Namibia women's national cricket team

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

The Namibia women's national cricket team, nicknamed the Capricorn Eagles,^[4] represents the country of Namibia in international women's cricket. The team is organised by Cricket Namibia, which has been a member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) since 1992.

Namibia

Association	Cricket Namibia
Personnel
Captain	Sune Wittmann
Coach	Francois van der Merwe
International Cricket Council
ICC status	Associate member (1992)
ICC region	Africa
ICC Rankings Current[1] Best-ever T20I 17th 17th (4 May 2023)
International cricket
First international	v.  Kenya at Dar es Salaam; 8 April 2004
T20 Internationals
First T20I	v.  Malawi at Botswana Cricket Association Oval 2, Gaborone; 20 August 2018
Last T20I	v.  Uganda at High Performance Oval, Windhoek; 15 April 2025
T20Is Played Won/Lost Total[2] 98 58/39 (0 ties, 1 no result) This year[3] 13 6/7 (0 ties, 0 no results)
T20 World Cup Qualifier appearances	1 (first in 2019)
Best result	8th (2019)
As of 15 April 2025

History

Namibia made its international debut at the 2004 ICC Africa Women's Twenty20 Championship in Tanzania, but failed to win a match.^[5] The team's closest result came in the opening match against Kenya, where they were bowled out for 106, and eventually lost by five wickets.^[6] In the second game, against Uganda, they lost by 152 runs,^[7] while in the final game, against Tanzania, they were bowled out for just 29, and lost by ten wickets.^[8] After their debut, Namibia did not compete in another Africa-wide tournament until the 2011 ICC Africa Women's Twenty20 Championship in Uganda. They have since regularly competed in ICC Africa competitions, without much success.^[5] Namibia also play in regional competitions against other southern African teams, and in the past have appeared in South African provincial competitions (as the national men's team does).^[9]

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 Namibia women and other ICC members since 1 July 2018 have the full WT20I status.^[10]

Namibia's first WT20I matches were contested as part of the Botswana 7s tournament in August 2018 against Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Sierra Leone and Zambia (Zambia's matches were not classified as WT20Is as they had a Botswanan player in their squad).^[11] Namibia finished top of the table, winning all five group stage matches^[12] and won the final against Sierra Leone by a margin of nine wickets.^[13][14]

In July 2019, the International Cricket Council (ICC) suspended Zimbabwe Cricket, with the team barred from taking part in ICC events.^[15][16] The following month, with Zimbabwe banned from taking part in international cricket tournaments, the ICC confirmed that Namibia would replace them in the 2019 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament.^[17][18]

In December 2020, the ICC announced the qualification pathway for the 2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup.^[19] Namibia were named in the 2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier regional group, alongside ten other teams.^[20]

In March 2024, Cricket Namibia awarded professional contracts to members of the women's team for the first time, with 10 players receiving a contract.^[21] As a result, Cricket Namibia became the first sporting body in Namibia to award central contracts to both men and women.^[22]

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 record
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	To be determined
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

ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier

ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier records
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	L	T	NR
2013	Did not qualify
2015
2018
2019	Did not qualify	8/8	3	0	3	0	0
2022	Did not qualify
2024
2025	To be determined
Total	1/6	–	3	0	3	0	0

ICC Women's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier

• 2019: 2nd (Q)
• 2021: 2nd (DNQ)

Kwibuka Women's T20 Tournament

• 2021: 2nd

Records and statistics

International Match Summary — Namibia Women^[23]

Last updated 15 April 2025

Playing Record
Format	M	W	L	T	NR	Inaugural Match
Twenty20 Internationals	98	58	39	0	1	20 August 2018

Twenty20 International

• Highest team total: 221/3 v Germany, 3 July 2022 at Bayer Uerdingen Cricket Ground, Krefeld.^[24]
• Highest individual score: 93*, Sune Wittmann v Botswana, 8 June 2021 at Gahanga International Cricket Stadium, Kigali.^[25]
• Best individual bowling figures: 5/6, Wilka Mwatile v Cameroon, 14 September 2021 at Botswana Cricket Association Oval 2, Gaborone.^[26]

Most WT20I runs for Namibia Women[27] Player Runs Average Career span Yasmeen Khan 1,633 20.93 2018–2025 Sune Wittmann 1,391 19.05 2019–2025 Kayleen Green 973 16.49 2018–2025 Adri van der Merwe 967 20.14 2018–2023 Jurriene Diergaardt 807 14.15 2018–2025

Most WT20I wickets for Namibia Women[28] Player Wickets Average Career span Kayleen Green 79 15.00 2018–2025 Wilka Mwatile 77 14.70 2018–2025 Victoria Hamunyela 55 14.67 2018–2025 Sune Wittmann 47 14.89 2019–2025 Irene van Zyl 47 19.25 2019–2024

T20I record versus other nations^[23]

Records complete to T20I #2235. Last updated 15 April 2025.

Opponent	M	W	L	T	NR	First match	First win
ICC Full members
Ireland	1	0	1	0	0	31 August 2019
Zimbabwe	15	4	11	0	0	5 January 2019	20 April 2022
ICC Associate members
Botswana	7	7	0	0	0	24 August 2018	24 August 2018
Cameroon	1	1	0	0	0	14 September 2021	14 September 2021
China	1	1	0	0	0	5 December 2024	5 December 2024
Germany	3	3	0	0	0	2 July 2022	2 July 2022
Hong Kong	5	4	1	0	0	25 April 2023	25 April 2023
Kenya	3	2	1	0	0	5 May 2019	5 May 2019
Lesotho	1	1	0	0	0	23 August 2018	23 August 2018
Malawi	1	1	0	0	0	20 August 2018	20 August 2018
Malaysia	3	3	0	0	0	10 December 2024	10 December 2024
Mozambique	1	1	0	0	0	23 August 2018	23 August 2018
Netherlands	6	2	4	0	0	3 September 2019	28 June 2022
Nepal	2	2	0	0	0	8 March 2025	8 March 2025
Nigeria	5	4	1	0	0	6 June 2021	6 June 2021
Rwanda	2	2	0	0	0	7 June 2021	7 June 2021
Scotland	1	0	1	0	0	5 September 2019
Sierra Leone	4	4	0	0	0	21 August 2018	21 August 2018
Tanzania	3	1	1	0	1	17 September 2021	17 September 2021
Thailand	3	0	3	0	0	1 September 2019
Uganda	18	9	9	0	0	6 May 2019	6 May 2019
United Arab Emirates	11	6	5	0	0	27 April 2023	27 April 2023
United States	1	0	1	0	0	7 September 2019

Current squad

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

Name	Age	Batting style	Bowling style	Notes
Batters
Yasmeen Khan	26	Right-handed	-	Vice-captain
Arrasta Diergaardt	24	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Edelle van Zyl	21	Right-handed
Bianca Manuel	22	Right-handed
All-rounders
Wilka Mwatile	24	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Kayleen Green	26	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
Sylvia Shihepo	24	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Sune Wittmann	30	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Captain
Mekelaye Mwatile	20	Right-handed	Slow left-arm unorthodox
Wicket-keeper
Merczerly Gorases	19	Right-handed
Spin Bowler
Victoria Hamunyela	22	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
Pace Bowlers
Irene van Zyl	40	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Naomi Benjamin	19	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Saima Tuhadeleni	19	Right-handed	Right-arm medium

Updated as on 14 September 2024

See also

• List of Namibia women Twenty20 International cricketers