2012–13 Senior Women's Challenger Trophy

The 2012–13 Senior Women's Challenger Trophy was the fourth edition of India's 50 over Women's Challenger Trophy. Three teams made up of the best players in India competed in a round-robin group, with the top two advancing to the final. All matches were held at the Bandra Kurla Complex Ground, Mumbai across four days in December 2012. The tournament was won by India Blue, who beat India Red in the final by 60 runs.[1][2] The other team in the tournament, India Green, were newly made an Under-19s team for this tournament.[3]

2012–13 Senior Women's Challenger Trophy
Dates15 – 18 December 2012
Administrator(s)BCCI
Cricket format50 over
Tournament format(s)Round-robin and final
ChampionsIndia Blue (2nd title)
Runners-upIndia Red
Participants3
Matches4
Most runsThirush Kamini (152)
Most wicketsReema Malhotra (6)
Ekta Bisht (6)

Competition format

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The three teams played in a round-robin group, playing each other team once, with the top two advancing to the final. Matches were played using a 50 over format.

The group worked on a points system with positions with the group being based on the total points. Points were awarded as follows:[4]

Win: 4 points.
Tie: 2 points.
Loss: 0 points.
No Result/Abandoned: 2 points.

If points in the final table are equal, teams are separated by their Net Run Rate.

Squads

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India Blue[5] India Green[6] India Red[7]

Standings

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Team Pld W L T NR BP Pts NRR
India Red (Q) 2 2 0 0 0 2 10 +1.923
India Blue (Q) 2 1 1 0 0 1 5 –1.115
India Green 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 –1.033
Source: ESPNcricinfo

Group stage

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Match 1
15 December 2012
Scorecard
India Red
180/8 (50 overs)
v
India Blue
45 (29 overs)
Thirush Kamini 43 (73)
Reema Malhotra 3/37 (10 overs)
Nagarajan Niranjana 11 (19)
Kavita Patil 3/7 (7 overs)
India Red won by 135 runs
Bandra Kurla Complex Ground, Mumbai
Umpires: Rama Krishna and Amardeep Pathania
  • India Blue won the toss and elected to field.
  • Points: India Red 5, India Blue 0.

Match 2
16 December 2012
Scorecard
India Green
160/9 (50 overs)
v
India Red
161/0 (35.5 overs)
Sarika Koli 50 (137)
Ekta Bisht 3/27 (9 overs)
Thirush Kamini 95* (122)
India Red won by 10 wickets
Bandra Kurla Complex Ground, Mumbai
Umpires: Rama Krishna and Amardeep Pathania
  • India Green won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Points: India Red 5, India Green 0.

Match 3
17 December 2012
Scorecard
India Green
153 (49.3 overs)
v
India Blue
154/2 (39.5 overs)
Smriti Mandhana 69 (105)
Gouher Sultana 2/20 (11.3 overs)
Punam Raut 74 (95)
Gayatri Agarwal 1/7 (2.5 overs)
India Blue won by 8 wickets
Bandra Kurla Complex Ground, Mumbai
Umpires: Rama Krishna and Amardeep Pathania
  • India Blue won the toss and elected to field.
  • Points: India Blue 5, India Green 0.

Final

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18 December 2012
Scorecard
India Blue
225/5 (50 overs)
v
India Red
165 (48.2 overs)
Mithali Raj 119 (137)
Ekta Bisht 2/65 (12 overs)
Latika Kumari 65 (89)
Mithali Raj 2/6 (2.2 overs)
India Blue won by 60 runs
Bandra Kurla Complex Ground, Mumbai
Umpires: Rama Krishna and Amardeep Pathania
  • India Blue won the toss and elected to bat.

Statistics

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Most runs

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Player Team Matches Innings Runs Average HS 100s 50s
Thirush Kamini India Red 3 3 152 76.00 95* 0 1
Mithali Raj India Blue 3 3 127 63.50 119 1 0
Punam Raut India Blue 3 3 122 40.66 74 0 1
Smriti Mandhana India Green 2 2 116 58.00 69 0 1
Anagha Deshpande India Red 2 2 83 83.00 53* 0 1

Source: CricketArchive[8]

Most wickets

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Player Team Overs Wickets Average BBI 5w
Reema Malhotra India Blue 25.0 6 14.66 3/37 0
Ekta Bisht India Red 26.0 6 17.33 3/27 0
Shubhlakshmi Sharma India Blue 30.0 4 23.75 2/32 0
Rasanara Parwin India Red 23.0 4 25.25 2/52 0
Nagarajan Niranjana India Blue 26.0 4 25.50 2/32 0

Source: CricketArchive[9]

References

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  1. ^ "Women's Challenger Trophy 2012/13". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  2. ^ "India Blue Women v India Red Women, 18 December 2012". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Women's Challenger Trophy: BCCI needs to fix format to get most out of women's cricket in India". First Post. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Women's Challenger Trophy 2012/13 Table". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  5. ^ "Batting and Fielding for India Blue Women/Women's Challenger Trophy 2012/13". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  6. ^ "Batting and Fielding for India Under-19s Women/Women's Challenger Trophy 2012/13". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  7. ^ "Batting and Fielding for India Red Women/Women's Challenger Trophy 2012/13". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  8. ^ "Batting and Fielding in Women's Challenger Trophy 2012/13 (Ordered by Runs)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  9. ^ "Bowling in Women's Challenger Trophy 2012/13 (Ordered by Wickets)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
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