The Rwanda women's under-19 cricket team represents Rwanda in international under-19 women's cricket. The team is administered by the Rwanda Cricket Association (RCA).
Rwanda qualified for the inaugural ICC Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup via winning the Africa Qualifier, thereby becoming the first Rwandan team to qualify for an ICC tournament. They reached the Super Six stage at the tournament, winning two of their matches.
History Rwanda competed in the Women's African Under-19s Championship between 2009–10 and 2014–15.
The inaugural Women's Under-19 World Cup was initially scheduled for January 2021, but was postponed multiple times due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The tournament was eventually held in January 2023, in South Africa. Rwanda competed in the Africa Qualifier for the tournament in September 2022. They finished second in their group, winning three of their four matches to qualify for the semi-finals. They went on to beat Uganda in the semi-finals and Tanzania, by 6 wickets, in the final. It was the first time that a Rwandan side had qualified for a Cricket World Cup in any format.
Rwanda announced their squad for the tournament on 18 December 2022, with Leonard Nhamburo announced as Head Coach of the side. Rwanda beat both Zimbabwe and the West Indies as they reached the Super Six stage of the tournament. Rwanda bowler Henriette Ishimwe took four wickets in four balls against Zimbabwe.
Recent call-ups The table below lists all the players who have been selected in recent squads for Rwanda under-19s. Currently, this only includes the squad for the 2023 Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup.
Name Most Recent Call-up Divine Gihozo Ishimwe 2023 World Cup Gisele Ishimwe 2023 World Cup Henriette Ishimwe 2023 World Cup Zurafat Ishimwe 2023 World Cup Henriette Isimbi 2023 World Cup Cesarie Muragajimana 2023 World Cup Belise Murekatete 2023 World Cup Sharila Niyomuhoza 2023 World Cup Marie Jose Tumukunde 2023 World Cup Sylvia Usabyimana 2023 World Cup Giovannis Uwase 2023 World Cup Merveille Uwase 2023 World Cup Cynthia Tuyizere 2023 World Cup Rosine Uwera 2023 World Cup
Records & statistics International match summary
As of 22 January 2023 Playing records Format M W L T D/NR Inaugural matchYouth Women's Twenty20 Internationals 5 2 3 0 0 15 January 2023 Youth Women's Twenty20 record versus other nations
As of 22 January 2023 ICC Full membersOpponent M W L T NR First match First win England 101 0 019 January 2023 Pakistan 101 0 015 January 2023 101 0 022 January 2023 1100022 January 2023 22 January 2023 Zimbabwe 110 0 017 January 2023 17 January 2023
Leading runs scorers
S/NPlayersRunsAverageCareer span1Gisele Ishimwe13333.25 2023–Present2Cynthia Tuyizere7214.402023–Present3Henriette Ishimwe6012.002023–Present
Leading wickets takers
S/NPlayerWicketsAverageCareer span1Sylvia Usabyimana7 11.42 2023–Present2Henriette Ishimwe613.66 2023–Present3Zurafat Ishimwe519.60 2023–Present
Highest individual innings
S/NPlayerScoreOppositionMatch Date1Gisele Ishimwe4015 January 20232Gisele Ishimwe3417 January 20233Gisele Ishimwe31*22 January 2023
Highest individual bowling figures
S/NPlayerScoreOppositionMatch Date1Marie Jose Tumukunde4/822 January 20232Gisele Ishimwe4/1317 January 20233Sylvia Usabyimana4/2022 January 2023
Highest team totals
S/NDatesTotalsAgainstRef117 January 2023119/8,(20 Overs)215 January 2023106/8,(20 Overs)
Lowest team totals
S/NDatesTotalsAgainstRef121 January 202396/7,(20 Overs)222 January 202371/6,(18.2 Overs)319 January 202345/10,(17 Overs)
Under-19 World Cup record Rwanda's U19 Twenty20 World Cup RecordYear Result 2023Super 6–1652300 2025Did not qualify 2027To be determinedTotal52300
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