The Zimbabwe women's under-19 cricket team represents

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in international under-19

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. The team is administrated by

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(ZC). The team played their first official matches at the 2023 ICC Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup, the first ever international women's under-19 cricket competition. The side finished bottom of their group at the inaugural tournament.

History

The inaugural Women's Under-19 World Cup was scheduled to take place in January 2021, but was postponed multiple times due to the

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. The tournament was eventually scheduled to take place in

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, in

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. As a Full Member of the ICC, Zimbabwe qualified automatically for the tournament. Zimbabwe announced their 15-player squad for the tournament on 7 December 2022. Trevor Phiri was announced as Head Coach of the side. The side finished bottom of the initial group stage at the tournament, and lost a subsequent play-off against

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Recent call-ups

The table below lists all the players who have been selected in recent squads for Zimbabwe under-19s. Currently, this only includes the squad for the 2023 ICC Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup.

Playing record

International match summary

Women's under-19 Twenty20 record against other nations

References

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