Cricket tournament
| Dates | 18 March – 5 April 2018 |
|---|---|
| Administrator(s) | BCCI |
| Cricket format | First-class |
| Tournament format(s) | Round-robin tournament |
| Host(s) |  India |
| Champions | North Zone (1st title) |
| Participants | 5 |
| Matches | 10 |
| Most runs | Thirush Kamini (353) |
| Most wickets | Preeti Bose (21) |
| ← 2016–17 | |
| 2017–18 Indian domestic cricket season |
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| Men |
| Women |
The 2017–18 Senior Women's Cricket Inter Zonal Three Day Game was the fourth season of India's Inter Zonal women's first-class competition. 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 format in three-day matches. All matches took place in Thiruvananthapuram. North Zone won the tournament and with it their first title.
Competition format
The five teams played in a round-robin league, therefore playing four matches. Matches were played using a three-day format.
The league worked on a points system with positions within the divisions being based on the total points. Points were awarded as follows:
Win: 6 points.
Tie: 3 points.
Loss: 0 points.
Drawn (lead after first innings): 3 points.
Drawn (trail after first innings): 1 point.
Drawn (no decision on first innings): 1 point.
Abandoned without a ball bowled: 1 point.
If points in the final table are equal, teams are separated by most wins, then net run rate.
Standings
| Team | Pld | W | L | DWF | DLF | ND | BP | Pts | NRR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Zone (C) | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | +0.185 |
| South Zone | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | –0.354 |
| West Zone | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | –0.445 |
| Central Zone | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | +0.729 |
| East Zone | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | –0.084 |
- Source: CricketArchive
Fixtures
Round 1
| 18 – 20 March 2018 Scorecard |
| East Zone | v | North Zone |
| 54 (36.1 overs) Mouchaity Debnath 22 (38) Renuka Singh 6/23 (12 overs) |
194 (93.5 overs) Priya Punia 73 (238) Devyani Prasad 3/43 (16.5 overs) | |
| 305/7 (131 overs) Madhusmita Behera 114 (312) Tanuja Kanwar 3/60 (36 overs) |
| Match drawn Greenfield International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram Umpires: M Ashwin Kumar and Mohit Krishnadas |
- East Zone won the toss and elected to bat.
- North Zone lead on first innings.
- Points: North Zone 3, East Zone 1.
| 18 – 20 March 2018 Scorecard |
| South Zone | v | West Zone |
| 203 (99.4 overs) Sobhana Asha 63 (162) Renuka Chaudhari 4/17 (21 overs) |
212 (101 overs) Shweta Jadhav 81 (148) Gouher Sultana 3/70 (34 overs) | |
| 89 (50.3 overs) Nagarajan Niranjana 26 (48) Renuka Chaudhari 3/8 (10.3 overs) |
82/0 (13 overs) Palak Patel 46* (46) |
| West Zone won by 10 wickets St Xavier's College Ground, Thiruvananthapuram Umpires: Sumit Bansal and Vikas Bhatt |
- South Zone won the toss and elected to bat.
- Points: West Zone 7, South Zone 0.
Round 2
| 22 – 24 March 2018 Scorecard |
| Central Zone | v | East Zone |
| 155 (58.5 overs) Punam Raut 55 (81) Devyani Prasad 4/27 (14 overs) |
248 (137 overs) Tanusree Sarkar 84 (227) Priti Yadav 3/42 (30 overs) | |
| 151/5 (60 overs) Shweta Bishnoi 48 (84) Sushree Dibyadarshini 2/17 (15 overs) |
| Match drawn Greenfield International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram Umpires: P Bhanuprakash and Nagaraj Ramesh |
- East Zone won the toss and elected to field.
- East Zone lead on first innings.
- Points: East Zone 3, Central Zone 1.
| 22 – 24 March 2018 Scorecard |
| South Zone | v | North Zone |
| 204 (93.3 overs) Sobhana Asha 55 (155) Tanuja Kanwar 3/52 (29 overs) |
218/9d (93.1 overs) Mandeep Kaur 65 (174) Nagarajan Niranjana 4/52 (18 overs) | |
| 96/4 (63 overs) Dayalan Hemalatha 31 (125) Harleen Deol 3/22 (17 overs) |
| Match drawn St Xavier's College Ground, Thiruvananthapuram Umpires: Bhanushali Ashish and Sandeep Vasudeo Chavan |
- South Zone won the toss and elected to bat.
- North Zone lead on first innings.
- Points: North Zone 3, South Zone 1.
