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

Rwanda Rwanda, officially the Republic of Rwanda, is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley of East Africa, where the African Great Lakes region and Southeast Africa converge. Located a few degrees south of the Equator, Rwanda is bordered by ...

in international

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History

Rwanda's women's team first played in 2007, 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 The Kwibuka T20 Tournament is a women's Twenty20 cricket tournament played annually in Rwanda since 2014. The tournament was originally named the Kwibuka Cricket for Peace tournament, and is played in remembrance of the victims of the 1994 geno ...

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

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. In April 2018, the

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(ICC) granted full

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

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matches played between Rwanda women and other ICC members since 1 July 2018 have been full WT20Is. Rwanda played their first WT20I on 26 January 2019, during a five-match series against Nigeria. 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''. In December 2020, the ICC announced the qualification pathway for the

2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup The 2023 Women's T20 World Cup was the eighth edition of Women's T20 World Cup tournament. It was held in South Africa between 10 February and 26 February 2023. The final took place at Cape Town. Australia won their sixth and third consecutiv ...

. Rwanda were named in the

2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier The 2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier was a cricket tournament that was played in Botswana in September 2021. The matches were played as Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is), with the top team progressing to the 2022 ICC Women's T20 Worl ...

regional group, alongside ten other teams. Rwanda finished third in their group after winning three of their five matches, failing to progress to the knockout stages of the tournament.

Records and statistics

International Match Summary — Rwanda Women ''Last updated 14 June 2025''

Twenty20 International

* Highest team total: 246/1 v

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, 21 June 2019, at

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. * Highest individual score: 114 *,

Marie Bimenyimana Marie Bimenyimana (born 30 November 1996) is a Rwandan cricketer and the current captain of the Rwanda women's cricket team. She made her Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) debut for the Rwanda on 26 January 2019, against Nigeria, in the firs ...

, 21 June 2019, at

and

Gisele Ishimwe Gisele Ishimwe (born 9 September 2004) is a Rwandan cricketer who plays for the women's national cricket team as an all-rounder. A right-arm medium pace bowler and right handed batter, Ishimwe scored a Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) ...

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, 12 September 2021, at

Botswana Cricket Association Oval Botswana Cricket Association (BCA) Oval is a sporting venue in Gaborone, Botswana, consisting of two separate cricket grounds (Oval 1 and Oval 2) in the vicinity of the University of Botswana Stadium. The grounds have been host to various ICC t ...

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. * Best individual bowling figures: 5/3,

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, 31 May 2024, at Gahanga B Ground,

. Most T20I runs for Rwanda Women Most T20I wickets for Rwanda Women ''Records complete to WT20I #2373. Last updated 14 June 2025.''

Current squad

''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.

History

Records and statistics

Twenty20 International

Current squad

See also

References

Further reading