Kenya women's national cricket team
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Captain | Margaret Ngoche | |||||||||
Coach | Lameck Ngoche | |||||||||
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Women's international cricket | ||||||||||
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As of 23 January 2022 |
The Kenya national women's cricket team is the team that represents the country of Kenya in international women's cricket. Their first matches were in January 2006 when they played a triangular series against Kenya A and Uganda.
History[]
They played in the African regional qualifiers for the 2009 World Cup in December 2006 against Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe. They performed poorly in the tournament, finishing in last place. In December 2009,they won the Africa Women Championships under the captainship of Emily Ruto.
In 2008, Sarah Bhakita scored unbeaten 186 against Rwanda to emerge the second woman in the world to achieve the feat in an international match. The Kenya Lwomen's Cricket team also participated in the World Cup Qualifiers held in Nairobi in December 2010, missing an opportunity to represent the continent by negligible scores, having tied with Zimbabwe at second place. South Africa who won all their matches and Zimbabwe achieved that feat instead.[4]
In December 2011, the women' team represented the country in Kampala, Uganda at the annual finishing fourth after the winners Uganda, Tanzania and Namibia. the other participating countries were Nigeria and Sierra Leone.
In April 2016, the team played in to qualify for 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 in West Indies.[5][6]
In April 2018, the International Cricket Council (ICC) granted full Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between Kenya women and another international side after 1 July 2018 will be a full WT20I.[7] Kenya made its Twenty20 International debut on 6 April 2019 against Zimbabwe during the 2019 Victoria Tri-Series in Kampala, Uganda.[8]
Records and statistics[]
International Match Summary — Kenya Women[9]
Last updated 23 January 2022
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Format | M | W | L | T | NR | Inaugural Match |
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Twenty20 Internationals | 21 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 6 April 2019 |
Twenty20 International[]
- Highest team total: 170/4 v Sierra Leone, May 6, 2019, at Takashinga Cricket Club, Harare[10]
- Highest individual score: 73, Margaret Ngoche v Sierra Leone, May 6, 2019, at Takashinga Cricket Club, Harare[11]
- Best individual bowling figures: 6/16, v Namibia, June 12, 2021, at Gahanga International Cricket Stadium, Kigali[12]
Most T20I runs for Kenya Women[13]
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Most T20I wickets for Kenya Women[14]
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WT20I record versus other nations[9]
Records complete to WT20I #1024. Last updated 23 January 2022.
Opponent | M | W | L | T | NR | First Match | First Win | ||
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1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 January 2021 | |||
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1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 January 2021 | |||
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1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 April 2019 | |||
ICC Associate members | |||||||||
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6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 December 2019 | 2 December 2019 | ||
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1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 January 2022 | |||
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 May 2019 | 12 June 2021 | ||
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1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 June 2021 | 8 June 2021 | ||
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 June 2021 | 10 June 2021 | ||
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1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22 January 2022 | |||
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1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 May 2019 | 6 May 2019 | ||
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3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 April 2019 |
See also[]
- Kenyan men's cricket team
- List of Kenya women Twenty20 International cricketers
References[]
- ^ "ICC Rankings". International Cricket Council.
- ^ "WT20I matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ "WT20I matches - 2021 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ African leg of World Cup Qualifiers
- ^ "Zim steps up preps for ICC Africa Women's World T20 | The Chronicle". www.chronicle.co.zw. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
- ^ Administrator. "Zimbabwe step up preps for ICC Africa Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier | Twenty-20". www.thesportscampus.com. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
- ^ "All T20I matches to get international status". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
- ^ "Zimbabwe Women beat Kenya Women by 6 runs - Kenya Women vs Zimbabwe Women, Victoria Tri Series, 1st Match Match Summary, Report | ESPNcricinfo.com". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ a b "Records / Kenya Women / Twenty20 Internationals / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ "Records / Kenya Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Highest totals". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
- ^ "Records / Kenya Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Top Scores". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
- ^ "Records / Kenya Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Best Bowling figures". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
- ^ "Records / Kenya Women / Twenty20 Internationals / Most runs". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
- ^ "Records / Kenya Women / Twenty20 Internationals / Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
External links[]
- Women's national sports teams of Kenya
- Women's national cricket teams
- Kenya in international cricket
- Women's cricket in Kenya
- Kenyan sport stubs
- Cricket team stubs