Sahil Kothari at 12:12, 9 July 2023

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{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2017}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2017}}
{{Infobox cricket team
| name = South Zone
| image =
| colours =
| coach =
| captain = [[Gouher Sultana]]
| established = 1974
| ground =
| first_fc = [[Young England women's cricket team|Young England]]
| first_fc_year = 1981
| first_fc_venue = [[Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad|Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium]], [[Hyderabad]]
| title1 = [[Inter Zone Women's One Day Competition|IZOD]]
| title1wins = 0
| title2 = [[Senior Women's Cricket Inter Zonal Three Day Game|IZ3D]]
| title2wins = 0
| website =
}}
The '''South 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 six teams from southern India: [[Andhra women's cricket team|Andhra]], [[Goa women's cricket team|Goa]], [[Hyderabad women's cricket team|Hyderabad]], [[Karnataka women's cricket team|Karnataka]], [[Kerala women's cricket team|Kerala]] and [[Tamil Nadu women's cricket team|Tamil Nadu]]. 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]], and now compete in the Inter Zone Three Day Competition, where they finished as runners-up in the most recent tournament, [[2017–18 Senior Women's Cricket Inter Zonal Three Day Game|2017–18]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Teams/4/4768/4768.html |title=Team Profile: South Zone Women (India) |access-date=26 July 2021|publisher=CricketArchive}}</ref>

==History==
South 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/4/4768/Womens_List_A_Matches.html |title=Women's List A Matches Played by South Zone Women|access-date=29 July 2021|publisher=CricketArchive}}</ref>

