Rwanda women's national cricket team

Rwanda's women's team first played in 2007^{[citation needed]}, playing two matches against Uganda in December of that year, before participating in the 2008–09 East African Women's Championship. Since 2014 the country has hosted the Kwibuka T20 Tournament annually.

In March 2018, Cricket Builds Hope - a charity focused on the use the sport as a tool for social change in Rwanda - commenced the Women's Empowerment Programme, a multi-year project aiming to use cricket to help develop leadership skills amongst women from low-income families in Kigali.^[5][6]

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 Rwanda women and other ICC members since 1 July 2018 have been full WT20Is.^[7][8]

Rwanda played their first WT20I on 26 January 2019, during a five-match series against Nigeria.^[9]

In the 2019 ICC Development Awards, recognising advancement of the sport in Associate and Affiliate nations, Rwanda received two of the six awards available: Female Participation Programme of the Year, and Associate Member Women's Performance of the Year.^[10][11]

In December 2020, the ICC announced the qualification pathway for the 2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup.^[12] Rwanda were named in the 2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier regional group, alongside ten other teams.^[13] Rwanda finished third in their group after winning three of their five matches, failing to progress to the knockout stages of the tournament.

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International Match Summary — Rwanda Women^[14]

Last updated 1 May 2026

Playing Record
Format	M	W	L	T	NR	Inaugural Match
Twenty20 Internationals	128	76	50	1	1	26 January 2019

• Highest team total: 246/1 v Mali, 21 June 2019, at Gahanga International Cricket Stadium.^[15]
• Highest individual score: 114*, Marie Bimenyimana v Mali, 21 June 2019, at Gahanga International Cricket Stadium, Kigali and Gisele Ishimwe v Eswatini, 12 September 2021, at Botswana Cricket Association Oval, Gaborone.^[16]
• Best individual bowling figures: 5/3, Marie Bimenyimana v Malawi, 31 May 2024, at Gahanga B Ground, Kigali.^[17]

Records complete to WT20I #2752. Last updated 1 May 2026.^[14]

Opponent	M	W	L	T	NR	First match	First win
ICC Full members
Zimbabwe	3	0	3	0	0	9 May 2019
ICC Associate members
Botswana	10	10	0	0	0	6 June 2021	6 June 2021
Brazil	2	2	0	0	0	10 June 2022	10 June 2022
Cameroon	4	4	0	0	0	31 March 2023	31 March 2023
Eswatini	1	1	0	0	0	12 September 2021	12 September 2021
Gambia	1	1	0	0	0	1 April 2022	1 April 2022
Germany	1	1	0	0	0	12 June 2022	12 June 2022
Ghana	3	3	0	0	0	28 March 2022	28 March 2022
Italy	2	1	1	0	0	18 April 2026	27 April 2026
Kenya	20	13	7	0	0	10 June 2021	19 April 2023
Lesotho	3	3	0	0	0	22 April 2024	22 April 2024
Malawi	3	3	0	0	0	31 May 2024	31 May 2024
Mali	2	2	0	0	0	18 June 2019	18 June 2019
Mozambique	4	4	0	0	0	8 May 2019	8 May 2019
Namibia	2	0	2	0	0	7 June 2021
Nepal	2	0	2	0	0	22 April 2026
Nigeria	28	14	13	1	0	26 January 2019	28 January 2019
Sierra Leone	7	7	0	0	0	30 March 2022	30 March 2022
Tanzania	11	2	9	0	0	11 May 2019	22 April 2023
Uganda	14	2	12	0	0	19 June 2019	17 June 2023
United Arab Emirates	1	0	1	0	0	21 April 2023
United States	2	1	0	0	1	21 April 2026	21 April 2026
Vanuatu	2	2	0	0	0	19 April 2026	19 April 2026

Updated as on 26 April 2024

This lists all the players who played for Rwanda in the past 12 months or named in the most recent squad.

Name	Age	Batting style	Bowling style	Notes
Batters
Marie Bimenyimana	29	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Clarisse Uwase	25	Left-handed	Left-arm medium
Gisele Ishimwe	21	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Merveille Uwase	20	Right-handed	-
Shakila Niyomuhoza	20	Right-handed	-
Cathia Uwamahoro	32	Right-handed	-
Liliane Ufitinema	18	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
All-rounders
Henriette Ishimwe	23	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Alice Ikuzwe	27	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Flora Irakoze	25	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	Captain & Wicket-keeper
Georgette Ingabire	24	Left-handed	Right-arm medium
Spin Bowlers
Rosine Irera	21	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
Marie Tumukunde	22	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
Rosette Shimwamana	19	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
Pace Bowlers
Belise Murekatete	21	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Josiane Nyirankundineza	25	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Immaculee Muhawenimana	27	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Devotha Uwizeya		Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Nadine Nzayituriki	20	Right-handed	Right-arm medium

Women's Cricket World Cup records
Host 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
Total	0/13	0 Titles	0	0	0	0	0

ICC Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier records
Host Year	Round	Position	GP	W	L	T	NR
2003	Did not qualify/No ODI status
2008
2011
2017
2021
2025
Total	0/6	0 Title	0	0	0	0	0

Twenty20 World Cup records
Host Year	Round	Position	GP	W	L	T	NR
2009	Did not qualify
2010
2012
2014
2016
2018
2020
2023
2024
2026
Total	0/9	0 Titles	0	0	0	0	0

ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier records
Host Year	Round	Position	GP	W	L	T	NR
2013	Did not qualify
2015
2018
2019
2022
2024
2026
Total	0/7	0 Titles	0	0	0	0	0

ICC Women's T20 Champions Trophy records
Host Year	Round	Position	GP	W	L	T	NR
2027	To be determined
2031
Total	–	0 Title	0	0	0	0	0

ICC Women's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier records
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	L	T	NR
2019	Group stage	–	4	2	2	0	0
2021	Group stage	–	5	3	2	0	0
Total	2/2	0 Title	9	5	4	0	0

ICC Women's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier Division One records
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	L	T	NR
2025	DNQ	5/8	5	3	2	0	0
Total	1/1	0 Title	5	3	2	0	0

ICC Women's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier Division Two records
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	L	T	NR
2023	Group stage	–	3	0	3	0	0
2025	Champion	1/8	5	5	0	0	0
Total	2/2	1 Title	8	5	3	0	0

Cricket at the African Games records
Host Year	Round	Position	GP	W	L	T	NR
2023	Group stage	–	3	0	3	0	0
2027	To be determined
2031
Total	0/1	0 Title	3	0	3	0	0