Editing 2017–18 Senior Women's Cricket Inter Zonal Three Day Game

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{{Infobox cricket tournament
|name              = 2017–18 Senior Women's Cricket Inter Zonal Three Day Game
|fromdate          = 18 March
|todate            = 5 April 2018
|administrator     = [[Board of Control for Cricket in India|BCCI]]
|cricket format    = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
|tournament format = [[Round-robin tournament]]
|host              = {{flag|India}}
|champions         = [[North Zone women's cricket team|North Zone]]
|count = 1
|participants      = 5
|matches           = 10
|most runs         = [[Thirush Kamini]] (353)
|most wickets      = [[Preeti Bose]] (21)
|website           = 
|previous_year     = 2016–17
|previous_tournament = 2016–17 Senior Women's Cricket Inter Zonal Three Day Game
|next_year         = 
|next_tournament   = 
}}

{{2017–18 Indian domestic cricket season}}

The '''2017–18 Senior Women's Cricket Inter Zonal Three Day Game''' was the fourth season of [[India]]'s [[Senior Women's Cricket Inter Zonal Three Day Game|Inter Zonal]] women's [[First-class cricket|first-class]] competition.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bcci.tv/senior-women's-cricket-inter-zonal-three-day-game-2017-18/overview|title=senior-women's-cricket-inter-zonal-three-day-game-2017-18|last=|first=|date=|website=www.bcci.tv|publisher=|access-date=}}</ref> The tournament took place from 18 March to 5 April 2018. Five zonal teams participated in the tournament, facing each other in a [[Round-robin tournament|round-robin]] format in [[First-class cricket|three-day matches]]. All matches took place in [[Thiruvananthapuram]]. [[North Zone women's cricket team|North Zone]] won the tournament, achieving their first title.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bcci.tv/senior-women's-cricket-inter-zonal-three-day-game-2017-18/fixtures|title=senior-women's-cricket-inter-zonal-three-day-game-2017-18/fixtures|last=|first=|date=|website=www.bcci.tv|publisher=|access-date=}}</ref>

==Competition format==
The five teams played in a [[Round-robin tournament|round-robin]] league, therefore playing four matches. Matches were played using a [[First-class cricket|three-day format]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/31/Inter_Zone_Womens_Three_Day_Competition_2017-18.html |title=Inter Zone Women's Three Day Competition 2017/18 |work=CricketArchive |access-date=21 July 2021}}</ref>

The league worked on a points system with positions within the divisions being based on the '''total points'''. Points were awarded as follows:<ref name="Table"/>

'''Win''': 6 points.<br /> 
'''[[Result (cricket)#Tie|Tie]]''': 3 points.<br /> 
'''Loss''': 0 points.<br />
'''Drawn (lead after first innings)''': 3 points. <br />
'''Drawn (trail after first innings)''': 1 point. <br />
'''Drawn (no decision on first innings)''': 1 point. <br />
'''Abandoned without a ball bowled''': 1 point. <br />

If points in the final table are equal, teams are separated by most wins, then net run rate.

==Standings==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! style="width:120px"|Team
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|Pld|Played}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|W|Won}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|L|Lost}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|DWF|Drawn (won on first innings)}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|DLF|Drawn (lost on first innings)}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|ND|Drawn (no decision on first innings)}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|BP|Bonus Points}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|Pts|Points}}
! style="width:40px;"|{{abbr|[[Net run rate|NRR]]|Net Run Rate}}
|-style="background:gold;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[North Zone women's cricket team|North Zone]] '''(C)'''
| 4 || 2 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 1 || '''19''' || +0.185
|- 
|style="text-align:left"|[[South Zone women's cricket team|South Zone]]
| 4 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 ||  '''13''' || –0.354
|- 
|style="text-align:left"|[[West Zone women's cricket team|West Zone]]
| 4 || 1 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 ||  '''10''' || –0.445
|- 
|style="text-align:left"|[[Central Zone women's cricket team|Central Zone]]
| 4 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 ||  '''7''' || +0.729
|- 
|style="text-align:left"|[[East Zone women's cricket team|East Zone]]
| 4 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 0 ||  '''5''' || –0.084
|}
:Source: CricketArchive<ref name="Table">{{cite web| url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/Tables/31/Inter_Zone_Womens_Three_Day_Competition_2017-18.html |title=Inter Zone Women's Three Day Competition 2017/18 Table |work=CricketArchive |access-date=21 July 2021}}</ref>

