Rwanda women's national cricket team

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

Rwanda cricket Oval stadium located in Gahanga

Rwanda

Flag of Rwanda
Personnel
Captain	Sarah Uwera
International Cricket Council
ICC Rankings Current [1] Best-ever WT20I 32nd 29th (7-Sep-2019)
Women's Twenty20 Internationals
First WT20I	Nigeria at National Stadium, Abuja; 26 January 2019
Last WT20I	Nigeria at Gahanga International Cricket Stadium, Kigali; 7 September 2019
WT20Is Played Won/Lost Total [2] 20 8/11 (1 tie, 0 no results) This year [3] 0 0/0 (0 ties, 0 no results)
As of 1 May 2020

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 after 1 July 2018 will be a full WT20I.[4][5]

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

Records and statistics

International Match Summary — Rwanda Women[7]

Last updated 7 September 2019

Playing Record
Format	M	W	L	T	NR	Inaugural Match
Twenty20 Internationals	20	8	11	1	0	26 January 2019

Twenty20 International

• Highest team total: 246/1 v Mali, 21 June 2019, at Gahanga International Cricket Stadium.[8]
• Highest individual score: 114*, Marie Bimenyimana v Mali, 21 June 2019, at Gahanga International Cricket Stadium, Kigali.[9]
• Best individual bowling figures: 4/5, Diane Dusabemungu v Mali, 21 June 2019, at Gahanga International Cricket Stadium, Kigali.[10]

Most T20I runs for Rwanda Women[11] Player Runs Average Career span Marie Bimenyimana 224 17.33 2019–2019 Diane Dusabemungu 197 12.31 2019–2019 Henriette Ishimwe 175 10.93 2019–2019 Gisele Ishimwe 172 11.46 2019–2019 Cathia Uwamahoro 171 19.00 2019–2019

Most T20I wickets for Rwanda Women[12] Player Wickets Average Career span Immaculee Muhawenimana 15 11.00 2019–2019 Marie Bimenyimana 15 14.33 2019–2019 Veronique Iriho 14 12.35 2019–2019 Josiane Nyirankundineza 13 19.76 2019–2019 Henriette Ishimwe 9 27.66 2019–2019

Records complete to WT20I #755. Last updated 7 September 2019.

Opponent	M	W	L	T	NR	First match	First win
ICC Full members
v Zimbabwe	1	0	1	0	0	9 May 2019
ICC Associate members
v Mali	2	2	0	0	0	18 June 2019	18 June 2019
v Mozambique	1	1	0	0	0	8 May 2019	8 May 2019
v Nigeria	11	5	5	1	0	26 January 2019	28 January 2019
v Tanzania	3	0	3	0	0	11 May 2019
v Uganda	2	0	2	0	0	19 June 2019

See also

• List of Rwanda women Twenty20 International cricketers
• Rwanda national cricket team

References

1. "ICC Rankings". International Cricket Council.
2. "WT20I matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
3. "WT20I matches - 2020 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
4. "All T20I matches to get international status". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
5. "T20s between all ICC members to have international status". ESPNcricinfo. 27 April 2018. Archived from the original on 16 November 2018. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
6. "Rwanda Women tour of Nigeria 2018/19 - Fixtures & Results". ESPNcricinfo.
7. "Records / Rwanda Women / Twenty20 Internationals / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo.
8. "Records / Rwanda Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Highest totals". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
9. "Records / Rwanda Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Top Scores". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
10. "Records / Rwanda Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Best Bowling figures". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
11. "Records / Rwanda Women / Twenty20 Internationals / Most runs". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
12. "Records / Rwanda Women / Twenty20 Internationals / Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 April 2019.