Kenya women's national cricket team explained

Kenya
Association:Cricket Kenya
Coach:Lameck Ngoche
Captain:Esther Wachira
Icc Status:Associate member
Icc Member Year:1981
Icc Region:Africa
Wt20i Rank:24th
Wt20i Rank Best:16th (11 Oct 2018)
First Wmatch:v ; January 2006
First Wt20i:v at Lugogo Stadium, Kampala; 6 April 2019
Most Recent Wt20i:v at Gahanga International Cricket Stadium, Kigali; 8 June 2024
Num Wt20is:66
Num Wt20is This Year:10
Wt20i Record:34/31
(1 tie, 0 no results)
Wt20i Record This Year:6/4
(1 tie, 0 no results)
Asofdate:8 June 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

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.[1]

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.[2] [3]

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.[4] Kenya made its Twenty20 International debut on 6 April 2019 against Zimbabwe during the 2019 Victoria Tri-Series in Kampala, Uganda.[5]

Current squad

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.

NameAgeBatting styleBowling styleNotes
Batters
Venasa Ooko Right-handed
Veronica Abuga Right-handed
Mercy Sifuna Right-handed
Marion Juma Right-handed
All-rounders
Esther Wachira Right-handed Captain
Right-handed
Mary Mwangi Right-handed
Kelvia Ogola Right-handed
Wicket-keepers
Charity Muthoni Right-handed
Spin Bowler
Melvin Khagisota Right-handed Vice-captain
Judith Ajiambo Right-handed
Edith Waithaka Right-handed
Pace Bowlers
Lavendah Idambo Right-handed
Flavia Odhiambo Right-handed
Jemimah Ndanu Right-handed
Ann Wanjira Right-handed

Records and statistics

International Match Summary — Kenya Women[6] Last updated 8 June 2024

Playing Record
Format M W L T NR Inaugural Match
Twenty20 Internationals 66 34 31 1 0 6 April 2019

Twenty20 International

Most T20I runs for Kenya Women[10]

PlayerRunsAverageCareer span
1,228 27.28 2019–2024
Venasa Ooko 606 17.82 2019–2024
Veronica Abuga 474 14.81 2019–2024
Esther Wachira 449 12.13 2019–2024
Sharon Juma 422 14.06 2019–2023
Most T20I wickets for Kenya Women[11]
PlayerWicketsAverageCareer span
70 11.17 2019–2024
Esther Wachira 56 13.67 2019–2024
Lavendah Idambo 53 15.28 2019–2024
Flavia Odhiambo 47 12.25 2019–2024
Melvin Khagoitsa 36 15.27 2021–2024

WT20I record versus other nations[6]

Records complete to WT20I #1916. Last updated 8 June 2024.

OpponentMWLTNRFirst MatchFirst Win
ICC Full members
1 0 1 0 0 19 January 2021
1 0 1 0 0 20 January 2021
3 0 3 0 0 6 April 2019
ICC Associate members
14 12 1 1 0 2 December 2019 2 December 2019
1 1 0 0 0 15 June 2022 15 June 2022
2 2 0 0 0 6 September 2023 6 September 2023
1 1 0 0 0 16 June 2022 16 June 2022
1 1 0 0 0 5 September 2023 5 September 2023
2 2 0 0 0 3 September 2023 3 September 2023
1 0 1 0 0 23 January 2022
3 1 2 0 0 5 May 2019 12 June 2021
6 4 2 0 0 8 June 2021 8 June 2021
2 2 0 0 0 15 December 2022 15 December 2022
8 4 4 0 0 10 June 2021 10 June 2021
1 0 1 0 0 22 January 2022
1 1 0 0 0 6 May 2019 6 May 2019
6 2 4 0 0 12 June 2022 13 December 2022
11 1 10 0 0 6 April 2019 10 June 2022
1 0 1 0 0 18 April 2023

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: African leg of World Cup Qualifiers . 21 April 2016 . 19 September 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120919225932/http://www.cricketeurope4.net/CRICKETEUROPE/DATABASE/2007/TOURNAMENTS/WWC/about.shtml . dead .
  2. Web site: Zim steps up preps for ICC Africa Women's World T20 The Chronicle. www.chronicle.co.zw. en-US. 2018-05-02.
  3. Web site: Zimbabwe step up preps for ICC Africa Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier Twenty-20. Administrator. www.thesportscampus.com. en-gb. 2018-05-02. 3 May 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180503112616/http://www.thesportscampus.com/2016041451208/twenty-20/zimbabwe-step-up-preps-for-icc-africa-womens-world-twenty20-qualifier. dead.
  4. Web site: All T20I matches to get international status . International Cricket Council . 26 April 2018.
  5. Web site: Zimbabwe Women beat Kenya Women by 6 runs - Kenya Women vs Zimbabwe Women, Victoria Tri Series, 1st Match Match Summary, Report | ESPNcricinfo.com. ESPNcricinfo.
  6. Web site: Records / Kenya Women / Twenty20 Internationals / Result summary . ESPNcricinfo.
  7. Web site: Records / Kenya Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Highest totals . . 21 June 2019.
  8. Web site: Records / Kenya Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Top Scores . . 21 June 2019.
  9. Web site: Records / Kenya Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Best Bowling figures . . 21 June 2019.
  10. Web site: Records / Kenya Women / Twenty20 Internationals / Most runs . . 7 December 2019.
  11. Web site: Records / Kenya Women / Twenty20 Internationals / Most wickets . . 7 December 2019.