==Fixtures==
===Round 1===
{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 18 – 20 March 2018
| team1 = [[East Zone women's cricket team|East Zone]]
| team2 = [[North Zone women's cricket team|North Zone]]

| score-team1-inns1 = 54 (36.1 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = Mouchaity Debnath 22 (38)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = Renuka Singh 6/23 (12 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 194 (93.5 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Priya Punia]] 73 (238)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = Devyani Prasad 3/43 (16.5 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 305/7 (131 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = Madhusmita Behera 114 (312)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = Tanuja Kanwar 3/60 (36 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 =
| runs-team2-inns2 = 
| wickets-team2-inns2 = 

| result = Match drawn
| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/1074/1074185.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Greenfield International Stadium]], [[Thiruvananthapuram]]
| umpires = M Ashwin Kumar and Mohit Krishnadas
| motm = 
| toss = East Zone won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain = 
| notes = North Zone lead on first innings.
* Points: North Zone 3, East Zone 1.
}}
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{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 18 – 20 March 2018
| team1 = [[South Zone women's cricket team|South Zone]]
| team2 = [[West Zone women's cricket team|West Zone]]

| score-team1-inns1 = 203 (99.4 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = Sobhana Asha 63 (162)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = Renuka Chaudhari 4/17 (21 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 212 (101 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = Shweta Jadhav 81 (148)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Gouher Sultana]] 3/70 (34 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 89 (50.3 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Nagarajan Niranjana]] 26 (48)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = Renuka Chaudhari 3/8 (10.3 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 82/0 (13 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = Palak Patel 46[[not out|*]] (46)
| wickets-team2-inns2 = 

| result = West Zone won by 10 wickets
| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/1074/1074184.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[St Xavier's College Ground]], [[Thiruvananthapuram]]
| umpires = Sumit Bansal and Vikas Bhatt
| motm = 
| toss = South Zone won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain = 
| notes = Points: West Zone 7, South Zone 0.
}}
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===Round 2===
{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 22 – 24 March 2018
| team1 = [[Central Zone women's cricket team|Central Zone]]
| team2 = [[East Zone women's cricket team|East Zone]]

| score-team1-inns1 = 155 (58.5 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Punam Raut]] 55 (81)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = Devyani Prasad 4/27 (14 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 248 (137 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = Tanusree Sarkar 84 (227)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = Priti Yadav 3/42 (30 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 151/5 (60 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = Shweta Bishnoi 48 (84)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Sushree Dibyadarshini]] 2/17 (15 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 
| runs-team2-inns2 = 
| wickets-team2-inns2 = 

| result = Match drawn
| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/1074/1074187.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Greenfield International Stadium]], [[Thiruvananthapuram]]
| umpires = P Bhanuprakash and Nagaraj Ramesh
| motm = 
| toss = East Zone won the toss and elected to field.
| rain = 
| notes = East Zone lead on first innings.
* Points: East Zone 3, Central Zone 1.
}}
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{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 22 – 24 March 2018
| team1 = [[South Zone women's cricket team|South Zone]]
| team2 = [[North Zone women's cricket team|North Zone]]

| score-team1-inns1 = 204 (93.3 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = Sobhana Asha 55 (155)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = Tanuja Kanwar 3/52 (29 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 218/9[[Declaration and forfeiture|d]] (93.1 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = Mandeep Kaur 65 (174)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Nagarajan Niranjana]] 4/52 (18 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 96/4 (63 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Dayalan Hemalatha]] 31 (125)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Harleen Deol]] 3/22 (17 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 
| runs-team2-inns2 = 
| wickets-team2-inns2 = 

| result = Match drawn
| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/1074/1074186.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[St Xavier's College Ground]], [[Thiruvananthapuram]]
| umpires =	Bhanushali Ashish and Sandeep Vasudeo Chavan
| motm = 
| toss = South Zone won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain = 
| notes = North Zone lead on first innings.
* Points: North Zone 3, South Zone 1.
}}
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===Round 3===
{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 26 – 27 March 2018
| team1 = [[West Zone women's cricket team|West Zone]]
| team2 = [[North Zone women's cricket team|North Zone]]

| score-team1-inns1 = 131 (63.4 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = Palak Patel 32 (81)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Preeti Bose]] 3/31 (19 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 243 (85.5 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Neha Tanwar]] 82 (150)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = Renuka Chaudhari 4/60 (21.5 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 104 (63.4 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = Shweta Jadhav 35 (131)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Preeti Bose]] 5/26 (21.4 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 
| runs-team2-inns2 = 
| wickets-team2-inns2 = 

| result = North Zone won by an innings and 8 runs
| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/1074/1074189.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[St Xavier's College Ground]], [[Thiruvananthapuram]]
| umpires =	Viswajith B and Ramachandran Kannan
| motm = 
| toss = North Zone won the toss and elected to field.
| rain = 
| notes = Points: North Zone 7, West Zone 0.
}}
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{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 26 – 28 March 2018
| team1 = [[South Zone women's cricket team|South Zone]]
| team2 = [[Central Zone women's cricket team|Central Zone]]

| score-team1-inns1 = 125 (59.3 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Dayalan Hemalatha]] 32 (62)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = Meghna Singh 3/20 (7.3 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 100 (59.3 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = Shweta Bishnoi 29 (80)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Sravanthi Naidu]] 6/7 (14.3 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 154 (86 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Nagarajan Niranjana]] 47 (133)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = Shivangiraj Singh 4/42 (32 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 74 (31.4 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = Priti Yadav 19 (32)
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Nagarajan Niranjana]] 3/12 (6 overs)

