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Kuwait women's national cricket team

The Kuwait women's national cricket team represents 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
Flag of Kuwait
AssociationCricket Kuwait
International Cricket Council
ICC statusAssociate member (2005)
Affiliate member (1998)
ICC regionAsia
ICC Rankings Current[1] Best-ever
T20I 48th 30th (19 Feb 2020)
International cricket
First internationalv  China at Kuala Lumpur; 3 July 2009
T20 Internationals
First T20Iv  Malaysia at Asian Institute of Technology Ground, Bangkok; 18 February 2019
Last T20Iv  Indonesia at Selangor Turf Club, Kuala Lumpur; 4 June 2026
T20Is Played Won/Lost
Total[2] 62 20/40
(0 ties, 2 no results)
This year[3] 4 1/3
(0 ties, 0 no results)
As of 4 June 2026

The Kuwait women's cricket team 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]

Tournament history

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ICC Women's World Cup

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World Cup record
Year Round Position GP W L T NR
England 1973Did not qualify/No women's ODI status
India 1978
New Zealand 1982
Australia 1988
England 1993
India 1997
New Zealand 2000
South Africa 2005
Australia 2009
India 2013
England 2017
New Zealand 2022
India 2025To be determined
Total0/120 Titles00000

ICC T20 World Cup

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ICC T20 World Cup records
Year/Host Round Position GP W L T NR
South Africa 2007Did not qualify
England 2009
Cricket West Indies 2010
Sri Lanka 2012
Bangladesh 2014
India 2016
United Arab Emirates Oman 2021
Australia 2022
United StatesCricket West Indies 2024
India Sri Lanka 2026To be determined
Total0/9000000

ACC Women's Premier Cup

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ACC Women's Premier Cup records
Year Round Position GP W L T NR
Malaysia 2024Quarter-finals8/1642200
Total 1/1 0 Titles 4 2 2 0 0

ACC Women's T20 Championship

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ACC Women's T20 Championship records
Year Round Position GP W L T NR
Malaysia 2009Group stages12/1260600
Kuwait 2011Group stages7/1052300
Thailand 2013Group stages11/1151400
Malaysia 2022Group stages–41201
Total 4/4 0 Titles 20 4 15 0 1

Cricket at Summer Olympics Games

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Cricket at Summer Olympics records
Host
Year		 Round Position GP W L T NR
United States 2028To be determined
Australia 2032
Total–0 Title00000

ICC Women's World Twenty20 Asia Qualifier

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ICC Women's World Twenty20 Asia Qualifier records
Year Round Position GP W L T NR
Thailand 2017Did not participate
Thailand 2019Round-robin7/760600
United Arab Emirates 2021Round-robin6/650500
Malaysia 2023Group stages–42101
Thailand 2025Group stages–41201
Total4/40 Titles1931402

Current squad

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

Name Age Batting style Bowling style Notes
Batters
Balasubramani Shanti39Right-handedRight-arm leg spin
Siobhan Gomez34Right-handedRight-arm medium
Zeefa Jilani19Right-handedRight-arm medium
Maryyam Ashraf28Right-handedRight-arm medium
Glenda Menezes41Right-handedRight-arm medium
Raelyn D'Souza18Right-handed
All-rounders
Priyada Murali32Right-handedRight-arm medium
Amna Sharif Tariq37Right-handedRight-arm off spinCaptain
Khadija Khalil32Right-handedRight-arm medium
Maryam Omar33Right-handedRight-arm off spin
Wicket-keepers
Suchitha D'Sa36Right-handed
Iqra IshaqRight-handed
Bhavani Yekkeli30Right-handed
Spin Bowler
Mariamma Hyder41Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodox
Pace Bowlers
Maria Jasvi25Right-handedRight-arm medium
Candice Dias18Right-handedRight-arm medium
Madeeha Zuberi25Right-handedRight-arm medium

Updated on 30 Oct 2024.

Records and statistics

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International Match Summary — Kuwait Women[15]

Last updated 4 June 2026

Playing Record
FormatMWLTNRInaugural Match
Twenty20 Internationals6220400218 February 2019

Twenty20 International

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T20I record versus other nations[15]

Records complete to WT20I #2817. Last updated 4 June 2026.

OpponentMWLTNRFirst matchFirst win
ICC Associate members
 Bahrain 3110125 March 202013 December 2025
 Bhutan 4220022 November 202121 June 2022
 China 2110021 February 201931 August 2023
 Hong Kong 6060025 February 2019
 Indonesia 101004 June 2026
 Malaysia 8080018 February 2019
 Myanmar 853006 September 20236 September 2023
   Nepal 5050027 February 2019
 Oman 5230018 January 202018 January 2020
 Qatar 4310017 January 202019 January 2020
 Saudi Arabia 2200020 March 202020 March 2022
 Singapore 4400010 February 202410 February 2024
 Thailand 5040124 February 2019
 United Arab Emirates 5050019 February 2019

See also

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References

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  1. ↑ "ICC Rankings". International Cricket Council.
  2. ↑ "WT20I matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  3. ↑ "WT20I matches - 2026 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.
  15. 1 2 "Records / Kuwait Women / Twenty20 Internationals / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo.
  16. ↑ "Records / Kuwait Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Highest totals". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
  17. ↑ "Records / Kuwait Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Top Scores". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
  18. ↑ "Records / Kuwait Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Best Bowling figures". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
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