khadiya (Province 1) Rubina Chhetri (Province 1) [12]
2023 Sudurpashchim Province No. 1 Kabita Kunwar (Sudurpaschim) Manisha Chaudhary (Sudurpashchim) Kabita Kunwar (Sudurpaschim) [13]
2023–24 APF Club Koshi Province Suman Khatiwada (Gandaki) Puja Mahato (Madhesh) Rubina Chhetri (Koshi) [14]

Team's performance

Legend
  • C – Champion
  • RU – Runner-up
  • SF – Semi-final
  • GS – Group stage
Season
(Teams)		 2016
(6)		 2017
(6)		 2018
(6)		 2019
(8)		 2020
(8)		 2021
(8)		 2023
(8)		 2023-24
(8)
Armed Police Force Club C C C C RU C SF C
Bagmati Province — GS GS GS GS SF
Gandaki Province — GS GS GS GS GS
Karnali Province — GS GS GS GS GS
Lumbini Province — GS SF SF GS GS
Koshi Province — SF C RU RU RU
Madhesh Province — SF GS GS SF GS
Sudurpashchim Province — RU SF SF C SF
Eastern Development Region RU GS RU —
Central Development Region GS GS GS —
Western Development Region GS GS GS —
Mid-Western Development Region GS GS GS —
Far Western Development Region GS RU GS —

References

  1. ↑ "Tie-sheet for the PM Cup Women's National Cricket Tournament – Cricket Association of Nepal". Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  2. ↑ "PM Cup Women's National Cricket Tournament-2072 kicks off". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
  3. ↑ "Women's selection tournament begins today". My Republica. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
  4. ↑ Pandit, Dipesh (26 December 2020). "Nepal: APF records largest victory in PM Cup Women's National Cricket Tournament". Emerging Cricket. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
  5. ↑ "पिएमकप महिला टि२० राष्ट्रिय प्रतियोगिता राउन्ड रोविनमा हुने - हाम्रो खेलकुद". HamroKhelkud (in Nepali). 12 December 2023. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
  6. ↑ "Janakpur clinch low-scoring thriller in the final of PM Cup 2015". CricNepal. 18 June 2015. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  7. ↑ "APF claim women's national cricket title". The Himalayan Times. 26 July 2016. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  8. ↑ "Nepal APF outplay Far-west, claim PM Cup". The Himalayan Times. 9 March 2017. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  9. ↑ Republica. "Armed Police Force lifts PM Cup Women's Cricket title". My Republica. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  10. ↑ "Nepal APF beat Farwest, win PM Cup title". The Himalayan Times. 27 June 2019. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  11. ↑ "Full Scorecard of PROV-1 Women vs APF Women Final 2020 - Score Report | ESPNcricinfo.com". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  12. ↑ "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.
  13. ↑ "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.
  14. ↑ "APF clinches PM Cup Women's Cricket Championship". The Himalayan Times. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
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