Rwanda women's national under-19 cricket team explained

Rwanda Women's Under-19 cricket team
Coach:Leonard Nhamburo
Captain:Gisele Ishimwe
Association:Rwanda Cricket Association
Icc Region:Africa
Title1:U19 World Cup
First T20:v. at Senwes Park, Potchefstroom, South Africa; 15 January 2023
Title1wins:0

The Rwanda women's under-19 cricket team represents Rwanda in international under-19 women's cricket. The team is administered by the Rwanda Cricket Association (RCA).

Rwanda qualified for the inaugural ICC Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup via winning the Africa Qualifier, thereby becoming the first Rwandan team to qualify for an ICC tournament.[1] They reached the Super Six stage at the tournament, winning two of their matches.[2]

History

Rwanda competed in the Women's African Under-19s Championship between 2009–10 and 2014–15.[3]

The inaugural Women's Under-19 World Cup was scheduled to take place in January 2021, but was postponed multiple times due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4] The tournament was eventually scheduled to take place in 2023, in South Africa. Rwanda competed in the Africa Qualifier for the tournament in September 2022. They finished second in their group, winning three of their four matches to qualify for the semi-finals. They went on to beat Uganda in the semi-finals and Tanzania, by 6 wickets, in the final. It was the first time that a Rwandan side had qualified for a Cricket World Cup in any format.[1]

Rwanda announced their squad for the tournament on 18 December 2022, with Leonard Nhamburo announced as Head Coach of the side.[5] Rwanda beat both Zimbabwe and the West Indies as they reached the Super Six stage of the tournament.[2] Rwanda bowler Henriette Ishimwe took four wickets in four balls against Zimbabwe.[6]

Recent call-ups

The table below lists all the players who have been selected in recent squads for Rwanda under-19s. Currently, this only includes the squad for the 2023 ICC Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup.[5]

NameMost Recent Call-up
Divine Gihozo Ishimwe2023 World Cup
Gisele Ishimwe2023 World Cup
Henriette Ishimwe2023 World Cup
Zurafat Ishimwe2023 World Cup
Henriette Isimbi2023 World Cup
Cesarie Muragajimana2023 World Cup
Belise Murekatete2023 World Cup
Sharila Niyomuhoza2023 World Cup
Marie Jose Tumukunde2023 World Cup
Sylvia Usabyimana2023 World Cup
Giovannis Uwase2023 World Cup
Merveille Uwase2023 World Cup
Cynthia Tuyizere2023 World Cup
Rosine Uwera2023 World Cup

Records & statistics

International match summary

As of 22 January 2023

Playing records
Format M W L T D/NR Inaugural match
Youth Women's Twenty20 Internationals 5 2 3 0 0 15 January 2023
Youth Women's Twenty20 record versus other nations

As of 22 January 2023

ICC Full members
Opponent M W L T NR First match First win
1010 019 January 2023
1010 015 January 2023
1010 022 January 2023
1100022 January 2023 22 January 2023
1100 017 January 2023 17 January 2023

Leading runs scorers

S/NPlayersRunsAverageCareer span[7]
1Gisele Ishimwe13333.25 2023–Present
2Cynthia Tuyizere7214.402023–Present
3Henriette Ishimwe6012.002023–Present

Leading wickets takers

S/NPlayerWicketsAverageCareer span[8]
1Sylvia Usabyimana711.42 2023–Present
2Henriette Ishimwe613.66 2023–Present
3Zurafat Ishimwe519.60 2023–Present

Highest individual innings

S/NPlayerScoreOppositionMatch Date[9]
1Gisele Ishimwe4015 January 2023
2Gisele Ishimwe3417 January 2023
3Gisele Ishimwe3122 January 2023

Highest individual bowling figures

S/NPlayerScoreOppositionMatch Date[10]
1Marie Jose Tumukunde4/822 January 2023
2Gisele Ishimwe4/1317 January 2023
3Sylvia Usabyimana4/2022 January 2023

Highest team totals

S/NDatesTotalsAgainstRef
117 January 2023119/8,
(20 Overs)		[11]
215 January 2023106/8,
(20 Overs)

Lowest team totals

S/NDatesTotalsAgainstRef
121 January 202396/7,
(20 Overs)
222 January 202371/6,
(18.2 Overs)
319 January 202345/10,
(17 Overs)

Under-19 World Cup record

Rwanda's U19 Twenty20 World Cup Record
YearResult
2023Super 6–1652300
2025To be determined
2027
Total52300

Notes and References

  1. Web site: African delight: Rwanda qualify for inaugural ICC event . International Cricket Council . 13 September 2022 . 2 January 2023.
  2. Web site: ICC Women's Under-19 T20 World Cup 2022/23 . ESPNcricinfo . 3 February 2023.
  3. Web site: Women's Miscellaneous Matches Played by Rwanda Under-19s Women . CricketArchive . 2 January 2023.
  4. Web site: ICC postpones 2021 Women's World Cup Qualifier due to COVID-19 . Women's CricZone . 12 May 2020 . 2 January 2023.
  5. Web site: Nhamburo names final squad for 2023 ICC U19 Women World Cup . The New Times . 18 December 2022 . 3 January 2022.
  6. Web site: Henriette Ishimwe picks up four wickets in four balls as Rwanda stun Zimbabwe . ESPNcricinfo . 17 January 2023 . 3 February 2023.
  7. News: Rwanda women's under-19 cricket team batters statistics. 21 January 2023. www.espncricinfo.com. 20 February 2023.
  8. News: Rwanda women's under-19 cricket team bowling statistics. 21 January 2023. www.espncricinfo.com. 20 February 2023.
  9. News: Rwanda Women's U-19 cricket team batters statistics. www.espncricinfo.com. 20 February 2023.
  10. News: Rwanda Women's U-19 cricket team bowler statistics. www.espncricinfo.com. 20 February 2023.
  11. News: Rwanda Women's U-19 cricket team highest & lowest totals statistics. www.espncricinfo.com. 20 February 2023.

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