Lesotho women's national cricket team
 Flag of Lesotho | ||||||||||
| Association | Lesotho Cricket Association | |||||||||
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| Personnel | ||||||||||
| Captain | Maneo Nyabela | |||||||||
| International Cricket Council | ||||||||||
| ICC status | Associate member[1] (2017) Affiliate member (2001) | |||||||||
| ICC region | Africa | |||||||||
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| T20 Internationals | ||||||||||
| First T20I |  Botswana at Botswana Cricket Association Oval 1, Gaborone; 20 August 2018 | |||||||||
| Last T20I |  Zambia at Botswana Cricket Association Oval 2, Gaborone; 11 April 2026 | |||||||||
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| As of 11 April 2026 | ||||||||||
The Lesotho women's national cricket team represents Lesotho in women's cricket matches.
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 Lesotho women and other ICC members after 1 July 2018 have the full WT20I status.[5]
Lesotho's first WT20I matches were contested as part of the Botswana 7s tournament in August 2018 against Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Sierra Leone and Zambia (Zambia's matches were not classified as WT20Is as they had a Botswanan player in their squad).[6] Lesotho finished bottom of the table, losing all five group matches[7] and lose the fifth place play off against Malawi by a margin of nine wickets.[8]
Records and statistics
[edit]International Match Summary — Lesotho Women[9]
Last updated 11 April 2026
| Playing Record | ||||||
| Format | M | W | L | T | NR | Inaugural Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Twenty20 Internationals | 28 | 3 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 20 August 2018 |
Twenty20 International
[edit]- Highest team total: 87 v Mozambique, 21 August 2018, at Botswana Cricket Association Oval 2, Gaborone.[10]
- Highest individual score: 31*, Matsooana Tsarsi v Malawi, 21 August 2018, at Botswana Cricket Association Oval 2, Gaborone.[11]
- Best individual bowling figures: 3/21, Maneo Nyabela v Mozambique, 22 April 2024, at Botswana Cricket Association Oval 1, Gaborone.[12]
T20I record versus other nations[9]
Records complete to WT20I #2721. Last updated 11 April 2026.
| Opponent | M | W | L | T | NR | First match | First win |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ICC Associate members | |||||||
| Botswana | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 August 2018 | |
 Brazil | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 April 2026 | |
 Cameroon | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 July 2025 | |
 Eswatini | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 July 2025 | 26 July 2025 |
 Kenya | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 September 2023 | |
 Malawi | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 21 August 2018 | |
 Mozambique | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 21 August 2018 | |
 Namibia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 August 2018 | |
 Rwanda | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 22 April 2024 | |
 Sierra Leone | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 August 2018 | |
| Zambia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 April 2026 | 7 April 2026 |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "Ireland and Afghanistan ICC newest full members amid wide-ranging governance reform". International Cricket Council. 22 June 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
- ↑ "ICC Rankings". International Cricket Council.
- ↑ "WT20I matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
- ↑ "WT20I matches - 2026 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
- ↑ "T20s between all ICC members to have international status". ESPNcricinfo. 27 April 2018. Archived from the original on 16 November 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
- ↑ "Botswana 7s tournament: A complete round-up". womenscriczone.com. 30 August 2018. Archived from the original on 4 January 2019. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
- ↑ "Botswana Cricket Association Women's T20I Series Table - 2018". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 4 January 2019. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
- ↑ "5th Place Play-off, Botswana Cricket Association Women's T20I Series at Gaborone, Aug 25 2018". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 4 January 2019. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
- 1 2 "Records / Lesotho Women / Twenty20 Internationals / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo.
- ↑ "Records / Lesotho Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Highest totals". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
- ↑ "Records / Lesotho Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Top Scores". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
- ↑ "Records / Lesotho Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Best Bowling figures". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
