Inter State Women's Competition

The Inter State Women's Competition was as Indian women's cricket first-class domestic competition organised by the Board of Control for Cricket in India. The competition took place twice, in 2007–08 and 2008–09, with teams competing in two-day matches across five zonal divisions before a knockout stage. Railways were the most successful team in the competition, winning both tournaments.[1][2]

This article is about the first-class inter-state women's cricket competition that took place in 2007–08 and 2008–09. For the ongoing inter-state one-day competition, see Senior Women's One Day League.

Inter State Women's Competition
Countries India
AdministratorBCCI
FormatFirst-class (2-day matches)
First edition2007–08
Latest edition2008–09
Tournament formatRound-robin and knockouts
Number of teams28
Most successfulRailways (2 titles)

The tournament ran alongside the Senior Women's One Day League in 2007–08 and both the One Day League and the Senior Women's T20 League in 2008–09, before the tournament was discontinued in favour of the other two formats. Women's first-class cricket was revived in India in 2014–15, with the Senior Women's Cricket Inter Zonal Three Day Game.[3]

Competition format

Teams in the Inter State Women's Competition were divided into five zonal groups, playing each other once in a round-robin format. The top two in each group progressed to the knockout stages. The top team from each group, and the best second-placed team, progressed straight to the quarter-finals whilst the other four second-placed teams played-off in the pre-quarter finals.[1][2]

Matches were played using a two-day format, with the first innings limited to 90 overs per side. 5 points were awarded for a win, and 3 points awarded for a first innings lead in a drawn match. In the knockout stages, if a match was drawn the side that lead on first innings progressed to the next stage.[4][5]

Teams
Central Zone Madhya Pradesh Railways Rajasthan Uttar Pradesh Vidarbha
East Zone Assam Bengal Jharkhand Manipur[lower-alpha 1] Odisha Sikkim Tripura
North Zone Delhi Haryana Himachal Pradesh Jammu and Kashmir Punjab
South Zone Andhra Goa Hyderabad Karnataka Kerala Tamil Nadu
West Zone Baroda Gujarat Maharashtra Mumbai Saurashtra

Seasons

2007–08

The tournament began in the 2007–08 season, taking place from 10 September to 2 December 2007. Railways were the inaugural winners of the tournament, beating Maharashtra in the final on first innings lead.[6] The knockout stages were as follows:[1]

Pre-Quarter-finals Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
C2 Madhya Pradesh 207/9
S2 Tamil Nadu 147 C2 Madhya Pradesh 136 & 40/5
W1 Maharashtra 136
N1 Delhi 161
W1 Maharashtra 188/7
N1 Delhi 294/9
E1 Bengal 277
W1 Maharashtra 234
N2 Punjab 343/4 C1 Railways 296/3
E2 Odisha 107 C1 Railways 384/2
N2 Punjab 208
C1 Railways 436/5
S1 Karnataka 60 & 108/6
W2 Mumbai 151 & 45/1
S1 Karnataka 163/7

2008–09

The second edition of the tournament took place from 1 January to 14 February 2009. Railways retained their title, beating Madhya Pradesh in the final on first innings lead.[7] The knockout stages were as follows:[2]

Pre-Quarter-finals Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
N1 Delhi 144 & 78/2
W2 Mumbai 96 C1 Railways 166 & 58/3
N1 Delhi 130
C1 Railways 303/8d
S2 Karnataka 209
E1 Bengal 135
S2 Karnataka 136/7
C2 Madhya Pradesh 174
C2 Madhya Pradesh 217/7d & 35 C1 Railways 189/5
N2 Himachal Pradesh 73 & 68 C2 Madhya Pradesh 223
W1 Maharashtra 163
C2 Madhya Pradesh 128 & 32/1
E2 Jharkhand 79
E2 Jharkhand 142 & 48/3
S1 Hyderabad 132

Tournament results
Season Winner Runner up Leading run-scorer Leading wicket-taker Refs
2007–08 Railways Maharashtra Mithali Raj (Railways) 950 Swaroopa Kadam (Maharashtra) 34 [1][8][9]
2008–09 Railways Madhya Pradesh Arpita Ghosh (Bengal) 486 Reema Malhotra (Delhi) 30 [2][10][11]

Notes
  1. Manipur only competed in the 2008–09 season.

References
  1. "Inter State Women's Competition 2007/08". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  2. "Inter State Women's Competition 2008/09". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  3. "Tournaments in India". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  4. "Inter State Women's Competition 2007/08 Table". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  5. "Inter State Women's Competition 2008/09 Table". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  6. "Maharashtra Women v Railways Women, 1, 2 December 2007". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  7. "Madhya Pradesh Women v Railways Women, 14, 15 February 2009". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  8. "Batting and Fielding in Inter State Women's Competition 2007/08 (Ordered by Runs)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  9. "Bowling in Inter State Women's Competition 2007/08 (Ordered by Wickets)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  10. "Batting and Fielding in Inter State Women's Competition 2008/09 (Ordered by Runs)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  11. "Bowling in Inter State Women's Competition 2008/09 (Ordered by Wickets)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
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