Nigeria women's national cricket team

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Nigeria
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Nigeria Cricket Federation logo
AssociationNigeria Cricket Federation
Personnel
CaptainSamantha Agazuma
International Cricket Council
ICC statusAssociate member (2002)
ICC regionAfrica
ICC Rankings Current[1] Best-ever
T20I 26th 26th (1 Aug 2025)
International cricket
First internationalv.  Kenya at Kampala; 16 December 2011
T20 Internationals
First T20Iv.  Rwanda at National Stadium, Abuja; 26 January 2019
Last T20Iv.  Sierra Leone at High Performance Oval, Windhoek; 6 September 2025
T20Is Played Won/Lost
Total[2] 83 44/37
(1 tie, 1 no result)
This year[3] 12 7/5
(0 ties, 0 no results)
As of 6 September 2025

The Nigeria women's national cricket team represents the country of Nigeria in international women's cricket. The team is organised by the Nigeria Cricket Federation, which has been a member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) since 2002.

History

Nigeria Women made their international debut at the 2011 ICC Africa Women's T20 Tournament in Uganda.[4] The team lost their first game, against Kenya, by ten wickets,[5] but rebounded to win their next match, against Sierra Leone, by six wickets.[6] They lost their remaining three matches (against Namibia, Tanzania, and Uganda), finishing fifth out of six teams overall.[7] In August 2015 Nigeria appeared in an invitation tournament in Dar es Salaam, which featured the Tanzanian national team and a team from India's Mumbai Cricket Association.[8]

In April 2018, the ICC granted full Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between Nigeria women and another international side since 1 July 2018 have the WT20I status.[9] Nigeria made its Twenty20 International debut against Rwanda at Abuja on 26 January 2019. The teams played a five-game series which Nigeria won 3-2.[10]

In December 2020, the ICC announced the qualification pathway for the 2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup.[11] Nigeria were named in the 2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier regional group, alongside ten other teams.[12]

Squad

Updated on 13 March 2024, this lists all the players who played for Nigeria in the past 12 months or were named in the most recent squad.

Name Age Batting style Bowling style Notes
Batters
Salome Sunday23Right-handedRight-arm medium
Esther Sandy26Right-handed
Victory Igbinedion20Right-handed
All-rounders
Lucky Piety18Right-handedRight-arm off break
Blessing Etim32Right-handedRight-arm mediumCaptain
Favour Eseigbe23Right-handedRight-arm leg breakVice-captain
Wicket-keepers
Sarah Etim25Right-handed
Abigail Igbobie23Right-handed
Spin Bowler
Adeshola Adekunle17Right-handedRight-arm off break
Pace Bowlers
Peculiar Agboya19Right-handedRight-arm medium
Rukayat Abdulrasak21Right-handedRight-arm medium
Rachael Samson23Right-handedRight-arm medium
Christabel Chukwuonye16Right-handedRight-arm medium
Lillian Udeh18Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast
Usen Peace17Right-handedRight-arm medium

Records and statistics

International Match Summary — Nigeria Women[13]

Last updated 6 September 2025

Playing Record
FormatMWLTNRInaugural Match
Twenty20 Internationals8344371126 January 2019

Twenty20 International

T20I record versus other nations[13]

Records complete to WT20I #2484. Last updated 6 September 2025.

OpponentMWLTNRFirst matchFirst win
ICC Full members
 Zimbabwe 3030011 May 2019
ICC Associate members
 Botswana 5410010 June 202110 June 2021
 Brazil 321009 June 20229 June 2022
 Cameroon 4400013 September 202113 September 2021
 Gambia 1100029 March 202229 March 2022
 Germany 1100010 June 202210 June 2022
 Ghana 220001 April 20221 April 2022
 Kenya 725008 June 202111 June 2023
 Malawi 220007 June 20247 June 2024
 Mozambique 110006 May 20196 May 2019
 Namibia 615006 June 20218 March 2024
 Rwanda 2612131026 January 201926 January 2019
 Sierra Leone 880009 September 20219 September 2021
 Tanzania 614018 May 20195 June 2025
 Uganda 8350011 September 202116 June 2023

