The 2023 Nigeria Invitational Women's T20I Tournament was a women's Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket tournament that took place in Nigeria from 27 March to 2 April 2023.[1] The venue for all of the matches was the Tafawa Balewa Square Cricket Oval in Lagos.[2] In the 2022 tournament, Rwanda defeated the hosts Nigeria in the final.[3][4]
| Dates | 27 March – 2 April 2023 |
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| Administrator(s) | Nigeria Cricket Federation |
| Cricket format | Twenty20 International |
| Tournament format(s) | Round-robin and final |
| Host(s) |  Nigeria |
| Champions | Nigeria (2nd title) |
| Runners-up |  Rwanda |
| Participants | 5 |
| Matches | 12 |
| Most runs | Gisele Ishimwe (128) |
| Most wickets | Henriette Ishimwe (10) Alice Fillie (10) Janet Kowa (10) |
In addition to the 2022 finalists, Ghana and Sierra Leone also returned this year, while Cameroon made their debut in the tournament.[5] Gambia, who competed in 2022, withdrew for personal reasons.[1]
Rwanda finished on top of the round-robin table after defeating Nigeria in the last match.[6] However, Nigeria then defeated Rwanda by 9 runs in the final to win the tournament.[7][8][9] Sierra Leone beat Cameroon in the third-place play-off.[10]
Squads
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 Ghana[12]
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Nigeria[13]
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Rwanda[14]
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Sierra Leone[15]
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Round-robin
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edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
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| 1 | Rwanda
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4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4.458 |
| 2 | Nigeria
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4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1.424 |
| 3 | Sierra Leone
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4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | −0.209 |
| 4 | Cameroon
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4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | −2.345 |
| 5 | Ghana
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4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | −3.322 |
Source: ESPNcricinfo[16]
Advanced to the final
Advanced to the 3rd place play-off
Fixtures
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Zainab Kamara 13 (25)
Rukayat Abdulrasak 2/6 (4 overs) |
Lucky Piety 22* (24)
Alice Fillie 2/15 (4 overs) |
- Nigeria won the toss and elected to field.
- The match was reduced to 19 overs per side due to rain.
- Celina Bull, Fatu Conteh, Alice Fillie, Emma Kamara, Fatu Kamara, Isha Quee and Hassanatu Sawaneh (Sle) all made their WT20I debuts.
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Elizabeth Annor 8 (12)
Henriette Ishimwe 4/4 (2.3 overs) |
- Ghana won the toss and elected to field.
- Komalpreet Grewal (Gha), Rosine Irera and Geovanis Uwase (Rwa) all made their WT20I debuts.
- Henriette Ishimwe became the first player for Rwanda to take a hat-trick in women's T20Is.[17]
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Madaleine Sissako 15 (26)
Favour Eseigbe 3/4 (3 overs) |
Salome Sunday 17* (17)
Edwige Guehoada 2/18 (3 overs) |
- Cameroon won the toss and elected to bat.
- Adeshola Adekunle (Nga), Edwige Guehoada, Elsa Kana and Olive Ranedoumoun (Cmr) all made their WT20I debuts.
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Komalpreet Grewal 19* (34)
Alice Fillie 3/9 (4 overs) |
Celina Bull 18* (14)
Emmanuella Nyaaba 1/15 (2 overs) |
- Ghana won the toss and elected to bat.
- Hussainatu Sawanneh (Sle) made her WT20I debut.
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Fatu Pessima 12* (34)
Belise Murekatete 4/17 (4 overs) |
Henriette Ishimwe 17 (13)
Alice Fillie 3/19 (3.1 overs) |
- Sierra Leone won the toss and elected to bat.
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Madaleine Sissako 22 (40)
Rashidatu Salia 3/19 (4 overs) |
Komalpreet Grewal 15 (24)
Madaleine Sissako 3/14 (4 overs) |
- Cameroon won the toss and elected to bat.
- Jacqueline Kokam and Christiana Nyameke (Gha) both made their WT20I debuts.
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Salome Sunday 27* (18)
Kate Awuah 2/18 (4 overs) |
Rashidatu Salia 20 (29)
Rachael Samson 4/18 (4 overs) |
- Ghana won the toss and elected to field.
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Henriette Ishimwe 43 (33)
Edwige Guehoada 3/21 (4 overs) |
Marguerite Bessala 6 (4)
Henriette Ishimwe 5/6 (2.3 overs) |
- Rwanda won the toss and elected to bat.
- Brenda Waluma (Cmr) made her WT20I debut.
- Henriette Ishimwe became the first player for Rwanda to take a five-wicket haul in WT20Is.[18]
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Michelle Ekani 14 (20)
Emma Kamara 2/3 (1 over) |
Celina Bull 25 (40)
Bernadette Mbida 2/17 (4 overs) |
- Cameroon won the toss and elected to bat.
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Gisele Ishimwe 29 (34)
Adeshola Adekunle 3/10 (4 overs) |
Salome Sunday 29 (37)
Josiane Nyirankundineza 3/19 (3.4 overs) |
- Rwanda won the toss and elected to bat.
3rd place play-off
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Bernadette Mbida 33 (36)
Janet Kowa 3/14 (4 overs) |
Fatmata Parkinson 30* (44)
Olive Ranedoumoun 1/14 (2 overs) |
- Sierra Leone won the toss and elected to field.
- Sonita Akenji (Cmr) made her WT20I debut.
Final
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Salome Sunday 48* (58)
Josiane Nyirankundineza 1/9 (3 overs) |
Gisele Ishimwe 31 (48)
Rachael Samson 3/13 (3 overs) |
- Nigeria won the toss and elected to bat.
References
edit- ^ a b "All set for the NCF Women's T-20 international tournament in Lagos". Nigeria Cricket Federation. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
- ^ "Cricket Federation says preparations in top gear for international tournament". Premium Times. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
- ^ "Rwanda beat Nigeria to win maiden T20 Invitational Women Tournament". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
- ^ "Cricket: Rwanda to defend NCF T20 women's trophy in March". The New Times. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
- ^ "NCF to hold six-nation women's invitational T20i cricket tourney in Lagos". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
- ^ "Hosts Nigeria lose Rwanda battle as Vumiliya stars". The New Times. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
- ^ "Cricket: Nigeria wins Women's T20i Invitational tournament". Premium Times. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
- ^ "Nigeria dethrones Rwanda by nine runs". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
- ^ "Cricket: Nigeria wins 3rd NCF women's tourney". The Cable. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
- ^ "Cricket: Nigeria Wins 3rd NCF Women's Tournament". Voice of Nigeria. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
- ^ @NigeriaWT20I (22 March 2023). "Cameroon is all set as they release their women's squad for the #NigeriaWT20i" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ @NigeriaWT20I (22 March 2023). "Ghana women's squad" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "N.C.F announce final squad list for the the [sic] women's tournament in Lagos". Nigeria Cricket Federation. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
- ^ "Nhamburo names squad for Nigeria Women T20 tourney". The New Times. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
- ^ @NigeriaWT20I (23 March 2023). "Sierra Leone playing XIV" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Nigeria Cricket Federation Women's T20I Tournament 2022/23". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
- ^ "Records / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Bowling records / Hat-tricks". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
- ^ "Five-wicket hauls in WT20I matches – Innings by innings". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 March 2023.