Bhutan women's national cricket team

Bhutan
Nickname(s)Lady Dragons
AssociationBhutan Cricket Council Board
International Cricket Council
ICC statusAssociate member[1] (2017)
Affiliate member (2001)
ICC regionAsia
ICC Rankings Current[2] Best-ever
T20I 55th 39th (6 Feb 2019)
International cricket
First internationalv  Qatar at Kuala Lumpur; 3 July 2009
T20 Internationals
First T20Iv  Hong Kong at Bangkok; 13 January 2019
Last T20Iv  Kuwait at Terdthai Cricket Ground, Bangkok; 16 May 2025
T20Is Played Won/Lost
Total[3] 34 8/26
(0 ties, 0 no result)
This year[4] 3 1/2
(0 ties, 0 no results)
As of 16 May 2025

The Bhutan women's national cricket team, nicknamed The Lady Dragons, represents Bhutan in international women's cricket. The team is organised by the Bhutan Cricket Council Board, which has been a member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) since 2001. The team made its international debut against Qatar in 2009.

History

Bhutan made its international debut at the 2009 ACC Women's Twenty20 Championship in Malaysia.[5] The team won its first match against Qatar (another international debutant) by 42 runs,[6] but lost its four other group-stage games.[7] However, in the ninth-place play-off against Oman, Bhutan won by 101 runs, and consequently finished the tournament ranked ninth out of twelve teams.[8] At the tournament's 2011 edition, Bhutan again won only a single group-stage game, against Oman, and were defeated by Kuwait in the seventh-place play-off.[9] The team returned to international competition at the 2013 ACC Women's Championship, where matches were played over 25 overs. In the group stage, Bhutan defeated both Malaysia and the United Arab Emirates, finished third.[10] They went on to narrowly defeat Iran in the fifth-place play-off.[11] Both Bhutan and Iran qualified for the 2014 ACC Women's Premier competition as a result of finishing in the top six teams.[12]

In April 2018, the ICC granted full Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between Bhutan women and another international side after 1 July 2018 will be a full WT20I.[13] Bhutan made her Twenty20 International debut in Bangkok on 12 January 2019 against Hong Kong at the 2019 Thailand Women's T20 Smash.[14]

In December 2020, the ICC announced the qualification pathway for the 2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup.[15] The Bhutan women's team made their debut at an ICC women's event when they played in the 2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier group.[16]

Tournament history

ICC Women's World Cup

World Cup record
Year Round Position GP W L T NR
1973 Did not qualify/No women's ODI status
1978
1982
1988
1993
1997
2000
2005
2009
2013
2017
2022
2025 Did not qualify
Total 0/12 0 Titles 0 0 0 0 0

ICC Women's World T20

Twenty20 World Cup Record
Year Round Position GP W L T NR
2009 Did not qualify
2010
2012
2014
2016
2018
2020
2023
2024
2026 Did not qualify
Total 0/8 0 Titles 0 0 0 0 0

ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier

ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier record
Year Round Position GP W L T NR
2013 Did not qualify
2015
2018
2019
2022
2024
2026 Did not qualify
Total 0/6 0 Titles 0 0 0 0 0

ICC Women's World Twenty20 Asia Qualifier

ICC Women's World Twenty20 Asia Qualifier record
Year Round Position GP W L T NR
2017 Did not participate
2019
2021 Group stages – 5 1 4 0 0
2023 Group stages – 5 1 3 0 1
2025 Group stages – 4 1 2 0 1
Total 3/4 0 Titles 14 3 9 0 2

ACC Women's Asia Cup

Women's Asia Cup Record
Year Round Position GP W L T NR
2004 Did not enter (ODI format)
2005-06
2006
2008
2012 Did not qualify yet in the tournament
2016
2018
2022
2024
Total 0/9 0 Titles 0 0 0 0 0

ACC Women's Premier Cup

ACC Women's Premier Cup record
Year Round Position GP W L T NR
2024 Group stages – 3 1 2 0 0
Total 1/1 0 Titles 3 1 2 0 0

ACC Women's T20 Championship

ACC Women's T20 Championship record
Year Round Position GP W L T NR
2009 Group stages 9/12 6 2 4 0 0
2011 Group stages 8/10 5 1 4 0 0
2013 Group stages 5/11 5 3 2 0 0
2022 Group stages – 4 1 3 0 0
Total 4/4 0 Titles 20 7 13 0 0

Records and statistics

International Match Summary — Bhutan Women[17]

Last updated 16 May 2025

Playing Record
Format M W L T NR Inaugural Match
Twenty20 Internationals 34 8 26 0 0 26 April 2019

Twenty20 International

T20I record versus other nations[17]

Records complete to T20I #2296. Last updated 16 May 2025.

Opponent M W L T NR First match First win
ICC Associate members
 Bahrain 1 1 0 0 0 22 June 2022 22 June 2022
 Hong Kong 4 0 4 0 0 13 January 2019
 Indonesia 4 1 3 0 0 14 January 2019 7 July 2024
 Kuwait 4 2 2 0 0 22 November 2021 22 November 2021
 Malaysia 2 0 2 0 0 28 November 2021
 Maldives 1 1 0 0 0 10 February 2024 10 February 2024
 Myanmar 6 0 6 0 0 15 January 2019
   Nepal 4 0 4 0 0 23 November 2021
 Qatar 1 1 0 0 0 1 September 2023 1 September 2023
 Singapore 3 2 1 0 0 3 July 2024 3 July 2024
 Thailand 2 0 2 0 0 16 January 2019
 United Arab Emirates 2 0 2 0 0 25 November 2021

See also

References

  1. ^ "Ireland and Afghanistan ICC newest full members amid wide-ranging governance reform". International Cricket Council. 22 June 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  2. ^ "ICC Rankings". International Cricket Council.
  3. ^ "WT20I matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  4. ^ "WT20I matches - 2025 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  5. ^ Other women's matches played by Kuwait Archived 20 December 2016 at the Wayback Machine – CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
  6. ^ Bhutan Women v Qatar Women, Asian Cricket Council Women's Twenty20 Championship 2009 (Group A) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
  7. ^ Table: Asian Cricket Council Women's Twenty20 Championship 2009 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
  8. ^ Bhutan Women v Oman Women, Asian Cricket Council Women's Twenty20 Championship 2009 (9th Place Play-off) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
  9. ^ Kuwait Women v Bhutan Women, Asian Cricket Council Women's Twenty20 Championship 2010/11 (7th Place Play-off)] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
  10. ^ Table: Asian Cricket Council Women's Championship 2012/13 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
  11. ^ Bhutan Women v Iran Women, Asian Cricket Council Women's Championship 2012/13 (5th Place Play-off) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
  12. ^ Table: Asian Cricket Council Women's Premier 2013/14 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
  13. ^ "All T20I matches to get international status". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
  14. ^ "Bhutan Women Cricket Team 2021 Schedules, Fixtures & Results, Time Table, Matches and upcoming series".
  15. ^ "Qualification for ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2023 announced". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  16. ^ "ICC announce qualification process for 2023 Women's T20 World Cup". The Cricketer. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  17. ^ a b "Records / Bhutan Women / Twenty20 Internationals / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo.
  18. ^ "Bhutan Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Highest Totals". Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  19. ^ "Bhutan Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / High Scores". Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  20. ^ "Bhutan Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Best Bowling Figures in an Innings". Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
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