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Nigeria

Nigeria Cricket Federation logo
Association	Nigeria Cricket Federation
Personnel
Captain	Samantha Agazuma
International Cricket Council
ICC status	Associate member (2002)
ICC region	Africa
ICC Rankings Current Best-ever WT20I 29th 29th (22 Dec 2022)
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.  Rwanda at Gahanga B Ground, Kigali; 8 June 2024
WT20Is Played Won/Lost Total 71 37/32 (1 tie, 1 no result) This year 0 0/0 (0 ties, 0 no results)
As of 8 June 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.

History

Nigeria Women made their international debut at the 2011 ICC Africa Women's T20 Tournament in Uganda. The team lost their first game, against Kenya, by ten wickets, but rebounded to win their next match, against Sierra Leone, by six wickets. They lost their remaining three matches (against Namibia, Tanzania, and Uganda), finishing fifth out of six teams overall. 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.

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. Nigeria made its Twenty20 International debut against Rwanda at Abuja on 26 January 2019. The teams played a five-game series which Nigeria won 3-2.

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

Squad

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.

Records and statistics

International Match Summary — Nigeria Women

Last updated 8 June 2024

Twenty20 International

• Highest team total: 179/5 v. Malawi on 7 June 2024 at Gahanga B Ground, Kigali.
• Highest individual score: 70, Lucky Piety v. Malawi on 7 June 2024 at Gahanga B Ground, Kigali.
• Best individual bowling figures: 6/7, Lillian Udeh v. Rwanda on 4 June 2024 at Gahanga International Cricket Stadium, Kigali.

T20I record versus other nations

Records complete to WT20I #1918. Last updated 8 June 2024.

Opponent	M	W	L	T	NR	First match	First win
ICC Full members
Zimbabwe	2	0	2	0	0	11 May 2019
ICC Associate members
Botswana	5	4	1	0	0	10 June 2021	10 June 2021
Brazil	2	2	0	0	0	9 June 2022	9 June 2022
Cameroon	3	3	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	6	2	4	0	0	8 June 2021	11 June 2023
Malawi	1	1	0	0	0	7 June 2024	7 June 2024
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	25	12	12	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	7	2	5	0	0	11 September 2021	16 June 2023

See also

• List of Nigeria women Twenty20 International cricketers

References

1. "ICC Rankings". International Cricket Council.
2. "WT20I matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
3. "WT20I matches - 2025 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
4. Other women's matches played by Nigeria Archived 2 April 2016 at the Wayback Machine – CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
5. Kenya Women v Nigeria Women, Pepsi ICC Africa Women's T20 Tournament 2011/12 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
6. Nigeria Women v Sierra Leone Women, Pepsi ICC Africa Women's T20 Tournament 2011/12 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
7. Table: Pepsi ICC Africa Women's T20 Tournament 2011/12 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
8. (18 August 2015). "Nigerian women beat hosts Tanzania at International Women’s Cricket Championship" – Vanguard. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
9. "All T20I matches to get international status". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
10. "Rwanda Women in Nigeria T20I Series - Cricket Schedules, Updates, Results". ESPNcricinfo.com. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
11. "Qualification for ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2023 announced". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
12. "ICC announce qualification process for 2023 Women's T20 World Cup". The Cricketer. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
13. ^ "Records / Nigeria Women / Twenty20 Internationals / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo.
14. "Records / Nigeria Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Highest totals". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
15. "Records / Nigeria Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Top Scores". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
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17. "Records / Nigeria Women / Twenty20 Internationals / Most runs". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
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