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Namibia women's national cricket team

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For the men's team, see Namibia national cricket team.
Namibia
Cricket Namibia logo
AssociationCricket Namibia
Personnel
CaptainSune Wittmann
CoachFrancois van der Merwe
International Cricket Council
ICC statusAssociate member (1992)
ICC regionAfrica
ICC Rankings Current[1] Best-ever
WT20I 17th 17th (4 May 2023)
Women's international cricket
First internationalv.  Kenya at Dar es Salaam; 8 April 2004
Women's Twenty20 Internationals
First WT20Iv.  Malawi at Botswana Cricket Association Oval 2, Gaborone; 20 August 2018
Last WT20Iv.  Zimbabwe at Wanderers Cricket Ground, Windhoek; 14 September 2024
WT20Is Played Won/Lost
Total[2] 78 47/30
(0 ties, 1 no result)
This year[3] 8 3/5
(0 ties, 0 no results)
Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier appearances1 (first in 2019)
Best result8th (2019)
As of 14 September 2024

The Namibia women's national cricket team, nicknamed the Capricorn Eagles,[4] represents the country of Namibia in international women's cricket. The team is organised by Cricket Namibia, which has been a member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) since 1992.

History

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Namibia made its international debut at the 2004 ICC Africa Women's Twenty20 Championship in Tanzania, but failed to win a match.[5] The team's closest result came in the opening match against Kenya, where they were bowled out for 106, and eventually lost by five wickets.[6] In the second game, against Uganda, they lost by 152 runs,[7] while in the final game, against Tanzania, they were bowled out for just 29, and lost by ten wickets.[8] After their debut, Namibia did not compete in another Africa-wide tournament until the 2011 ICC Africa Women's Twenty20 Championship in Uganda. They have since regularly competed in ICC Africa competitions, without much success.[5] Namibia also play in regional competitions against other southern African teams, and in the past have appeared in South African provincial competitions (as the national men's team does).[9]

In April 2018, the International Cricket Council (ICC) granted full Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between Namibia women and other ICC members since 1 July 2018 have the full WT20I status.[10]

Namibia's first WT20I matches were contested as part of the Botswana 7s tournament in August 2018 against Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Sierra Leone and Zambia (Zambia's matches were not classified as WT20Is as they had a Botswanan player in their squad).[11] Namibia finished top of the table, winning all five group stage matches[12] and won the final against Sierra Leone by a margin of nine wickets.[13][14]

In July 2019, the International Cricket Council (ICC) suspended Zimbabwe Cricket, with the team barred from taking part in ICC events.[15][16] The following month, with Zimbabwe banned from taking part in international cricket tournaments, the ICC confirmed that Namibia would replace them in the 2019 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament.[17][18]

In December 2020, the ICC announced the qualification pathway for the 2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup.[19] Namibia were named in the 2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier regional group, alongside ten other teams.[20]

In March 2024, Cricket Namibia awarded professional contracts to members of the women's team for the first time, with 10 players receiving a contract.[21] As a result, Cricket Namibia became the first sporting body in Namibia to award central contracts to both men and women.[22]

Tournament history

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ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier

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ICC Women's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier

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Kwibuka Women's T20 Tournament

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Records and statistics

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International Match Summary — Namibia Women[23]

Last updated 14 September 2024

Playing Record
Format M W L T NR Inaugural Match
Twenty20 Internationals 78 47 30 0 1 20 August 2018

Twenty20 International

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T20I record versus other nations[23]

Records complete to T20I #2018. Last updated 14 September 2024.

