Kenya women's national cricket team

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Kenya
Flag of Kenya.svg
Flag of Kenya
Association Cricket Kenya
Personnel
CaptainEsther Wachira
Coach Lameck Ngoche
International Cricket Council
ICC status Associate member (1981)
ICC region Africa
ICC RankingsCurrent [1] Best-ever
T20I 28th 16th (11 Oct 2018)
International cricket
First internationalv Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda; 26 January 2001
T20 Internationals
First T20Iv Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe at Lugogo Stadium, Kampala; 6 April 2019
Last T20Iv Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda at High Performance Oval, Windhoek; 6 September 2025
T20IsPlayedWon/Lost
Total [2] 81 38/42
(1 tie, 0 no results)
This year [3] 5 1/4
(0 ties, 0 no results)
As of 6 September 2025

The Kenya national women's cricket team is the team that represents the country of Kenya in international women's cricket. Their first matches were in January 2001 when they played a three-match series against Uganda. [4]

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History

Kenya played in the African regional qualifiers for the 2009 World Cup in December 2006 against Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe. They performed poorly in the tournament, finishing in last place.

In 2008, Sarah Bhakita scored an unbeaten 186 against Rwanda to become the second woman in the world to achieve the feat in an international match. The team also participated in the World Cup Qualifiers held in Nairobi in December 2010, missing an opportunity to represent the continent by negligible scores, having tied with Zimbabwe at second place. South Africa who won all their matches and Zimbabwe achieved that feat instead. [5]

In December 2009, they won the Africa Women Championships under the captainship of Emily Ruto.

In December 2011, the women' team represented the country in Kampala, Uganda at the annual Africa Cricket Championships finishing fourth after the winners Uganda, Tanzania and Namibia. the other participating countries were Nigeria and Sierra Leone.

In April 2016, the team played in 2016 ICC Africa Women's World Twenty20 to qualify for 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 in the West Indies. [6] [7]

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 Kenya women and another international side after 1 July 2018 will be a full WT20I. [8] Kenya made its Twenty20 International debut on 6 April 2019 against Zimbabwe during the 2019 Victoria Tri-Series in Kampala, Uganda. [9]

Current squad

Updated on 17 June 2024.

This lists all the players who played for Kenya in the past 12 months or were named in the most recent squad.

NameAgeBatting styleBowling styleNotes
Batters
Venasa Ooko27Right-handedRight-arm medium
Veronica Abuga23Right-handedRight-arm off break
Mercy Sifuna23Right-handedRight-arm medium
Marion Juma21Right-handedRight-arm medium
All-rounders
Esther Wachira26Right-handedRight-arm medium Captain
Queentor Abel 27Right-handedRight-arm off break
Mary Mwangi30Right-handedRight-arm medium
Kelvia Ogola23Right-handedRight-arm medium
Wicket-keepers
Charity Muthoni25Right-handed
Spin Bowler
Melvin Khagisota19Right-handedRight-arm off break Vice-captain
Judith Ajiambo25Right-handedRight-arm off break
Edith Waithaka25Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
Pace Bowlers
Lavendah Idambo20Right-handedRight-arm medium
Flavia Odhiambo23Right-handedRight-arm medium
Jemimah Ndanu21Right-handedRight-arm medium
Ann Wanjira22Right-handedRight-arm medium

Records and statistics

International Match Summary — Kenya Women [10]

Last updated 6 September 2025

Playing Record
FormatMWLTNRInaugural Match
Twenty20 Internationals813842106 April 2019

Twenty20 International

WT20I record versus other nations [10]

Records complete to WT20I #2487. Last updated 6 September 2025.

Opponent M W L T NR First MatchFirst Win
ICC Full members
Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 1010019 January 2021
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 1010020 January 2021
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 303006 April 2019
ICC Associate members
Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana 14121102 December 20192 December 2019
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 1100015 June 202215 June 2022
Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon 220006 September 20236 September 2023
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1100016 June 202216 June 2022
Flag of Lesotho.svg  Lesotho 110005 September 20235 September 2023
Flag of Malawi.svg  Malawi 220003 September 20233 September 2023
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 1010023 January 2022
Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia 312005 May 201912 June 2021
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 752008 June 20218 June 2021
Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar 2200015 December 202215 December 2022
Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda 207130010 June 202110 June 2021
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 1010022 January 2022
Flag of Sierra Leone.svg  Sierra Leone 110006 May 20196 May 2019
Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 7250012 June 202213 December 2022
Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 12111006 April 201910 June 2022
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 1010018 April 2023

Tournament history

Women's ODI World Cup

Women's Cricket World Cup records
Host
Year
RoundPositionGPWLTNR
Flag of England.svg 1973 Did not qualify/No Women's ODI status
Flag of India.svg 1978
Flag of New Zealand.svg 1982
Flag of Australia (converted).svg 1988
Flag of England.svg 1993
Flag of India.svg 1997
Flag of New Zealand.svg 2000
Flag of South Africa.svg 2005
Flag of Australia (converted).svg 2009
Flag of India.svg 2013
Flag of England.svg 2017
Flag of New Zealand.svg 2022
Flag of India.svg 2025
Total0/130 Titles00000

Women's World T20

Twenty20 World Cup records
Host
Year
RoundPositionGPWLTNR
Flag of England.svg 2009 Did not qualify
WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg 2010
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg 2012
Flag of Bangladesh.svg 2014
Flag of India.svg 2016
WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg 2018
Flag of Australia (converted).svg 2020
Flag of South Africa.svg 2023
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg 2024
Flag of England.svg 2026 To be determined
Total0/90 Titles00000

ICC Women's T20 Champions Trophy

ICC Women's T20 Champions Trophy records
Host
Year
RoundPositionGPWLTNR
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg 2027 To be determined
Flag.svg 2031
Total0 Title00000

Cricket at Summer Olympics Games

Cricket at Summer Olympics records
Host
Year
RoundPositionGPWLTNR
Flag of the United States.svg 2028 To be determined
Flag of Australia (converted).svg 2032
Total0 Title00000

ICC Women's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier

ICC Women's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier records
YearRoundPositionGPWLTNR
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg 2019 Group stages31200
Flag of Botswana.svg 2021 Did not participate
Total1/231200

ICC Women's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier Division One

ICC Women's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier Division Two records
YearRoundPositionGPWLTNR
Flag of Uganda.svg 2023 Group stage31200
Flag of Namibia.svg 2025 DNQ6/851400
Total2/20 Title 82600

ICC Women's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier Division Two

ICC Women's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier Division Two records
YearRoundPositionGPWLTNR
Flag of Botswana.svg 2023 Champion55000
Total1/11 Title 55000

See also

References

  1. "ICC Rankings". International Cricket Council.
  2. "WT20I matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  3. "WT20I matches - 2025 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  4. "Other Women's Matches played by Kenya Women". cricketarchive.com. Archived from the original on 6 September 2015.
  5. "African leg of World Cup Qualifiers". Archived from the original on 19 September 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  6. "Zim steps up preps for ICC Africa Women's World T20 | The Chronicle". www.chronicle.co.zw. 15 April 2016. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
  7. Administrator. "Zimbabwe step up preps for ICC Africa Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier | Twenty-20". www.thesportscampus.com. Archived from the original on 3 May 2018. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
  8. "All T20I matches to get international status". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
  9. "Zimbabwe Women beat Kenya Women by 6 runs - Kenya Women vs Zimbabwe Women, Victoria Tri Series, 1st Match Match Summary, Report | ESPNcricinfo.com". ESPNcricinfo.
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