North West women's cricket team

South African women's cricket team

North West Women
Personnel
Captain	Nthabiseng Nini
Coach	Wynand Schmitt
Team information
Founded	Unknown First recorded match: 1996
Home ground	Senwes Park, Potchefstroom
History
ODC wins	4
T20 wins	1
Official website	North West Cricket

The North West women's cricket team, also known as North West Dragons, is the women's representative cricket team for the South African province of North West. They compete in the CSA Women's One-Day Cup and the CSA Women's T20 Challenge.^[1]

History

North West Women first played in the 1996–97 season, appearing in the Women's Inter-Provincial Tournament. They have competed in the provincial one-day tournament ever since.^[1] They finished as runners-up in the 1998–99 tournament, losing in the final to Northerns.^[2] They joined the CSA Women's Provincial T20 Competition for its inaugural year in 2012–13.^[1]

They won their first one-day title in 2016–17, beating Gauteng in the final, where Lizelle Lee scored 84 and took 4/20 from 4.3 overs.^[3] They won their second title two seasons later, in 2018–19, this time beating Western Province in the final.^[4] That season they completed the double by winning their first T20 title, going unbeaten in the tournament.^[5] The following season, 2019–20, they retained their one-day title, by virtue of topping the group on average points when the season was curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[6] When the T20 Competition was similarly curtailed, North West ended as runners-up.^[7] In 2021–22, they claimed their fourth one-day title, winning the Top 6 league of the Women's Provincial Programme.^[8] However, in 2022–23, they finished bottom of the Top 6 league in the Women's Provincial Programme, meaning they were relegated in both the 50-over and T20 tournaments.^[9]

Players

Notable players

Players who have played for North West and played internationally are listed below, in order of first international appearance (given in brackets):^[10]

Honours

CSA Women's One-Day Cup:
- Winners (4): 2016–17, 2018–19, 2019–20 & 2021–22
CSA Women's T20 Challenge:
- Winners (1): 2018–19

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "North West Women". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
^ "Northerns Women v North West Women, 9 April 1999". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
^ "Gauteng Women v North West Women, 3 April 2017". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
^ "CSA Women's Provincial League 2018/19". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
^ "CSA Women's Provincial T20 Competition 2018/19 Tables". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
^ "CSA Women's Provincial League 2019/20 Tables". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
^ "CSA Women's Provincial T20 Competition 2019/20 Tables". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
^ "CSA Women's Provincial Programme 2021/22". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 April 2022.
^ "CSA Women's Provincial Programme 2022/23". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
^ "North West Women Players". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 February 2022.

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