Rwanda women's national under-19 cricket team

The Rwanda women's under-19 cricket team represents Rwanda in international under-19 women's cricket. The team is administered by the Rwanda Cricket Association (RCA).

Rwanda Women's Under-19 cricket team
AssociationRwanda Cricket Association
Personnel
CaptainGisele Ishimwe
CoachLeonard Nhamburo
History
Twenty20 debutv.  Pakistan at Senwes Park, Potchefstroom, South Africa; 15 January 2023
U19 World Cup wins0
International Cricket Council
ICC regionAfrica

Rwanda qualified for the inaugural ICC Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup via winning the Africa Qualifier, thereby becoming the first Rwandan team to qualify for an ICC tournament.[1] They reached the Super Six stage at the tournament, winning two of their matches.[2]

History

Rwanda competed in the Women's African Under-19s Championship between 2009–10 and 2014–15.[3]

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.[4] The tournament was eventually scheduled to take place in 2023, in South Africa. Rwanda competed in the Africa Qualifier for the tournament in September 2022. They finished second in their group, winning three of their four matches to qualify for the semi-finals. They went on to beat Uganda in the semi-finals and Tanzania, by 6 wickets, in the final. It was the first time that a Rwandan side had qualified for a Cricket World Cup in any format.[1]

Rwanda announced their squad for the tournament on 18 December 2022, with Leonard Nhamburo announced as Head Coach of the side.[5] Rwanda beat both Zimbabwe and the West Indies as they reached the Super Six stage of the tournament.[2] Rwanda bowler Henriette Ishimwe took four wickets in four balls against Zimbabwe.[6]

Recent call-ups

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

Name Most Recent Call-up
Divine Gihozo Ishimwe 2023 World Cup
Gisele Ishimwe 2023 World Cup
Henriette Ishimwe 2023 World Cup
Zurafat Ishimwe 2023 World Cup
Henriette Isimbi 2023 World Cup
Cesarie Muragajimana 2023 World Cup
Belise Murekatete 2023 World Cup
Sharila Niyomuhoza 2023 World Cup
Marie Jose Tumukunde 2023 World Cup
Sylvia Usabyimana 2023 World Cup
Giovannis Uwase 2023 World Cup
Merveille Uwase 2023 World Cup
Cynthia Tuyizere 2023 World Cup
Rosine Uwera 2023 World Cup

Records & statistics

International match summary

As of 22 January 2023

Playing records
FormatMWLTD/NRInaugural match
Youth Women's Twenty20 Internationals5230015 January 2023

Youth Women's Twenty20 record versus other nations

As of 22 January 2023

ICC Full members
OpponentMWLTNRFirst matchFirst win
England England1010019 January 2023
Pakistan Pakistan1010015 January 2023
 New Zealand1010022 January 2023
 West Indies1100022 January 202322 January 2023
Zimbabwe Zimbabwe1100017 January 202317 January 2023

Leading runs scorers
As of 22 January 2023
S/NPlayersRunsAverageCareer span[7]
1Gisele Ishimwe13333.252023–Present
2Cynthia Tuyizere7214.402023–Present
3Henriette Ishimwe6012.002023–Present

Leading wickets takers
As of 22 January 2023
S/NPlayerWicketsAverageCareer span[8]
1Sylvia Usabyimana711.422023–Present
2Henriette Ishimwe613.662023–Present
3Zurafat Ishimwe519.602023–Present

Highest individual innings
As of 22 January 2023
S/NPlayerScoreOppositionMatch Date[9]
1Gisele Ishimwe40 Pakistan15 January 2023
2Gisele Ishimwe34 Zimbabwe17 January 2023
3Gisele Ishimwe31* West Indies22 January 2023

Highest individual bowling figures
As of 22 January 2023
S/NPlayerScoreOppositionMatch Date[10]
1Marie Jose Tumukunde4/8 West Indies22 January 2023
2Gisele Ishimwe4/13 Zimbabwe17 January 2023
3Sylvia Usabyimana4/20 West Indies22 January 2023

Highest team totals
As of 22 January 2023
S/NDatesTotalsAgainstRef
117 January 2023119/8,
(20 Overs)		 Zimbabwe[11]
215 January 2023106/8,
(20 Overs)		 Pakistan

Lowest team totals
As of 22 January 2023
S/NDatesTotalsAgainstRef
121 January 202396/7,
(20 Overs)		 New Zealand[11]
222 January 202371/6,
(18.2 Overs)		 West Indies
319 January 202345/10,
(17 Overs)		 England

Under-19 World Cup record
Rwanda's U19 Twenty20 World Cup Record
Year Result Pos № Pld W L T NR
South Africa 2023 Super 6 – 16 5 2 3 0 0
MalaysiaThailand 2025 To be determined
BangladeshNepal 2027
Total 5 2 3 0 0

References
  1. "African delight: Rwanda qualify for inaugural ICC event". International Cricket Council. 13 September 2022. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
  2. "ICC Women's Under-19 T20 World Cup 2022/23". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  3. "Women's Miscellaneous Matches Played by Rwanda Under-19s Women". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
  4. "ICC postpones 2021 Women's World Cup Qualifier due to COVID-19". Women's CricZone. 12 May 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
  5. "Nhamburo names final squad for 2023 ICC U19 Women World Cup". The New Times. 18 December 2022. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  6. "Henriette Ishimwe picks up four wickets in four balls as Rwanda stun Zimbabwe". ESPNcricinfo. 17 January 2023. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  7. "Rwanda women's under-19 cricket team batters statistics". www.espncricinfo.com. 21 January 2023. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
  8. "Rwanda womens under-19 cricket team bowling statistics". www.espncricinfo.com. 21 January 2023. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
  9. "Rwanda Womens U-19 cricket team batters statistics". www.espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
  10. "Rwanda Womens U-19 cricket team bowler statistics". www.espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
  11. "Rwanda Womens U-19 cricket team highest & lowest totals statistics". www.espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
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