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{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2017}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2017}}
{{Infobox cricket team
| name = North Zone
| image =
| colours =
| coach =
| captain = [[Reema Malhotra]]
| established = 1974
| ground =
| first_fc = [[East Zone women's cricket team|East Zone]]
| first_fc_year = 2015
| first_fc_venue = [[Eden Gardens]], [[Kolkata]]
| title1 = [[Inter Zone Women's One Day Competition|IZOD]]
| title1wins = 1
| title2 = [[Senior Women's Cricket Inter Zonal Three Day Game|IZ3D]]
| title2wins = 1
| website =
}}
The '''North Zone women's cricket team''' is a [[Women's cricket|women's]] [[First class cricket|first-class]] [[cricket]] team that represents northern [[India]] in the [[Senior Women's Cricket Inter Zonal Three Day Game|Inter Zone Women's Three Day Competition]]. It is a composite team of players from five teams from northern India: [[Delhi women's cricket team|Delhi]], [[Haryana women's cricket team|Haryana]], [[Himachal Pradesh women's cricket team|Himachal Pradesh]], [[Jammu and Kashmir women's cricket team|Jammu and Kashmir]] and [[Punjab women's cricket team|Punjab]]. They were formed in 1974–75 to play in the Rani Jhansi Trophy, which they competed in until 2002–03, when the competition ended. They then competed in the [[Inter Zone Women's One Day Competition]], which they won once, in 2011–12, and now compete in the Inter Zone Three Day Competition, where they are the current holders, winning the [[2017–18 Senior Women's Cricket Inter Zonal Three Day Game|2017–18 tournament]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Teams/4/4754/4754.html|title=Team Profile: North Zone Women|access-date=25 July 2021|publisher=CricketArchive}}</ref>

==History==
North Zone Women first played in the Rani Jhansi Trophy in the 1974–75 season, a [[List A cricket|List A]] competition. They competed in the tournament until it was dissolved after the 2002–03 season, but full results for the trophy are not recorded.<ref name="ListA">{{Cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Teams/4/4754/Womens_List_A_Matches.html |title=Women's List A Matches Played by North Zone Women |access-date=29 July 2021|publisher=CricketArchive}}</ref>

In 2007, North Zone began playing in the [[Inter Zone Women's One Day Competition]], which they competed in between the 2006–07 season until it ended after the 2013–14 season.<ref name="ListA"/> The side won the title once, in 2011–12, and were the only side to break [[Central Zone women's cricket team|Central Zone's]] winning streak, who won the other 7 titles. In 2011–12, North Zone topped the table with four wins from their four matches.<ref name="eleven">{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/15/Inter_Zone_Womens_One_Day_Competition_2011-12.html |title=Inter Zone Women's One Day Competition 2011/12 |work=CricketArchive |access-date=29 July 2021}}</ref>

In the 2014–15 season, the zonal teams began competing in a [[First-class cricket|two-day]] competition, the [[Senior Women's Cricket Inter Zonal Three Day Game|Inter Zone Women's Two Day Competition]]. The side finished 3rd in the [[2014–15 Senior Women's Cricket Inter Zonal Two Day Game|first season]] before finishing bottom the [[2015–16 Senior Women's Cricket Inter Zonal Three Day Game|following season]], when the tournament became a three-day competition.<ref name="fifteen">{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/24/Inter_Zone_Womens_Two_Day_Competition_2014-15.html |title=Inter Zone Women's Two Day Competition 2014/15 |work=CricketArchive |access-date=29 July 2021}}</ref><ref name="sixteen">{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/26/Inter_Zone_Womens_Three_Day_Competition_2015-16.html |title=Inter Zone Women's Three Day Competition 2015/16 |work=CricketArchive |access-date=29 July 2021}}</ref> They again finished third in [[2016–17 Senior Women's Cricket Inter Zonal Three Day Game|2016–17]], but did win their first match in the tournament, against [[South Zone women's cricket team|South Zone]].<ref name="seventeen">{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/31/Inter_Zone_Womens_Three_Day_Competition_2016-17.html |title=Inter Zone Women's Three Day Competition 2016/17 |work=CricketArchive |access-date=29 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/1074/1074024.html |title=North Zone Women v South Zone Women, 5, 6, 7 March 2017 |work=CricketArchive |access-date=29 July 2021}}</ref> In [[2017–18 Senior Women's Cricket Inter Zonal Three Day Game|2017–18]], North Zone won their first three-day title, breaking Central Zone's three season winning streak and topping the table with two wins from their four matches.<ref name="eighteen">{{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=29 July 2021}}</ref>

