2023 Kwibuka Women's T20 Tournament

2023 Kwibuka Women's T20 Tournament
Dates10 – 17 June 2023
Administrator(s)Rwanda Cricket Association
Cricket formatTwenty20 International
Tournament format(s)Double round-robin and play-offs
Host(s) Rwanda
Champions Rwanda (1st title)
Runners-up Uganda
Participants5
Matches22
Player of the seriesKenya Queentor Abel
Most runsKenya Queentor Abel (206)
Most wicketsRwanda Henriette Ishimwe (16)
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The 2023 Kwibuka Women's T20 Tournament was a Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket tournament that took place in Rwanda from 10 to 17 June 2023.[1] It was the ninth edition of the annual Kwibuka T20 Tournament,[2] which was first played in 2014 in remembrance of the victims of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi.[3]

Tanzania had won the 2022 tournament,[4] but they did not enter the 2023 tournament, which featured Rwanda, Botswana, Kenya, Nigeria and Uganda.[5]

Nigeria made a good start, winning their first three games to take a surprise lead in the tournament standings.[6] The closely contested round-robin stage ultimately saw the hosts and Nigeria in a race to claim the second spot in the final behind Uganda.[7][8][9] Uganda topped the table, winning their first seven round-robin games, before losing a dead-rubber against Nigeria.[10]

Rwanda claimed a surprise 6-wicket victory over Uganda in the final.[11][12] This was Rwanda's first win against Uganda and the first time that they had won the Kwibuka tournament.[13][14]

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  11. ^ "Rwanda deny Victoria Pearls third Kwibuka title". Kawowo Sports. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
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  13. ^ "Cricket: Rwanda women end nine-year Kwibuka T20 title jinx". The New Times. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
  14. ^ "Nhamburo attributes Kwibuka women's T20 triumph to hard work". The New Times. Retrieved 19 June 2023.