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Rwanda women's national cricket team

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

The Rwanda women's national cricket team is the team that represents Rwanda in international women's cricket.

Rwanda
AssociationRwanda Cricket Association
Personnel
CaptainMarie Bimenyimana
CoachLeonard Nhamburo
International Cricket Council
ICC statusAssociate member[1] (2017)
Affiliate member (2003)
ICC regionAfrica
ICC Rankings Current[2] Best-ever
WT20I 26th 26th (29 Mar 2023)
Women's Twenty20 Internationals
First WT20Iv.  Nigeria at National Stadium, Abuja; 26 January 2019
Last WT20Iv.  Kenya at Gahanga B Ground, Kigali; 2 November 2024
WT20Is Played Won/Lost
Total[3] 98 56/41
(1 tie, 0 no results)
This year[4] 33 22/11
(0 ties, 0 no results)
As of 2 November 2024

History

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Rwanda's women's team first played in 2007[citation needed], playing two matches against Uganda in December of that year, before participating in the 2008–09 East African Women's Championship. Since 2014 the country has hosted the Kwibuka T20 Tournament annually.

In March 2018, Cricket Builds Hope - a charity focused on the use the sport as a tool for social change in Rwanda - commenced the Women's Empowerment Programme, a multi-year project aiming to use cricket to help develop leadership skills amongst women from low-income families in Kigali.[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 Rwanda women and other ICC members since 1 July 2018 have been full WT20Is.[7][8]

Rwanda played their first WT20I on 26 January 2019, during a five-match series against Nigeria.[9]

In the 2019 ICC Development Awards, recognising advancement of the sport in Associate and Affiliate nations, Rwanda received two of the six awards available: Female Participation Programme of the Year, and Associate Member Women's Performance of the Year.[10][11]

In December 2020, the ICC announced the qualification pathway for the 2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup.[12] Rwanda were named in the 2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier regional group, alongside ten other teams.[13] Rwanda finished third in their group after winning three of their five matches, failing to progress to the knockout stages of the tournament.

Records and statistics

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International Match Summary — Rwanda Women[14]

Last updated 2 November 2024

Playing Record
Format M W L T NR Inaugural Match
Twenty20 Internationals 98 56 41 1 0 26 January 2019

Twenty20 International

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Records complete to WT20I #2121. Last updated 2 November 2024.[14]

Opponent M W L T NR First match First win
ICC Full members
  Zimbabwe 3 0 3 0 0 9 May 2019
ICC Associate members
  Botswana 9 9 0 0 0 6 June 2021 6 June 2021
  Brazil 1 1 0 0 0 10 June 2022 10 June 2022
  Cameroon 2 2 0 0 0 31 March 2023 31 March 2023
  Eswatini 1 1 0 0 0 12 September 2021 12 September 2021
  Gambia 1 1 0 0 0 1 April 2022 1 April 2022
  Germany 1 1 0 0 0 12 June 2022 12 June 2022
  Ghana 2 2 0 0 0 28 March 2022 28 March 2022
  Kenya 18 11 7 0 0 10 June 2021 19 April 2023
  Lesotho 2 2 0 0 0 22 April 2024 22 April 2024
  Malawi 1 1 0 0 0 31 May 2024 31 May 2024
  Mali 2 2 0 0 0 18 June 2019 18 June 2019
  Mozambique 4 4 0 0 0 8 May 2019 8 May 2019
  Namibia 2 0 2 0 0 7 June 2021
  Nigeria 25 12 12 1 0 26 January 2019 28 January 2019
  Sierra Leone 4 4 0 0 0 30 March 2022 30 March 2022
  Tanzania 8 2 6 0 0 11 May 2019 22 April 2023
  Uganda 11 1 10 0 0 19 June 2019 17 June 2023
  United Arab Emirates 1 0 1 0 0 21 April 2023

Current squad

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Updated as on 26 April 2024

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

Name Age Batting style Bowling style Notes
Batters
Marie Bimenyimana 27 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Clarisse Uwase 23 Left-handed Left-arm medium
Gisele Ishimwe 20 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Merveille Uwase 19 Right-handed -
Shakila Niyomuhoza 18 Right-handed -
Cathia Uwamahoro 31 Right-handed -
Liliane Ufitinema 16 Right-handed Right-arm off break
All-rounders
Henriette Ishimwe 21 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Alice Ikuzwe 25 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Flora Irakoze 24 Right-handed Right-arm off break Captain & Wicket-keeper
Georgette Ingabire 22 Left-handed Right-arm medium
Spin Bowlers
Rosine Irera 19 Right-handed Right-arm off break
Marie Tumukunde 21 Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
Rosette Shimwamana 17 Right-handed Right-arm off break
Pace Bowlers
Belise Murekatete 20 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Josiane Nyirankundineza 24 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Immaculee Muhawenimana 25 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Devotha Uwizeya Right-handed Right-arm medium
Nadine Nzayituriki 18 Right-handed Right-arm medium

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Ireland and Afghanistan ICC newest full members amid wide-ranging governance reform". International Cricket Council. 22 June 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  2. ^ "ICC Rankings". International Cricket Council.
  3. ^ "WT20I matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  4. ^ "WT20I matches - 2024 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  5. ^ "Cricket Builds Hope in Rwanda". ICC Cricket. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  6. ^ "Women's Empowerment Programme". Cricket Builds Hope. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  7. ^ "All T20I matches to get international status". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
  8. ^ "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.
  9. ^ "Rwanda Women tour of Nigeria 2018/19 - Fixtures & Results". ESPNcricinfo.
  10. ^ 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.
  11. ^ "The ICC celebrates cricket's growing global appeal". ICC Cricket. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  12. ^ "Qualification for ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2023 announced". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  13. ^ "ICC announce qualification process for 2023 Women's T20 World Cup". The Cricketer. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  14. ^ a b "Records / Rwanda Women / Twenty20 Internationals / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo.
  15. ^ "Records / Rwanda Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Highest totals". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
  16. ^ "Records / Rwanda Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Top Scores". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
  17. ^ "Records / Rwanda Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Best Bowling figures". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
  18. ^ "Records / Rwanda Women / Twenty20 Internationals / Most runs". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  19. ^ "Records / Rwanda Women / Twenty20 Internationals / Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 April 2019.

Further reading

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