Kenya women's national cricket team
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The Kenya national women's cricket team represents Kenya in international women's cricket. Their first matches were in January 2001 when they played a three-match series against Uganda.[4]
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| Association | Cricket Kenya | |||||||||
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| Personnel | ||||||||||
| Captain | Esther Wachira | |||||||||
| Coach | Lameck Ngoche | |||||||||
| International Cricket Council | ||||||||||
| ICC status | Associate member (1981) | |||||||||
| ICC region | Africa | |||||||||
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| International cricket | ||||||||||
| First international | v  Uganda; 26 January 2001 | |||||||||
| T20 Internationals | ||||||||||
| First T20I | v  Zimbabwe at Lugogo Stadium, Kampala; 6 April 2019 | |||||||||
| Last T20I | v  Rwanda at High Performance Oval, Windhoek; 6 September 2025 | |||||||||
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| As of 6 September 2025 | ||||||||||
History
Kenya played in the African regional qualifiers for the 2009 World Cup in December 2006 against Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe. They performed poorly in the tournament, finishing in last place.
In 2008, Sarah Bhakita scored an unbeaten 186 against Rwanda to become the second woman in the world to achieve the feat in an international match. The team also participated in the World Cup Qualifiers held in Nairobi in December 2010, missing an opportunity to represent the continent by negligible scores, having tied with Zimbabwe at second place. South Africa who won all their matches and Zimbabwe achieved that feat instead.[5]
In December 2009, they won the Africa Women Championships under the captainship of Emily Ruto.
In December 2011, the women' team represented the country in Kampala, Uganda at the annual Africa Cricket Championships finishing fourth after the winners Uganda, Tanzania and Namibia. the other participating countries were Nigeria and Sierra Leone.
In April 2016, the team played in 2016 ICC Africa Women's World Twenty20 to qualify for 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 in the West Indies.[6][7]
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 Kenya women and another international side after 1 July 2018 will be a full WT20I.[8] Kenya made its Twenty20 International debut on 6 April 2019 against Zimbabwe during the 2019 Victoria Tri-Series in Kampala, Uganda.[9]
Current squad
Updated on 17 June 2024.
This lists all the players who played for Kenya in the past 12 months or were named in the most recent squad.
| Name | Age | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes |
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| Batters | ||||
| Venasa Ooko | 28 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Veronica Abuga | 24 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
| Mercy Sifuna | 24 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Marion Juma | 22 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| All-rounders | ||||
| Esther Wachira | 27 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Captain |
| Queentor Abel | 28 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
| Mary Mwangi | 31 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Kelvia Ogola | 24 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Wicket-keepers | ||||
| Charity Muthoni | 26 | Right-handed | ||
| Spin Bowler | ||||
| Melvin Khagisota | 20 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | Vice-captain |
| Judith Ajiambo | 26 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
| Edith Waithaka | 26 | Right-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | |
| Pace Bowlers | ||||
| Lavendah Idambo | 21 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Flavia Odhiambo | 24 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Jemimah Ndanu | 22 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Ann Wanjira | 23 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
Records and statistics
International Match Summary — Kenya Women[10]
Last updated 6 September 2025
| Playing Record | ||||||
| Format | M | W | L | T | NR | Inaugural Match |
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| Twenty20 Internationals | 81 | 38 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 6 April 2019 |
Twenty20 International
- Highest team total: 234/1 v Lesotho, 5 September 2023, at Botswana Cricket Association Oval 2, Gaborone[11]
- Highest individual score: 109, Queentor Abel v Lesotho, 5 September 2023, at Botswana Cricket Association Oval 2, Gaborone[12]
- Best individual bowling figures: 6/16, Sarah Wetoto v Namibia, 12 June 2021, at Gahanga International Cricket Stadium, Kigali[13]
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Most T20I runs for Kenya Women[14]
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Most T20I wickets for Kenya Women[15]
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WT20I record versus other nations[10]
Records complete to WT20I #2487. Last updated 6 September 2025.
| Opponent | M | W | L | T | NR | First Match | First Win |
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 Bangladesh |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 January 2021 | |
 Sri Lanka |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 January 2021 | |
| Zimbabwe |
3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 April 2019 | |
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 Botswana |
14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 December 2019 | 2 December 2019 |
 Brazil |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 June 2022 | 15 June 2022 |
 Cameroon |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 September 2023 | 6 September 2023 |
 Germany |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 June 2022 | 16 June 2022 |
 Lesotho |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 September 2023 | 5 September 2023 |
 Malawi |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 September 2023 | 3 September 2023 |
 Malaysia |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 January 2022 | |
 Namibia |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 May 2019 | 12 June 2021 |
 Nigeria |
7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 June 2021 | 8 June 2021 |
 Qatar |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 December 2022 | 15 December 2022 |
| Rwanda |
20 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 10 June 2021 | 10 June 2021 |
 Scotland |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22 January 2022 | |
 Sierra Leone |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 May 2019 | 6 May 2019 |
 Tanzania |
7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 June 2022 | 13 December 2022 |
| Uganda |
12 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 6 April 2019 | 10 June 2022 |
 United Arab Emirates |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 April 2023 | |
Tournament history
Women's ODI World Cup
Women's World T20
ICC Women's T20 Champions Trophy
| ICC Women's T20 Champions Trophy records | ||||||||
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| Host Year |
Round | Position | GP | W | L | T | NR | |
| 2027 | To be determined | |||||||
 2031 | ||||||||
| Total | – | 0 Title | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Cricket at Summer Olympics Games
| Cricket at Summer Olympics records | ||||||||
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| Host Year |
Round | Position | GP | W | L | T | NR | |
 2028 | To be determined | |||||||
 2032 | ||||||||
| Total | – | 0 Title | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
ICC Women's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier
| ICC Women's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier records | ||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | L | T | NR | |
| 2019 | Group stages | – | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2021 | Did not participate | |||||||
| Total | 1/2 | – | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
ICC Women's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier Division One
| ICC Women's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier Division Two records | ||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | L | T | NR | |
| 2023 | Group stage | – | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2025 | DNQ | 6/8 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 2/2 | 0 Title | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
ICC Women's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier Division Two
| ICC Women's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier Division Two records | ||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | L | T | NR | |
| 2023 | Champion | – | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 1/1 | 1 Title | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |