Women's East Zone cricket team
| League | Women's Bangladesh Cricket League | |
|---|---|---|
| Personnel | ||
| Captain | Fahima Khatun | |
| Owner | BCB | |
| Team information | ||
| City | Chittagong Division Sylhet Division | |
| Founded | 2024 | |
| Home ground | Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium | |
| Official website | Cricheroes | |
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The Women's East Zone cricket team is a women's first-class cricket team that represents East of Bangladesh – the Chittagong Division and Sylhet Division – in the Women's Bangladesh Cricket League (WBCL).[1][2] It is a composite team of two Bangladeshi first-class teams from east Bangladesh: Chittagong Division cricket team and Sylhet Division cricket team.[3]
History
[edit]Following the success of Bangladesh in 2018 Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup, plans were going on to establish a two-day red-ball match for women since August 2018.[4] In April 2021, the International Cricket Council awarded permanent women's Test status to Bangladesh women's national cricket team.[5] The lack of a domestic first-class cricket competition for women prevented Bangladesh to start playing Test matches.[6] The 2022–23 edition is the first-ever women's multi-day competition in Bangladesh, launched by the Bangladesh Cricket Board in March 2023.[7] In March 2023, the tournament was inaugurated by the chairman of BCB women's wing Shafiul Alam Chowdhury Nadel, at Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium in Khulna.[8] The competition was introduced to prepare women cricketers for Test cricket and adapt themselves with the longer version.[9]
Then in 2024 BCB announced Women’s Bangladesh Cricket League will also have 4 teams like Men's Bangladesh Cricket League tournament. East Zone is one of the four teams along with North Zone, Central Zone and South Zone.
Current squad
[edit]| Name | Batting style | Bowling style | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Batters | |||
| Sharmin Akter | RHB | ||
| Taj Nehar | RHB | right arm off break | |
| Shampa Biswas | |||
| Wicket-keepers | |||
| Dilara Akter | RHB | ||
| Farzana Akter Boby | RHB | ||
| All-rounders | |||
| Nasima Khatun | RHB | right arm off break | |
| Shorifa Khatun | RHB | right arm off break | |
| Bowlers | |||
| Fahima Khatun (c) | RHB | right arm leg break | |
| Suraiya Azmin | RHB | right arm medium | |
| Khadija Tul Kubra | RHB | right arm off break | |
| Dipa Khatun | RHB | right arm off break | |
| Ashrafi Yasmin | RHB | right arm medium fast | |
| Jannatul Islam Tithi | RHB | right arm off break | |
| Last Update = 17 December 2024 | |||
References
[edit]- ^ "নারী বিসিএল". Retrieved 17 December 2024.
- ^ "Bangladesh's first women's three-day competition to start in December". Retrieved 17 December 2024.
- ^ "Inaugural Women's Bangladesh Cricket League 2024-25 Announced". Retrieved 17 December 2024.
- ^ "মেয়েদের জন্য বিসিএলের মতো টুর্নামেন্ট?". Bangla Tribune (in Bengali). Retrieved 10 April 2024.
- ^ "Bangladesh women's cricket team granted Test status". The Financial Express. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
- ^ "দেশে নারী ক্রিকেটারদের অন্যরকম দিন". Daily Bangladesh. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
- ^ "লাল বলের যুগে বাংলাদেশের মেয়েরা". Ajker Patrika. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
- ^ "Women's First Class Cricket BCL gets underway". Bangladesh Post. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
- ^ "BCB to gradually adapt Women's team to Tests". New Age. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
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