National Women's Cricket Championship Explained

The National Women's Cricket Championship, officially the Mohtarma Fatima Jinnah National Women's Cricket Championship, was a women's domestic one-day cricket competition that took place in Pakistan between 2004–05 and 2017. The tournament included both regional and departmental teams, and took place alongside the Women's Cricket Challenge Trophy.

Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited were the most successful side in the history of the competition, with 7 titles. Karachi and Lahore are the only other sides to have won the competition, with 4 and 2 titles, respectively.

History

The National Women's Cricket Championship began in the 2004–05 season, with eight regional teams competing in Lahore across a week in March 2005. The tournament followed the creation of a women's wing of the Pakistan Cricket Board a year previously, and was hoped to spark greater interest in cricket amongst women.^[1] The competition was won by Karachi, who beat Lahore in the final by 6 wickets.^[2]

The tournament soon expanded, with Sialkot joining the following season and Abbottabad and Pakistan Universities the season after. Karachi and Lahore dominated the first four seasons of the competition, reaching the final every time, with Karachi winning three tournaments and Lahore one.

From the 2009–10 season, new team Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited dominated the tournament, winning seven titles, one in every season they competed. In 2014, the only season in this period in which Zarai did not compete, Lahore claimed their second title, beating Karachi in the final.^[3] That year, the tournament was also renamed the Mohtarma Fatima Jinnah National Women's Cricket Championship, after the Pakistani politician.

In the final season of the tournament, 2017, the teams were split into two sections, one for regional teams and one for departmental teams, meaning there were two winners: Karachi won the Super League to win the regional section, whilst Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited beat the Higher Education Commission in the final of the departmental round.^[4] In 2017–18, the tournament was replaced by the PCB Triangular One Day Women's Tournament, with composite rather than geographical or departmental teams.^[5]

Matches in the tournament were predominantly played using a limited overs format with 50 overs per side, apart from in the first two seasons, where matches could also be either 30, 35 or 40 overs per side. The tournament had various formats over the years, but generally involved teams divided into an initial group stage, with the top performing teams progressing to a secondary group stage before the winners of these groups progressed to the final.

Teams

Team	04/05	05/06	06/07	07/08	09/10	10/11	11/12	12/13	2014	2015	2016	2017	Total	Titles
Abbottabad	bgcolor=black		bgcolor=black												10	0
Bahawalpur	bgcolor=black		bgcolor=black		bgcolor=black		bgcolor=black		bgcolor=black		bgcolor=black		bgcolor=black							5	0
Faisalabad													12	0
Higher Education Commission	bgcolor=black		bgcolor=black		bgcolor=black		bgcolor=black		bgcolor=black		bgcolor=black		bgcolor=silver		bgcolor=silver		bgcolor=black		bgcolor=silver			bgcolor=silver		5	0
Hyderabad													12	0
Islamabad	bgcolor=black													11	0
Karachi	bgcolor=gold		bgcolor=silver		bgcolor=gold		bgcolor=gold		bgcolor=silver					bgcolor=silver				bgcolor=gold		12	4
Lahore	bgcolor=silver		bgcolor=gold		bgcolor=silver		bgcolor=silver			bgcolor=silver				bgcolor=gold				bgcolor=silver		12	2
Multan													12	0
Omar Associates	bgcolor=black		bgcolor=black		bgcolor=black		bgcolor=black		bgcolor=black		bgcolor=black		bgcolor=black		bgcolor=black		bgcolor=black				bgcolor=black		2	0
PCB Blues	bgcolor=black		bgcolor=black		bgcolor=black		bgcolor=black		bgcolor=black		bgcolor=black		bgcolor=black		bgcolor=black		bgcolor=black		bgcolor=black		bgcolor=black			1	0
PCB Greens	bgcolor=black		bgcolor=black		bgcolor=black		bgcolor=black		bgcolor=black		bgcolor=black		bgcolor=black		bgcolor=black		bgcolor=black		bgcolor=black		bgcolor=black			1	0
PCB XI	bgcolor=black		bgcolor=black		bgcolor=black		bgcolor=black		bgcolor=black		bgcolor=black		bgcolor=black		bgcolor=black		bgcolor=black		bgcolor=black		bgcolor=black			1	0
Pakistan Education Board	bgcolor=black		bgcolor=black		bgcolor=black		bgcolor=black			bgcolor=black				bgcolor=black		bgcolor=black		bgcolor=black		bgcolor=black		3	0
Pakistan Universities	bgcolor=black		bgcolor=black						bgcolor=black		bgcolor=black		bgcolor=black		bgcolor=black		bgcolor=black		bgcolor=black		4	0
Peshawar													12	0
Quetta													12	0
Rawalpindi													12	0
Saif Sports Saga	bgcolor=black		bgcolor=black		bgcolor=black		bgcolor=black		bgcolor=black		bgcolor=black		bgcolor=black		bgcolor=black		bgcolor=black				bgcolor=black		2	0
Sialkot	bgcolor=black													11	0
State Bank of Pakistan	bgcolor=black		bgcolor=black		bgcolor=black		bgcolor=black		bgcolor=black		bgcolor=black		bgcolor=black		bgcolor=black		bgcolor=black		bgcolor=black		bgcolor=silver			2	0
Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited	bgcolor=black		bgcolor=black		bgcolor=black		bgcolor=black		bgcolor=gold		bgcolor=gold		bgcolor=gold		bgcolor=gold		bgcolor=black		bgcolor=gold		bgcolor=gold		bgcolor=gold		7	7

