Tanzania women's national cricket team

For the men's team, see Tanzania national cricket team.

Tanzania
Tanzania Cricket Association logo
AssociationTanzania Cricket Association
Personnel
CaptainFatuma Kibasu
International Cricket Council
ICC statusAssociate member (2001)
ICC regionAfrica
ICC Rankings Current[1] Best-ever
T20I 19th 16th (1 Oct 2022)
International cricket
First internationalv.  Uganda; 8 April 2004
T20 Internationals
First T20Iv.  Zimbabwe at Takashinga Cricket Club, Harare; 6 May 2019
Last T20Iv.  Papua New Guinea at Terdthai Cricket Ground, Bangkok; 30 November 2025
T20Is Played Won/Lost
Total[2] 77 51/23
(0 ties, 3 no results)
This year[3] 24 13/10
(0 ties, 1 no result)
As of 30 November 2025

The Tanzanian women's cricket team is the team that represents the country of Tanzania in international women's cricket.

Tanzania won the inaugural African women's championships in 2004 and has been one of the best-performed ICC associate member teams in Africa. The team also finished runner-up in the 2006 and 2011 African championships, but is yet to qualify for a global event.

History

Organised women's cricket in Tanzania began in 1999, when the Tanzania Cricket Association (TCA) introduced "chanzo cricket" for girls into primary schools. A national under-15 team was created in 2002 for a regional tournament. The development of the sport has been hindered by social taboos against women's participation in sport, especially those with children.[4]

The TCA hosted the inaugural African women's cricket championships in 2004, with limited involvement from the International Women's Cricket Council (IWCC).[5] The national team was unbeaten, defeating Uganda, Kenya and Namibia in the round-robin and winning the final against Uganda by 8 wickets.[6][7]

In March 2018, Tanzania was invited to participate in the 2018 ASEAN Women's T20 Open Tournament as a guest team, finishing as runner-up to the hosts Thailand.[8]

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 Tanzania women and another international side since 1 July 2018 have been full WT20Is.[9]

In December 2020, the ICC announced the qualification pathway for the 2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup.[10] Tanzania were named in the 2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier regional group, alongside ten other teams.[11]

Tanzanian batter Fatuma Kibasu scored her second T20I century in September 2021, an innings of 127 not out from 66 balls against Eswatini in the 2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier, becoming only the fifth woman and the first from an ICC associate member team to score multiple T20I centuries.[12]

Current squad

This lists all the players who have played for Tanzania in the past 12 months or was named in the most recent squad. Updated on 19 November 2023.

Name Age Batting style Bowling style Notes
Batters
Fatuma Kibasu 36 Right-handed Right-arm off break Captain
Hudaa Omary 23 Right-handed
Saum Mtae 23 Left-handed Right-arm off break
Monica Pascal 38 Right-handed Right-arm leg break
Allrounders
Aisha Mohamed 26 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Neema Pius 24 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Wicket-keepers
Shufaa Mohamedi 22 Right-handed
Saumu Hussein 17 Right-handed
Spin Bowlers
Sheila Kizito 21 Right-handed Right-arm off break
Mwanamvua Ushanga 20 Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
Pace Bowlers
Perice Kamunya 23 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Agnes Qwele 19 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Sophia Jerome 22 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Mwajabu Salum 36 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Saum Borakambi 20 Right-handed Right-arm medium

Records and statistics

International Match Summary — Tanzania Women[13]

Last updated 30 November 2025

Playing Record
Format M W L T NR Inaugural Match
Twenty20 Internationals 77 51 23 0 3 6 May 2019

Twenty20 International

T20I record versus other nations[13]

Records complete to WT20I #2586. Last updated 30 November 2025.

Opponent M W L T NR First match First win
ICC Full members
 Zimbabwe 3 0 3 0 0 6 May 2019
ICC Associate members
 Botswana 3 3 0 0 0 16 September 2021 16 September 2021
 Brazil 2 2 0 0 0 16 June 2022 16 June 2022
 Cameroon 1 1 0 0 0 12 June 2025 12 June 2025
 Canada 4 2 1 0 1 4 November 2025 5 November 2025
 Eswatini 1 1 0 0 0 14 September 2021 14 September 2021
 Germany 1 1 0 0 0 13 June 2022 13 June 2022
 Hong Kong 2 0 2 0 0 18 November 2023
 Japan 1 1 0 0 0 16 November 2023 16 November 2023
 Kenya 7 5 2 0 0 12 June 2022 12 June 2022
 Malawi 1 1 0 0 0 4 June 2025 4 June 2025
 Mali 2 2 0 0 0 19 June 2019 19 June 2019
 Mozambique 2 2 0 0 0 9 May 2019 9 May 2019
 Namibia 5 2 2 0 1 17 September 2021 10 March 2024
   Nepal 1 1 0 0 0 15 November 2023 15 November 2023
 Netherlands 1 0 1 0 0 23 November 2025
 Nigeria 6 4 1 0 1 8 May 2019 8 May 2019
 Papua New Guinea 1 0 1 0 0 30 November 2025
 Qatar 3 3 0 0 0 14 December 2022 14 December 2022
 Rwanda 11 9 2 0 0 11 May 2019 11 May 2019
 Scotland 1 0 1 0 0 21 November 2025
 Sierra Leone 3 3 0 0 0 28 February 2024 28 February 2024
 Thailand 1 0 1 0 0 25 November 2025
 Uganda 12 7 5 0 0 18 June 2019 18 June 2019
 United Arab Emirates 2 1 1 0 0 19 April 2023 19 April 2023

Tournament history

ICC Women's ODI World Cup

Women's Cricket World Cup records
Host
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
Total 0/13 0 Titles 0 0 0 0 0

ICC 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 qualify/No ODI status
2008
2011
2017
2021
2025
Total 0/6 0 Title 0 0 0 0 0

ICC 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 0/9 0 Titles 0 0 0 0 0

ICC Women's Twenty20 Global Qualifier

ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier records
Host
Year 		Round Position GP W L T NR
2013 Did not qualify
2015
2018
2019
2022
2024
Total 0/6 0 Titles 0 0 0 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

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 stage – 4 3 1 0 0
2021 Semi-finals – 7 4 3 0 0
Total 2/2 0 Title 11 7 4 0 0

ICC Women's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier Division One

ICC Women's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier Division One records
Year Round Position GP W L T NR
2023 Semi-finals – 4 2 2 0 0
2025 DNQ 3/8 5 4 1 0 0
Total 2/2 0 Title 9 6 3 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 Group stages – 3 1 2 0 0
2027 To be determined
2031
Total 1/1 0 Title 3 1 2 0 1

See also

References

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  3. ^ "WT20I matches - 2025 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  4. ^ "The journey of women's cricket". The Citizen. 9 April 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
  5. ^ "Development Report Jan - Apr 04" (PDF). Tanzania Cricket Association. pp. 2–3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 January 2022. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  6. ^ "Africa Women's Championship 2004 Table". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  7. ^ Kintu, Ronnie (13 April 2004). "Uganda Women Finish 2nd in Africa Cup". New Vision. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  8. ^ "Day 8 – Tanzania defeat Hong Kong to seal second place in ASEAN women's T20". Cricket Association of Thailand. 14 March 2018. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  9. ^ "All T20I matches to get international status". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
  10. ^ "Qualification for ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2023 announced". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  11. ^ "ICC announce qualification process for 2023 Women's T20 World Cup". The Cricketer. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
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