Nigeria women's national cricket team
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Association | Nigeria Cricket Federation | |||||||||
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Captain | Samantha Agazuma | |||||||||
International Cricket Council | ||||||||||
ICC status | Associate member (2002) | |||||||||
ICC region | Africa | |||||||||
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Women's international cricket | ||||||||||
First international | v ![]() | |||||||||
Women's Twenty20 Internationals | ||||||||||
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Last WT20I | v ![]() | |||||||||
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As of 23 September 2021 |
The Nigeria women's national cricket team represents the country of Nigeria in international women's cricket. The team is organised by the Nigeria Cricket Federation, which has been a member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) since 2002.
History[]
Nigeria made its international debut at the in Uganda.[4] The team lost their first game, against Kenya, by ten wickets,[5] but rebounded to win their next match, against Sierra Leone, by six wickets.[6] They lost their remaining three matches (against Namibia, Tanzania, and Uganda), however, finishing fifth out of six teams overall.[7] Nigeria has not yet played in another Africa-wide tournament, but in August 2015 appeared in an invitation tournament in Dar-es-Salaam, which featured the Tanzanian national team and a team from India's Mumbai Cricket Association.[8]
In April 2018, the ICC granted full Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between Nigeria women and another international side since 1 July 2018 have been full WT20Is.[9] Nigeria made its Twenty20 International debut against Rwanda at Abuja on 26 January 2019. The teams played a five-game series with Nigeria winning by 3-2.[10]
In December 2020, the ICC announced the qualification pathway for the 2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup.[11] Nigeria were named in the 2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier regional group, alongside ten other teams.[12]
Records and statistics[]
International Match Summary — Nigeria Women[13]
Last updated 13 September 2021
Playing Record | ||||||
Format | M | W | L | T | NR | Inaugural Match |
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Twenty20 Internationals | 24 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 26 January 2019 |
Twenty20 International[]
- Highest team total: 112/3 v. Rwanda on 6 September 2019 at Gahanga International Cricket Stadium, Kigali. [14]
- Highest individual score: 50*, Blessing Etim v. Rwanda on 4 September 2019 at Gahanga International Cricket Stadium, Kigali. [15]
- Best individual bowling figures: 4/0, Blessing Etim v. Eswatini on 13 September 2021 at Botswana Cricket Association Oval 2, Gaborone. [16]
Most T20I runs for Nigeria Women[17]
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Most T20I wickets for Nigeria Women[18]
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T20I record versus other nations[13]
Records complete to WT20I #965. Last updated 13 September 2021.
Opponent | M | W | L | T | NR | First match | First win |
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1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 May 2019 | |
ICC Associate members | |||||||
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1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 June 2021 | 10 June 2021 |
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1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 September 2021 | 13 September 2021 |
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1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 June 2021 | |
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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 June 2021 | |
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13 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 26 January 2019 | 26 January 2019 |
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1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 September 2021 | 9 September 2021 |
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1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 May 2019 | |
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1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 September 2021 |
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "ICC Rankings". International Cricket Council.
- ^ "WT20I matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ "WT20I matches - 2021 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ Other women's matches played by Nigeria Archived 2 April 2016 at the Wayback Machine – CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
- ^ Kenya Women v Nigeria Women, Pepsi ICC Africa Women's T20 Tournament 2011/12 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
- ^ Nigeria Women v Sierra Leone Women, Pepsi ICC Africa Women's T20 Tournament 2011/12 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
- ^ Table: Pepsi ICC Africa Women's T20 Tournament 2011/12 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
- ^ (18 August 2015). "Nigerian women beat hosts Tanzania at International Women’s Cricket Championship" – Vanguard. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
- ^ "All T20I matches to get international status". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
- ^ http://www.espncricinfo.com/cricket/scores/series/19126/rwanda-w-in-nigeria-t20i-2018-19?type=others
- ^ "Qualification for ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2023 announced". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
- ^ "ICC announce qualification process for 2023 Women's T20 World Cup". The Cricketer. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Records / Nigeria Women / Twenty20 Internationals / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ "Records / Nigeria Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Highest totals". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
- ^ "Records / Nigeria Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Top Scores". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
- ^ "Records / Nigeria Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Best Bowling figures". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
- ^ "Records / Nigeria Women / Twenty20 Internationals / Most runs". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
- ^ "Records / Nigeria Women / Twenty20 Internationals / Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
- Cricket in Nigeria
- Women's national sports teams of Nigeria
- Women's national cricket teams
- Nigeria in international cricket