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Kenya women's national cricket team

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Kenya
BERJAYA
Flag of Kenya
AssociationCricket Kenya
Personnel
CaptainEsther Wachira
CoachLameck Ngoche
International Cricket Council
ICC statusAssociate member (1981)
ICC regionAfrica
ICC Rankings Current[1] Best-ever
T20I 28th 16th (11 Oct 2018)
International cricket
First internationalv BERJAYA Uganda; 26 January 2001
T20 Internationals
First T20Iv BERJAYA Zimbabwe at Lugogo Stadium, Kampala; 6 April 2019
Last T20Iv BERJAYA Rwanda at High Performance Oval, Windhoek; 6 September 2025
T20Is Played Won/Lost
Total[2] 81 38/42
(1 tie, 0 no results)
This year[3] 0 0/0
(0 ties, 0 no results)
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T20I kit

As of 6 September 2025

The Kenya national women's cricket team represents Kenya in international women's cricket. Their first matches were in January 2001 when they played a three-match series against Uganda.[4]

History

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Kenya played in the African regional qualifiers for the 2009 World Cup in December 2006 against Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe. They performed poorly in the tournament, finishing in last place.

In 2008, Sarah Bhakita scored an unbeaten 186 against Rwanda to become the second woman in the world to achieve the feat in an international match. The team also participated in the World Cup Qualifiers held in Nairobi in December 2010, missing an opportunity to represent the continent by negligible scores, having tied with Zimbabwe at second place. South Africa who won all their matches and Zimbabwe achieved that feat instead.[5]

In December 2009, they won the Africa Women Championships under the captainship of Emily Ruto.

In December 2011, the women' team represented the country in Kampala, Uganda at the annual Africa Cricket Championships finishing fourth after the winners Uganda, Tanzania and Namibia. the other participating countries were Nigeria and Sierra Leone.

In April 2016, the team played in 2016 ICC Africa Women's World Twenty20 to qualify for 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 in the West Indies.[6][7]

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 Kenya women and another international side after 1 July 2018 will be a full WT20I.[8] Kenya made its Twenty20 International debut on 6 April 2019 against Zimbabwe during the 2019 Victoria Tri-Series in Kampala, Uganda.[9]

Current squad

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Updated on 17 June 2024.

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

Name Age Batting style Bowling style Notes
Batters
Venasa Ooko28Right-handedRight-arm medium
Veronica Abuga24Right-handedRight-arm off break
Mercy Sifuna24Right-handedRight-arm medium
Marion Juma22Right-handedRight-arm medium
All-rounders
Esther Wachira27Right-handedRight-arm mediumCaptain
Queentor Abel28Right-handedRight-arm off break
Mary Mwangi31Right-handedRight-arm medium
Kelvia Ogola23Right-handedRight-arm medium
Wicket-keepers
Charity Muthoni25Right-handed
Spin Bowler
Melvin Khagisota20Right-handedRight-arm off breakVice-captain
Judith Ajiambo26Right-handedRight-arm off break
Edith Waithaka25Right-handedSlow left-arm orthodox
Pace Bowlers
Lavendah Idambo20Right-handedRight-arm medium
Flavia Odhiambo24Right-handedRight-arm medium
Jemimah Ndanu21Right-handedRight-arm medium
Ann Wanjira23Right-handedRight-arm medium

Records and statistics

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International Match Summary — Kenya Women[10]

Last updated 6 September 2025

Playing Record
FormatMWLTNRInaugural Match
Twenty20 Internationals813842106 April 2019

Twenty20 International

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WT20I record versus other nations[10]

Records complete to WT20I #2487. Last updated 6 September 2025.

