The Higher Education Commission women's cricket team is a Pakistani women's cricket team, sponsored by the Higher Education Commission, who play domestic cricket in Pakistan. They competed in the National Women's Cricket Championship, the Women's Cricket Challenge Trophy and the Departmental T20 Women's Championship between 2011âÂÂ12 and 2018âÂÂ19.
Higher Education Commission first played in the 2011âÂÂ12 season, in the National Women's Cricket Championship. They reached the final of this one-day cricket competition in their first season, but lost to Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited by 181 runs. They went on to reach the final of the competition twice more, in 2015 and 2017, as well as finishing second in the final league stage in 2012âÂÂ13. Each time, however, they again lost out to Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited.
They also competed in two Twenty20 competitions, the Women's Cricket Challenge Trophy between 2014 and 2016âÂÂ17 and the Departmental T20 Women's Championship in 2018 and 2018âÂÂ19. Each time, they finished fourth in the initial group stage of the competitions, winning just two matches across the five seasons.
The players who have played for the Higher Education Commission and also for Pakistan internationally are listed below, in order of first international appearance (given in brackets):