| 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.
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.
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 |
Most T20I runs for Rwanda Women[15]
| Player | Runs | Average | Career 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]
| Player | Wickets | Average | Career 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 | |||
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 | |||||
| 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 | ||||