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
WT20I 44th 30th (19 Feb 2020)
Women's international cricket
First internationalv  China at Kuala Lumpur; 3 July 2009
Women's Twenty20 Internationals
First WT20Iv  Malaysia at Asian Institute of Technology Ground, Bangkok; 18 February 2019
Last WT20Iv    Nepal at UKM-YSD Cricket Oval, Bangi; 14 February 2024
WT20Is Played Won/Lost
Total[2] 40 10/28
(0 ties, 2 no results)
This year[3] 7 2/5
(0 ties, 0 no results)
As of 14 May 2024

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.

Kuwait 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]

  1. ^ "ICC Rankings". International Cricket Council.
  2. ^ "WT20I matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  3. ^ "WT20I matches - 2024 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.