==Players==
===Current squad===
Based on appearances in the 2017/18 season. Players in '''bold''' have international caps.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Teams/4/4754/Players.html|title=North Zone Women Players|access-date=25 July 2021|publisher=CricketArchive}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;
|-
! Name
! Nationality
! Birth date
! Batting style
! Bowling style
! Domestic team
! Notes
|-
! colspan="7" style="background:#dcdcdc" text-align:centre;"| Batters
|-
| Neena Choudhary || style="text-align:center"| {{crw|India}} || {{Birth date and age|1991|3|24|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[off spin|off break]] || [[Himachal Pradesh women's cricket team|Himachal Pradesh]] ||
|-
| '''[[Latika Kumari]]''' || style="text-align:center"| {{crw|India}} || {{Birth date and age|1982|1|5|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[Fast bowling|medium]] || [[Puducherry women's cricket team|Puducherry]] ||
|-
| '''[[Priya Punia]]''' || style="text-align:center"| {{crw|India}} || {{Birth date and age|1996|8|6|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[Fast bowling|medium]] || [[Delhi women's cricket team|Delhi]] ||
|-
! colspan="7" style="background:#dcdcdc" text-align:centre;"| All-rounders
|-
| '''[[Harleen Deol]]''' || style="text-align:center"| {{crw|India}} || {{Birth date and age|1998|6|21|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[off spin|off break]] || [[Himachal Pradesh women's cricket team|Himachal Pradesh]] ||
|-
| [[Mandeep Kaur (cricketer)|Mandeep Kaur]] || style="text-align:center"| {{crw|India}} || {{Birth date and age|1988|9|8|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[off spin|off break]] || [[Delhi women's cricket team|Delhi]] ||
|-
| '''[[Reema Malhotra]]''' || style="text-align:center"| {{crw|India}} || {{Birth date and age|1980|10|17|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[leg spin|leg break]] || [[Delhi women's cricket team|Delhi]] || [[Captain (cricket)|Captain]]
|-
| '''[[Sneh Rana (cricketer)|Sneh Rana]]''' || style="text-align:center"| {{crw|India}} || {{Birth date and age|1994|2|18|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[off spin|off break]] || [[Railways women's cricket team|Railways]] ||
|-
| '''[[Neha Tanwar]]''' || style="text-align:center"| {{crw|India}} || {{Birth date and age|1986|8|11|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[off spin|off break]] || [[Delhi women's cricket team|Delhi]] ||
|-
! colspan="7" style="background:#dcdcdc" text-align:centre;"| Wicket-keepers
|-
| Sonia Khatri || style="text-align:center"| {{crw|India}} || {{Birth date and age|1993|12|4|df=y}} || Right-handed || – || [[Haryana women's cricket team|Haryana]] ||
|-
! colspan="7" style="background:#dcdcdc" text-align:centre;"| Bowlers
|-
| Anisha Ansari || style="text-align:center"| {{crw|India}} || {{Birth date and age|1993|9|30|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[Fast bowling|medium]] || [[Himachal Pradesh women's cricket team|Himachal Pradesh]] ||
|-
| '''[[Preeti Bose]]''' || style="text-align:center"| {{crw|India}} || {{Birth date and age|1990|4|20|df=y}} || Right-handed || [[Left-arm orthodox spin|Slow left-arm orthodox]] || [[Haryana women's cricket team|Haryana]] ||
|-
| Tanuja Kanwar || style="text-align:center"| {{crw|India}} || {{Birth date and age|1998|1|28|df=y}} || Left-handed || Left-arm [[Fast bowling|medium]] || [[Himachal Pradesh women's cricket team|Himachal Pradesh]] ||
|-
| '''[[Renuka Singh (cricketer)|Renuka Singh]]''' || style="text-align:center"| {{crw|India}} || {{Birth date and age|1996|1|2|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[Fast bowling|medium]] || [[Himachal Pradesh women's cricket team|Himachal Pradesh]] ||
|}

==Seasons==
===Inter Zone Women's Three Day Competition===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Season
! scope="col" colspan="9" | League standings<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Teams/4/4754/Womens_First-Class_Matches.html |title=Women's First-Class Matches Played by North Zone Women |accessdate=29 July 2021}}</ref>
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Notes
|-
! scope="col" | {{abbr|P|Played}}
! scope="col" | {{abbr|W|Won}}
! scope="col" | {{abbr|L|Lost}}
! scope="col" | {{abbr|DWF|Drawn (won on first innings)}}
! scope="col" | {{abbr|DLF|Drawn (lost on first innings)}}
! scope="col" | {{abbr|ND|Drawn (no decision on first innings)}}
! scope="col" | {{abbr|BP|Bonus Points}}
! scope="col" | {{abbr|Pts|Points}}
! scope="col" | {{abbr|Pos|Position}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[2014–15 Senior Women's Cricket Inter Zonal Two Day Game|2014–15]]
| 4 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 6 || 3rd
| style="background: white;" |
|-
! scope="row" | [[2015–16 Senior Women's Cricket Inter Zonal Three Day Game|2015–16]]
| 4 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 5th
| style="background: white;" |
|-
! scope="row" | [[2016–17 Senior Women's Cricket Inter Zonal Three Day Game|2016–17]]
| 4 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 9 || 3rd
| style="background: white;" |
|-
! scope="row" | [[2017–18 Senior Women's Cricket Inter Zonal Three Day Game|2017–18]]
| 4 || 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 19 || 1st
| style="background: gold;" | Champions
|}

==Honours==
* '''[[Inter Zone Women's One Day Competition]]:'''
** '''Winners (1):''' 2011–12
* '''[[Senior Women's Cricket Inter Zonal Three Day Game]]:'''
** '''Winners (1):''' [[2017–18 Senior Women's Cricket Inter Zonal Three Day Game|2017–18]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Teams/4/4754/4754.html North Zone at CricketArchive]

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

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