The Women's Cricket Challenge Trophy, officially the Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Women's Cricket Challenge Trophy, was a women's domestic

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competition that took place in

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between 2011–12 and 2016–17. The tournament included both provincial and departmental teams, and took place alongside the

National Women's Cricket Championship The National Women's Cricket Championship, officially the Mohtarma Fatima Jinnah National Women's Cricket Championship, was a women's domestic one-day cricket competition that took place in Pakistan between 2004–05 and 2017. The tournament inc ...

Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited The Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited (ZTBL) (; ) is a Pakistani state-owned agricultural development bank headquartered in Islamabad. Founded in 1961 as ADBP, the bank was renamed in 2002 as Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited (ZTBL) and was subsequentl ...

were the most successful side in the history of the competition, winning four titles outright and sharing one title with Omar Associates.

History

The Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Women's Cricket Challenge Trophy began in the 2011–12 season, named after former Pakistan Prime Minister

Benazir Bhutto Benazir Bhutto (21 June 1953 – 27 December 2007) was a Pakistani politician who served as the 11th prime minister of Pakistan from 1988 to 1990, and again from 1993 to 1996. She was also the first woman elected to head a democratic governmen ...

. The tournament took place across three days in January 2012, in

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, with six teams competing in two groups of three.

won the tournament, beating

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in the final by 93 runs. The following season, 2012–13, saw the same two teams reach the final, and saw Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited again emerge victorious. The following tournament, 2014, saw just four teams competing in a round-robin group: Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited, Higher Education Commission, Omar Associates and Saif Sports Saga. Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited and Omar Associates reached the final, which was rained off after 11.2 overs. The title was therefore shared between the two sides. In 2015–16, the teams were joined by

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, who subsequently reached the final. There, they were beaten by Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited by 70 runs. In the final season of the tournament, 2016–17, four teams competed: Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited, State Bank of Pakistan, Higher Education Commission and a PCB XI. State Bank of Pakistan and Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited again reached the final, and Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited again emerged victorious, winning their fifth title. In 2018, the tournament was replaced by the Departmental T20 Women's Championship.

Teams

:''Note: The Omar Associates and Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited totals include one shared title.''

Results

Notes

References

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History

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Results

See also

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