Fifty50 Challenge

The Fifty50 Challenge is a women's domestic one-day cricket competition organised by Zimbabwe Cricket. The competition began in the 2020–21 season, and sees four teams competing in 50-over matches.

Fifty50 Challenge
Countries Zimbabwe
AdministratorZimbabwe Cricket
FormatLimited overs cricket (50 overs per side)
First edition2020–21
Latest edition2021–22
Tournament formatDouble round-robin and final
Number of teams4
Current championEagles (1st title)
Most successfulEagles (1 title)

Eagles are the current holders, winning their first title in 2021–22. The competition runs alongside the Women's T20 Cup.

History

The tournament began in October 2020, running alongside the Women's T20 Cup. The inception of the tournament was described by its founders, Zimbabwe Cricket, as "historic", becoming the first domestic women's competition to be played in Zimbabwe since the 2008–09 Inter-Provincial Tournament, which was the only previous such tournament.[1][2]

The tournament saw four teams, Eagles, Mountaineers, Rhinos and Tuskers compete in a double round-robin group stage, with the top two sides qualifying for the final. Mountaineers won the group on Net Run Rate, and went on to beat Rhinos in the final to become the inaugural winners of the competition.[3][4]

The second edition of the tournament began in February 2022, with the same format and teams competing.[5] Eagles won the tournament to claim their first one-day title, beating Rhinos by 167 runs in the final.[6]

Teams
TeamWinsRunners-up
Eagles
1
0
Mountaineers
1
0
Rhinos
0
2
Tuskers
0
0

Results
Season Winner Runner-up Leading run-scorer Leading wicket-taker Ref
2020–21 Mountaineers Rhinos Josephine Nkomo (Rhinos) 294 Francesca Chipare (Mountaineers) 19 [3][7][8]
2021–22 Eagles Rhinos Josephine Nkomo (Rhinos) 268 Michelle Mavunga (Eagles) 15 [9][10][11]

See also

References
  1. "Women's one-day and T20 tournaments get underway". Zimbabwe Cricket. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  2. "Zimbabwe Women's Inter-Provincial Tournament 2008/09". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  3. "Fifty50 Challenge 2020/21". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  4. "Mountaineers Women lift Fifty50 Challenge trophy". Zimbabwe Cricket. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  5. "Fifty50 Challenge gets women's domestic season underway". Zimbabwe Cricket. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  6. "Eagles Women lift 2021/22 Fifty50 Challenge trophy". Zimbabwe Cricket. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  7. "Batting and Fielding in Fifty50 Challenge 2020/21 (Ordered by Runs)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  8. "Bowling in Fifty50 Challenge 2020/21 (Ordered by Wickets)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  9. "Fifty50 Challenge 2021/22". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  10. "Records/Zimbabwe Cricket Women's Fifty50 Challenge 2021/22/Most Runs". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  11. "Records/Zimbabwe Cricket Women's Fifty50 Challenge 2021/22/Most Wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
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