The 2022–23 Kenya Women's Quadrangular Series was a Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) cricket tournament that took place in Nairobi in December 2022.[1] Originally announced as a tri-nation series involving Kenya, Uganda and Qatar,[2] the tournament became a quadrangular event with the addition of Tanzania.[3] The African sides were in action for the first time since the 2022 Kwibuka T20 Tournament that was played in June 2022.[4]
| Dates | 13 – 21 December 2022 |
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| Administrator(s) | Cricket Kenya |
| Cricket format | Women's Twenty20 International |
| Tournament format(s) | Double round-robin and final |
| Host(s) |  Kenya |
| Champions |  Uganda |
| Runners-up | Kenya |
| Participants | 4 |
| Matches | 14 |
| Player of the series | Janet Mbabazi |
| Most runs |  Fatuma Kibasu (221) |
| Most wickets | Perice Kamunya (10) Flavia Odhiambo (10) |
Uganda secured top spot in the round-robin with a game to spare.[5] Kenya defeated Tanzania by 2 wickets in the last game of the round-robin stage to set up a final against Uganda.[6][7] Uganda went on to defeat the hosts in the final by 6 wickets to win the tournament.[8] Tanzania defeated winless Qatar in the third-place play-off.[9] Uganda's Janet Mbabazi was named player of the tournament.[10]
Squads
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Round-robin
editPoints table
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
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| 1 | Uganda
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6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1.579 |
| 2 | Kenya
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6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1.522 |
| 3 | Tanzania
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6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1.086 |
| 4 | Qatar
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6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | −4.389 |
Source: ESPNcricinfo[14]
Qualified for the final
Advanced to the third place play-off
Fixtures
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Mary Mwangi 13 (21)
Evelyn Anyipo 1/9 (2 overs) |
Prosscovia Alako 27 (21)
Esther Wachira 1/10 (2 overs) |
- Uganda won the toss and elected to field.
- The match was reduced to 10 overs per side due to rain.
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Saum Mtae 36 (33)
Flavia Odhiambo 4/22 (4 overs) |
Queentor Abel 31 (36)
Agnes Qwele 1/14 (4 overs) |
- Tanzania won the toss and elected to bat.
- Sheila Kizito and Aisha Mohamed (Tan) both made their WT20I debuts.
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Shrutiben Rana 9 (18)
Irene Alumo 3/3 (4 overs) |
Janet Mbabazi 23 (29)
Rochelle Quyn 2/5 (2.3 overs) |
- Uganda won the toss and elected to field.
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Fatuma Kibasu 52 (44)
Rochelle Quyn 2/30 (4 overs) |
Aysha 28 (21)
Nasra Saidi 2/12 (4 overs) |
- Tanzania won the toss and elected to bat.
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Hudaa Omary 25 (33)
Sarah Akiteng 1/8 (4 overs) |
Janet Mbabazi 17 (19)
Nasra Saidi 2/13 (3.4 overs) |
- Uganda won the toss and elected to field.
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Aysha 12 (16)
Queentor Abel 3/4 (4 overs) |
- Qatar won the toss and elected to bat.
- Lavanya Pillai (Qat) made her WT20I debut.
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Hudaa Omary 29 (30)
Sarah Akiteng 2/15 (3 overs) |
Janet Mbabazi 33 (39)
Agnes Qwele 3/14 (4 overs) |
- Uganda won the toss and elected to field.
- Josephine Ulrik (Tan) made her WT20I debut.
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Venasa Ooko 48 (28)
Rochelle Quyn 2/36 (4 overs) |
Aysha 30 (33)
Mercy Ahono 2/6 (2 overs) |
- Kenya won the toss and elected to bat.
- Mercy Ahono (Ken) made her WT20I debut.
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Mary Mwangi 31 (38)
Janet Mbabazi 1/10 (4 overs) |
Prosscovia Alako 38 (31)
Flavia Odhiambo 3/20 (4 overs) |
- Uganda won the toss and elected to field.
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Shahreen Bahadur 30 (33)
Perice Kamunya 2/9 (4 overs) |
- Tanzania won the toss and elected to bat.
- Sarrinah Ahmed (Qat) and Rahima Yahaya (Tan) both made their WT20I debuts.
- Fatuma Kibasu became the fastest player to reach 1,000 runs in Women's Twenty20 Internationals (30 innings).[15]
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Janet Mbabazi 34 (19)
Aleena Khan 1/13 (1.4 overs) |
- Qatar won the toss and elected to bat.
- Devanandha Kavinisseri (Qat) made her WT20I debut.
Third-place play-off
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Fatuma Kibasu 30 (29)
Aysha 3/26 (4 overs) |
Aysha 36 (28)
Josephine Ulrik 2/14 (4 overs) |
- Tanzania won the toss and elected to bat.
Final
editReferences
edit- ^ "Victoria Pearls to regroup ahead of Kenya Women's series". MTN Sports. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
- ^ "Consy Aweko to lead Victoria Pearls ahead of Nairobi Series". Cricket Uganda. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
- ^ "Victoria Pearls touch down In Nairobi for Quadrangular Series". Kawowo Sports. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
- ^ "Victoria Pearls stars return ahead of Kenya Tour". Kawowo Sports. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
- ^ "Victoria Pearls defeat Kenya to reach finals of Kenya Women's Tournament". Kawowo Sports. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
- ^ "Evergreen Abuga hoists Kenya Ladies to inaugural tournament finale". Cricket Kenya. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
- ^ "Victoria Pearls to meet Kenya in final of Women's Tournament". Kawowo Sports. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
- ^ "Uganda win T20 quadrangular in Nairobi". Cricket Europe. Archived from the original on 21 December 2022. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
- ^ "Uganda hit Kenya to win quadrangular T20 series". Nation. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
- ^ "Victoria Pearls win Kenya Women's T20 Tournament". Kawowo Sports. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
- ^ "All systems go as Kenya name squad for tri-series tournament". Capital Sports. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
- ^ "Qatar women's squad for Kenya tour announced". Qatar Cricket Association (via Facebook). Retrieved 10 December 2022.
- ^ "Experienced Victoria Pearls squad named for Kenya Tri-Series". Kawowo Sports. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
- ^ "Kenya Quadrangular Women's T20 Series 2022/23 Points table". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
- ^ "Records / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Batting records / Fastest to 1000 runs". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
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