Association | Nigeria Cricket Federation | |||||||||
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Personnel | ||||||||||
Captain | Samantha Agazuma | |||||||||
International Cricket Council | ||||||||||
ICC status | Associate member (2002) | |||||||||
ICC region | Africa | |||||||||
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Women's international cricket | ||||||||||
First international | v. Kenya at Kampala; 16 Dec 2011 | |||||||||
Women's Twenty20 Internationals | ||||||||||
First WT20I | v. Rwanda at National Stadium, Abuja; 26 Jan 2019 | |||||||||
Last WT20I | v. Uganda at Achimota Oval A, Accra; 13 March 2024 | |||||||||
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As of 13 March 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.
Nigeria made its 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), however, 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 with Nigeria winning by 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]
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 | 24 | 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 | 21 | 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 | 21 | 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 |
International Match Summary — Nigeria Women [13]
Last updated 13 March 2024
Playing Record | ||||||
Format | M | W | L | T | NR | Inaugural Match |
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Twenty20 Internationals | 64 | 33 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 26 January 2019 |
Most T20I runs for Nigeria Women [17]
| Most T20I wickets for Nigeria Women [18]
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T20I record versus other nations [13]
Records complete to WT20I #1807. Last updated 13 March 2024.
Opponent | M | W | L | T | NR | First match | First win |
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ICC Full members | |||||||
Zimbabwe | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 May 2019 | |
ICC Associate members | |||||||
Botswana | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 June 2021 | 10 June 2021 |
Brazil | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 June 2022 | 9 June 2022 |
Cameroon | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 September 2021 | 13 September 2021 |
Gambia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 March 2022 | 29 March 2022 |
Germany | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 June 2022 | 10 June 2022 |
Ghana | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 April 2022 | 1 April 2022 |
Kenya | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 June 2021 | 11 June 2023 |
Mozambique | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 May 2019 | 6 May 2019 |
Namibia | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 June 2021 | 8 March 2024 |
Rwanda | 23 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 26 January 2019 | 26 January 2019 |
Sierra Leone | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 September 2021 | 9 September 2021 |
Tanzania | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 May 2019 | |
Uganda | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 September 2021 | 16 June 2023 |
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