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Kenya women's national cricket team

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For the men's team, see Kenya national cricket team.

Kenya
Flag of Kenya
AssociationCricket Kenya
Personnel
CaptainEsther Wachira
CoachLameck Ngoche
International Cricket Council
ICC statusAssociate member (1981)
ICC regionAfrica
ICC Rankings Current[1] Best-ever
WT20I 24th 16th (11 Oct 2018)
Women's international cricket
First internationalv  Uganda; January 2006
Women's Twenty20 Internationals
First WT20Iv  Zimbabwe at Lugogo Stadium, Kampala; 6 April 2019
Last WT20Iv  Rwanda at Gahanga B Ground, Kigali; 2 November 2024
WT20Is Played Won/Lost
Total[2] 76 37/38
(1 tie, 0 no results)
This year[3] 20 9/11
(0 ties, 0 no results)
As of 2 November 2024

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

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Kenya 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 2008, Sarah Bhakita scored an unbeaten 186 against Rwanda to become the second woman in the world to achieve the feat in an international match. The 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 2009, they won the Africa Women Championships under the captainship of Emily Ruto.

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 the 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

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Updated on 17 June 2024.

This lists all the players who played for Kenya in the past 12 months or were named in the most recent squad.

Name Age Batting style Bowling style Notes
Batters
Venasa Ooko 26 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Veronica Abuga 23 Right-handed Right-arm off break
Mercy Sifuna 22 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Marion Juma 21 Right-handed Right-arm medium
All-rounders
Esther Wachira 25 Right-handed Right-arm medium Captain
Queentor Abel 27 Right-handed Right-arm off break
Mary Mwangi 29 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Kelvia Ogola 22 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Wicket-keepers
Charity Muthoni 24 Right-handed
Spin Bowler
Melvin Khagisota 18 Right-handed Right-arm off break Vice-captain
Judith Ajiambo 24 Right-handed Right-arm off break
Edith Waithaka 24 Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
Pace Bowlers
Lavendah Idambo 19 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Flavia Odhiambo 22 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Jemimah Ndanu 20 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Ann Wanjira 21 Right-handed Right-arm medium

Records and statistics

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International Match Summary — Kenya Women[9]

Last updated 2 November 2024

Playing Record
Format M W L T NR Inaugural Match
Twenty20 Internationals 76 37 38 1 0 6 April 2019

Twenty20 International

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WT20I record versus other nations[9]

Records complete to WT20I #2121. Last updated 2 November 2024.

Opponent M W L T NR First Match First Win
ICC Full members
 Bangladesh 1 0 1 0 0 19 January 2021
 Sri Lanka 1 0 1 0 0 20 January 2021
 Zimbabwe 3 0 3 0 0 6 April 2019
ICC Associate members
 Botswana 14 12 1 1 0 2 December 2019 2 December 2019
 Brazil 1 1 0 0 0 15 June 2022 15 June 2022
 Cameroon 2 2 0 0 0 6 September 2023 6 September 2023
 Germany 1 1 0 0 0 16 June 2022 16 June 2022
 Lesotho 1 1 0 0 0 5 September 2023 5 September 2023
 Malawi 2 2 0 0 0 3 September 2023 3 September 2023
 Malaysia 1 0 1 0 0 23 January 2022
 Namibia 3 1 2 0 0 5 May 2019 12 June 2021
 Nigeria 6 4 2 0 0 8 June 2021 8 June 2021
 Qatar 2 2 0 0 0 15 December 2022 15 December 2022
 Rwanda 18 7 11 0 0 10 June 2021 10 June 2021
 Scotland 1 0 1 0 0 22 January 2022
 Sierra Leone 1 1 0 0 0 6 May 2019 6 May 2019
 Tanzania 6 2 4 0 0 12 June 2022 13 December 2022
 Uganda 11 1 10 0 0 6 April 2019 10 June 2022
 United Arab Emirates 1 0 1 0 0 18 April 2023

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "ICC Rankings". International Cricket Council.
  2. ^ "WT20I matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  3. ^ "WT20I matches - 2024 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  4. ^ "African leg of World Cup Qualifiers". Archived from the original on 19 September 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  5. ^ "Zim steps up preps for ICC Africa Women's World T20 | The Chronicle". www.chronicle.co.zw. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
  6. ^ Administrator. "Zimbabwe step up preps for ICC Africa Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier | Twenty-20". www.thesportscampus.com. Archived from the original on 3 May 2018. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
  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. ^ a b "Records / Kenya Women / Twenty20 Internationals / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo.
  10. ^ "Records / Kenya Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Highest totals". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  11. ^ "Records / Kenya Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Top Scores". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  12. ^ "Records / Kenya Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Best Bowling figures". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  13. ^ "Records / Kenya Women / Twenty20 Internationals / Most runs". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  14. ^ "Records / Kenya Women / Twenty20 Internationals / Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
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