Nigeria women's national cricket team

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.

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

 Nigeria
AssociationNigeria Cricket Federation
Personnel
CaptainSamantha Agazuma
International Cricket Council
ICC statusAssociate member (2002)
ICC regionAfrica
ICC Rankings Current[1] Best-ever
WT20I 41st 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  Rwanda at Gahanga International Cricket Stadium, Kigali; 7 September 2019
WT20Is Played Won/Lost
Total[2] 14 6/7
(1 tie, 0 no result)
This year[3] 0 0/0
(0 ties, 0 no result)
As of 5 October 2020

History

Nigeria made its international debut at the 2011 ICC Africa Women's T20 Tournament 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 after 1 July 2018 will be a full WT20I.[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 7 September 2019

Playing Record
FormatMWLTNRInaugural Match
Twenty20 Internationals14671026 January 2019

Twenty20 International

T20I record versus other nations[13]

Records complete to WT20I #755. Last updated 7 September 2019.

OpponentMWLTNRFirst matchFirst win
ICC Full members
v  Zimbabwe 1010011 May 2019
ICC Associate members
v  Mozambique 110006 May 20196 May 2019
v  Rwanda 11551026 January 201926 January 2019
v  Tanzania 101008 May 2019

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 – 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. "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.
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