The Kenya national women's cricket team represents Kenya in international women's cricket. Their first matches were in January 2001 when they played a three-match series against Uganda.
History Kenya played in the African regional qualifiers for the 2009 World Cup in December 2006 against Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe. They performed poorly in the tournament, finishing in last place.
In 2008, Sarah Bhakita scored an unbeaten 186 against Rwanda to become the second woman in the world to achieve the feat in an international match. The team also participated in the World Cup Qualifiers held in Nairobi in December 2010, missing an opportunity to represent the continent by negligible scores, having tied with Zimbabwe at second place. South Africa who won all their matches and Zimbabwe achieved that feat instead.
In December 2009, they won the Africa Women Championships under the captainship of Emily Ruto.
In December 2011, the women' team represented the country in Kampala, Uganda at the annual Africa Cricket Championships finishing fourth after the winners Uganda, Tanzania and Namibia. the other participating countries were Nigeria and Sierra Leone.
In April 2016, the team played in 2016 ICC Africa Women's World Twenty20 to qualify for 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 in the West Indies.
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 Kenya women and another international side after 1 July 2018 will be a full WT20I. Kenya made its Twenty20 International debut on 6 April 2019 against Zimbabwe during the 2019 Victoria Tri-Series in Kampala, Uganda.
Current squad Updated on 17 June 2024.
This lists all the players who played for Kenya in the past 12 months or were named in the most recent squad.
Name Age Batting style Bowling style Notes Batters Venasa Ooko Right-handed Right-arm medium Veronica Abuga Right-handed Right-arm off break Mercy Sifuna Right-handed Right-arm medium Marion Juma Right-handed Right-arm medium All-rounders Esther Wachira Right-handed Right-arm medium Captain Queentor Abel Right-handed Right-arm off break Mary Mwangi Right-handed Right-arm medium Kelvia Ogola Right-handed Right-arm medium Wicket-keepers Charity Muthoni Right-handed Spin Bowler Melvin Khagisota Right-handed Right-arm off break Vice-captain Judith Ajiambo Right-handed Right-arm off break Edith Waithaka Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox Pace Bowlers Lavendah Idambo Right-handed Right-arm medium Flavia Odhiambo Right-handed Right-arm medium Jemimah Ndanu Right-handed Right-arm medium Ann Wanjira Right-handed Right-arm medium
Records and statistics International Match Summary — Kenya Women
Last updated 6 September 2025 Playing Record Format M W L T NR Inaugural Match Twenty20 Internationals 81 38 42 1 0 6 April 2019
Twenty20 International
Highest team total: 234/1 v Lesotho, 5 September 2023, at Botswana Cricket Association Oval 2, Gaborone Highest individual score: 109, Queentor Abel v Lesotho, 5 September 2023, at Botswana Cricket Association Oval 2, Gaborone Best individual bowling figures: 6/16, Sarah Wetoto v Namibia, 12 June 2021, at Gahanga International Cricket Stadium, Kigali
Most T20I runs for Kenya Women
PlayerRunsAverageCareer spanQueentor Abel 1,537 26.50 2019–2025Venasa Ooko 781 16.61 2019–2025Esther Wachira 641 13.08 2019–2025Veronica Abuga 528 13.53 2019–2025Sharon Juma 422 14.06 2019–2023
Most T20I wickets for Kenya Women PlayerWicketsAverageCareer spanQueentor Abel 94 11.30 2019–2025Esther Wachira 70 14.32 2019–2025Lavendah Idambo 58 15.74 2019–2025Melvin Khagoitsa 52 13.73 2021–2025Flavia Odhiambo 50 12.84 2019–2024
WT20I record versus other nations
Records complete to WT20I #2487. Last updated 6 September 2025. OpponentMWLTNRFirst MatchFirst Win ICC Full members 1 0 1 0 0 19 January 2021 1 0 1 0 0 20 January 2021 3 0 3 0 0 6 April 2019 ICC Associate members 14 12 1 1 0 2 December 2019 2 December 2019 1 1 0 0 0 15 June 2022 15 June 2022 2 2 0 0 0 6 September 2023 6 September 2023 1 1 0 0 0 16 June 2022 16 June 2022 1 1 0 0 0 5 September 2023 5 September 2023 2 2 0 0 0 3 September 2023 3 September 2023 1 0 1 0 0 23 January 2022 3 1 2 0 0 5 May 2019 12 June 2021 7 5 2 0 0 8 June 2021 8 June 2021 2 2 0 0 0 15 December 2022 15 December 2022 20 7 13 0 0 10 June 2021 10 June 2021 1 0 1 0 0 22 January 2022 1 1 0 0 0 6 May 2019 6 May 2019 7 2 5 0 0 12 June 2022 13 December 2022 12 1 11 0 0 6 April 2019 10 June 2022 1 0 1 0 0 18 April 2023
Tournament history Women's ODI World Cup
Women's Cricket World Cup recordsHostYearRoundPositionGPWLTNR 1973 Did not qualify/No Women's ODI status 1978 1982 1988 1993 1997 2000 2005 2009 2013 2017 2022 2025Total0/130 Titles00000 Women's World T20
Twenty20 World Cup recordsHostYearRoundPositionGPWLTNR 2009 Did not qualify 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2023 2024 2026To be determinedTotal0/90 Titles00000
ICC Women's T20 Champions Trophy ICC Women's T20 Champions Trophy recordsHostYearRoundPositionGPWLTNR 2027To be determined 2031Total–0 Title00000 Cricket at Summer Olympics Games Cricket at Summer Olympics records HostYearRoundPositionGPWLTNR 2028To be determined 2032Total–0 Title00000
ICC Women's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier ICC Women's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier recordsYearRoundPositionGPWLTNR 2019Group stages–31200 2021Did not participate Total1/2– 31200 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier Division One ICC Women's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier Division Two recordsYearRoundPositionGPWLTNR 2023Group stage–31200 2025DNQ6/851400Total2/20 Title 82600
ICC Women's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier Division Two ICC Women's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier Division Two recordsYearRoundPositionGPWLTNR 2023Champion–55000Total1/11 Title 55000
See also List of Kenya women Twenty20 International cricketers
References
External links Fixtures from Kenya's first matches Scorecards for African World Cup qualifiers in December 2006