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.
History Lahore joined the National Women's Cricket Championship for its inaugural season in 2004–05, and competed in every subsequent edition until the tournament ended in 2017. The side reached the final of the competition in its inaugural season, but lost to Karachi. The following season, however, they won the competition for the first time, beating Karachi in the final by 40 runs. They then became finalists in three of the next four seasons, twice against Karachi and once against Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited.
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. In the final season of the competition, 2017, Lahore finished as runners-up in the Super League section of the tournament.
Players Notable players The players who played for Lahore and for Pakistan internationally are listed below, in order of first international appearance (given in brackets):
Sharmeen Khan (1997) Nazia Sadiq (1997) Maryam Butt (2003) Sabahat Rasheed (2005) Sana Javed (2005) Tasqeen Qadeer (2005) Shumaila Mushtaq (2005) Bismah Maroof (2006) Marina Iqbal (2009) Sidra Ameen (2011) Elizebath Khan (2012) Iram Javed (2013) Anam Amin (2014) Sidra Nawaz (2014) Aliya Riaz (2014) Fareeha Mehmood (2018) Kaynat Hafeez (2019) Tuba Hassan (2022) Sadaf Shamas (2022) Waheeda Akhtar (2023)
Seasons National Women's Cricket Championship Season Division League standings Notes P W L T A/C Pts NRR Pos 2004–05 Super League 3 3 0 0 0 12 +2.784 1st Lost final 2005–06 Lahore Zone 3 3 0 0 0 12 +4.021 1st Champions 2006–07 Group A 3 3 0 0 0 12 +1.547 1st Lost final 2007–08 Group C 3 3 0 0 0 12 +2.399 1st Lost final 2009–10 Zone C 3 2 1 0 0 8 +2.521 2nd 2010–11 Zone B 4 3 0 0 1 14 +2.167 1st Lost final 2011–12 Zone A 4 4 0 0 0 16 +1.651 1st 3rd in Final Stage 2012–13 Pool A 6 4 2 0 0 8 +0.087 4th 2014 Pool B 3 3 0 0 0 6 +3.347 1st Champions 2015 Pool C 3 2 1 0 0 4 –0.992 2nd 2016 Pool C 3 1 1 0 1 3 –1.276 3rd 2017 Super League 4 2 1 0 1 5 +0.113 2nd
Honours National Women's Cricket Championship: Winners (2): 2005–06 & 2014
See also Lahore cricket teams
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