The Kuwait women's national cricket team represents the country of Kuwait in international women's cricket. The team is organised by Cricket Kuwait, which has been a member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) since 1998.
Association | Cricket Kuwait | |||||||||
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International Cricket Council | ||||||||||
ICC status | Associate member (2005) Affiliate member (1998) | |||||||||
ICC region | Asia | |||||||||
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Women's international cricket | ||||||||||
First international | v China at Kuala Lumpur; 3 July 2009 | |||||||||
Women's Twenty20 Internationals | ||||||||||
First WT20I | v Malaysia at Asian Institute of Technology Ground, Bangkok; 18 February 2019 | |||||||||
Last WT20I | v Nepal at UKM-YSD Cricket Oval, Bangi; 14 February 2024 | |||||||||
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As of 14 February 2024 |
Kuwait made its international debut at the 2009 ACC Women's Twenty20 Championship in Malaysia.[4] The team failed to win any of its matches in the group stage,[5] and also lost to Qatar in the eleventh-place play-off, thus finishing twelfth and last overall.[6] Kuwait had greater success at the tournament's 2011 edition, however, placing fourth of five teams in their group and then going on to defeat Bhutan in the seventh-place play-off.[7] At the 2013 ACC Women's Championship, where matches were played over 25 overs, Kuwait won only a single game, against Singapore, and were ranked last of the eleven participants.[8] Outside of Asian Cricket Council (ACC) tournaments, the team also competed in the inaugural edition of the Gulf Cricket Council (GCC) Women's Twenty20 Championship in 2014.[9] They lost to the United Arab Emirates, and did not return for the following year's tournament, owing to scheduling conflict.[10]
In April 2018, the ICC granted full Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between Kuwait women and another international side after 1 July 2018 have the full WT20I status.[11] Kuwait made their Twenty20 International debut against Malaysia in the 2019 ICC Women's Qualifier Asia at Bangkok on 18 February 2019.[12]
In December 2020, the ICC announced the qualification pathway for the 2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup.[13] Kuwait were named in the 2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier regional group, alongside seven other teams.[14]
This lists all the players who were named in the 2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier squad.
Name | Age | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes |
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Batters | ||||
Priyada Murali | 30 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
Zeefa Jilani | 17 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
Balasubramani Shanti | 37 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg spin | |
Glenda Menezes | 39 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
Raelyn D'Souza | 16 | Right-handed | ||
All-rounders | ||||
Amna Sharif Tariq | 35 | Right-handed | Right-arm off spin | Captain |
Siobhan Gomez | 32 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
Maryam Omar | 31 | Right-handed | Right-arm off spin | |
Khadija Khalil | 30 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
Maryyam Ashraf | 26 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
Wicket-keepers | ||||
Suchitha D'Sa | 33 | Right-handed | ||
Iqra Ishaq | Right-handed | |||
Spin Bowler | ||||
Mariamma Hyder | 39 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | |
Pace Bowlers | ||||
Maria Jasvi | 23 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
Angel D'Costa | 16 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium |
Updated on 6 Sep 2023.
International Match Summary — Kuwait Women[15]
Last updated 14 February 2024
Playing Record | ||||||
Format | M | W | L | T | NR | Inaugural Match |
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Twenty20 Internationals | 40 | 10 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 18 February 2019 |
T20I record versus other nations[15]
Records complete to WT20I #1781. Last updated 14 February 2024.
Opponent | M | W | L | T | NR | First match | First win |
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ICC Associate members | |||||||
Bahrain | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 25 March 2020 | |
Bhutan | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22 November 2021 | 21 June 2022 |
China | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 February 2019 | 31 August 2023 |
Hong Kong | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 25 February 2019 | |
Malaysia | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 18 February 2019 | |
Myanmar | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 September 2023 | 6 September 2023 |
Nepal | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 27 February 2019 | |
Oman | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18 January 2020 | 18 January 2020 |
Qatar | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 January 2020 | 19 January 2020 |
Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 March 2020 | 20 March 2022 |
Singapore | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 February 2024 | 10 February 2024 |
Thailand | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 24 February 2019 | |
United Arab Emirates | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19 February 2019 |