Opponent M W L T NR First Match First Win
ICC Full members
BERJAYA Bangladesh 1010019 January 2021
BERJAYA Sri Lanka 1010020 January 2021
BERJAYA Zimbabwe 303006 April 2019
ICC Associate members
BERJAYA Botswana 14121102 December 20192 December 2019
BERJAYA Brazil 1100015 June 202215 June 2022
BERJAYA Cameroon 220006 September 20236 September 2023
BERJAYA Germany 1100016 June 202216 June 2022
BERJAYA Lesotho 110005 September 20235 September 2023
BERJAYA Malawi 220003 September 20233 September 2023
BERJAYA Malaysia 1010023 January 2022
BERJAYA Namibia 312005 May 201912 June 2021
BERJAYA Nigeria 752008 June 20218 June 2021
BERJAYA Qatar 2200015 December 202215 December 2022
BERJAYA Rwanda 207130010 June 202110 June 2021
BERJAYA Scotland 1010022 January 2022
BERJAYA Sierra Leone 110006 May 20196 May 2019
BERJAYA Tanzania 7250012 June 202213 December 2022
BERJAYA Uganda 12111006 April 201910 June 2022
BERJAYA United Arab Emirates 1010018 April 2023

Tournament history

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Women's ODI World Cup

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Women's Cricket World Cup records
Host
Year		 Round Position GP W L T NR
England 1973Did not qualify/No Women's ODI status
India 1978
New Zealand 1982
Australia 1988
England 1993
India 1997
New Zealand 2000
South Africa 2005
Australia 2009
India 2013
England 2017
New Zealand 2022
India 2025
Total0/130 Titles00000

Women's World T20

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Twenty20 World Cup records
Host
Year		 Round Position GP W L T NR
England 2009Did not qualify
Cricket West Indies 2010
Sri Lanka 2012
Bangladesh 2014
India 2016
Cricket West Indies 2018
Australia 2020
South Africa 2023
United Arab Emirates 2024
England 2026To be determined
Total0/90 Titles00000

ICC Women's T20 Champions Trophy

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ICC Women's T20 Champions Trophy records
Host
Year		 Round Position GP W L T NR
Sri Lanka 2027To be determined
BERJAYA 2031
Total–0 Title00000

Cricket at Summer Olympics Games

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Cricket at Summer Olympics records
Host
Year		 Round Position GP W L T NR
United States 2028To be determined
Australia 2032
Total–0 Title00000

ICC Women's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier

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ICC Women's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier records
Year Round Position GP W L T NR
Zimbabwe 2019Group stages–31200
Botswana 2021Did not participate
Total1/2–31200

ICC Women's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier Division One

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ICC Women's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier Division Two records
Year Round Position GP W L T NR
Uganda 2023Group stage–31200
Namibia 2025DNQ6/851400
Total2/20 Title 82600

ICC Women's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier Division Two

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ICC Women's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier Division Two records
Year Round Position GP W L T NR
Botswana 2023Champion–55000
Total1/11 Title 55000

See also

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References

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  1. ↑ "ICC Rankings". International Cricket Council.
  2. ↑ "WT20I matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  3. ↑ "WT20I matches - 2026 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  4. ↑ "Other Women's Matches played by Kenya Women". cricketarchive.com. Archived from the original on 6 September 2015.
  5. ↑ "African leg of World Cup Qualifiers". Archived from the original on 19 September 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  6. ↑ "Zim steps up preps for ICC Africa Women's World T20 | The Chronicle". www.chronicle.co.zw. 15 April 2016. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
  7. ↑ Administrator. "Zimbabwe step up preps for ICC Africa Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier | Twenty-20". www.thesportscampus.com. Archived from the original on 3 May 2018. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
  8. ↑ "All T20I matches to get international status". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
  9. ↑ "Zimbabwe Women beat Kenya Women by 6 runs - Kenya Women vs Zimbabwe Women, Victoria Tri Series, 1st Match Match Summary, Report | ESPNcricinfo.com". ESPNcricinfo.
  10. 1 2 "Records / Kenya Women / Twenty20 Internationals / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo.
  11. ↑ "Records / Kenya Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Highest totals". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  12. ↑ "Records / Kenya Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Top Scores". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  13. ↑ "Records / Kenya Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Best Bowling figures". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  14. ↑ "Records / Kenya Women / Twenty20 Internationals / Most runs". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  15. ↑ "Records / Kenya Women / Twenty20 Internationals / Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
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