Nigeria women's national cricket team

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Nigeria
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AssociationNigeria Cricket Federation
Personnel
CaptainSamantha Agazuma
International Cricket Council
ICC statusAssociate member (2002)
ICC regionAfrica
ICC Rankings Current[1] Best-ever
WT20I 38th 36th (6-February-2019)
Women's international cricket
First internationalv  Kenya at Kampala; 16 Dec 2011
Women's Twenty20 Internationals
First WT20Iv  Rwanda at National Stadium, Abuja; 26 Jan 2019
Last WT20Iv  Cameroon at Botswana Cricket Association Oval, Gaborone; 13 September 2021
WT20Is Played Won/Lost
Total[2] 24 9/14
(1 tie, 0 no result)
This year[3] 10 3/7
(0 ties, 0 no result)
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
Twenty20 Internationals 24 9 14 1 0 26 January 2019

Twenty20 International[]

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
ICC Full members
 Zimbabwe 1 0 1 0 0 11 May 2019
ICC Associate members
 Botswana 1 1 0 0 0 10 June 2021 10 June 2021
 Cameroon 1 1 0 0 0 13 September 2021 13 September 2021
 Kenya 1 0 1 0 0 8 June 2021
 Mozambique 1 1 0 0 0 6 May 2019 6 May 2019
 Namibia 3 0 3 0 0 6 June 2021
 Rwanda 13 5 7 1 0 26 January 2019 26 January 2019
 Sierra Leone 1 1 0 0 0 9 September 2021 9 September 2021
 Tanzania 1 0 1 0 0 8 May 2019
 Uganda 1 0 1 0 0 11 September 2021

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "ICC Rankings". International Cricket Council.
  2. ^ "WT20I matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  3. ^ "WT20I matches - 2021 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  4. ^ Other women's matches played by Nigeria Archived 2 April 2016 at the Wayback Machine – CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
  5. ^ Kenya Women v Nigeria Women, Pepsi ICC Africa Women's T20 Tournament 2011/12 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
  6. ^ Nigeria Women v Sierra Leone Women, Pepsi ICC Africa Women's T20 Tournament 2011/12 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
  7. ^ Table: Pepsi ICC Africa Women's T20 Tournament 2011/12 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
  8. ^ (18 August 2015). "Nigerian women beat hosts Tanzania at International Women’s Cricket Championship" – Vanguard. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
  9. ^ "All T20I matches to get international status". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
  10. ^ http://www.espncricinfo.com/cricket/scores/series/19126/rwanda-w-in-nigeria-t20i-2018-19?type=others
  11. ^ "Qualification for ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2023 announced". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  12. ^ "ICC announce qualification process for 2023 Women's T20 World Cup". The Cricketer. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  13. ^ Jump up to: a b "Records / Nigeria Women / Twenty20 Internationals / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo.
  14. ^ "Records / Nigeria Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Highest totals". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  15. ^ "Records / Nigeria Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Top Scores". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  16. ^ "Records / Nigeria Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Best Bowling figures". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  17. ^ "Records / Nigeria Women / Twenty20 Internationals / Most runs". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  18. ^ "Records / Nigeria Women / Twenty20 Internationals / Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
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