South Zone women's cricket team

The South Zone women's cricket team is a women's cricket team that represents southern India in the Women's Senior Inter Zonal One Day and Women's Senior Inter Zonal T20. It is a composite team of players from six teams from southern India: Andhra, Goa, Hyderabad, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu. They were formed in 1974–75 to play in the Rani Jhansi Trophy, which they competed in until 2002–03, when the competition ended. They then competed in the Inter Zone Women's One Day Competition, and then in the Inter Zone Women's Three Day Competition, where they finished as runners-up in the final tournament, in 2017–18.[1]

South Zone
Personnel
CaptainShikha Pandey
Team information
Established1974
History
First-class debutYoung England
in 1981
at Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad
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History

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South Zone Women first played in the Rani Jhansi Trophy in the 1974–75 season, a List A competition. They competed in the tournament until it was dissolved after the 2002–03 season, but full results for the trophy are not recorded.[2]

In 2007, South Zone began playing in the Inter Zone Women's One Day Competition, which they competed in between the 2006–07 season until it ended after the 2013–14 season.[2] Their best finishes in the tournament came in 2006–07 and 2012–13, when they finished as runners-up.[3][4]

In the 2014–15 season, the zonal teams began competing in a two-day competition, the Inter Zone Women's Two Day Competition. In the first season, South Zone finished 4th out of the 5 teams with 6 points.[5] The following season, 2015–16, the tournament became a three-day competition and South Zone finished 3rd, this time with 8 points.[6] In 2016–17, the side finished bottom of the league, losing three of their four matches.[7] They bounced back the following season however, taking their best finish in the competition as they came second, with two wins from their four matches.[8]

In 2022–23, zonal cricket in India returned, in the form of the Women's Senior Inter Zonal T20.[9] They finished third out of sixth teams in the first edition of the tournament.[10] In February 2023, the 2022–23 Women's Senior Inter Zonal One Day tournament took place, in which they finished fourth in the group stage.[11]

Players

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Current squad

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Based on squad announced for the 2023–24 season. Players in bold have international caps.[12]

Name Nationality Domestic team Notes
Shikha Pandey   India Goa Captain
Neeragattu Anusha   India Andhra
Sundaresan Anusha   India Tamil Nadu
Anusha Bareddy   India Andhra
Ganesh Divya   India Kerala
Vinod Drishya   India Kerala
Yuvashri Karthikeyan   India Pondicherry
Minnu Mani   India Kerala
Lakshminarayan Nethra   India Tamil Nadu
Vaishna Saibu   India Kerala Wicket-keeper
Shabnam Shakil   India Andhra
Bhogi Shravani   India Hyderabad
Gongadi Trisha   India Hyderabad
Purvaja Verlekar   India Goa
Dinesh Vrinda   India Karnataka

Seasons

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Inter Zone Women's Three Day Competition

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Season League standings[13] Notes
P W L DWF DLF ND BP Pts Pos
2014–15 4 0 0 1 2 1 0 6 4th
2015–16 4 0 0 2 2 0 0 8 3rd
2016–17 4 0 3 1 0 0 0 3 5th
2017–18 4 2 1 0 1 0 0 13 2nd

Women's Senior Inter Zonal T20

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Season League standings Notes
P W L T NR NRR Pts Pos
2022–23 5 3 2 0 0 +1.421 12 3rd
2023–24 5 2 3 0 0 –0.154 8 5th

Women's Senior Inter Zonal One Day

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Season League standings Notes
P W L T NR NRR Pts Pos
2022–23 5 2 3 0 0 +0.394 8 4th

Honours

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References

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  1. ^ "Team Profile: South Zone Women (India)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Women's List A Matches Played by South Zone Women". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Inter Zone Women's One Day Competition 2006/07". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Inter Zone Women's One Day Competition 2012/13". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Inter Zone Women's Two Day Competition 2014/15". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  6. ^ "Inter Zone Women's Three Day Competition 2015/16". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  7. ^ "Inter Zone Women's Three Day Competition 2016/17". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  8. ^ "Inter Zone Women's Three Day Competition 2017/18". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  9. ^ "Senior Women's Inter Zonal T20 Trophy 2022: Full squads, Fixtures & Preview: All you need to know". CricketWorld. 7 November 2022. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
  10. ^ "Senior Women's Inter Zonal T20". BCCI. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
  11. ^ "Senior Women's Inter Zonal One Day". BCCI. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
  12. ^ "Senior Women's Inter Zonal T20 Trophy 2023: Full squads, Fixtures & Preview: All you need to know". CricketWorld. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
  13. ^ "Women's First-Class Matches Played by South Zone Women". Retrieved 29 July 2021.
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