Rwanda women's national cricket team explained

Rwanda
Association:Rwanda Cricket Association
Captain:Marie Bimenyimana
Coach:Leonard Nhamburo
Icc Status:Associate member[1]
Icc Member Year:2017
Icc Status2:Affiliate member
Icc Member Year2:2003
Icc Region:Africa
Wt20i Rank:26th
Wt20i Rank Best:26th (29 Mar 2023)
First Wt20i:v. at National Stadium, Abuja; 26 January 2019
Most Recent Wt20i:v. at Gahanga B Ground, Kigali; 8 June 2024
Num Wt20is:88
Num Wt20is This Year:23
Wt20i Record:49/38
(1 tie, 0 no results)
Wt20i Record This Year:15/8
(0 ties, 0 no results)
Asofdate:8 June 2024

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

History

Rwanda's women's team first played in 2007, 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.[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 Rwanda women and other ICC members since 1 July 2018 have been full WT20Is.[4] [5]

On 26 January 2019, Rwanda played their first WT20I against Nigeria, which was first WT20I for Nigeria as well. This was the first match of was a 5-match WT20I series between the two countries which Nigeria won 3–2.[6]

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.[7] [8]

In December 2020, the ICC announced the qualification pathway for the 2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup.[9] Rwanda were named in the 2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier regional group, alongside ten other teams.[10] 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

International Match Summary — Rwanda Women[11] Last updated 8 June 2024

Playing Record
Format M W L T NR Inaugural Match
Twenty20 Internationals 88 49 38 1 0 26 January 2019

Twenty20 International

Most T20I runs for Rwanda Women[15]

PlayerRunsAverageCareer span
1,302 19.43 2019–2024
978 16.30 2019–2024
867 14.69 2019–2024
506 11.00 2019–2023
Alice Ikuzwe 416 8.85 2019–2024

Most T20I wickets for Rwanda Women[16]

PlayerWicketsAverageCareer span
105 10.10 2019–2024
Margueritte Vumiliya 52 12.67 2019–2023
Immaculee Muhawenimana 49 14.14 2019–2024
Rosine Irera 48 9.56 2023–2024
47 12.48 2019–2024

Records complete to WT20I #1918. Last updated 8 June 2024.

Opponent M W L T NR First match First win
ICC Full members
3 0 3 0 0 9 May 2019
ICC Associate members
9 9 0 0 0 6 June 2021 6 June 2021
1 1 0 0 0 10 June 2022 10 June 2022
2 2 0 0 0 31 March 2023 31 March 2023
1 1 0 0 0 12 September 2021 12 September 2021
1 1 0 0 0 1 April 2022 1 April 2022
1 1 0 0 0 12 June 2022 12 June 2022
2 2 0 0 0 28 March 2022 28 March 2022
8 4 4 0 0 10 June 2021 19 April 2023
2 2 0 0 0 22 April 2024 22 April 2024
1 1 0 0 0 31 May 2024 31 May 2024
2 2 0 0 0 18 June 2019 18 June 2019
4 4 0 0 0 8 May 2019 8 May 2019
2 0 2 0 0 7 June 2021
25 12 12 1 0 26 January 2019 28 January 2019
4 4 0 0 0 30 March 2022 30 March 2022
8 2 6 0 0 11 May 2019 22 April 2023
11 1 10 0 0 19 June 2019 17 June 2023
1 0 1 0 0 21 April 2023

Current squad

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.

NameAgeBatting styleBowling styleNotes
Batters
Right-handed
Clarisse Uwase Left-handed
Right-handed
Merveille Uwase Right-handed -
Shakila Niyomuhoza Right-handed -
Cathia Uwamahoro Right-handed -
Liliane Ufitinema Right-handed
All-rounders
Right-handed
Alice Ikuzwe Right-handed
Flora Irakoze Right-handed Captain & Wicket-keeper
Georgette Ingabire Left-handed
Spin Bowlers
Rosine Irera Right-handed
Marie Tumukunde Left-handed
Rosette Shimwamana Right-handed
Pace Bowlers
Belise Murekatete Right-handed
Josiane Nyirankundineza Right-handed
Immaculee Muhawenimana Right-handed
Devotha Uwizeya Right-handed
Nadine Nzayituriki Right-handed

See also

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ireland and Afghanistan ICC newest full members amid wide-ranging governance reform. International Cricket Council. 22 June 2017. 1 September 2018.
  2. Web site: Cricket Builds Hope in Rwanda . ICC Cricket . 22 January 2023.
  3. Web site: Women's Empowerment Programme . Cricket Builds Hope . 22 January 2023.
  4. Web site: All T20I matches to get international status . International Cricket Council . 14 February 2018.
  5. Web site: T20s between all ICC members to have international status. ESPNcricinfo. 27 April 2018. 26 February 2019. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20181116163436/http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/23324980/t20s-all-icc-members-international-status. 16 November 2018.
  6. Web site: Rwanda Women tour of Nigeria 2018/19 - Fixtures & Results . ESPNcricinfo.
  7. Web site: Cricket. Team Female. 2020-07-28. 100% Cricket Female Participation Programme Of the Year award goes to Rwanda Cricket. 2020-12-07. Female Cricket. en-US.
  8. Web site: The ICC celebrates cricket's growing global appeal . ICC Cricket . 22 January 2023.
  9. Web site: Qualification for ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2023 announced . International Cricket Council . 12 December 2020.
  10. Web site: ICC announce qualification process for 2023 Women's T20 World Cup . The Cricketer . 12 December 2020.
  11. Web site: Records / Rwanda Women / Twenty20 Internationals / Result summary . ESPNcricinfo.
  12. Web site: Records / Rwanda Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Highest totals . . 20 June 2019.
  13. Web site: Records / Rwanda Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Top Scores . . 20 June 2019.
  14. Web site: Records / Rwanda Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Best Bowling figures . . 20 June 2019.
  15. Web site: Records / Rwanda Women / Twenty20 Internationals / Most runs . . 25 April 2019.
  16. Web site: Records / Rwanda Women / Twenty20 Internationals / Most wickets . . 25 April 2019.