Kuwait women's national cricket team

For the men's team, see Kuwait national cricket team.
Kuwait
Flag of Kuwait
AssociationCricket Kuwait
International Cricket Council
ICC statusAssociate member (2005)
Affiliate member (1998)
ICC regionAsia
ICC Rankings Current[1] Best-ever
T20I 48th 30th (19 Feb 2020)
International cricket
First internationalv  China at Kuala Lumpur; 3 July 2009
T20 Internationals
First T20Iv  Malaysia at Asian Institute of Technology Ground, Bangkok; 18 February 2019
Last T20Iv  Saudi Arabia at Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Al Amarat; 18 December 2025
T20Is Played Won/Lost
Total[2] 58 19/37
(0 ties, 2 no results)
This year[3] 11 4/7
(0 ties, 0 no results)
As of 18 December 2025

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.

The Kuwait women's cricket team 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]

Tournament history

ICC Women's World Cup

World Cup record
Year Round Position GP W L T NR
1973 Did not qualify/No women's ODI status
1978
1982
1988
1993
1997
2000
2005
2009
2013
2017
2022
2025 To be determined
Total 0/12 0 Titles 0 0 0 0 0

ICC T20 World Cup

ICC T20 World Cup records
Year/Host Round Position GP W L T NR
2007 Did not qualify
2009
2010
2012
2014
2016
2021
2022
2024
2026 To be determined
Total 0/9 0 0 0 0 0 0

ACC Women's Premier Cup

ACC Women's Premier Cup records
Year Round Position GP W L T NR
2024 Quarter-finals 8/16 4 2 2 0 0
Total 1/1 0 Titles 4 2 2 0 0

ACC Women's T20 Championship

ACC Women's T20 Championship records
Year Round Position GP W L T NR
2009 Group stages 12/12 6 0 6 0 0
2011 Group stages 7/10 5 2 3 0 0
2013 Group stages 11/11 5 1 4 0 0
2022 Group stages – 4 1 2 0 1
Total 4/4 0 Titles 20 4 15 0 1

Cricket at Summer Olympics Games

Cricket at Summer Olympics records
Host
Year 		Round Position GP W L T NR
2028 To be determined
2032
Total – 0 Title 0 0 0 0 0

ICC Women's World Twenty20 Asia Qualifier

ICC Women's World Twenty20 Asia Qualifier records
Year Round Position GP W L T NR
2017 Did not participate
2019 Round-robin 7/7 6 0 6 0 0
2021 Round-robin 6/6 5 0 5 0 0
2023 Group stages – 4 2 1 0 1
2025 Group stages – 4 1 2 0 1
Total 4/4 0 Titles 19 3 14 0 2

Current squad

This lists all the players who played for Kuwait in the past 12 months or were named in the most recent squad.

Name Age Batting style Bowling style Notes
Batters
Balasubramani Shanti 39 Right-handed Right-arm leg spin
Siobhan Gomez 33 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Zeefa Jilani 18 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Maryyam Ashraf 27 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Glenda Menezes 41 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Raelyn D'Souza 18 Right-handed
All-rounders
Priyada Murali 32 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Amna Sharif Tariq 36 Right-handed Right-arm off spin Captain
Khadija Khalil 31 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Maryam Omar 32 Right-handed Right-arm off spin
Wicket-keepers
Suchitha D'Sa 35 Right-handed
Iqra Ishaq Right-handed
Bhavani Yekkeli 30 Right-handed
Spin Bowler
Mariamma Hyder 40 Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
Pace Bowlers
Maria Jasvi 24 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Candice Dias 17 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Madeeha Zuberi 25 Right-handed Right-arm medium

Updated on 30 Oct 2024.

Records and statistics

International Match Summary — Kuwait Women[15]

Last updated 18 December 2025

Playing Record
Format M W L T NR Inaugural Match
Twenty20 Internationals 58 19 37 0 2 18 February 2019

Twenty20 International

T20I record versus other nations[15]

Records complete to WT20I #2612. Last updated 18 December 2025.

Opponent M W L T NR First match First win
ICC Associate members
 Bahrain 3 1 1 0 1 25 March 2020 13 December 2025
 Bhutan 4 2 2 0 0 22 November 2021 21 June 2022
 China 2 1 1 0 0 21 February 2019 31 August 2023
 Hong Kong 6 0 6 0 0 25 February 2019
 Malaysia 7 0 7 0 0 18 February 2019
 Myanmar 6 4 2 0 0 6 September 2023 6 September 2023
   Nepal 5 0 5 0 0 27 February 2019
 Oman 5 2 3 0 0 18 January 2020 18 January 2020
 Qatar 4 3 1 0 0 17 January 2020 19 January 2020
 Saudi Arabia 2 2 0 0 0 20 March 2020 20 March 2022
 Singapore 4 4 0 0 0 10 February 2024 10 February 2024
 Thailand 5 0 4 0 1 24 February 2019
 United Arab Emirates 5 0 5 0 0 19 February 2019

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 Kuwait Archived 27 March 2017 at the Wayback Machine – CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
  5. ^ Table: Asian Cricket Council Women's Twenty20 Championship 2009 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
  6. ^ Kuwait Women v Qatar Women, Asian Cricket Council Women's Twenty20 Championship 2009 (11th Place Play-off) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
  7. ^ Kuwait Women v Bhutan Women, Asian Cricket Council Women's Twenty20 Championship 2010/11 (7th Place Play-off) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
  8. ^ Kuwait Women v Singapore Women, Asian Cricket Council Women's Championship 2012/13 (Group B) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
  9. ^ (11 December 2014). "Gulf women gather" – Asian Cricket Council. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
  10. ^ (6 December 2015). "UAE women retain Gulf T20 cricket title" – Emirates 24/7. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
  11. ^ "All T20I matches to get international status". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
  12. ^ "Full Scorecard of Mal Women vs Kuwait Women 2nd Match 2018/19 - Score Report". ESPNcricinfo.com. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  13. ^ "Qualification for ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2023 announced". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  14. ^ "ICC announce qualification process for 2023 Women's T20 World Cup". The Cricketer. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  15. ^ a b "Records / Kuwait Women / Twenty20 Internationals / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo.
  16. ^ "Records / Kuwait Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Highest totals". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
  17. ^ "Records / Kuwait Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Top Scores". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
  18. ^ "Records / Kuwait Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Best Bowling figures". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
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