Kuwait women's national cricket team

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Kuwait
Flag of Kuwait
AssociationCricket Kuwait
International Cricket Council
ICC statusAssociate member (2005)
Affiliate member (1998)
ICC regionAsia
ICC Rankings Current[1] Best-ever
WT20I 43rd 30th (19 Feb 2020)
Women's international cricket
First internationalv  China at Kuala Lumpur; 3 July 2009
Women's Twenty20 Internationals
First WT20Iv  Malaysia at Asian Institute of Technology Ground, Bangkok; 18 February 2019
Last WT20Iv    Nepal at UKM-YSD Cricket Oval, Bangi; 14 February 2024
WT20Is Played Won/Lost
Total[2] 40 10/28
(0 ties, 2 no results)
This year[3] 7 2/5
(0 ties, 0 no results)
As of 14 February 2024

The Kuwait women's national cricket team represents the country of 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.

Kuwait 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]

Current squad

This lists all the players who were named in the 2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier squad.

Name Age Batting style Bowling style Notes
Batters
Priyada Murali 30 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Zeefa Jilani 17 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Balasubramani Shanti 37 Right-handed Right-arm leg spin
Glenda Menezes 39 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Raelyn D'Souza 16 Right-handed
All-rounders
Amna Sharif Tariq 34 Right-handed Right-arm off spin Captain
Siobhan Gomez 32 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Maryam Omar 31 Right-handed Right-arm off spin
Khadija Khalil 29 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Maryyam Ashraf 25 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Wicket-keepers
Suchitha D'Sa 33 Right-handed
Iqra Ishaq Right-handed
Spin Bowler
Mariamma Hyder 39 Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
Pace Bowlers
Maria Jasvi 23 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Angel D'Costa 16 Right-handed Right-arm medium

Updated on 6 Sep 2023.

Records and statistics

International Match Summary — Kuwait Women[15]

Last updated 14 February 2024

Playing Record
Format M W L T NR Inaugural Match
Twenty20 Internationals 40 10 28 0 2 18 February 2019

Twenty20 International

T20I record versus other nations[15]

Records complete to WT20I #1781. Last updated 14 February 2024.

Opponent M W L T NR First match First win
ICC Associate members
 Bahrain 2 0 1 0 1 25 March 2020
 Bhutan 2 1 1 0 0 22 November 2021 21 June 2022
 China 2 1 1 0 0 21 February 2019 31 August 2023
 Hong Kong 5 0 5 0 0 25 February 2019
 Malaysia 7 0 7 0 0 18 February 2019
 Myanmar 2 2 0 0 0 6 September 2023 6 September 2023
   Nepal 5 0 5 0 0 27 February 2019
 Oman 4 2 2 0 0 18 January 2020 18 January 2020
 Qatar 3 2 1 0 0 17 January 2020 19 January 2020
 Saudi Arabia 1 1 0 0 0 20 March 2020 20 March 2022
 Singapore 1 1 0 0 0 10 February 2024 10 February 2024
 Thailand 3 0 2 0 1 24 February 2019
 United Arab Emirates 3 0 3 0 0 19 February 2019

See also

References

  1. ^ "ICC Rankings". International Cricket Council.
  2. ^ "WT20I matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  3. ^ "WT20I matches - 2024 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  4. ^ Other women's matches played by Kuwait Archived 27 March 2017 at the Wayback Machine – CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
  5. ^ Table: Asian Cricket Council Women's Twenty20 Championship 2009 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
  6. ^ Kuwait Women v Qatar Women, Asian Cricket Council Women's Twenty20 Championship 2009 (11th Place Play-off) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
  7. ^ Kuwait Women v Bhutan Women, Asian Cricket Council Women's Twenty20 Championship 2010/11 (7th Place Play-off) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
  8. ^ Kuwait Women v Singapore Women, Asian Cricket Council Women's Championship 2012/13 (Group B) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
  9. ^ (11 December 2014). "Gulf women gather" – Asian Cricket Council. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
  10. ^ (6 December 2015). "UAE women retain Gulf T20 cricket title"Emirates 24/7. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
  11. ^ "All T20I matches to get international status". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
  12. ^ "Full Scorecard of Mal Women vs Kuwait Women 2nd Match 2018/19 - Score Report". ESPNcricinfo.com. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  13. ^ "Qualification for ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2023 announced". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  14. ^ "ICC announce qualification process for 2023 Women's T20 World Cup". The Cricketer. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  15. ^ a b "Records / Kuwait Women / Twenty20 Internationals / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo.
  16. ^ "Records / Kuwait Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Highest totals". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
  17. ^ "Records / Kuwait Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Top Scores". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
  18. ^ "Records / Kuwait Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Best Bowling figures". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 January 2020.