The Kei women's cricket team is the women's representative

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team based in the

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. They compete in the

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and the

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History

Kei Women joined the South African domestic system in the 2010–11 season, playing in the Women's Provincial League, in which they lost all ten of their matches in the West/East Group. Kei have competed in every season of the one-day competition since, but have only ever won one match: in 2017, they beat KwaZulu-Natal Inland by two wickets, helped by Kei bowler Namhla Njani taking 7/24. They have also competed in the CSA Women's Provincial T20 Competition since its inception in 2012–13, but have never won a match in the competition.

Players

Notable players

Players who have played for Kei and played internationally are listed below, in order of first international appearance (given in brackets): *

Nomvelo Sibanda Nomvelo Sibanda (born 21 November 1996) is a Zimbabwean cricketer who plays for the Zimbabwe women's national cricket team as a left-arm medium bowler. She has previously played for Kei. In January 2019, Sibanda was named in Zimbabwe's Women's ...

(2019)

References

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History

Players

Notable players

See also

References