Nigeria women's national cricket team

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

The Nigeria women's national cricket team represents the country of Nigeria in international women's cricket. The team is organised by the Nigeria Cricket Federation, which has been a member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) since 2002.

Nigeria

Nigeria Cricket Federation logo
Association	Nigeria Cricket Federation
Personnel
Captain	Samantha Agazuma
International Cricket Council
ICC status	Associate member (2002)
ICC region	Africa
ICC Rankings Current[1] Best-ever T20I 29th 29th (22 Dec 2022)
International cricket
First international	v.  Kenya at Kampala; 16 Dec 2011
T20 Internationals
First T20I	v.  Rwanda at National Stadium, Abuja; 26 Jan 2019
Last T20I	v.  Rwanda at Gahanga B Ground, Kigali; 8 June 2024
T20Is Played Won/Lost Total[2] 71 37/32 (1 tie, 1 no result) This year[3] 0 0/0 (0 ties, 0 no results)
As of 8 June 2024

History

Nigeria Women made their international debut at the 2011 ICC Africa Women's T20 Tournament in Uganda.^[4] The team lost their first game, against Kenya, by ten wickets,^[5] but rebounded to win their next match, against Sierra Leone, by six wickets.^[6] They lost their remaining three matches (against Namibia, Tanzania, and Uganda), finishing fifth out of six teams overall.^[7] In August 2015 Nigeria appeared in an invitation tournament in Dar es Salaam, which featured the Tanzanian national team and a team from India's Mumbai Cricket Association.^[8]

In April 2018, the ICC granted full Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between Nigeria women and another international side since 1 July 2018 have the WT20I status.^[9] Nigeria made its Twenty20 International debut against Rwanda at Abuja on 26 January 2019. The teams played a five-game series which Nigeria won 3-2.^[10]

In December 2020, the ICC announced the qualification pathway for the 2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup.^[11] Nigeria were named in the 2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier regional group, alongside ten other teams.^[12]

Squad

Updated on 13 March 2024, this lists all the players who played for Nigeria in the past 12 months or were named in the most recent squad.

Name	Age	Batting style	Bowling style	Notes
Batters
Salome Sunday	23	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Esther Sandy	25	Right-handed
Victory Igbinedion	19	Right-handed
All-rounders
Lucky Piety	18	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
Blessing Etim	32	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Captain
Favour Eseigbe	23	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	Vice-captain
Wicket-keepers
Sarah Etim	25	Right-handed
Abigail Igbobie	22	Right-handed
Spin Bowler
Adeshola Adekunle	17	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
Pace Bowlers
Peculiar Agboya	18	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Rukayat Abdulrasak	20	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Rachael Samson	22	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Christabel Chukwuonye	16	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Lillian Udeh	18	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
Usen Peace	17	Right-handed	Right-arm medium

Records and statistics

International Match Summary — Nigeria Women^[13]

Last updated 8 June 2024

Playing Record
Format	M	W	L	T	NR	Inaugural Match
Twenty20 Internationals	71	37	32	1	1	26 January 2019

Twenty20 International

• Highest team total: 179/5 v. Malawi on 7 June 2024 at Gahanga B Ground, Kigali.^[14]
• Highest individual score: 70, Lucky Piety v. Malawi on 7 June 2024 at Gahanga B Ground, Kigali.^[15]
• Best individual bowling figures: 6/7, Lillian Udeh v. Rwanda on 4 June 2024 at Gahanga International Cricket Stadium, Kigali.^[16]

Most T20I runs for Nigeria Women[17] Player Runs Average Career span Salome Sunday 1,031 25.14 2019–2024 Blessing Etim 634 14.08 2019–2024 Lucky Piety 547 20.25 2021–2024 Favour Eseigbe 431 10.26 2019–2024 Esther Sandy 398 10.45 2019–2024

Most T20I wickets for Nigeria Women[18] Player Wickets Average Career span Favour Eseigbe 45 14.88 2019–2024 Racheal Samson 43 16.51 2019–2024 Lillian Udeh 40 11.12 2022–2024 Peculiar Agboya 34 12.79 2019–2024 Adeshola Adekunde 31 12.96 2023–2024

T20I record versus other nations^[13]

Records complete to WT20I #1918. Last updated 8 June 2024.

Opponent	M	W	L	T	NR	First match	First win
ICC Full members
Zimbabwe	2	0	2	0	0	11 May 2019
ICC Associate members
Botswana	5	4	1	0	0	10 June 2021	10 June 2021
Brazil	2	2	0	0	0	9 June 2022	9 June 2022
Cameroon	3	3	0	0	0	13 September 2021	13 September 2021
Gambia	1	1	0	0	0	29 March 2022	29 March 2022
Germany	1	1	0	0	0	10 June 2022	10 June 2022
Ghana	2	2	0	0	0	1 April 2022	1 April 2022
Kenya	6	2	4	0	0	8 June 2021	11 June 2023
Malawi	1	1	0	0	0	7 June 2024	7 June 2024
Mozambique	1	1	0	0	0	6 May 2019	6 May 2019
Namibia	5	1	4	0	0	6 June 2021	8 March 2024
Rwanda	25	12	12	1	0	26 January 2019	26 January 2019
Sierra Leone	5	5	0	0	0	9 September 2021	9 September 2021
Tanzania	5	0	4	0	1	8 May 2019
Uganda	7	2	5	0	0	11 September 2021	16 June 2023

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 records
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

See also

• List of Nigeria women Twenty20 International cricketers