Zimbabwe women's national under-19 cricket team

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Zimbabwe Women's Under-19 cricket team
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg
Association Zimbabwe Cricket
Personnel
CaptainKelis Ndlovu
CoachTrevor Phiri
History
Twenty20 debutv. Flag of England.svg  England at Senwes Park, Potchefstroom, South Africa; 15 January 2023
U19 World Cup  wins0
International Cricket Council
ICC region Africa

The Zimbabwe women's under-19 cricket team represents Zimbabwe in international under-19 women's cricket. The team is administrated by Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC).

Contents

The team played their first official matches at the 2023 ICC Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup, the first ever international women's under-19 cricket competition. [1] The side finished bottom of their group at the inaugural tournament. [2]

History

The inaugural Women's Under-19 World Cup was scheduled to take place in January 2021, but was postponed multiple times due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [3] The tournament was eventually scheduled to take place in 2023, in South Africa. As a Full Member of the ICC, Zimbabwe qualified automatically for the tournament. [4]

Zimbabwe announced their 15-player squad for the tournament on 7 December 2022. Trevor Phiri was announced as Head Coach of the side. [5] The side finished bottom of the initial group stage at the tournament, and lost a subsequent play-off against Indonesia. [2]

Recent call-ups

The table below lists all the players who have been selected in recent squads for Zimbabwe under-19s. Currently, this only includes the squad for the 2023 ICC Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup. [5]

NameMost Recent Call-up
Olinda Chare2023 World Cup
Kudzai Chigora2023 World Cup
Betty Mangachena2023 World Cup
Tawananyasha Marumani2023 World Cup
Michelle Mavunga2023 World Cup
Danielle Meikle2023 World Cup
Chipo Moyo2023 World Cup
Natasha Mutomba2023 World Cup
Vimbai Mutungwindu2023 World Cup
Rukudzo Mwakayeni2023 World Cup
Faith Ndhlalambi2023 World Cup
Kelly Ndiraya2023 World Cup
Kelis Ndlovu2023 World Cup
Adel Zimunhu2023 World Cup

Playing record

International match summary

As of 20 January 2023
Playing record
FormatMWLTD/NRInaugural match
Women's Under-19 Twenty20 Internationals4040015 January 2023
Under-19 Twenty20 World Cup record
YearResultTeamsPldWLTNR
Flag of South Africa.svg 2023 Fourth-place play-offs1640400
Total40400

Women's under-19 Twenty20 record against other nations

As of As of 20 January 2023
 ICC Full members
OpponentMWLTNRFirst matchFirst win
Flag of England.svg  England 1010015 January 2023
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 1010019 January 2023
 Associate members
OpponentMWLTNRFirst matchFirst win
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 1010020 January 2023
Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda 1010017 January 2023

References

  1. ↑ "South Africa to host inaugural ICC U19 T20 World Cup". Women's CricZone. 10 April 2022. Archived from the original on 31 January 2023. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
  2. 1 2 "ICC Women's Under-19 T20 World Cup 2022/23". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
  3. ↑ "ICC postpones 2021 Women's World Cup Qualifier due to COVID-19". Women's CricZone. 12 May 2020. Archived from the original on 29 September 2023. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
  4. ↑ "Excitement builds ahead of inaugural ICC U19 Women's T20 World Cup as Qualifier begins". International Cricket Council. 31 May 2022. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
  5. 1 2 "Sensation Kelis Ndhlovu to spearhead Zimbabwe U19 T20 World Cup effort". International Cricket Council. 29 December 2022. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
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