In 2007, South 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"/> Their best finishes in the tournament came in 2006–07 and 2012–13, when they finished as runners-up.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/8/Inter_Zone_Womens_One_Day_Competition_2006-07.html |title=Inter Zone Women's One Day Competition 2006/07 |work=CricketArchive |access-date=29 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/18/Inter_Zone_Womens_One_Day_Competition_2012-13.html |title=Inter Zone Women's One Day Competition 2012/13 |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]]. In the [[2014–15 Senior Women's Cricket Inter Zonal Two Day Game|first season]], South Zone finished 4th out of the 5 teams with 6 points.<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> The following season, [[2015–16 Senior Women's Cricket Inter Zonal Three Day Game|2015–16]], the tournament became a three-day competition and South Zone finished 3rd, this time with 8 points.<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> In [[2016–17 Senior Women's Cricket Inter Zonal Three Day Game|2016–17]], the side finished bottom of the league, losing three of their four matches.<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> They bounced back the [[2017–18 Senior Women's Cricket Inter Zonal Three Day Game|following season]] however, taking their best finish in the competition as the came second, 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/4/4768/Players.html |title=South Zone Women (India) Players|access-date=26 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
|-
| Hima Bindhu || style="text-align:center"| {{crw|India}} || {{Birth date and age|1993|2|5|df=y}} || Left-handed || Right-arm [[Fast bowling|medium]] || [[Andhra women's cricket team|Andhra]] ||
|-
| Satish Shubha || style="text-align:center"| {{crw|India}} || {{Birth date and age|1999|7|13|df=y}} || Left-handed || Right-arm [[Fast bowling|medium]] || [[Karnataka women's cricket team|Karnataka]] ||
|-
| Himani Yadav || style="text-align:center"| {{crw|India}} || {{Birth date and age|1995|9|4|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[Fast bowling|medium]] || [[Hyderabad women's cricket team|Hyderabad]] ||
|-
! colspan="7" style="background:#dcdcdc" text-align:centre;"| All-rounders
|-
| Sobhana Asha || style="text-align:center"| {{crw|India}} || {{Birth date and age|1991|3|16|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[leg spin|leg break]] || [[Kerala women's cricket team|Kerala]] ||
|-
| '''[[Dayalan Hemalatha]]''' || style="text-align:center"| {{crw|India}} || {{Birth date and age|1994|9|29|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[off spin|off break]] || [[Tamil Nadu women's cricket team|Tamil Nadu]] ||
|-
| '''[[Sravanthi Naidu]]''' || style="text-align:center"| {{crw|India}} || {{Birth date and age|1986|8|23|df=y}} || Right-handed || [[Left-arm orthodox spin|Slow left-arm orthodox]] || [[Hyderabad women's cricket team|Hyderabad]] ||
|-
| Lakhmi Nethra || style="text-align:center"| {{crw|India}} || {{Birth date and age|1995|1|2|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[off spin|off break]] || [[Tamil Nadu women's cricket team|Tamil Nadu]] ||
|-
| '''[[Nagarajan Niranjana]]''' || style="text-align:center"| {{crw|India}} || {{Birth date and age|1988|10|9|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[Fast bowling|medium]] || [[Tamil Nadu women's cricket team|Tamil Nadu]] ||
|-
| Thayyil Shani || style="text-align:center"| {{crw|India}} || {{Birth date and age|1991|5|20|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[off spin|off break]] || [[Kerala women's cricket team|Kerala]] ||
|-
| Ananya Upendran || style="text-align:center"| {{crw|India}} || {{Birth date and age|1991|10|23|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[Fast bowling|medium]] || [[Hyderabad women's cricket team|Hyderabad]] ||
|-
| Sunanda Yetrekar || style="text-align:center"| {{crw|India}} || {{Birth date and age|1990|1|23|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[leg spin|leg break]] || [[Goa women's cricket team|Goa]] ||
|-
! colspan="7" style="background:#dcdcdc" text-align:centre;"| Wicket-keepers
|-
| Sanjana Batni || style="text-align:center"| {{crw|India}} || {{Birth date and age|1996|9|19|df=y}} || Left-handed || Left-arm [[Fast bowling|medium]] || [[Karnataka women's cricket team|Karnataka]] ||
|-
| Namita Ojha || style="text-align:center"| {{crw|India}} || {{Birth date and age|1987|4|3|df=y}} || Right-handed || – || [[Tamil Nadu women's cricket team|Tamil Nadu]] ||
|-
! colspan="7" style="background:#dcdcdc" text-align:centre;"| Bowlers
|-
| Nikita Malik || style="text-align:center"| {{crw|India}} || {{Birth date and age|1993|5|31|df=y}} || Right-handed || Unknown || [[Goa women's cricket team|Goa]] ||
|-
| '''[[Gouher Sultana]]''' || style="text-align:center"| {{crw|India}} || {{Birth date and age|1988|3|31|df=y}} || Right-handed || [[Left-arm orthodox spin|Slow left-arm orthodox]] || [[Hyderabad women's cricket team|Hyderabad]] || [[Captain (cricket)|Captain]]
|}

==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/4/4768/Womens_First-Class_Matches.html |title=Women's First-Class Matches Played by South 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 || 4th
| style="background: white;" |
|-
! scope="row" | [[2015–16 Senior Women's Cricket Inter Zonal Three Day Game|2015–16]]
| 4 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 8 || 3rd
| style="background: white;" |
|-
! scope="row" | [[2016–17 Senior Women's Cricket Inter Zonal Three Day Game|2016–17]]
| 4 || 0 || 3 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 5th
| style="background: white;" |
|-
! scope="row" | [[2017–18 Senior Women's Cricket Inter Zonal Three Day Game|2017–18]]
| 4 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 13 || 2nd
| style="background: white;" |
|}

==Honours==
* '''[[Inter Zone Women's One Day Competition]]:'''
** '''Winners (0):'''
** ''Best finish:'' Runners-up (2006–07 & 2012–13)
* '''[[Senior Women's Cricket Inter Zonal Three Day Game]]:'''
** '''Winners (0):'''
** ''Best finish:'' Runners-up ([[2017–18 Senior Women's Cricket Inter Zonal Three Day Game|2017–18]])

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Teams/4/4768/4768.html South Zone at CricketArchive]

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

[[Category:Indian women's first-class cricket teams]]

South Zone women's cricket team - Revision history

Sahil Kothari at 12:12, 9 July 2023

->Mpk662: Add infobox, history, seasons + honours sections; update current squad + lead