United States women's national cricket team

The United States women's cricket team is the team that represents the country of the United States in international women's cricket matches. The team made its international debut in 2009, although the United States has been an associate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) since 1965. The United States is one of the leading associate teams in the ICC Americas region and has participated in two editions of the Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier and two editions of the ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier, although it is yet to qualify for any World Cups.

For the men's team, see United States men's national cricket team.
United States
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Flag of the United States
AssociationUSA Cricket
Personnel
CaptainSindhu Sriharsha
International Cricket Council
ICC statusAssociate member (1965)
ICC regionAmericas
ICC Rankings Current[1] Best-ever
WT20I 23rd 24th (October 7, 2022)
Women's international cricket
First internationalv  Brazil at Brian Piccolo Park, Fort Lauderdale; May 18, 2009
Women's One Day Internationals
Women's World Cup Qualifier appearances2 (first in 2011)
Best result8th (2011)
Women's Twenty20 Internationals
First WT20Iv.  Canada at Central Broward Stadium, Lauderhill; May 17, 2019
Last WT20Iv.  Canada at Woodley Cricket Field, Los Angeles; September 11, 2023
WT20Is Played Won/Lost
Total[2] 28 16/12
(0 ties, 0 no results)
This year[3] 6 6/0
(0 ties, 0 no results)
Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier appearances2 (first in 2019)
Best result7th (2019)
As of September 11, 2023

History

A national women's program was initiated in 2008.[4] The U.S. women's team made its international debut against Brazil at the 2009 Americas Women's Championship, which it hosted in Fort Lauderdale; former West Indies international Roselyn Emmanuel was the team's inaugural captain.[5] In 2010, the team defeated Canada in a three-match series to represent the Americas region at the 2011 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier.[4] The team finished fourth in its group at the Qualifier with only one win – a one-run victory against Zimbabwe.[6]

The early years of the women's national team were marked by conflict with the sport's governing body, the United States of America Cricket Association (USACA). In the lead-up to the 2011 World Cup Qualifier, it was reported that USACA had been reprimanded by the ICC over its lack of support for the women's team and failure to meet administrative deadlines for the tournament.[7] Thirteen players also threatened to withdraw from the national squad over gender inequality in tour stipends.[8] In 2012, it was reported that the team's national coach Robin Singh had made sexist remarks disparaging the players' ability and stating that he had had to "drop [his] mental standards" in order to coach them.[9] USACA failed to hold any national women's events from 2011 to 2016, when the ICC intervened to establish a national combine.[4]

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 the United States women and another international side after July 1, 2018 will be a full WT20I.[10]

In March 2019, Julia Price was appointed as the head coach of the team. Price had previously played international cricket for Australia.[11] Price stepped down from the role in May 2022, and was succeeded by Shivnarine Chanderpaul in July 2022 as women's senior and U-19 coach.[12][13]

In December 2020, the ICC announced the qualification pathway for the 2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup.[14] The United States were named in the 2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Americas Qualifier regional group, alongside three other teams.[15]

In May 2022, the ICC announced the United States as one of five women's sides to gain Women's One Day International (ODI) status.[16] Netherlands, Papua New Guinea, Scotland and Thailand are the other four teams.[17]

Tournament history

Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier

Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier

ICC Women's T20 World Cup Americas Qualifier

Records and statistics

International Match Summary — United States Women[18]

Last updated September 11, 2023

Playing Record
FormatMWLTNRInaugural Match
Twenty20 Internationals28161200May 17, 2019

Twenty20 International

T20I record versus other nations[18]

Records complete to WT20I #1660. Last updated September 11, 2023.

OpponentMWLTNRFirst matchFirst win
ICC Full members
 Bangladesh 20200September 1, 2019
 Ireland 10100September 19, 2022
 Zimbabwe 10100September 10, 2022
ICC Associate members
 Argentina 44000October 21, 2021October 21, 2021
 Brazil 44000October 18, 2021October 18, 2021
 Canada 76100May 17, 2019May 17, 2019
 Namibia 11000September 7, 2019September 7, 2019
 Netherlands 10100September 5, 2019
 Papua New Guinea 20200September 3, 2019
 Scotland 20200August 31, 2019
 Thailand 10100September 12, 2022
 United Arab Emirates 21100September 13, 2022September 13, 2022

See also

References
  1. "ICC Rankings". International Cricket Council.
  2. "WT20I matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  3. "WT20I matches - 2023 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  4. Della Penna, Peter (August 25, 2016). "Women's cricket in USA desperate for lift". Retrieved March 25, 2023.
  5. "Women's miscellaneous matches played by United States of America Women". CricketArchive. Retrieved March 25, 2023.
  6. "United States of America Women Squad | ICC Women's World Cup Qualifier, 2011/12 | Cricket Squads". ESPN Cricinfo. November 13, 2011. Retrieved June 18, 2013.
  7. Della Penna, Peter (October 15, 2011). "USACA admonished over handling of women's team". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved March 25, 2023.
  8. "USA women in showdown with board over World Cup cash". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved March 25, 2023.
  9. "USA Cricket: Why is USACA paying Robin Singh if he's having a "bad experience" working for USACA?". DreamCricket. April 7, 2012. Retrieved March 25, 2023.
  10. "All T20I matches to get international status". International Cricket Council. Retrieved April 26, 2018.
  11. "Former Australia wicket-keeper Julia Price appointed USA Women coach". International Cricket Council. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
  12. Hays, Nate (May 17, 2022). "USA Cricket and Julia Price part ways". Emerging Cricket. Retrieved July 3, 2022.
  13. Penna, Peter (July 4, 2022). "Chanderpaul named USA senior and U-19 women's head coach". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved July 8, 2022.
  14. "Qualification for ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2023 announced". International Cricket Council. Retrieved December 12, 2020.
  15. "ICC announce qualification process for 2023 Women's T20 World Cup". The Cricketer. Retrieved December 12, 2020.
  16. "Two new teams in next edition of ICC Women's Championship". International Cricket Council. Retrieved May 25, 2022.
  17. "ICC awards ODI status to five Associate Women's Teams". Emerging Cricket. Retrieved May 26, 2022.
  18. "Records / United States Women / Twenty20 Internationals / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo.
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  22. "Records / USA Women / Twenty20 Internationals / Most runs". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved September 7, 2019.
  23. "Records / USA Women / Twenty20 Internationals / Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved September 7, 2019.
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