Round 3
| 26 – 27 March 2018 Scorecard |
| West Zone | v | North Zone |
| 131 (63.4 overs) Palak Patel 32 (81) Preeti Bose 3/31 (19 overs) |
243 (85.5 overs) Neha Tanwar 82 (150) Renuka Chaudhari 4/60 (21.5 overs) | |
| 104 (63.4 overs) Shweta Jadhav 35 (131) Preeti Bose 5/26 (21.4 overs) |
| North Zone won by an innings and 8 runs St Xavier's College Ground, Thiruvananthapuram Umpires: Viswajith B and Ramachandran Kannan |
- North Zone won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: North Zone 7, West Zone 0.
| 26 – 28 March 2018 Scorecard |
| South Zone | v | Central Zone |
| 125 (59.3 overs) Dayalan Hemalatha 32 (62) Meghna Singh 3/20 (7.3 overs) |
100 (59.3 overs) Shweta Bishnoi 29 (80) Sravanthi Naidu 6/7 (14.3 overs) | |
| 154 (86 overs) Nagarajan Niranjana 47 (133) Shivangiraj Singh 4/42 (32 overs) |
74 (31.4 overs) Priti Yadav 19 (32) Nagarajan Niranjana 3/12 (6 overs) |
| South Zone won by 105 runs Greenfield International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram Umpires: Arun Kumar Basa and Vaibhav Mohan Dhokre |
- Central Zone won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: South Zone 6, Central Zone 0.
Round 4
| 30 March – 1 April 2018 Scorecard |
| Central Zone | v | North Zone |
| 140 (46.3 overs) Thirush Kamini 55 (110) Tanuja Kanwar 5/36 (13 overs) |
183 (107.1 overs) Renuka Singh 44 (64) Shivangiraj Singh 4/52 (42.1 overs) | |
| 92 (46.1 overs) Thirush Kamini 36 (111) Preeti Bose 7/32 (21.1 overs) |
50/1 (13.4 overs) Priya Punia 28* (35) Thirush Kamini 1/13 (2 overs) |
| North Zone won by 9 wickets Greenfield International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram Umpires: Piyush Khakhar and Chandrakant Mhase |
- North Zone won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: North Zone 6, Central Zone 0.
| 30 March – 1 April 2018 Scorecard |
| West Zone | v | East Zone |
| 190 (94.5 overs) Prajakta Shirwadkar 45 (166) Monika Das 7/23 (19.5 overs) |
106 (59.1 overs) Tanusree Sarkar 23 (63) Renuka Chaudhari 7/40 (23.1 overs) | |
| 140/8d (60 overs) Palak Patel 42 (102) Devyani Prasad 4/47 (17 overs) |
126/2 (42.2 overs) Tanusree Sarkar 61* (127) Shweta Haranhalli 1/19 (8 overs) |
| Match drawn St Xavier's College Ground, Thiruvananthapuram Umpires: Ajith Kumar and Rajeev Godara |
- East Zone won the toss and elected to field.
- West Zone lead on first innings.
- Points: West Zone 3, East Zone 1.
Round 5
| 3 – 5 April 2018 Scorecard |
| West Zone | v | Central Zone |
| 137 (80.4 overs) Binaisha Surti 42 (75) Shweta Bishnoi 4/31 (23.4 overs) |
183 (65.2 overs) Thirush Kamini 80 (158) Krutika Chaudhari 5/61 (22.2 overs) | |
| 188 (87.1 overs) Humaira Kazi 81* (118) Shivangiraj Singh 5/46 (32 overs) |
143/2 (26.5 overs) Thirush Kamini 91* (85) Krutika Chaudhari 2/40 (11 overs) |
| Central Zone won by 8 wickets St Xavier's College Ground, Thiruvananthapuram Umpires: Ajith Kumar and Sivakumar A |
- West Zone won the toss and elected to bat.
- Points: Central Zone 6, West Zone 0.
| 3 – 5 April 2018 Scorecard |
| South Zone | v | East Zone |
| 216 (111 overs) Lakhmi Nethra 65 (215) Saiqa Ishaque 4/49 (28 overs) |
99 (46.3 overs) Monika Das 23 (30) Gouher Sultana 7/36 (16.3 overs) | |
| 107/6d (42.4 overs) Lakhmi Nethra 71* (132) Sushree Dibyadarshini 2/26 (7 overs) |
105 (38 overs) Madhuri Mehta 50 (104) Ananya Upendran 3/16 (8 overs) |
| South Zone won by 119 runs Greenfield International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram Umpires: Rajeev Godara and Milind Pathak |
- East Zone won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: South Zone 6, East Zone 0.
References
- "senior-women's-cricket-inter-zonal-three-day-game-2017-18". www.bcci.tv.
- "senior-women's-cricket-inter-zonal-three-day-game-2017-18/fixtures". www.bcci.tv.
- "Inter Zone Women's Three Day Competition 2017/18". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
- ^ "Inter Zone Women's Three Day Competition 2017/18 Table". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
| Women's Inter Zonal Cricket in India | |
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| Inter Zonal Three Day Game | |
| Inter Zonal One Day | |
| Inter Zonal T20 | |
| Participating teams | |
| Defunct competitions | |