Opponent M W L T NR First match First win
ICC Full members
 Ireland 1 0 1 0 0 31 August 2019
 Zimbabwe 15 4 11 0 0 5 January 2019 20 April 2022
ICC Associate members
 Botswana 7 7 0 0 0 24 August 2018 24 August 2018
 Cameroon 1 1 0 0 0 14 September 2021 14 September 2021
 Germany 3 3 0 0 0 2 July 2022 2 July 2022
 Hong Kong 2 2 0 0 0 25 April 2023 25 April 2023
 Kenya 3 2 1 0 0 5 May 2019 5 May 2019
 Lesotho 1 1 0 0 0 23 August 2018 23 August 2018
 Malawi 1 1 0 0 0 20 August 2018 20 August 2018
 Mozambique 1 1 0 0 0 23 August 2018 23 August 2018
 Netherlands 6 2 4 0 0 3 September 2019 28 June 2022
 Nigeria 5 4 1 0 0 6 June 2021 6 June 2021
 Rwanda 2 2 0 0 0 7 June 2021 7 June 2021
 Scotland 1 0 1 0 0 5 September 2019
 Sierra Leone 4 4 0 0 0 21 August 2018 21 August 2018
 Tanzania 3 1 1 0 1 17 September 2021 17 September 2021
 Thailand 1 0 1 0 0 1 September 2019
 Uganda 9 6 3 0 0 6 May 2019 6 May 2019
 United Arab Emirates 11 6 5 0 0 27 April 2023 27 April 2023
 United States 1 0 1 0 0 7 September 2019

Current squad

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This lists all the players who played for Namibia in the past 12 months or were named in the most recent squad.

Name Age Batting style Bowling style Notes
Batters
Yasmeen Khan 25 Right-handed - Vice-captain
Arrasta Diergaardt 24 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Edelle van Zyl 20 Right-handed
Bianca Manuel 22 Right-handed
All-rounders
Wilka Mwatile 24 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Kayleen Green 26 Right-handed Right-arm off break
Sylvia Shihepo 23 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Sune Wittmann 29 Right-handed Right-arm medium Captain
Mekelaye Mwatile 19 Right-handed Slow left-arm unorthodox
Wicket-keeper
Merczerly Gorases 19 Right-handed
Spin Bowler
Victoria Hamunyela 21 Right-handed Right-arm off break
Pace Bowlers
Irene van Zyl 39 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Naomi Benjamin 19 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Saima Tuhadeleni 19 Right-handed Right-arm medium

Updated as on 14 September 2024

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "ICC Rankings". International Cricket Council.
  2. ^ "WT20I matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  3. ^ "WT20I matches - 2024 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  4. ^ "The Capricorn Eagles take flight". Cricket Namibia. 30 August 2021. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  5. ^ a b Other women's matches played by Namibia Archived 23 October 2018 at the Wayback Machine – CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
  6. ^ Kenya Women v Namibia Women, Africa Women's Championship 2004 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
  7. ^ Namibia Women v Uganda Women, Africa Women's Championship 2004 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
  8. ^ Tanzania Women v Namibia Women, Africa Women's Championship 2004 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
  9. ^ "Namibia to host women's cricket tourney" – The Namibian. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
  10. ^ "T20s between all ICC members to have international status". ESPNcricinfo. 27 April 2018. Archived from the original on 16 November 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  11. ^ "Botswana 7s tournament: A complete round-up". womenscriczone.com. 30 August 2018. Archived from the original on 4 January 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  12. ^ "Botswana Cricket Association Women's T20I Series Table - 2018". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 4 January 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  13. ^ "Final, Botswana Cricket Association Women's T20I Series at Gaborone, Aug 25 2018". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  14. ^ "Namibia women crowned champions of Botswana 7s T20I tournament". Czarsportz. 26 August 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  15. ^ "ICC board and full council concludes in London". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
  16. ^ "Zimbabwe suspended by ICC over 'government interference'". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
  17. ^ "Nigeria awarded men's T20 World Cup Qualifiers entry". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  18. ^ "Namibia and Nigeria to compete in ICC Women's and Men's T20 World Cup Qualifiers". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  19. ^ "Qualification for ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2023 announced". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  20. ^ "ICC announce qualification process for 2023 Women's T20 World Cup". The Cricketer. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  21. ^ "Landmark moment: Cricket Namibia announce maiden central contracts for Women's team". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
  22. ^ "Cricket Namibia awards professional contracts to ten women players". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
  23. ^ a b "Records / Namibia Women / Twenty20 Internationals / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo.
  24. ^ "Records / Namibia Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Highest totals". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  25. ^ "Records / Namibia Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Top Scores". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  26. ^ "Records / Namibia Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Best Bowling figures". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  27. ^ "Records / Namibia Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Most runs". Cricinfo. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  28. ^ "Records / Namibia Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
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