Rwanda women's national cricket team
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| Association | Rwanda Cricket Association | |||||||||
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| Captain | Marie Bimenyimana | |||||||||
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| International Cricket Council | ||||||||||
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| Women's Twenty20 Internationals | ||||||||||
| First WT20I |  Nigeria at National Stadium, Abuja; 26 January 2019 | |||||||||
| Last WT20I |  Zimbabwe at Botswana Cricket Association Oval, Gaborone; 16 September 2021 | |||||||||
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| As of 23 September 2021 | ||||||||||
The Rwanda women's national cricket team is the team that represents Rwanda in international women's cricket.
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 Rwanda women and other ICC members since 1 July 2018 have been full WT20Is.[4][5]
On 26 January 2019, Rwanda played their first WT20I against Nigeria which was first WT20I for Nigeria as well. It was a 5-match WT20I series between these two countries which was won by Nigeria by 3-2.[6]
In December 2020, the ICC announced the qualification pathway for the 2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup.[7] Rwanda were named in the 2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier regional group, alongside ten other teams.[8]
History[]
They participated in different African regional games
Out of the 6 awards, they was an award for 100% cricket female participation programme of the year and associate member women's performance of the year[9] which highlighted the development of women’s cricket in Rwanda
in 2018 women's team started the programme in partnership with Cricket builds hope which was reorganized globally
It is a wonderful programme that helps young women that live around the Gahanga Cricket Stadium to attain skills both in leadership and business management.[10]
Records and statistics[]
International Match Summary — Rwanda Women[11]
Last updated 16 September 2021
| Playing Record | ||||||
| Format | M | W | L | T | NR | Inaugural Match |
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| Twenty20 Internationals | 31 | 14 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 26 January 2019 |
Twenty20 International[]
- Highest team total: 246/1 v Mali, 21 June 2019, at Gahanga International Cricket Stadium.[12]
- Highest individual score: 114*, Marie Bimenyimana v Mali, 21 June 2019, at Gahanga International Cricket Stadium, Kigali and Gisele Ishimwe v Eswatini, 12 September 2021, at Botswana Cricket Association Oval, Gaborone.[13]
- Best individual bowling figures: 4/0, Margueritte Vumiliya v Eswatini, 12 September 2021, at Botswana Cricket Association Oval, Gaborone.[14]
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Most T20I runs for Rwanda Women[15]
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Most T20I wickets for Rwanda Women[16]
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Records complete to WT20I #972. Last updated 16 September 2021.
| Opponent | M | W | L | T | NR | First match | First win |
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| ICC Full members | |||||||
| Zimbabwe
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2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 May 2019 | |
| ICC Associate members | |||||||
 Botswana
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 June 2021 | 6 June 2021 |
 Eswatini
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1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 September 2021 | 12 September 2021 |
 Kenya
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2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 June 2021 | |
 Mali
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 June 2019 | 18 June 2019 |
 Mozambique
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 May 2019 | 8 May 2019 |
 Namibia
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1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 June 2021 | |
| Nigeria
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13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 26 January 2019 | 28 January 2019 |
 Tanzania
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4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 May 2019 | |
 Uganda
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2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19 June 2019 | |
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "ICC Rankings". International Cricket Council.
- ^ "WT20I matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ "WT20I matches - 2021 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ "All T20I matches to get international status". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
- ^ "T20s between all ICC members to have international status". ESPNcricinfo. 27 April 2018. Archived from the original on 16 November 2018. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
- ^ "Rwanda Women tour of Nigeria 2018/19 - Fixtures & Results". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Cricket, Team Female (28 July 2020). "100% Cricket Female Participation Programme Of the Year award goes to Rwanda Cricket". Female Cricket. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
- ^ Cricket, Team Female (5 September 2019). "Rwanda Women takes 1-0 lead as the second game ends in a tie against Nigeria Women". Female Cricket. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
- ^ "Records / Rwanda Women / Twenty20 Internationals / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ "Records / Rwanda Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Highest totals". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
- ^ "Records / Rwanda Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Top Scores". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
- ^ "Records / Rwanda Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Best Bowling figures". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
- ^ "Records / Rwanda Women / Twenty20 Internationals / Most runs". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
- ^ "Records / Rwanda Women / Twenty20 Internationals / Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
- Rwanda in international cricket
- Women's national cricket teams
- Women's national sports teams of Rwanda