The Mali national women's cricket team is the team that represents

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in international

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. The team is organised by the

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and is nicknamed the "Lady Eagles of Cricket" (French: ''Les Aigles Dames de cricket''). It made its international debut in 2015 and has played in regional tournaments in Africa, but is yet to participate in an

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(ICC) pathway event.

History

The

established a national women's programme in March 2014. Captained by Aminata Diamouténé, Mali made its international debut at the inaugural 2015 North West Africa Cricket Council (NWACC) women's tournament held in the Gambia. The team finished fourth behind

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, Gambia women's national cricket team, Gambia, and

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. In April 2018, the

(ICC) granted full

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(WT20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all

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matches played between Mali women and other

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after 1 July 2018 are full WT20I matches. The team was one of four sides to play in the 2019 Kwibuka Women's T20 Tournament at the Gahanga International Cricket Stadium in Rwanda. On 18 June 2019, in their opening match, against hosts Rwanda women, the team was bowled out for just six runs in nine overs. Only one cricketer for Mali, Mariam Samake, scored a run in the match, with nine other players dismissed for a

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. It was the first time an innings of an international cricket match had nine ducks on the scorecard. Rwanda women chased down the target of seven runs to win in four balls, to win the match by ten wickets. It was the lowest team total in a completed WT20I match. In their next two matches of the tournament, against

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and

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, the team were bowled out for eleven and ten runs respectively. Therefore, Mali recorded the three lowest totals in WT20Is in their first three matches on three consecutive days. Uganda scored 314 runs from their twenty overs, recording the highest total in a WT20I match. Mali lost the match by 304 runs, the biggest margin of defeat by runs in a WT20I fixture. Mali went on to lose all of their matches in the tournament, finishing with totals of 6, 11, 10, 30/9, 17 and 14 from the six matches they played. Following the conclusion of the tournament, some cricket statisticians questioned the ICC's decision to grant full international status to all of its matches.

Records and statistics

International Match Summary — Mali Women ''Last Updated 23 June 2019''

Twenty20 International

T20I record versus other nations ''Records complete to WT20I #678. Last updated 23 June 2019.''

References

{{National sports teams of Mali Women's Women's national cricket teams

History

Records and statistics

Twenty20 International

See also

References