Nigeria women's national cricket team

The Nigeria women's national cricket team represents the country of Nigeria in international women's cricket. The team is organised by the Nigeria Cricket Federation, which has been a member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) since 2002.

For the men's team, see Nigeria national cricket team.
Nigeria
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Nigeria Cricket Federation logo
AssociationNigeria Cricket Federation
Personnel
CaptainSamantha Agazuma
International Cricket Council
ICC statusAssociate member (2002)
ICC regionAfrica
ICC Rankings Current[1] Best-ever
WT20I 29th 29th (22 Dec 2022)
Women's international cricket
First internationalv.  Kenya at Kampala; 16 Dec 2011
Women's Twenty20 Internationals
First WT20Iv.  Rwanda at National Stadium, Abuja; 26 Jan 2019
Last WT20Iv.  Kenya at Gahanga International Cricket Stadium, Kigali; 17 June 2023
WT20Is Played Won/Lost
Total[2] 51 26/24
(1 tie, 0 no result)
This year[3] 14 9/5
(0 ties, 0 no results)
As of 17 June 2023

History

Nigeria made its international debut at the 2011 ICC Africa Women's T20 Tournament in Uganda.[4] The team lost their first game, against Kenya, by ten wickets,[5] but rebounded to win their next match, against Sierra Leone, by six wickets.[6] They lost their remaining three matches (against Namibia, Tanzania, and Uganda), however, finishing fifth out of six teams overall.[7] In August 2015 Nigeria appeared in an invitation tournament in Dar es Salaam, which featured the Tanzanian national team and a team from India's Mumbai Cricket Association.[8]

In April 2018, the ICC granted full Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between Nigeria women and another international side since 1 July 2018 have been full WT20Is.[9] Nigeria made its Twenty20 International debut against Rwanda at Abuja on 26 January 2019. The teams played a five-game series with Nigeria winning by 3-2.[10]

In December 2020, the ICC announced the qualification pathway for the 2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup.[11] Nigeria were named in the 2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier regional group, alongside ten other teams.[12]

Squad

This lists all the players who played for Nigeria in the past 12 months or were named in the most recent squad. Updated on 17 Jun 2023.

Name Age Batting style Bowling style Notes
Batters
Salome Sunday21Right-handedRight-arm medium
Esther Sandy24Right-handed
Omonye Asika27Left-handedLeft-arm medium
All-rounders
Blessing Etim30Right-handedRight-arm mediumCaptain
Favour Eseigbe21Right-handedRight-arm leg breakVice-captain
Lucky Piety16Right-handedRight-arm off break
Agatha Obulor29Right-handedRight-arm medium
Wicket-keepers
Abigail Igbobie21Right-handed
Sarah Etim23Right-handed
Spin Bowler
Adeshola Adekunle15Right-handedRight-arm off break
Pace Bowlers
Rachael Samson21Right-handedRight-arm medium
Rukayat Abdulrasak19Right-handedRight-arm medium
Peculiar Agboya17Right-handedRight-arm medium
Oseyande Omonkhobhio18Right-handedRight-arm medium

Records and statistics

International Match Summary — Nigeria Women[13]

Last updated 17 June 2023

Playing Record
FormatMWLTNRInaugural Match
Twenty20 Internationals5126241026 January 2019

Twenty20 International

T20I record versus other nations[13]

Records complete to WT20I #1494. Last updated 17 June 2023.

OpponentMWLTNRFirst matchFirst win
ICC Full members
 Zimbabwe 1010011 May 2019
ICC Associate members
 Botswana 4310010 June 202110 June 2021
 Brazil 220009 June 20229 June 2022
 Cameroon 2200013 September 202113 September 2021
 Gambia 1100029 March 202229 March 2022
 Germany 1100010 June 202210 June 2022
 Ghana 220001 April 20221 April 2022
 Kenya 523008 June 202111 June 2023
 Mozambique 110006 May 20196 May 2019
 Namibia 303006 June 2021
 Rwanda 209101026 January 201926 January 2019
 Sierra Leone 330009 September 20219 September 2021
 Tanzania 202008 May 2019
 Uganda 4130011 September 202116 June 2023

See also

References
  1. "ICC Rankings". International Cricket Council.
  2. "WT20I matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  3. "WT20I matches - 2023 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  4. Other women's matches played by Nigeria Archived 2 April 2016 at the Wayback Machine – CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
  5. Kenya Women v Nigeria Women, Pepsi ICC Africa Women's T20 Tournament 2011/12 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
  6. Nigeria Women v Sierra Leone Women, Pepsi ICC Africa Women's T20 Tournament 2011/12 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
  7. Table: Pepsi ICC Africa Women's T20 Tournament 2011/12 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
  8. (18 August 2015). "Nigerian women beat hosts Tanzania at International Women’s Cricket Championship" – Vanguard. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
  9. "All T20I matches to get international status". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
  10. "Rwanda Women in Nigeria T20I Series - Cricket Schedules, Updates, Results". ESPNcricinfo.com. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  11. "Qualification for ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2023 announced". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  12. "ICC announce qualification process for 2023 Women's T20 World Cup". The Cricketer. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  13. "Records / Nigeria Women / Twenty20 Internationals / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo.
  14. "Records / Nigeria Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Highest totals". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  15. "Records / Nigeria Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Top Scores". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  16. "Records / Nigeria Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Best Bowling figures". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  17. "Records / Nigeria Women / Twenty20 Internationals / Most runs". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  18. "Records / Nigeria Women / Twenty20 Internationals / Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
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