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Captain | Samantha Agazuma | |||||||||
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ICC status | Associate member (2002) | |||||||||
ICC region | Africa | |||||||||
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Women's international cricket | ||||||||||
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Women's Twenty20 Internationals | ||||||||||
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As of 8 June 2024 |
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.
History
[edit]Nigeria Women made their 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), 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 the WT20I status.[9] Nigeria made its Twenty20 International debut against Rwanda at Abuja on 26 January 2019. The teams played a five-game series which Nigeria won 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
[edit]Updated on 13 March 2024, this lists all the players who played for Nigeria in the past 12 months or were named in the most recent squad.
Name | Age | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes |
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Batters | ||||
Salome Sunday | 22 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
Esther Sandy | 25 | Right-handed | ||
Victory Igbinedion | 18 | Right-handed | ||
All-rounders | ||||
Lucky Piety | 17 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
Blessing Etim | 31 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Captain |
Favour Eseigbe | 22 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | Vice-captain |
Wicket-keepers | ||||
Sarah Etim | 24 | Right-handed | ||
Abigail Igbobie | 22 | Right-handed | ||
Spin Bowler | ||||
Adeshola Adekunle | 16 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
Pace Bowlers | ||||
Peculiar Agboya | 17 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
Rukayat Abdulrasak | 19 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
Rachael Samson | 22 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
Christabel Chukwuonye | 15 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
Lillian Udeh | 17 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | |
Usen Peace | 16 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium |
Records and statistics
[edit]International Match Summary — Nigeria Women[13]
Last updated 8 June 2024
Playing Record | ||||||
Format | M | W | L | T | NR | Inaugural Match |
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Twenty20 Internationals | 71 | 37 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 26 January 2019 |
Twenty20 International
[edit]- Highest team total: 179/5 v. Malawi on 7 June 2024 at Gahanga B Ground, Kigali.[14]
- Highest individual score: 70, Lucky Piety v. Malawi on 7 June 2024 at Gahanga B Ground, Kigali.[15]
- Best individual bowling figures: 6/7, Lillian Udeh v. Rwanda on 4 June 2024 at Gahanga International Cricket Stadium, Kigali.[16]
Most T20I runs for Nigeria Women[17]
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Most T20I wickets for Nigeria Women[18]
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T20I record versus other nations[13]
Records complete to WT20I #1918. Last updated 8 June 2024.
Opponent | M | W | L | T | NR | First match | First win |
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2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 May 2019 | |
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5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 June 2021 | 10 June 2021 |
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 June 2022 | 9 June 2022 |
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 September 2021 | 13 September 2021 |
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1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 March 2022 | 29 March 2022 |
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1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 June 2022 | 10 June 2022 |
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 April 2022 | 1 April 2022 |
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6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 June 2021 | 11 June 2023 |
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1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 June 2024 | 7 June 2024 |
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1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 May 2019 | 6 May 2019 |
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5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 June 2021 | 8 March 2024 |
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25 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 26 January 2019 | 26 January 2019 |
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5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 September 2021 | 9 September 2021 |
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5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 May 2019 | |
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7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 September 2021 | 16 June 2023 |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "ICC Rankings". International Cricket Council.
- ^ "WT20I matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ "WT20I matches - 2024 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ Other women's matches played by Nigeria Archived 2 April 2016 at the Wayback Machine – CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
- ^ Kenya Women v Nigeria Women, Pepsi ICC Africa Women's T20 Tournament 2011/12 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
- ^ Nigeria Women v Sierra Leone Women, Pepsi ICC Africa Women's T20 Tournament 2011/12 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
- ^ Table: Pepsi ICC Africa Women's T20 Tournament 2011/12 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
- ^ (18 August 2015). "Nigerian women beat hosts Tanzania at International Women’s Cricket Championship" – Vanguard. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
- ^ "All T20I matches to get international status". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
- ^ "Rwanda Women in Nigeria T20I Series - Cricket Schedules, Updates, Results". ESPNcricinfo.com. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ "Qualification for ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2023 announced". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
- ^ "ICC announce qualification process for 2023 Women's T20 World Cup". The Cricketer. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
- ^ a b "Records / Nigeria Women / Twenty20 Internationals / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ "Records / Nigeria Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Highest totals". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
- ^ "Records / Nigeria Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Top Scores". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
- ^ "Records / Nigeria Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Best Bowling figures". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
- ^ "Records / Nigeria Women / Twenty20 Internationals / Most runs". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
- ^ "Records / Nigeria Women / Twenty20 Internationals / Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 June 2021.