Key

• Champions
• Runners-up
• Competed
• Did not compete

Results

Season	Winners	Runners-up	Match format	Ref
2004–05	Karachi	Lahore	30–40 overs	[6]
2005–06	Lahore	Karachi	40–50 overs	[7]
2006–07	Karachi	Lahore	50 overs	[8]
2007–08	Karachi	Lahore	50 overs	[9]
2009–10	Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited	Karachi	50 overs	[10]
2010–11	Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited	Lahore	50 overs	[11]
2011–12	Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited	Higher Education Commission	50 overs	[12]
2012–13	Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited	Higher Education Commission	50 overs	[13]
2014	Lahore	Karachi	50 overs	[14]
2015	Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited	Higher Education Commission	50 overs	[15]
2016	Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited	State Bank of Pakistan	50 overs	[16]
2017	Karachi (Super League)	Lahore (Super League)	50 overs	[17]
	Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited (Departmental)				Higher Education Commission (Departmental)

See also

• Pakistan Women's One Day Cup

Notes and References

1. Web site: Pakistan launches first women's cricket tournament . CricketArchive . 23 December 2021.
2. Web site: Lahore Women v Karachi Women, 7 March 2005 . CricketArchive . 23 December 2021.
3. Web site: Lahore Women, 30 May 2014 . CricketArchive . 23 December 2021.
4. Web site: 12th Mohtarma Fatima Jinnah National Women Cricket Championship, 2017 . Pakistan Cricket Board . 27 March 2017 . 23 December 2021.
5. Web site: PCB Triangular One Day Women's Tournament 2017/18 . CricketArchive . 23 December 2021.
6. Web site: National Women's Cricket Championship 2004/05 . CricketArchive . 23 December 2021.
7. Web site: National Women's Cricket Championship 2005/06 . CricketArchive . 23 December 2021.
8. Web site: National Women's Cricket Championship 2005/06 . CricketArchive . 23 December 2021.
9. Web site: National Women's Cricket Championship 2007/08 . CricketArchive . 23 December 2021.
10. Web site: National Women's Cricket Championship 2009/10 . CricketArchive . 23 December 2021.
11. Web site: National Women's Cricket Championship 2010/11 . CricketArchive . 23 December 2021.
12. Web site: National Women's Cricket Championship 2011/12 . CricketArchive . 23 December 2021.
13. Web site: National Women's Cricket Championship 2012/13 . CricketArchive . 23 December 2021.
14. Web site: Mohtarma Fatima Jinnah National Women's Cricket Championship 2014 . CricketArchive . 23 December 2021.
15. Web site: Mohtarma Fatima Jinnah National Women's Cricket Championship 2015 . CricketArchive . 23 December 2021.
16. Web site: Mohtarma Fatima Jinnah National Women's Cricket Championship 2016 . CricketArchive . 23 December 2021.
17. Web site: Mohtarma Fatima Jinnah National Women's Cricket Championship 2017 . CricketArchive . 23 December 2021.