Kenya women's national cricket team

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.

Kenya
Flag of Kenya
Personnel
CaptainMargaret Ngoche
CoachLameck Ngoche
International Cricket Council
ICC Rankings Current[1] Best-ever
WT20I 22nd 16th (11-Oct-2018)
Women's international cricket
First internationalv  Uganda; January 2006
Women's Twenty20 Internationals
First WT20Iv  Zimbabwe at Lugogo Cricket Oval, Kampala; 6 April 2019
Last WT20Iv  Botswana at Botswana Cricket Association Oval, Gaborone; 6 December 2019
WT20Is Played Won/Lost
Total[2] 11 5/6
(0 ties, 0 no result)
This year[3] 0 0/0
(0 ties, 0 no result)
As of 4 October 2020

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 Africa Cricket Championships 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 2016 ICC Africa Women's World Twenty20 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]

Current squad

These are the players who played in 2016 ICC Africa Women's World Twenty20:[9]

  • Sylvia Kinyua (Captain)
  • Sarah Bhakita
  • Margaret Banja
  • Mary Bele
  • Mercyline Adhiambo
  • Mary Wambui
  • Daisy Wairimu
  • Ruth Mwihaki
  • Edith Wanjiru
  • Queentor Aoko
  • Venesa Adhiambo
  • Ruth Ambiyo
  • Esther Wangare
  • Sharon Juma

Records and statistics

International Match Summary — Kenya Women[10]

Last updated 7 December 2019

Playing Record
FormatMWLTNRInaugural Match
Twenty20 Internationals1156006 April 2019

Twenty20 International

WT20I record versus other nations[10]

Records complete to WT20I #809. Last updated 6 December 2019.

Opponent M W L T NR First Match First Win
ICC Full members
 Zimbabwe 101006 April 2019
ICC Associate members
 Botswana 541002 December 20192 December 2019
 Namibia 101005 May 2019
 Sierra Leone 110006 May 20196 May 2019
 Uganda 303006 April 2019

See also

References
  1. "ICC Rankings". International Cricket Council.
  2. "WT20I matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  3. "WT20I matches - 2021 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  4. African leg of World Cup Qualifiers
  5. "Zim steps up preps for ICC Africa Women's World T20 | The Chronicle". www.chronicle.co.zw. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
  6. Administrator. "Zimbabwe step up preps for ICC Africa Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier | Twenty-20". www.thesportscampus.com. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
  7. "All T20I matches to get international status". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
  8. "Zimbabwe Women beat Kenya Women by 6 runs - Kenya Women vs Zimbabwe Women, Victoria Tri Series, 1st Match Match Summary, Report | ESPNcricinfo.com". ESPNcricinfo.
  9. "Cricket Kenya News - Cricket Kenya announces squad for the Pepsi ICC Africa Region CWCQ Division 2 T20 qualifiers". www.cricketkenya.co.ke. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
  10. "Records / Kenya Women / Twenty20 Internationals / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo.
  11. "Records / Kenya Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Highest totals". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  12. "Records / Kenya Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Top Scores". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  13. "Records / Kenya Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Best Bowling figures". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  14. "Records / Kenya Women / Twenty20 Internationals / Most runs". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  15. "Records / Kenya Women / Twenty20 Internationals / Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 December 2019.


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