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Not to be confused with Bangladesh Women's National Cricket League.
Women’s Bangladesh Cricket League
CountriesBangladesh
AdministratorBangladesh Cricket Board
FormatFirst-class
First edition2022–23
Latest edition2022–23
Next edition2024–25
Tournament formatRound-robin
Number of teams4
Current championTeam Meghna
Most successfulTeam Meghna (1 title)
Seasons
  • 2022–23

The Bangladesh Women's Cricket League is a women's domestic cricket competition that takes place in Bangladesh.[1] The tournament is played using first-class format.[2] Each match is scheduled for up to two days. The first edition of the competition was held in 2022–23.[3] The tournament sees three teams competing, each representing one of the three major rivers of Bangladesh.[4]

History

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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.[5] In April 2021, the International Cricket Council awarded permanent women's Test status to Bangladesh women's national cricket team.[6] The lack of a domestic first-class cricket competition for women prevented Bangladesh to start playing Test matches.[7] The 2022–23 edition is the first-ever women's multi-day competition in Bangladesh, launched by the Bangladesh Cricket Board in March 2023.[8] 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.[9] The competition was introduced to prepare women cricketers for Test cricket and adapt themselves with the longer version.[10]

The first edition of the tournament took place from 30 March to 8 April 2023 in a round-robin format. All the matches ended in a draw and thus the championship was clinched by Team Meghna in terms of quotient.[11]

Teams

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Current Teams

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Team Debut Captain
Women’s East Zone 2024–25 Fahima Khatun
Women’s North Zone 2024–25 Sobhana Mostary
Women’s South Zone 2024–25 Rabeya Khan
Women’s Central Zone 2024–25 Nigar Sultana Jyoti

Defunct teams

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Team Debut Dissolved
Team Jamuna 2022–23 2022–23
Team Meghna 2022–23 2022–23
Team Padma 2022–23 2022–23

Overview

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Season Dates Winners Runners-up Match format Most runs Most wickets Ref
2022–23 30 March–8 April 2023 Team Meghna Team Jamuna 2 days Ritu Moni Sanjida Akter Meghla [12]

References

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  1. ^ "যাত্রা শুরু হল নারী ক্রিকেটারদের প্রথম শ্রেণির টুর্নামেন্ট". The Daily Messenger. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  2. ^ "মেয়েদের প্রথম শ্রেণির ক্রিকেট শুরু". মানবজমিন. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  3. ^ "শুরু হলো নারী ক্রিকেটারদের বিসিএল টুর্নামেন্ট". Dhaka Times. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  4. ^ "পদ্মা-মেঘনা-যমুনায় ভাগ হয়ে লাল বলের যুগে বাংলাদেশের মেয়েরা". Risingbd. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  5. ^ "মেয়েদের জন্য বিসিএলের মতো টুর্নামেন্ট?". Bangla Tribune (in Bengali). Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  6. ^ "Bangladesh women's cricket team granted Test status". The Financial Express. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  7. ^ "দেশে নারী ক্রিকেটারদের অন্যরকম দিন". Daily Bangladesh. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  8. ^ "লাল বলের যুগে বাংলাদেশের মেয়েরা". Ajker Patrika. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  9. ^ "Women's First Class Cricket BCL gets underway". Bangladesh Post. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  10. ^ "BCB to gradually adapt Women's team to Tests". New Age. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  11. ^ "2022/23 Bangladesh Women's Cricket League". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  12. ^ "Women's BCL 2022-23 (1st Edition)". Bangladesh Cricket Board. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
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