Dates | 9 – 18 June 2022 |
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Administrator(s) | Rwanda Cricket Association |
Cricket format | Women's Twenty20 International |
Tournament format(s) | Round-robin and play-offs |
Host(s) | Rwanda |
Champions | Tanzania (2nd title) |
Runners-up | Kenya |
Participants | 8 |
Matches | 32 |
Player of the series | Queentor Abel |
Most runs | Kevin Awino (253) |
Most wickets | Nasra Saidi (15) |
The 2022 Kwibuka Women's T20 Tournament was a women's T20I (WT20I) cricket tournament that was held in Rwanda from 9 to 18 June 2022. [1] This was the eighth edition of the annual Kwibuka T20 Tournament, [2] first played in 2014 in remembrance of the victims of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi. [3] Matches were played at two venues in the city of Kigali – the Gahanga International Cricket Stadium and the IPRC Cricket Ground. [4] Kenya were the defending champions, having won the 2021 edition. [5] This was the fourth time that Kenya had won the tournament. [6]
Eleven teams were originally announced to participate this year, compared to five in 2021, highlighting the continued growth in size and reputation of the Kwibuka tournament. [7] Teams originally confirmed to take part were hosts Rwanda, defending champions Kenya, previous winners Tanzania and Uganda, as well as Botswana, Nigeria and, [8] making their first appearances at the Kwibuka tournament, Brazil, Germany, Ghana, Sierra Leone and Zimbabwe. [4] [9] However, the tournament was later reduced to eight teams. [10] This was the first edition of the Kwibuka tournament to feature teams from outside of Africa. [11] [12]
After the first three days of action, Kenya and Nigeria were unbeaten with three wins each. [13] [14] On day four, Tanzania maintained their 100% record by defeating the Kenyans, and moved top of the table after Nigeria were bowled out for only 43 runs by Uganda. [15] After the round-robin stage was completed, Kenya and the undefeated Tanzania qualified for the final, while the hosts progressed to the third-place play-off against Uganda. [16]
On the first day of the play-offs, Germany beat Botswana to finish in seventh place, and Nigeria beat Brazil to finish fifth overall. [17] [18] On the final day of the competition, Uganda beat Rwanda to finish in third place, [19] and Tanzania defeated Kenya in the final to win the tournament for a second time. [20] Tanzania had won the tournament in their only previous appearance in 2019, but had been unable to defend the title in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [21]
Botswana [22] | Brazil [23] | Germany [24] | Kenya [25] |
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Nigeria [26] | Rwanda [27] | Tanzania [28] | Uganda [29] |
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
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1 | Tanzania | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2.415 |
2 | Kenya | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1.366 |
3 | Uganda | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 3.097 |
4 | Rwanda | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0.529 |
5 | Nigeria | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 6 | −0.474 |
6 | Brazil | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4 | −2.526 |
7 | Botswana | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | −1.448 |
8 | Germany | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | −2.782 |
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Margueritte Vumiliya 16 (11) Concy Aweko 2/12 (4 overs) | Gloria Obukor 34* (45) Belise Murekatete 1/9 (2 overs) |
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Sarah Wetoto 33 (20) Florence Samanyika 2/15 (4 overs) | Thapelo Modise 61* (59) Mary Mwangi 3/18 (3 overs) |
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Evelyn de Souza 12 (22) Rukayat Abdulrasak 4/9 (3.2 overs) | Salome Sunday 22* (17) Nicole Monteiro 1/4 (3 overs) |
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Leona Babirye 20 (36) Lavendah Idambo 3/13 (4 overs) | Veronica Abuga 29 (44) Evelyn Anyipo 3/13 (4 overs) Patricia Malemikia 3/13 (4 overs) |
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Fatuma Kibasu 44 (51) Florence Samanyika 2/20 (4 overs) | Thandiwe Legabile 12* (14) Zinaida Jeremiah 4/14 (4 overs) |
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Evelyn de Souza 35 (54) Margueritte Vumiliya 2/17 (4 overs) |
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Christina Gough 28 (49) Rachael Samson 4/13 (4 overs) | Salome Sunday 32 (40) Asmita Kohli 4/16 (3 overs) |
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Daniella Staddon 29 (43) Suzanne McAnanama-Brereton 3/12 (3 overs) | Asmita Kohli 31 (36) Renata de Sousa 1/13 (4 overs) |
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Saum Mtae 26 (27) Sarah Akiteng 3/23 (4 overs) |
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Saum Mtae 44 (29) Queentor Abel 3/21 (4 overs) | Queentor Abel 44 (37) Agnes Qwele 2/13 (3 overs |
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Shameelah Mosweu 22 (34) Maria Ribeiro 3/14 (3.2 overs) |
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Favour Eseigbe 11 (30) Patricia Malemikia 5/6 (4 overs) |
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Fatuma Kibasu 51 (43) Christina Gough 2/25 (3 overs) | Christina Gough 41 (50) Zinaida Jeremiah 2/8 (4 overs) |
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Queentor Abel 47 (50) Rukayat Abdulrasak 2/23 (4 overs) | Salome Sunday 36* (47) Sarah Wetoto 1/18 (4 overs) |
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Oratile Kgeresi 16 (14) Sharanya Sadarangani 3/8 (4 overs) | Janet Ronalds 12 (17) Onneile Keitsemang 4/21 (4 overs) |
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Kevin Awino 69 (63) Nicole Monteiro 4/46 (4 overs) | Lindsay Vilas Boas 31 (46) Janet Mbabazi 3/8 (3.5 overs) |
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Laura Mophakedi 22 (21) Gisele Ishimwe 2/14 (4 overs) | Cathia Uwamahoro 27 (28) Tuelo Shadrack 1/7 (1 over) |
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Asmita Kohli 9 (11) Sarah Akiteng 4/3 (4 overs) |
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Esther Sandy 16 (25) Tabu Omary 2/7 (4 overs) | Fatuma Kibasu 33 (34) Racheal Samson 1/11 (2 overs) |
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Queentor Abel 51 (35) Carolina Nascimento 1/29 (2 overs) | Renata de Sousa 26 (38) Mercyline Ochieng 3/11 (4 overs) |
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Sarah Uwera 32 (42) Chinyenum George 3/18 (4 overs) |
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Queentor Abel 24 (24) Sharanya Sadarangani 1/17 (4 overs) |
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Laura Cardoso 17 (18) Tabu Omary 3/9 (3.1 overs) | Shufaa Mohamedi 24* (22) |
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Florence Samanyika 41 (61) Stephanie Frohnmayer 2/19 (4 overs) | Wilhelmina Hornero-Garcia 38* (35) Florence Samanyika 2/20 (4 overs) |
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Salome Sunday 32 (29) Carolina Nascimento 1/15 (4 overs) |
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Perice Kamunya 29 (24) Queentor Abel 2/19 (4 overs) | Esther Wachira 17 (34) Nasra Saidi 3/12 (4 overs) |
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