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.
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| Association | Nigeria Cricket Federation | |||||||||
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| Personnel | ||||||||||
| Captain | Samantha Agazuma | |||||||||
| International Cricket Council | ||||||||||
| ICC status | Associate member (2002) | |||||||||
| ICC region | Africa | |||||||||
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| Women's international cricket | ||||||||||
| First international | v  Kenya at Kampala; 16 Dec 2011 | |||||||||
| Women's Twenty20 Internationals | ||||||||||
| First WT20I | v  Rwanda at National Stadium, Abuja; 26 Jan 2019 | |||||||||
| Last WT20I | v Rwanda at Tafawa Balewa Square Cricket Oval, Lagos; 3 April 2022 | |||||||||
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| As of 3 April 2022 | ||||||||||
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] In August 2015 Nigeria 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 since 1 July 2018 have been full WT20Is.[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 3 April 2022
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| Format | M | W | L | T | NR | Inaugural Match |
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| Twenty20 Internationals | 29 | 13 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 26 January 2019 |
Twenty20 International
- Highest team total: 131/3 v. Sierra Leone on 28 March 2022 at Tafawa Balewa Square Cricket Oval, Lagos.[14]
- Highest individual score: 63, Salome Sunday v. Rwanda on 2 April 2022 at Tafawa Balewa Square Cricket Oval, Lagos.[15]
- Best individual bowling figures: 4/0, Blessing Etim v. Eswatini on 13 September 2021 at Botswana Cricket Association Oval 2, Gaborone.[16]
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Most T20I runs for Nigeria Women[17]
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Most T20I wickets for Nigeria Women[18]
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T20I record versus other nations[13]
Records complete to WT20I #1053. Last updated 3 April 2022.
| Opponent | M | W | L | T | NR | First match | First win |
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 Zimbabwe |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 May 2019 | |
| ICC Associate members | |||||||
 Botswana |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 June 2021 | 10 June 2021 |
 Cameroon |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 September 2021 | 13 September 2021 |
 Gambia |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 March 2022 | 29 March 2022 |
 Ghana |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 April 2022 | 1 April 2022 |
| Kenya |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 June 2021 | |
 Mozambique |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 May 2019 | 6 May 2019 |
 Namibia |
3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 June 2021 | |
| Rwanda |
15 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 26 January 2019 | 26 January 2019 |
 Sierra Leone |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 September 2021 | 9 September 2021 |
 Tanzania |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 May 2019 | |
 Uganda |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 September 2021 | |
See also
References
- "ICC Rankings". International Cricket Council.
- "WT20I matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
- "WT20I matches - 2022 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
- Other women's matches played by Nigeria Archived 2 April 2016 at the Wayback Machine – CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
- Kenya Women v Nigeria Women, Pepsi ICC Africa Women's T20 Tournament 2011/12 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
- Nigeria Women v Sierra Leone Women, Pepsi ICC Africa Women's T20 Tournament 2011/12 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
- Table: Pepsi ICC Africa Women's T20 Tournament 2011/12 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
- (18 August 2015). "Nigerian women beat hosts Tanzania at International Women’s Cricket Championship" – Vanguard. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
- "All T20I matches to get international status". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
- "Rwanda Women in Nigeria T20I Series - Cricket Schedules, Updates, Results". ESPNcricinfo.com. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- "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.
- "Records / Nigeria Women / Twenty20 Internationals / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo.
- "Records / Nigeria Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Highest totals". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
- "Records / Nigeria Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Top Scores". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
- "Records / Nigeria Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Best Bowling figures". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
- "Records / Nigeria Women / Twenty20 Internationals / Most runs". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
- "Records / Nigeria Women / Twenty20 Internationals / Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
