Namibia women's national cricket team

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Namibia
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Association Cricket Namibia
Personnel
Captain Irene van Zyl
CoachFrancois van der Merwe
International Cricket Council
ICC status Associate member (1992)
ICC region Africa
ICC RankingsCurrent [1] Best-ever
WT20I 17th 17th (4 May 2023)
Women's international cricket
First internationalv. Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya at Dar es Salaam; 8 April 2004
Women's Twenty20 Internationals
First WT20Iv. Flag of Malawi.svg  Malawi at Botswana Cricket Association Oval 2, Gaborone; 20 August 2018
Last WT20Iv. Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania at Achimota Oval A, Accra; 10 March 2024
WT20IsPlayedWon/Lost
Total [2] 72 44/27
(0 ties, 1 no result)
This year [3] 2 0/2
(0 ties, 0 no results)
Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier appearances1 (first in 2019 )
Best result8th (2019)
As of 10 March 2024

The Namibia women's national cricket team, nicknamed the Capricorn Eagles, [4] represents the country of Namibia in international women's cricket. The team is organised by Cricket Namibia, which has been a member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) since 1992.

Contents

History

Namibia made its international debut at the 2004 Africa Women's Cricket Tournament in Tanzania, but failed to win a match. [5] The team's closest result came in the opening match against Kenya, where they were bowled out for 106, and eventually lost by five wickets. [6] In the second game, against Uganda, they lost by 152 runs, [7] while in the final game, against Tanzania, they were bowled out for just 29, and lost by ten wickets. [8] After their debut, Namibia did not compete in another Africa-wide tournament until the 2011 ICC Africa Women's T20 Tournament in Uganda. They have since regularly competed in ICC Africa competitions, without much success. [5] Namibia also play in regional competitions against other southern African teams, and in the past have appeared in South African provincial competitions (as the national men's team does). [9]

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 Namibia women and other ICC members since 1 July 2018 have the full WT20I status. [10]

Namibia's first WT20I matches were contested as part of the Botswana 7s tournament in August 2018 against Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Sierra Leone and Zambia (Zambia's matches were not classified as WT20Is as they had a Botswanan player in their squad). [11] Namibia finished top of the table, winning all five group stage matches [12] and won the final against Sierra Leone by a margin of nine wickets. [13] [14]

In July 2019, the International Cricket Council (ICC) suspended Zimbabwe Cricket, with the team barred from taking part in ICC events. [15] [16] The following month, with Zimbabwe banned from taking part in international cricket tournaments, the ICC confirmed that Namibia would replace them in the 2019 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament. [17] [18]

In December 2020, the ICC announced the qualification pathway for the 2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup. [19] Namibia were named in the 2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier regional group, alongside ten other teams. [20]

In March 2024, Cricket Namibia awarded professional contracts to members of the women's team for the first time, with 10 players receiving a contract. [21] As a result, Cricket Namibia became the first sporting body in Namibia to award central contracts to both men and women. [22]

Tournament history

ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier

ICC Women's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier

Kwibuka Women's T20 Tournament

Records and statistics

International Match Summary — Namibia Women [23]

Last updated 10 March 2024

Playing Record
FormatMWLTNRInaugural Match
Twenty20 Internationals7244270120 August 2018

Twenty20 International

T20I record versus other nations [23]

Records complete to T20I #1803. Last updated 10 March 2024.

OpponentMWLTNRFirst matchFirst win
ICC Full members
Cricket Ireland flag.svg  Ireland 1010031 August 2019
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 12111005 January 201920 April 2022
ICC Associate members
Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana 7700024 August 201824 August 2018
Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon 1100014 September 202114 September 2021
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 330002 July 20222 July 2022
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 2200025 April 202325 April 2023
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 321005 May 20195 May 2019
Flag of Lesotho.svg  Lesotho 1100023 August 201823 August 2018
Flag of Malawi.svg  Malawi 1100020 August 201820 August 2018
Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique 1100023 August 201823 August 2018
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 624003 September 201928 June 2022
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 541006 June 20216 June 2021
Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda 220007 June 20217 June 2021
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 101005 September 2019
Flag of Sierra Leone.svg  Sierra Leone 4400021 August 201821 August 2018
Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 3110117 September 202117 September 2021
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 101001 September 2019
Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 963006 May 20196 May 2019
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 8620027 April 202327 April 2023
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 101007 September 2019

Current squad

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

NameAgeBatting styleBowling styleNotes
Batters
Yasmeen Khan 25Right-handed-Vice-captain
Arrasta Diergaardt 23Right-handedRight-arm medium
Edelle van Zyl20Right-handed
Bianca Manuel21Right-handed
All-rounders
Kayleen Green 25Right-handedRight-arm off break
Wilka Mwatile 23Right-handedRight-arm medium
Sylvia Shihepo 23Right-handedRight-arm medium
Mekelaye Mwatile19Right-handed Slow left-arm unorthodox
Wicket-keeper
Merczerly Gorases18Right-handedRight-arm off break
Spin Bowlers
Victoria Hamunyela 21Right-handedRight-arm off break
Dietlind Foerster 43Right-handedRight-arm off break
Pace Bowlers
Irene van Zyl 39Right-handedRight-arm medium Captain
Naomi Benjamin18Right-handedRight-arm medium
Saima Tuhadeleni18Right-handedRight-arm medium

Updated as on 10 March 2024

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