| result = South Zone won by 105 runs
| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/1074/1074188.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Greenfield International Stadium]], [[Thiruvananthapuram]]
| umpires =	Arun Kumar Basa and Vaibhav Mohan Dhokre
| motm = 
| toss = Central Zone won the toss and elected to field.
| rain = 
| notes = Points: South Zone 6, Central Zone 0.
}}
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===Round 4===
{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 30 March – 1 April 2018
| team1 = [[Central Zone women's cricket team|Central Zone]]
| team2 = [[North Zone women's cricket team|North Zone]]

| score-team1-inns1 = 140 (46.3 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Thirush Kamini]] 55 (110)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = Tanuja Kanwar 5/36 (13 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 183 (107.1 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = Renuka Singh 44 (64)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = Shivangiraj Singh 4/52 (42.1 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 92 (46.1 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Thirush Kamini]] 36 (111)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Preeti Bose]] 7/32 (21.1 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 50/1 (13.4 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Priya Punia]] 28[[not out|*]] (35)
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Thirush Kamini]] 1/13 (2 overs)

| result = North Zone won by 9 wickets
| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/1074/1074191.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Greenfield International Stadium]], [[Thiruvananthapuram]]
| umpires = [[Piyush Khakhar]] and Chandrakant Mhase
| motm = 
| toss = North Zone won the toss and elected to field.
| rain = 
| notes = Points: North Zone 6, Central Zone 0.
}}
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{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 30 March – 1 April 2018
| team1 = [[West Zone women's cricket team|West Zone]]
| team2 = [[East Zone women's cricket team|East Zone]]

| score-team1-inns1 = 190 (94.5 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = Prajakta Shirwadkar 45 (166)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = Monika Das 7/23 (19.5 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 106 (59.1 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = Tanusree Sarkar 23 (63)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = Renuka Chaudhari 7/40 (23.1 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 140/8[[Declaration and forfeiture|d]] (60 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = Palak Patel 42 (102)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = Devyani Prasad 4/47 (17 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 126/2 (42.2 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = Tanusree Sarkar 61[[not out|*]] (127)
| wickets-team2-inns2 = Shweta Haranhalli 1/19 (8 overs)

| result = Match drawn
| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/1074/1074190.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[St Xavier's College Ground]], [[Thiruvananthapuram]]
| umpires = Ajith Kumar and Rajeev Godara
| motm = 
| toss = East Zone won the toss and elected to field.
| rain = 
| notes = West Zone lead on first innings.
* Points: West Zone 3, East Zone 1.
}}
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===Round 5===
{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 3 – 5 April 2018
| team1 = [[West Zone women's cricket team|West Zone]]
| team2 = [[Central Zone women's cricket team|Central Zone]]

| score-team1-inns1 = 137 (80.4 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = Binaisha Surti 42 (75)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = Shweta Bishnoi 4/31 (23.4 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 183 (65.2 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Thirush Kamini]] 80 (158)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = Krutika Chaudhari 5/61 (22.2 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 188 (87.1 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = Humaira Kazi 81[[not out|*]] (118)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = Shivangiraj Singh 5/46 (32 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 143/2 (26.5 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Thirush Kamini]] 91[[not out|*]] (85)
| wickets-team2-inns2 = Krutika Chaudhari 2/40 (11 overs)

| result = Central Zone won by 8 wickets
| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/1074/1074192.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[St Xavier's College Ground]], [[Thiruvananthapuram]]
| umpires = Ajith Kumar and Sivakumar A
| motm = 
| toss = West Zone won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain = 
| notes = Points: Central Zone 6, West Zone 0.
}}
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{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 3 – 5 April 2018
| team1 = [[South Zone women's cricket team|South Zone]]
| team2 = [[East Zone women's cricket team|East Zone]]

| score-team1-inns1 = 216 (111 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = Lakhmi Nethra 65 (215)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = Saiqa Ishaque 4/49 (28 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 99 (46.3 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = Monika Das 23 (30)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Gouher Sultana]] 7/36 (16.3 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 107/6[[Declaration and forfeiture|d]] (42.4 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = Lakhmi Nethra 71[[not out|*]] (132)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Sushree Dibyadarshini]] 2/26 (7 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 105 (38 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Madhuri Mehta]] 50 (104)
| wickets-team2-inns2 = Ananya Upendran 3/16 (8 overs)

| result = South Zone won by 119 runs
| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/1074/1074193.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Greenfield International Stadium]], [[Thiruvananthapuram]]
| umpires = Rajeev Godara and Milind Pathak
| motm = 
| toss = East Zone won the toss and elected to field.
| rain = 
| notes = Points: South Zone 6, East Zone 0.
}}
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==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Women's Inter Zonal Cricket in India}}

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