Namibia women's national cricket team


The Namibia women's national cricket team represents the country of Namibia in international women's cricket. The team is organised by the Namibia Cricket Board, which has been a member of the International Cricket Council since 1992.
Namibia made its international debut at the 2004 Africa Women's Cricket Tournament in Tanzania, but failed to win a match. 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. In the second game, against Uganda, they lost by 152 runs, while in the final game, against Tanzania, they were bowled out for just 29, and lost by ten wickets. After their debut, Namibia did not compete in another Africa-wide tournament until the 2011 ICC Africa Women's T20 Tournament in Uganda. They have since regularly competed in ICC Africa competitions, without much success. Namibia also play in regional competitions against other southern African teams, and in the past have appeared in South African provincial competitions.
In April 2018, the International Cricket Council granted full Women's Twenty20 International status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between Namibia women and another international side after 1 July 2018 were a full WT20I.
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 however Zambia's matches were not classified as WT20Is as they had a Botswana player in their squad. Namibia finished top of the table, winning all five group stage matches and won the final against Sierra Leone by a margin of nine wickets.
In July 2019, the International Cricket Council suspended Zimbabwe Cricket, with the team barred from taking part in ICC events. 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.

Tournament history

[ICC [Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier]]

International Match Summary — Namibia Women

Twenty20 International

Most WT20I runs for Namibia Women
PlayerRunsAverageCareer span
Adri van der Merwe50628.112018-2019
Yasmeen Khan35821.052018-2019
Kayleen Green30818.112018-2019
Sune Wittmann18812.532019-2019
Arrasta Diergaardt988.162018-2019

Most WT20I wickets for Namibia Women
PlayerWicketsAverageCareer span
Sylvia Shihepo2513.442018-2019
Kayleen Green2111.612018-2019
Maryke Short139.532019-2019
Irene van Zyl1211.082019-2019
Eveleen Kejarukua97.332018-2019

T20I record versus other nations
Records complete to T20I #754. Last updated 7 September 2019.