Kuwait women's national cricket team
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Affiliate member (1998)
 Flag of Kuwait | ||||||||||
| Association | Cricket Kuwait | |||||||||
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| International Cricket Council | ||||||||||
| ICC status | Associate member (2005) Affiliate member (1998) | |||||||||
| ICC region | Asia | |||||||||
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| International cricket | ||||||||||
| First international | v  China at Kuala Lumpur; 3 July 2009 | |||||||||
| T20 Internationals | ||||||||||
| First T20I | v  Malaysia at Asian Institute of Technology Ground, Bangkok; 18 February 2019 | |||||||||
| Last T20I | v  Saudi Arabia at Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Al Amarat; 18 December 2025 | |||||||||
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| As of 18 December 2025 | ||||||||||
The Kuwait women's national cricket team represents Kuwait in international women's cricket. The team is organised by Cricket Kuwait, which has been a member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) since 1998.
The Kuwait women's cricket team made its international debut at the 2009 ACC Women's Twenty20 Championship in Malaysia.[4] The team failed to win any of its matches in the group stage,[5] and also lost to Qatar in the eleventh-place play-off, thus finishing twelfth and last overall.[6] Kuwait had greater success at the tournament's 2011 edition, however, placing fourth of five teams in their group and then going on to defeat Bhutan in the seventh-place play-off.[7] At the 2013 ACC Women's Championship, where matches were played over 25 overs, Kuwait won only a single game, against Singapore, and were ranked last of the eleven participants.[8] Outside of Asian Cricket Council (ACC) tournaments, the team also competed in the inaugural edition of the Gulf Cricket Council (GCC) Women's Twenty20 Championship in 2014.[9] They lost to the United Arab Emirates, and did not return for the following year's tournament, owing to scheduling conflict.[10]
In April 2018, the ICC granted full Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between Kuwait women and another international side after 1 July 2018 have the full WT20I status.[11] Kuwait made their Twenty20 International debut against Malaysia in the 2019 ICC Women's Qualifier Asia at Bangkok on 18 February 2019.[12]
In December 2020, the ICC announced the qualification pathway for the 2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup.[13] Kuwait were named in the 2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier regional group, alongside seven other teams.[14]
ICC Women's World Cup
| World Cup record | ||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | L | T | NR | |
 1973 | Did not qualify/No women's ODI status | |||||||
 1978 | ||||||||
 1982 | ||||||||
 1988 | ||||||||
| 1993 | ||||||||
| 1997 | ||||||||
| 2000 | ||||||||
 2005 | ||||||||
| 2009 | ||||||||
| 2013 | ||||||||
| 2017 | ||||||||
| 2022 | ||||||||
| 2025 | To be determined | |||||||
| Total | 0/12 | 0 Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
ICC T20 World Cup
| ICC T20 World Cup records | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year/Host | Round | Position | GP | W | L | T | NR | |
| 2007 | Did not qualify | |||||||
| 2009 | ||||||||
 2010 | ||||||||
 2012 | ||||||||
 2014 | ||||||||
| 2016 | ||||||||
  2021 | ||||||||
| 2022 | ||||||||
 2024 | ||||||||
| 2026 | To be determined | |||||||
| Total | 0/9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
ACC Women's Premier Cup
| ACC Women's Premier Cup records | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | L | T | NR |
| 2024 | Quarter-finals | 8/16 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 1/1 | 0 Titles | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
ACC Women's T20 Championship
| ACC Women's T20 Championship records | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | L | T | NR |
| 2009 | Group stages | 12/12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
 2011 | Group stages | 7/10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
 2013 | Group stages | 11/11 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | Group stages | – | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 4/4 | 0 Titles | 20 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 1 |
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 World Twenty20 Asia Qualifier
| ICC Women's World Twenty20 Asia Qualifier records | |||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | L | T | NR |
| 2017 | Did not participate | ||||||
| 2019 | Round-robin | 7/7 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | Round-robin | 6/6 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | Group stages | – | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | Group stages | – | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 4/4 | 0 Titles | 19 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 2 |
Current squad
This lists all the players who played for Kuwait 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 | ||||
| Balasubramani Shanti | 39 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg spin | |
| Siobhan Gomez | 33 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Zeefa Jilani | 19 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Maryyam Ashraf | 27 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Glenda Menezes | 41 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Raelyn D'Souza | 18 | Right-handed | ||
| All-rounders | ||||
| Priyada Murali | 32 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Amna Sharif Tariq | 36 | Right-handed | Right-arm off spin | Captain |
| Khadija Khalil | 31 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Maryam Omar | 32 | Right-handed | Right-arm off spin | |
| Wicket-keepers | ||||
| Suchitha D'Sa | 35 | Right-handed | ||
| Iqra Ishaq | Right-handed | |||
| Bhavani Yekkeli | 30 | Right-handed | ||
| Spin Bowler | ||||
| Mariamma Hyder | 41 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | |
| Pace Bowlers | ||||
| Maria Jasvi | 24 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Candice Dias | 17 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Madeeha Zuberi | 25 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
Updated on 30 Oct 2024.
