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

Kuwait Kuwait (; ar, الكويت ', or ), officially the State of Kuwait ( ar, دولة الكويت '), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated in the northern edge of Eastern Arabia at the tip of the Persian Gulf, bordering Iraq to the nort ...

in international

women's cricket Women's cricket is the form of the team sport of cricket when played by women only. It is played at the professional level in multiple countries around the world and 108 national teams participate internationally. 11 of them have WTest and WODI ...

. The team is organised by Cricket Kuwait, which has been a member of the

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(ICC) since 1998. Kuwait made its international debut at the

2009 ACC Women's Twenty20 Championship The 2009 ACC Women's Twenty20 Championship was an international women's cricket tournament held in Malaysia from 3 to 9 July 2009. It was the first women's tournament organised by the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) to feature the Twenty20 format of t ...

in Malaysia.Other women's matches played by Kuwait
– CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 March 2016. The team failed to win any of its matches in the group stage, and also lost to

Qatar Qatar (, ; ar, قطر, Qaṭar ; local vernacular pronunciation: ), officially the State of Qatar,) is a country in Western Asia. It occupies the Qatar Peninsula on the northeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula in the Middle East; it ...

in the eleventh-place play-off, thus finishing twelfth and last overall. 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 Bhutan (; dz, འབྲུག་ཡུལ་, Druk Yul ), officially the Kingdom of Bhutan,), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is situated in the Eastern Himalayas, between China in the north and India in the south. A mountainou ...

in the seventh-place play-off. At the

2013 ACC Women's Championship The 2013 ACC Women's Championship was an international women's cricket tournament held in Chiang Mai Province, Thailand, from 23 to 31 January 2013. It was organised by the Asian Cricket Council (ACC). Unlike the two previous ACC women's tourname ...

, where matches were played over 25 overs, Kuwait won only a single game, against

Singapore Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, bor ...

, and were ranked last of the eleven participants. Outside of

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(ACC) tournaments, the team also competed in the inaugural edition of the Gulf Cricket Council (GCC) Women's Twenty20 Championship in 2014. They lost to the

United Arab Emirates The United Arab Emirates (UAE; ar, اَلْإِمَارَات الْعَرَبِيَة الْمُتَحِدَة ), or simply the Emirates ( ar, الِْإمَارَات ), is a country in Western Asia ( The Middle East). It is located at t ...

, and did not return for the following year's tournament, owing to scheduling conflict. 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 Kuwait women and another international side after 1 July 2018 will be a full WT20I. Kuwait made their

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debut against

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in the 2019 ICC Women's Qualifier Asia at

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on 18 February 2019. In December 2020, the ICC announced the qualification pathway for the

2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup The 2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup is scheduled to be the eighth edition of ICC Women's T20 World Cup tournament. It is scheduled to be held in South Africa, from 10 to 26 February 2023. Australia are the defending champions. In November 2020, t ...

. Kuwait were named in the 2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier regional group, alongside seven other teams.

Records and statistics

International Match Summary — Kuwait Women ''Last updated 22 June 2022''

Twenty20 International

* Highest team total: 125/4 v.

Bahrain Bahrain ( ; ; ar, البحرين, al-Bahrayn, locally ), officially the Kingdom of Bahrain, ' is an island country in Western Asia. It is situated on the Persian Gulf, and comprises a small archipelago made up of 50 natural islands and an ...

on 25 March 2022 at Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 2,

Muscat Muscat ( ar, مَسْقَط, ) is the capital and most populated city in Oman. It is the seat of the Governorate of Muscat. According to the National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI), the total population of Muscat Governorate was ...

. * Highest individual score: 54, Maryam Omar v.

on 26 March 2022 at Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 2,

. * Best individual bowling figures: 5/6, Maria Jasvi v.

Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in Western Asia. It covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and has a land area of about , making it the fifth-largest country in Asia, the second-largest in the A ...

on 20 March 2022 at Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 2,

. T20I record versus other nations ''Records complete to WT20I #1141. Last updated 22 June 2022.''

References

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Women's national cricket teams

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Records and statistics

Twenty20 International

See also

References