The United States women's cricket team is the team that represents the country of the

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in international

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matches. Although the United States has been an associate member of the

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(ICC) since 1965, the team made its international debut in 2009. The United States is one of the leading associate teams in the ICC Americas region and has participated in two editions of the

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and two editions of the

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, although it is yet to qualify for any World Cups.

History

A national women's program was initiated in 2008. The U.S. women's team made its international debut against

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at the 2009 Americas Women's Championship, which it hosted in

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; former West Indies international Roselyn Emmanuel was the team's inaugural captain. In 2010, the team defeated

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in a three-match series to represent the Americas region at the

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. The team finished fourth in its group at the Qualifier with only one win – a one-run victory against

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. The early years of the women's national team were marked by conflict with the sport's governing body, the

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(USACA). In the lead-up to the 2011 World Cup Qualifier, it was reported that USACA had been reprimanded by the ICC over its lack of support for the women's team and failure to meet administrative deadlines for the tournament. Thirteen players also threatened to withdraw from the national squad over gender inequality in tour stipends. In 2012, it was reported that the team's national coach Robin Singh had made sexist remarks disparaging the players' ability and stating that he had had to "drop ismental standards" in order to coach them. USACA failed to hold any national women's events from 2011 to 2016, when the ICC intervened to establish a national combine. 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 the United States women and another international side after July 1, 2018 will be a full WT20I. In March 2019, Julia Price was appointed as the head coach of the team. Price had previously played international cricket for

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. Price stepped down from the role in May 2022, and was succeeded by

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in July 2022 as women's senior and U-19 coach. In December 2020, the ICC announced the qualification pathway for the

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. The United States were named in the 2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Americas Qualifier regional group, alongside three other teams. In May 2022, the ICC announced the United States as one of five women's sides to gain

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(ODI) status.

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and

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are the other four teams. In May 2025, USA lost their ODI status when they finished outside the top 16 in the annual T20I rankings. They are placed in 24th.

Tournament history

Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier

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: 8th (DNQ) *

2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...

: DNQ *

2025 So far, the year has seen the continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudanese civil war, and the Gaza war. Internal crises in Bangladesh post-resignation v ...

: DNQ

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2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...

: 7th (DNQ) *

2022 The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...

: 8th (DNQ) *

2024 The year saw the list of ongoing armed conflicts, continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Myanmar civil war (2021–present), Myanmar civil war, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudane ...

: 10th (DNQ) * 2026: TBD

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: Winner (Q) *

: Winner (Q)

Current Squad

''Updated as of 3 May 2024'' This lists all the players who played for USA in the past 12 months.

Records and statistics

International Match Summary — United States Women ''Last updated June 13, 2025''

One-Day International

ODI record versus other nations ''Records complete to WODI #1461. Last updated May 3, 2025.''

Twenty20 International

* Highest team total: 133/6, v.

on September 7, 2023 at Woodley Cricket Field,

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. * Highest individual score: 74 *, Sindhu Sriharsha v.

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on September 21, 2022 at Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium,

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. * Best individual bowling figures: 4/6, Suhani Thadani v.

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on October 21, 2021 at Reforma Athletic Club,

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. Most T20I runs for United States Women Most T20I wickets for United States Women T20I record versus other nations ''Records complete to WT20I #2371. Last updated June 13, 2025.''

References

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