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Tanzania women's national cricket team

For the men's team, see Tanzania national cricket team.

The Tanzanian women's cricket team is the team that represents the country of Tanzania in international women's cricket.

Tanzania
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Tanzania Cricket Association logo
AssociationTanzania Cricket Association
Personnel
CaptainFatuma Kibasu
International Cricket Council
ICC statusAssociate member (2001)
ICC regionAfrica
ICC Rankings Current[1] Best-ever
WT20I 19th 16th (1 Oct 2022)
Women's international cricket
First internationalv.  Uganda; 8 April 2004
Women's Twenty20 Internationals
First WT20Iv.  Zimbabwe at Takashinga Cricket Club, Harare, 6 May 2019
Last WT20Iv.  Namibia at Achimota Oval A, Accra; 10 March 2024
WT20Is Played Won/Lost
Total[2] 53 38/13
(0 ties, 2 no results)
This year[3] 8 6/1
(0 ties, 1 no result)
As of 10 May 2024

Tanzania won the inaugural African women's championships in 2004 and has been one of the best-performed ICC associate member teams in Africa. The team also finished runner-up in the 2006 and 2011 African championships, but is yet to qualify for a global event.

History

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Organised women's cricket in Tanzania began in 1999, when the Tanzania Cricket Association (TCA) introduced "chanzo cricket" for girls into primary schools. A national under-15 team was created in 2002 for a regional tournament. The development of the sport has been hindered by social taboos against women's participation in sport, especially those with children.[4]

The TCA hosted the inaugural African women's cricket championships in 2004, with limited involvement from the International Women's Cricket Council (IWCC).[5] The national team was unbeaten, defeating Uganda, Kenya and Namibia in the round-robin and winning the final against Uganda by 8 wickets.[6][7]

In March 2018, Tanzania was invited to participate in the 2018 ASEAN Women's T20 Open Tournament as a guest team, finishing as runner-up to the hosts Thailand.[8]

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 Tanzania women and another international side since 1 July 2018 have been full WT20Is.[9]

In December 2020, the ICC announced the qualification pathway for the 2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup.[10] Tanzania were named in the 2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier regional group, alongside ten other teams.[11]

Tanzanian batter Fatuma Kibasu scored her second T20I century in September 2021, an innings of 127 not out from 66 balls against Eswatini in the 2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier, becoming only the fifth woman and the first from an ICC associate member team to score multiple T20I centuries.[12]

Current squad

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This lists all the players who have played for Tanzania in the past 12 months or was named in the most recent squad. Updated on 19 November 2023.

Name Age Batting style Bowling style Notes
Batters
Fatuma Kibasu 35 Right-handed Right-arm off break Captain
Hudaa Omary 22 Right-handed
Saum Mtae 22 Left-handed Right-arm off break
Monica Pascal 37 Right-handed Right-arm leg break
Allrounders
Aisha Mohamed 25 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Neema Pius 23 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Wicket-keepers
Shufaa Mohamedi 21 Right-handed
Saumu Hussein 16 Right-handed
Spin Bowlers
Sheila Kizito 20 Right-handed Right-arm off break
Mwanamvua Ushanga 19 Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
Pace Bowlers
Perice Kamunya 22 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Agnes Qwele 18 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Sophia Jerome 21 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Mwajabu Salum 35 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Saum Borakambi 19 Right-handed Right-arm medium

Records and statistics

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International Match Summary — Tanzania Women[13]

Last updated 10 March 2024

Playing Record
Format M W L T NR Inaugural Match
Twenty20 Internationals 54 38 14 0 2 6 May 2019

Twenty20 International

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T20I record versus other nations[13]

Records complete to WT20I #1803. Last updated 10 March 2024.

Opponent M W L T NR First match First win
ICC Full members
  Zimbabwe 3 0 3 0 0 6 May 2019
ICC Associate members
  Botswana 3 3 0 0 0 16 September 2021 16 September 2021
  Brazil 1 1 0 0 0 16 June 2022 16 June 2022
  Eswatini 1 1 0 0 0 14 September 2021 14 September 2021
  Germany 1 1 0 0 0 13 June 2022 13 June 2022
  Hong Kong 2 0 2 0 0 18 November 2023
  Japan 1 1 0 0 0 16 November 2023 16 November 2023
  Kenya 6 4 2 0 0 12 June 2022 12 June 2022
  Mali 2 2 0 0 0 19 June 2019 19 June 2019
  Mozambique 2 2 0 0 0 9 May 2019 9 May 2019
  Namibia 3 1 1 0 1 17 September 2021 10 March 2024
    Nepal 1 1 0 0 0 15 November 2023 15 November 2023
  Nigeria 5 4 0 0 1 8 May 2019 8 May 2019
  Qatar 3 3 0 0 0 14 December 2022 14 December 2022
  Rwanda 8 6 2 0 0 11 May 2019 11 May 2019
  Sierra Leone 2 2 0 0 0 28 February 2024 28 February 2024
  Uganda 8 5 3 0 0 18 June 2019 18 June 2019
  United Arab Emirates 1 1 0 0 0 19 April 2023 19 April 2023

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 - 2024 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  4. ^ "The journey of women's cricket". The Citizen. 9 April 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
  5. ^ "Development Report Jan - Apr 04" (PDF). Tanzania Cricket Association. pp. 2–3.
  6. ^ "Africa Women's Championship 2004 Table". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  7. ^ Kintu, Ronnie (13 April 2004). "Uganda Women Finish 2nd in Africa Cup". New Vision. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  8. ^ "Day 8 – Tanzania defeat Hong Kong to seal second place in ASEAN women's T20". Cricket Association of Thailand. 14 March 2018. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  9. ^ "All T20I matches to get international status". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
  10. ^ "Qualification for ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2023 announced". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  11. ^ "ICC announce qualification process for 2023 Women's T20 World Cup". The Cricketer. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  12. ^ "RECORDS / WOMEN'S TWENTY20 INTERNATIONALS / BATTING RECORDS / MOST RUNS IN AN INNINGS". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  13. ^ a b "Records / Tanzania Women / Twenty20 Internationals / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo.
  14. ^ "Records / Tanzania Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Highest totals". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
  15. ^ "Records / Tanzania Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Top Scores". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
  16. ^ "Records / Tanzania Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Best Bowling figures". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
  17. ^ "Records / Tanzania Women / Twenty20 Internationals / Most runs". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  18. ^ "Records / Tanzania Women / Twenty20 Internationals / Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
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