Namibia women's national cricket team

The Namibia women's national cricket team represents the country of Namibia in international women's cricket. The team is organised by the Namibia Cricket Board, which has been a member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) since 1992.

Namibia
Flag of Namibia
AssociationCricket Namibia
Personnel
CaptainYasmeen Khan
CoachLaya Francis
International Cricket Council
ICC statusAssociate member (1992)
ICC regionAfrica
ICC Rankings Current [1] Best-ever
WT20I 24th 24th (8 September 2019)
Women's international cricket
First internationalv  Kenya at Dar-es-Salaam; 8 April 2004
Women's Twenty20 Internationals
First WT20Iv  Malawi at Botswana Cricket Association Oval 2, Gaborone; 20 August 2018
Last WT20Iv  United States at Lochlands, Arbroath; 7 September 2019
WT20Is Played Won/Lost
Total [2] 25 14/11
(0 ties, 0 no result)
This year [3] 0 0/0
(0 ties, 0 no result)
Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier appearances1 (first in 2019)
Best result8th (2019)
As of 19 February 2020

Namibia made its international debut at the 2004 Africa Women's Cricket Tournament in Tanzania, but failed to win a match.[4] The team's closest result came in the opening match against Kenya, where they were bowled out for 106, and eventually lost by five wickets.[5] In the second game, against Uganda, they lost by 152 runs,[6] while in the final game, against Tanzania, they were bowled out for just 29, and lost by ten wickets.[7] After their debut, Namibia did not compete in another Africa-wide tournament until the 2011 ICC Africa Women's T20 Tournament in Uganda. They have since regularly competed in ICC Africa competitions, without much success.[4] Namibia also play in regional competitions against other southern African teams, and in the past have appeared in South African provincial competitions (as the national men's team does).[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 Namibia women and another international side after 1 July 2018 were a full WT20I.[9]

Namibia's first WT20I matches were contested as part of the Botswana 7s tournament in August 2018 against Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Sierra Leone and Zambia however Zambia's matches were not classified as WT20Is as they had a Botswana player in their squad.[10] Namibia finished top of the table, winning all five group stage matches[11] and won the final against Sierra Leone by a margin of nine wickets.[12][13]

In July 2019, the International Cricket Council (ICC) suspended Zimbabwe Cricket, with the team barred from taking part in ICC events.[14][15] The following month, with Zimbabwe banned from taking part in international cricket tournaments, the ICC confirmed that Namibia would replace them in the 2019 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament.[16][17]

Tournament history

ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier

Records and Statistics

International Match Summary — Namibia Women[18]

Last updated 7 September 2019

Playing Record
FormatMWLTNRInaugural Match
Twenty20 Internationals2514110020 August 2018

Twenty20 International

T20I record versus other nations[18]

Records complete to T20I #754. Last updated 7 September 2019.

OpponentMWLTNRFirst matchFirst win
ICC Full members
v  Ireland 1010031 August 2019
v  Zimbabwe 606005 January 2019
ICC Associate members
v  Botswana 6600024 August 201824 August 2018
v  Kenya 110005 May 20195 May 2019
v  Lesotho 1100023 August 201823 August 2018
v  Malawi 1100020 August 201820 August 2018
v  Mozambique 1100023 August 201823 August 2018
v  Netherlands 101003 September 2019
v  Scotland 101005 September 2019
v  Sierra Leone 3300021 August 201821 August 2018
v  Thailand 101001 September 2019
v  Uganda 110006 May 20196 May 2019
v  United States 101007 September 2019

See also

References
  1. "ICC Rankings". International Cricket Council.
  2. "WT20I matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  3. "WT20I matches - 2020 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  4. Other women's matches played by Namibia – CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
  5. Kenya Women v Namibia Women, Africa Women's Championship 2004 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
  6. Namibia Women v Uganda Women, Africa Women's Championship 2004 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
  7. Tanzania Women v Namibia Women, Africa Women's Championship 2004 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
  8. "Namibia to host women's cricket tourney" – The Namibian. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
  9. "T20s between all ICC members to have international status". ESPNcricinfo. 27 April 2018. Archived from the original on 16 November 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  10. "Botswana 7s tournament: A complete round-up". womenscriczone.com. 30 August 2018. Archived from the original on 4 January 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  11. "Botswana Cricket Association Women's T20I Series Table - 2018". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 4 January 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  12. "Final, Botswana Cricket Association Women's T20I Series at Gaborone, Aug 25 2018". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  13. "Namibia women crowned champions of Botswana 7s T20I tournament". Czarsportz. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  14. "ICC board and full council concludes in London". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
  15. "Zimbabwe suspended by ICC over 'government interference'". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
  16. "Nigeria awarded men's T20 World Cup Qualifiers entry". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  17. "Namibia and Nigeria to compete in ICC Women's and Men's T20 World Cup Qualifiers". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  18. "Records / Namibia Women / Twenty20 Internationals / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo.
  19. "Records / Namibia Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Highest totals". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  20. "Records / Namibia Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Top Scores". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  21. "Records / Namibia Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Best Bowling figures". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  22. "Records / Namibia Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Most runs". Cricinfo. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  23. "Records / Namibia Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
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