2023 Nigeria Invitational Women's T20I Tournament
International cricket tournament
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The 2023 Nigeria Invitational Women's T20I Tournament was a women's Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket tournament that took place in Nigeria from 27 March to 2 April 2023.[1] The venue for all of the matches was the Tafawa Balewa Square Cricket Oval in Lagos.[2] In the 2022 tournament, Rwanda defeated the hosts Nigeria in the final.[3][4]
Dates27 March – 2 April 2023
AdministratorNigeria Cricket Federation
Cricket formatTwenty20 International
Tournament format(s)Round-robin and final
| Dates | 27 March – 2 April 2023 |
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| Administrator | Nigeria Cricket Federation |
| Cricket format | Twenty20 International |
| Tournament format(s) | Round-robin and final |
| Host |  Nigeria |
| Champions | Nigeria (2nd title) |
| Runners-up |  Rwanda |
| Participants | 5 |
| Matches | 12 |
| Most runs | Gisele Ishimwe (128) |
| Most wickets | Henriette Ishimwe (10) Alice Fillie (10) Janet Kowa (10) |
In addition to the 2022 finalists, Ghana and Sierra Leone also returned this year, while Cameroon made their debut in the tournament.[5] Gambia, who competed in 2022, withdrew for personal reasons.[1]
Rwanda finished on top of the round-robin table after defeating Nigeria in the last match.[6] However, Nigeria then defeated Rwanda by 9 runs in the final to win the tournament.[7][8][9] Sierra Leone beat Cameroon in the third-place play-off.[10]
Squads
 Cameroon[11] |
 Ghana[12] |
Nigeria[13] |
Rwanda[14] |
Sierra Leone[15] |
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Round-robin
Points table
Source: ESPNcricinfo[16]
Advanced to the final
Advanced to the 3rd place play-off
Fixtures
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Zainab Kamara 13 (25) Rukayat Abdulrasak 2/6 (4 overs) |
Lucky Piety 22* (24) Alice Fillie 2/15 (4 overs) |
- Nigeria won the toss and elected to field.
- The match was reduced to 19 overs per side due to rain.
- Celina Bull, Fatu Conteh, Alice Fillie, Emma Kamara, Fatu Kamara, Isha Quee and Hassanatu Sawaneh (Sle) all made their WT20I debuts.
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Elizabeth Annor 8 (12) Henriette Ishimwe 4/4 (2.3 overs) |
- Ghana won the toss and elected to field.
- Komalpreet Grewal (Gha), Rosine Irera and Geovanis Uwase (Rwa) all made their WT20I debuts.
- Henriette Ishimwe became the first player for Rwanda to take a hat-trick in women's T20Is.[17]
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Madaleine Sissako 15 (26) Favour Eseigbe 3/4 (3 overs) |
Salome Sunday 17* (17) Edwige Guehoada 2/18 (3 overs) |
- Cameroon won the toss and elected to bat.
- Adeshola Adekunle (Nga), Edwige Guehoada, Elsa Kana and Olive Ranedoumoun (Cmr) all made their WT20I debuts.
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Komalpreet Grewal 19* (34) Alice Fillie 3/9 (4 overs) |
Celina Bull 18* (14) Emmanuella Nyaaba 1/15 (2 overs) |
- Ghana won the toss and elected to bat.
- Hussainatu Sawanneh (Sle) made her WT20I debut.
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Fatu Pessima 12* (34) Belise Murekatete 4/17 (4 overs) |
Henriette Ishimwe 17 (13) Alice Fillie 3/19 (3.1 overs) |
- Sierra Leone won the toss and elected to bat.
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Madaleine Sissako 22 (40) Rashidatu Salia 3/19 (4 overs) |
Komalpreet Grewal 15 (24) Madaleine Sissako 3/14 (4 overs) |
- Cameroon won the toss and elected to bat.
- Jacqueline Kokam and Christiana Nyameke (Gha) both made their WT20I debuts.
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Salome Sunday 27* (18) Kate Awuah 2/18 (4 overs) |
Rashidatu Salia 20 (29) Rachael Samson 4/18 (4 overs) |
- Ghana won the toss and elected to field.
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Henriette Ishimwe 43 (33) Edwige Guehoada 3/21 (4 overs) |
Marguerite Bessala 6 (4) Henriette Ishimwe 5/6 (2.3 overs) |
- Rwanda won the toss and elected to bat.
- Brenda Waluma (Cmr) made her WT20I debut.
- Henriette Ishimwe became the first player for Rwanda to take a five-wicket haul in WT20Is.[18]
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Michelle Ekani 14 (20) Emma Kamara 2/3 (1 over) |
Celina Bull 25 (40) Bernadette Mbida 2/17 (4 overs) |
- Cameroon won the toss and elected to bat.
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Gisele Ishimwe 29 (34) Adeshola Adekunle 3/10 (4 overs) |
Salome Sunday 29 (37) Josiane Nyirankundineza 3/19 (3.4 overs) |
- Rwanda won the toss and elected to bat.
3rd place play-off
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Bernadette Mbida 33 (36) Janet Kowa 3/14 (4 overs) |
Fatmata Parkinson 30* (44) Olive Ranedoumoun 1/14 (2 overs) |
- Sierra Leone won the toss and elected to field.
- Sonita Akenji (Cmr) made her WT20I debut.
Final
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Salome Sunday 48* (58) Josiane Nyirankundineza 1/9 (3 overs) |
Gisele Ishimwe 31 (48) Rachael Samson 3/13 (3 overs) |
- Nigeria won the toss and elected to bat.