Zimbabwe Cricket Women's T20 Cup 2022/23

The Zimbabwe Cricket Women's T20 Cup serves as the premier domestic Twenty20 cricket competition for women in Zimbabwe. Organised by Zimbabwe Cricket, the tournament sits within the national domestic structure alongside the Zimbabwe Cricket Women's Provincial One-Day Competition. The event was inaugurated in the 2020/21 season, with the first officially recorded and documented edition being the 2021/22 season, which concluded in March 2022. The competition features four provincial franchises: Mountaineers Women, Rhinos Women, Eagles Women, and Tuskers Women. These teams represent the major cricketing provinces of Zimbabwe (Manicaland, Midlands, Mashonaland, and Matabeleland, respectively). Unlike club-based leagues with promotion and relegation, these are fixed provincial entities funded by the national board. The tournament format consists of a round-robin league stage followed by knockout semi-finals and a final. In the 2024 season, for example, the four teams played each other in a league phase, with the top teams advancing to the semi-finals. Matches are played in the T20 format (20 overs per side). Historical winners include Eagles Women, who won the inaugural 2021/22 edition by defeating Mountaineers Women in the final. Tuskers Women are the most recent confirmed champions, winning the 2024 tournament by defeating Zimbabwe Women Under-19s in the final. Data for the 2022/23 season is not clearly documented in available sources. The competition is distinct from the men's Zimbabwe Domestic Twenty20 (T20 Fiesta) primarily by gender, though both utilize the same provincial franchise structure. It is also distinct from the Women's Provincial One-Day Competition, which is a 50-over List A tournament featuring the same teams. The primary distinction for the reader is that this is a provincial franchise-based T20 competition, separate from any club-based domestic leagues. Southern Rocks Women, the fifth provincial franchise, participates in men's competitions and occasionally in women's formats but is not a consistent participant in the Women's T20 Cup, which typically features the four main provincial sides.