TheNorth West women's cricket team, also known asNorth West Dragons, is the women's representativecricket team for theSouth African province ofNorth West. They compete in theCSA Women's One-Day Cup and theCSA Women's T20 Challenge.^[1]

North West Women first played in the 1996–97 season, appearing in theWomen's Inter-Provincial Tournament. They have competed in the provincial one-day tournament ever since.^[1] They finished as runners-up in the 1998–99 tournament, losing in the final toNortherns.^[2] They joined theCSA Women's Provincial T20 Competition for its inaugural year in 2012–13.^[1]

They won their first one-day title in2016–17, beatingGauteng in the final, whereLizelle Lee scored 84 and took 4/20 from 4.3 overs.^[3] They won their second title two seasons later, in2018–19, this time beatingWestern Province in the final.^[4] That season they completed the double by winning theirfirst T20 title, going unbeaten in the tournament.^[5] The following season,2019–20, they retained their one-day title, by virtue of topping the group on average points when the season was curtailed due to theCOVID-19 pandemic.^[6] When theT20 Competition was similarly curtailed, North West ended as runners-up.^[7] In 2021–22, they claimed their fourth one-day title, winning the Top 6 league of theWomen's Provincial Programme.^[8] However, in 2022–23, they finished bottom of the Top 6 league in theWomen's Provincial Programme, meaning they were relegated in both the 50-over and T20 tournaments.^[9]

Players who have played for North West and played internationally are listed below, in order of first international appearance (given in brackets):^[10]

• CSA Women's One-Day Cup:
  • Winners (4):2016–17,2018–19,2019–20 &2021–22
• CSA Women's T20 Challenge:
  • Winners (1):2018–19

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