Lahore women's cricket team
{{short description|Pakistani women's cricket team}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}}
{{Infobox cricket team
| name = Lahore Women
| image =
| captain = Hina Azam
| founded = Unknown{{Clear}}First recorded match: 2005
| dissolved =
| ground =
| title1 = NWCC
| title1wins = 2
}}
The Lahore women's cricket team is the women's representative cricket team for Lahore in domestic cricket in Pakistan. They competed in the National Women's Cricket Championship between 2004–05 and 2017, winning the tournament twice.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Teams/1/1817/1817.html|title=Lahore Women |publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=29 December 2021}}
History
Lahore joined the National Women's Cricket Championship for its inaugural season in 2004–05, and competed in it in every subsequent season until it ended in 2017. The side reached the final of the competition in its inaugural season, but lost to Karachi.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/4/National_Womens_Cricket_Championship_2004-05.html |title=National Women's Cricket Championship 2004/05 |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=29 December 2021}} The following season, however, they won the competition for the first time, beating Karachi in the final by 40 runs.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/4/National_Womens_Cricket_Championship_2005-06.html |title=National Women's Cricket Championship 2005/06 |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=29 December 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/96/96829.html |title=Lahore Women v Karachi Women, 12 March 2006 |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=29 December 2021}} They then went on to those three finals in the next four seasons, twice to Karachi and once to Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/6/National_Womens_Cricket_Championship_2006-07.html |title=National Women's Cricket Championship 2005/06 |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=29 December 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/8/National_Womens_Cricket_Championship_2007-08.html |title=National Women's Cricket Championship 2007/08 |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=29 December 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/14/National_Womens_Cricket_Championship_2010-11.html |title=National Women's Cricket Championship 2010/11 |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=23 December 2021}}
Lahore won the National Women's Cricket Championship for the second time in 2014, beating Karachi by 18 runs, helped by 84* from captain Bismah Maroof.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/22/Mohtarma_Fatima_Jinnah_National_Womens_Cricket_Championship_2014.html |title=Mohtarma Fatima Jinnah National Women's Cricket Championship 2014 |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=29 December 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/653/653889.html |title=Karachi Women v Lahore Women, 30 May 2014 |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=29 December 2021}} In the final season of the competition, 2017, Lahore finished as runners-up in the Super League section of the tournament.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/30/Mohtarma_Fatima_Jinnah_National_Womens_Cricket_Championship_2017.html |title=Mohtarma Fatima Jinnah National Women's Cricket Championship 2017 |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=29 December 2021}}
Players
=Notable players=
Players who played for Lahore and played internationally are listed below, in order of first international appearance (given in brackets):{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Teams/1/1817/Players.html|title=Players Who Have Played for Lahore Women |publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=29 December 2021}}
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- {{flagicon|PAK}} Sharmeen Khan (1997)
- {{flagicon|PAK}} Nazia Sadiq (1997)
- {{flagicon|PAK}} Maryam Butt (2003)
- {{flagicon|PAK}} Sabahat Rasheed (2005)
- {{flagicon|PAK}} Sana Javed (2005)
- {{flagicon|PAK}} Tasqeen Qadeer (2005)
- {{flagicon|PAK}} Shumaila Mushtaq (2005)
- {{flagicon|PAK}} Bismah Maroof (2006)
- {{flagicon|PAK}} Marina Iqbal (2009)
- {{flagicon|PAK}} Sidra Ameen (2011)
- {{flagicon|PAK}} Elizebath Khan (2012)
- {{flagicon|PAK}} Iram Javed (2013)
- {{flagicon|PAK}} Anam Amin (2014)
- {{flagicon|PAK}} Sidra Nawaz (2014)
- {{flagicon|PAK}} Aliya Riaz (2014)
- {{flagicon|PAK}} Fareeha Mehmood (2018)
- {{flagicon|PAK}} Kaynat Hafeez (2019)
- {{flagicon|PAK}} Tuba Hassan (2022)
- {{flagicon|PAK}} Sadaf Shamas (2022)
- {{flagicon|PAK}} Waheeda Akhtar (2023)
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Seasons
=National Women's Cricket Championship=
Honours
- National Women's Cricket Championship:
- Winners (2): 2005–06 & 2014
See also
References
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{{Domestic Women's Cricket in Pakistan}}
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