Nigeria women's national cricket team

For the men's team, see Nigeria national cricket team.
Nigeria
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 29th 29th (22 Dec 2022)
International cricket
First internationalv.  Kenya at Kampala; 16 December 2011
T20 Internationals
First T20Iv.  Rwanda at National Stadium, Abuja; 26 January 2019
Last T20Iv.  Uganda at Gahanga International Cricket Stadium, Kigali; 11 June 2025
T20Is Played Won/Lost
Total[2] 78 42/34
(1 tie, 1 no result)
This year[3] 7 5/2
(0 ties, 0 no results)
As of 11 June 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 Sunday 23 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Esther Sandy 26 Right-handed
Victory Igbinedion 19 Right-handed
All-rounders
Lucky Piety 18 Right-handed Right-arm off break
Blessing Etim 32 Right-handed Right-arm medium Captain
Favour Eseigbe 23 Right-handed Right-arm leg break Vice-captain
Wicket-keepers
Sarah Etim 25 Right-handed
Abigail Igbobie 23 Right-handed
Spin Bowler
Adeshola Adekunle 17 Right-handed Right-arm off break
Pace Bowlers
Peculiar Agboya 18 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Rukayat Abdulrasak 20 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Rachael Samson 23 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Christabel Chukwuonye 16 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Lillian Udeh 18 Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast
Usen Peace 17 Right-handed Right-arm medium

Records and statistics

International Match Summary — Nigeria Women[13]

Last updated 11 June 2025

Playing Record
Format M W L T NR Inaugural Match
Twenty20 Internationals 78 42 34 1 1 26 January 2019

Twenty20 International

T20I record versus other nations[13]

Records complete to WT20I #2357. Last updated 11 June 2025.

Opponent M W L T NR First match First win
ICC Full members
 Zimbabwe 2 0 2 0 0 11 May 2019
ICC Associate members
 Botswana 5 4 1 0 0 10 June 2021 10 June 2021
 Brazil 3 2 1 0 0 9 June 2022 9 June 2022
 Cameroon 4 4 0 0 0 13 September 2021 13 September 2021
 Gambia 1 1 0 0 0 29 March 2022 29 March 2022
 Germany 1 1 0 0 0 10 June 2022 10 June 2022
 Ghana 2 2 0 0 0 1 April 2022 1 April 2022
 Kenya 6 2 4 0 0 8 June 2021 11 June 2023
 Malawi 2 2 0 0 0 7 June 2024 7 June 2024
 Mozambique 1 1 0 0 0 6 May 2019 6 May 2019
 Namibia 5 1 4 0 0 6 June 2021 8 March 2024
 Rwanda 26 12 13 1 0 26 January 2019 26 January 2019
 Sierra Leone 6 6 0 0 0 9 September 2021 9 September 2021
 Tanzania 6 1 4 0 1 8 May 2019 5 June 2025
 Uganda 8 3 5 0 0 11 September 2021 16 June 2023

Tournament history

Women's ODI World Cup

Women's Cricket World Cup records
Host
Year 		Round Position GP W L T NR
1973 Did not qualified
1978
1982
1988
1993
1997
2000
2005
2009
2013
2017
2022
2025
Total 0/13 0 Titles 0 0 0 0 0

Women's World T20

Twenty20 World Cup records
Host
Year 		Round Position GP W L T NR
2009 Did not qualify
2010
2012
2014
2016
2018
2020
2023
2024
2026 To be determined
Total – 0 Titles 0 0 0 0 0

Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier

ICC Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier records
Host
Year 		Round Position GP W L T NR
2003 Did not participate
2008 Group stage – 3 1 2 0 0
2011 Group stage 10/10 4 0 4 0 0
2017 Group stage – 4 1 3 0 0
2021 Group stage – 3 1 2 0 0
2025 Did not qualify
Total 4/5 0 Title 14 3 11 0 0

ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier

ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier records
Host
Year 		Round Position GP W L T NR
2013 Group stage 6/7 3 1 2 0 0
2015 3rd place 3/8 5 3 2 0 0
2018 Did not participate
2019
2022
2024
Total 2/6 0 Titles 8 4 4 0 0

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
2019 Group stages – 4 1 3 0 0
2021 Group stages – 4 2 2 0 0
2023 Group stages – 3 1 2 0 0
2025 To be determined
Total 3/3 – 11 4 7 0 0

ICC Women's T20 Champions Trophy

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

Cricket at the African Games

Cricket at the African Games records
Host
Year 		Round Position GP W L T NR
2023 3rd place 3/8 5 2 2 0 1
2027 To be determined
2031
Total 1/1 0 Title 5 2 2 0 1

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. ^ a b "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.
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