The Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited women's cricket team is a Pakistani women's cricket team, sponsored by the Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited. They competed in the National Women's Cricket Championship, the Women's Cricket Challenge Trophy and the Departmental T20 Women's Championship between 2009–10 and 2018–19. They were the most successful side in all three competitions, winning every tournament they competed in, with 14 titles overall.
History Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited first competed in the National Women's Cricket Championship in 2009–10, winning every match in the group stages before beating Karachi in the final to claim their first title. Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited went on to win every subsequent edition of this championship that they competed in, in 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2015, 2016 and 2017, without losing a match.
Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited also competed in the Twenty20 Women's Cricket Challenge Trophy between 2011–12 and 2016–17. The side also won each edition of this tournament that they competed in, again without losing a match. However, the title in 2014 was shared with Omar Associates after the final was curtailed due to rain.
The side also competed in the Departmental T20 Women's Championship in 2018 and 2018–19. They won both editions of the tournament, but did lose their only ever match during the 2018–19 season, losing to State Bank of Pakistan by 5 wickets.
Players Notable players Players who played for Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited and played internationally are listed below, in order of first international appearance (given in brackets):
Nazia Sadiq (1997) Sajjida Shah (2000) Batool Fatima (2001) Urooj Mumtaz (2004) Asmavia Iqbal (2005) Qanita Jalil (2005) Sana Mir (2005) Bismah Maroof (2006) Nain Abidi (2006) Sadia Yousuf (2008) Almas Akram (2008) Javeria Khan (2008) Nahida Khan (2009) Sania Khan (2009) Marina Iqbal (2009) Nida Dar (2010) Rabiya Shah (2010) Kanwal Naz (2010) Mariam Hasan (2010) Kainat Imtiaz (2010) Masooma Junaid (2011) Javeria Rauf (2012) Anam Amin (2014) Maham Tariq (2014) Sidra Nawaz (2014) Aliya Riaz (2014) Diana Baig (2015) Muneeba Ali (2016) Aiman Anwer (2016) Nashra Sandhu (2017) Omaima Sohail (2018) Fatima Sana (2019)
Seasons National Women's Cricket Championship Season Division League standings Notes P W L T A/C Pts NRR Pos 2009–10 Zone A 4 4 0 0 0 16 +5.864 1st Champions 2010–11 Zone C 3 3 0 0 0 12 +4.796 1st Champions 2011–12 Zone B 4 4 0 0 0 16 +5.611 1st Champions 2012–13 Pool A 6 6 0 0 0 12 +5.200 1st Champions 2015 Super League 5 5 0 0 0 10 +3.709 1st Champions 2016 Super League 5 5 0 0 0 10 +5.824 1st Champions 2017 Pool B 3 3 0 0 0 6 +1.454 1st Champions
Women's Cricket Challenge Trophy Season Division League standings Notes P W L T A/C Pts NRR Pos 2011–12 Pool B 2 2 0 0 0 4 +3.268 1st Champions 2012–13 Group B 2 2 0 0 0 4 +4.519 1st Champions 2014 League 3 3 0 0 0 6 +1.947 1st Champions 2015–16 League 4 3 0 0 1 7 +1.533 1st Champions 2016–17 League 3 3 0 0 0 6 +1.620 1st Champions
Departmental T20 Women's Championship Season League standings Notes P W L T A/C Pts NRR Pos 2018 6 6 0 0 0 12 +2.075 1st Champions 2018–19 6 5 1 0 0 10 +2.774 1st Champions
Honours National Women's Cricket Championship: Winners (7): 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2015, 2016 & 2017 Women's Cricket Challenge Trophy Winners (5): 2011–12, 2012–13, 2014, 2015–16 & 2016–17 Departmental T20 Women's Championship Winners (2): 2018 & 2018–19
See also Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited cricket team
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