Dates | 24 April – 2 May 2023 |
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Administrator(s) | Cricket Namibia |
Cricket format | Twenty20 International |
Tournament format(s) | Double round-robin and play-offs |
Host(s) | ![]() |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Participants | 4 |
Matches | 14 |
Player of the series | ![]() |
Most runs | ![]() |
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The 2023 Capricorn Women's Quadrangular Series was a women's Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket tournament that took place in Namibia from 24 April to 2 May 2023. [1] The tournament was played at the United Ground in Windhoek. [2] The participating teams were the women's national sides of Namibia, Hong Kong, Uganda and United Arab Emirates. [3] Uganda replaced United States who withdrew from the tournament. [4]
Uganda defeated the hosts in a low-scoring last game of the round-robin to join them in the final. [5] Uganda went on to defeat Namibia again in the final by 3 runs to win the tournament. [6] The victory secured Uganda's second title in two weeks after also having won the 2023 Victoria Series in April. [7]
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
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1 | ![]() | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0.760 |
2 | ![]() | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0.024 |
3 | ![]() | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0.604 |
4 | ![]() | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | −1.345 |
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Theertha Satish 39 (35) Irene Alumo 2/28 (4 overs) |
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Sune Wittmann 53 (49) Betty Chan 3/16 (4 overs) |
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Wilka Mwatile 23 (9) Stephanie Nampiina 4/15 (4 overs) | Patricia Malemikia 16 (13) Jurriene Diergaardt 3/13 (3.5 overs) |
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Janet Mbabazi 27 (27) Ruchitha Venkatesh 3/8 (4 overs) |
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Wilka Mwatile 27* (34) Irene Alumo 2/10 (4 overs) |
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