Rwanda women's national under-19 cricket team

Rwanda Women's Under-19 cricket team
AssociationRwanda Cricket Association
Personnel
CaptainGisele Ishimwe
CoachLeonard Nhamburo
History
Twenty20 debutv.  Pakistan at Senwes Park, Potchefstroom, South Africa; 15 January 2023
U19 World Cup wins0
International Cricket Council
ICC regionAfrica

The Rwanda women's under-19 cricket team represents Rwanda in international under-19 women's cricket. The team is administered by the Rwanda Cricket Association (RCA).

Rwanda qualified for the inaugural ICC Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup via winning the Africa Qualifier, thereby becoming the first Rwandan team to qualify for an ICC tournament.[1] They reached the Super Six stage at the tournament, winning two of their matches.[2]

History

Rwanda competed in the Women's African Under-19s Championship between 2009–10 and 2014–15.[3]

The inaugural Women's Under-19 World Cup was scheduled to take place in January 2021, but was postponed multiple times due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4] The tournament was eventually scheduled to take place in 2023, in South Africa. Rwanda competed in the Africa Qualifier for the tournament in September 2022. They finished second in their group, winning three of their four matches to qualify for the semi-finals. They went on to beat Uganda in the semi-finals and Tanzania, by 6 wickets, in the final. It was the first time that a Rwandan side had qualified for a Cricket World Cup in any format.[1]

Rwanda announced their squad for the tournament on 18 December 2022, with Leonard Nhamburo announced as Head Coach of the side.[5] Rwanda beat both Zimbabwe and the West Indies as they reached the Super Six stage of the tournament.[2] Rwanda bowler Henriette Ishimwe took four wickets in four balls against Zimbabwe.[6]

Recent call-ups

The table below lists all the players who have been selected in recent squads for Rwanda under-19s. Currently, this only includes the squad for the 2023 ICC Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup.[5]

Name Most Recent Call-up
Divine Gihozo Ishimwe 2023 World Cup
Gisele Ishimwe 2023 World Cup
Henriette Ishimwe 2023 World Cup
Zurafat Ishimwe 2023 World Cup
Henriette Isimbi 2023 World Cup
Cesarie Muragajimana 2023 World Cup
Belise Murekatete 2023 World Cup
Sharila Niyomuhoza 2023 World Cup
Marie Jose Tumukunde 2023 World Cup
Sylvia Usabyimana 2023 World Cup
Giovannis Uwase 2023 World Cup
Merveille Uwase 2023 World Cup
Cynthia Tuyizere 2023 World Cup
Rosine Uwera 2023 World Cup

Records & statistics

International match summary

As of 22 January 2023

Playing records
Format M W L T D/NR Inaugural match
Youth Women's Twenty20 Internationals 5 2 3 0 0 15 January 2023

Youth Women's Twenty20 record versus other nations

As of 22 January 2023

ICC Full members
Opponent M W L T NR First match First win
England England 1 0 1 0 0 19 January 2023
Pakistan Pakistan 1 0 1 0 0 15 January 2023
 New Zealand 1 0 1 0 0 22 January 2023
 West Indies 1 1 0 0 0 22 January 2023 22 January 2023
Zimbabwe Zimbabwe 1 1 0 0 0 17 January 2023 17 January 2023

Leading runs scorers

As of 22 January 2023
S/N Players Runs Average Career span[7]
1 Gisele Ishimwe 133 33.25 2023–Present
2 Cynthia Tuyizere 72 14.40 2023–Present
3 Henriette Ishimwe 60 12.00 2023–Present

Leading wickets takers

As of 22 January 2023
S/N Player Wickets Average Career span[8]
1 Sylvia Usabyimana 7 11.42 2023–Present
2 Henriette Ishimwe 6 13.66 2023–Present
3 Zurafat Ishimwe 5 19.60 2023–Present

Highest individual innings

As of 22 January 2023
S/N Player Score Opposition Match Date[9]
1 Gisele Ishimwe 40  Pakistan 15 January 2023
2 Gisele Ishimwe 34  Zimbabwe 17 January 2023
3 Gisele Ishimwe 31*  West Indies 22 January 2023

Highest individual bowling figures

As of 22 January 2023
S/N Player Score Opposition Match Date[10]
1 Marie Jose Tumukunde 4/8  West Indies 22 January 2023
2 Gisele Ishimwe 4/13  Zimbabwe 17 January 2023
3 Sylvia Usabyimana 4/20  West Indies 22 January 2023

Highest team totals

As of 22 January 2023
S/N Dates Totals Against Ref
1 17 January 2023 119/8,
(20 Overs)		  Zimbabwe [11]
2 15 January 2023 106/8,
(20 Overs)		  Pakistan

Lowest team totals

As of 22 January 2023
S/N Dates Totals Against Ref
1 21 January 2023 96/7,
(20 Overs)		  New Zealand [11]
2 22 January 2023 71/6,
(18.2 Overs)		  West Indies
3 19 January 2023 45/10,
(17 Overs)		  England

Under-19 World Cup record

Rwanda's U19 Twenty20 World Cup Record
Year Result Pos № Pld W L T NR
South Africa 2023 Super 6 – 16 5 2 3 0 0
MalaysiaThailand 2025 Did not qualify
BangladeshNepal 2027 To be determined
Total 5 2 3 0 0

References

  1. ^ a b "African delight: Rwanda qualify for inaugural ICC event". International Cricket Council. 13 September 2022. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
  2. ^ a b "ICC Women's Under-19 T20 World Cup 2022/23". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  3. ^ "Women's Miscellaneous Matches Played by Rwanda Under-19s Women". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
  4. ^ "ICC postpones 2021 Women's World Cup Qualifier due to COVID-19". Women's CricZone. 12 May 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
  5. ^ a b "Nhamburo names final squad for 2023 ICC U19 Women World Cup". The New Times. 18 December 2022. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  6. ^ "Henriette Ishimwe picks up four wickets in four balls as Rwanda stun Zimbabwe". ESPNcricinfo. 17 January 2023. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  7. ^ "Rwanda women's under-19 cricket team batters statistics". www.espncricinfo.com. 21 January 2023. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
  8. ^ "Rwanda women's under-19 cricket team bowling statistics". www.espncricinfo.com. 21 January 2023. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
  9. ^ "Rwanda Women's U-19 cricket team batters statistics". www.espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
  10. ^ "Rwanda Women's U-19 cricket team bowler statistics". www.espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
  11. ^ a b "Rwanda Women's U-19 cricket team highest & lowest totals statistics". www.espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 20 February 2023.