Tournament history

Women's ODI World Cup

Women's Cricket World Cup records
Host
Year		 Round Position GP W L T NR
England 1973Did not qualified
India 1978
New Zealand 1982
Australia 1988
England 1993
India 1997
New Zealand 2000
South Africa 2005
Australia 2009
India 2013
England 2017
New Zealand 2022
India 2025
Total0/130 Titles00000

Women's World T20

Twenty20 World Cup records
Host
Year		 Round Position GP W L T NR
England 2009Did not qualify
Cricket West Indies 2010
Sri Lanka 2012
Bangladesh 2014
India 2016
Cricket West Indies 2018
Australia 2020
South Africa 2023
United Arab Emirates 2024
England 2026To be determined
Total–0 Titles00000

Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier

ICC Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier records
Host
Year		 Round Position GP W L T NR
Netherlands 2003Did not participate
South Africa 2008Group stage–31200
Bangladesh 2011Group stage10/1040400
Sri Lanka 2017Group stage–41300
Zimbabwe 2021Group stage–31200
Pakistan 2025Did not qualify
Total4/50 Title1431100

ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier

ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier records
Host
Year		 Round Position GP W L T NR
Republic of Ireland 2013Group stage6/731200
Thailand 20153rd place3/853200
Netherlands 2018Did not participate
Scotland 2019
United Arab Emirates 2022
United Arab Emirates 2024
Total2/60 Titles84400

ICC Women's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier

ICC Women's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier records
Year Round Position GP W L T NR
Zimbabwe 2019Group stages–41300
Botswana 2021Group stages–42200
Total2/20 Title 83500

ICC Women's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier Division One

ICC Women's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier Division One records
Year Round Position GP W L T NR
Uganda 2023Group stages–31200
Namibia 2025DNQ7/852300
Total2/20 Title 83500

ICC Women's T20 Champions Trophy

ICC Women's T20 Champions Trophy records
Host
Year		 Round Position GP W L T NR
Sri Lanka 2027To be determined
2031
Total–0 Title00000

Cricket at the African Games

Cricket at the African Games records
Host
Year		 Round Position GP W L T NR
Ghana 20233rd place3/852201
Egypt 2027To be determined
Democratic Republic of the Congo 2031
Total1/10 Title52201

See also

References

  1. ↑ "ICC Rankings". International Cricket Council.
  2. ↑ "WT20I matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  3. ↑ "WT20I matches - 2025 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  4. ↑ Other women's matches played by Nigeria Archived 2 April 2016 at the Wayback Machine – CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
  5. ↑ Kenya Women v Nigeria Women, Pepsi ICC Africa Women's T20 Tournament 2011/12 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
  6. ↑ Nigeria Women v Sierra Leone Women, Pepsi ICC Africa Women's T20 Tournament 2011/12 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
  7. ↑ Table: Pepsi ICC Africa Women's T20 Tournament 2011/12 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
  8. ↑ (18 August 2015). "Nigerian women beat hosts Tanzania at International Women’s Cricket Championship" – Vanguard. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
  9. ↑ "All T20I matches to get international status". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
  10. ↑ "Rwanda Women in Nigeria T20I Series - Cricket Schedules, Updates, Results". ESPNcricinfo.com. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  11. ↑ "Qualification for ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2023 announced". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  12. ↑ "ICC announce qualification process for 2023 Women's T20 World Cup". The Cricketer. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  13. 1 2 "Records / Nigeria Women / Twenty20 Internationals / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo.
  14. ↑ "Records / Nigeria Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Highest totals". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  15. ↑ "Records / Nigeria Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Top Scores". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  16. ↑ "Records / Nigeria Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Best Bowling figures". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  17. ↑ "Records / Nigeria Women / Twenty20 Internationals / Most runs". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  18. ↑ "Records / Nigeria Women / Twenty20 Internationals / Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 June 2021.