Tanzania women's national cricket team

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

For the men's team, see Tanzania national cricket team.
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 18th 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.  Rwanda at Lugogo Stadium, Kampala; 22 April 2023
WT20Is Played Won/Lost
Total[2] 36 28/8
(0 ties, 0 no results)
This year[3] 4 2/2
(0 ties, 0 no results)
As of 22 April 2023

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

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

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 22 April 2023.

Name Age Batting style Bowling style Notes
Batters
Fatuma Kibasu33Right-handedRight-arm off breakCaptain
Hudaa Omary21Right-handed
Saum Mtae20Left-handedRight-arm off break
Mwanaidi Swedy24Right-handedRight-arm off break
Neema Pius21Right-handedRight-arm medium
Monica Pascal36Right-handedRight-arm leg break
Wicket-keeper
Shufaa Mohamedi20Right-handed
Spin Bowlers
Josephine Ulrik18Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodox
Mwapwani Mohamedi24Right-handedRight-arm off break
Pace Bowlers
Perice Kamunya21Right-handedRight-arm medium
Agnes Qwele17Right-handedRight-arm medium
Nasra Saidi23Right-handedRight-arm medium
Aisha Mohamed24Right-handedRight-arm medium
Tabu Omary23Right-handedRight-arm medium
Sophia Jerome20Right-handedRight-arm medium
Sonia Muya18Right-handedRight-arm medium

Records and statistics

International Match Summary — Tanzania Women[13]

Last updated 22 April 2023

Playing Record
FormatMWLTNRInaugural Match
Twenty20 Internationals36288006 May 2019

Twenty20 International

T20I record versus other nations[13]

Records complete to WT20I #1409. Last updated 22 April 2023.

OpponentMWLTNRFirst matchFirst win
ICC Full members
 Zimbabwe 202006 May 2019
ICC Associate members
 Botswana 2200016 September 202116 September 2021
 Brazil 1100016 June 202216 June 2022
 Eswatini 1100014 September 202114 September 2021
 Germany 1100013 June 202213 June 2022
 Kenya 5320012 June 202212 June 2022
 Mali 2200019 June 201919 June 2019
 Mozambique 220009 May 20199 May 2019
 Namibia 1010017 September 2021
 Nigeria 220008 May 20198 May 2019
 Qatar 3300014 December 202214 December 2022
 Rwanda 6510011 May 201911 May 2019
 Uganda 7520018 June 201918 June 2019
 United Arab Emirates 1100019 April 202319 April 2023

See also

References
  1. "ICC Rankings". International Cricket Council.
  2. "WT20I matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  3. "WT20I matches - 2023 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. "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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