The Tanzanian women's cricket team represents Tanzania in international women's cricket.
Tanzania won the inaugural African women's championships in 2004 and has been one of the best-performing ICC associate member teams in Africa. The team also finished runner-up in the 2006 and 2011 African championships, but is yet to qualify for a global event.
History Organised women's cricket in Tanzania began in 1999, when the Tanzania Cricket Association (TCA) introduced "chanzo cricket" for girls into primary schools. A national under-15 team was created in 2002 for a regional tournament. The development of the sport has been hindered by social taboos against women's participation in sport, especially those with children.
The TCA hosted the inaugural African women's cricket championships in 2004, with limited involvement from the International Women's Cricket Council (IWCC). The national team was unbeaten, defeating Uganda, Kenya and Namibia in the round-robin and winning the final against Uganda by 8 wickets.
In March 2018, Tanzania was invited to participate in the 2018 ASEAN Women's T20 Open Tournament as a guest team, finishing as runner-up to the hosts Thailand.
In April 2018, the International Cricket Council (ICC) granted full Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between Tanzania women and another international side since 1 July 2018 have been full WT20Is.
In December 2020, the ICC announced the qualification pathway for the 2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup. Tanzania were named in the 2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier regional group, alongside ten other teams.
Tanzanian batter Fatuma Kibasu scored her second T20I century in September 2021, an innings of 127 not out from 66 balls against Eswatini in the 2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier, becoming only the fifth woman and the first from an ICC associate member team to score multiple T20I centuries.
Current squad
This lists all the players who have played for Tanzania in the past 12 months or was named in the most recent squad. Updated on 19 November 2023.
Name Age Batting style Bowling style Notes Batters Fatuma Kibasu Right-handed Right-arm off break Captain Hudaa Omary Right-handed Saum Mtae Left-handed Right-arm off break Monica Pascal Right-handed Right-arm leg break Allrounders Aisha Mohamed Right-handed Right-arm medium Neema Pius Right-handed Right-arm medium Wicket-keepers Shufaa Mohamedi Right-handed Saumu Hussein Right-handed Spin Bowlers Sheila Kizito Right-handed Right-arm off break Mwanamvua Ushanga Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox Pace Bowlers Perice Kamunya Right-handed Right-arm medium Agnes Qwele Right-handed Right-arm medium Sophia Jerome Right-handed Right-arm medium Mwajabu Salum Right-handed Right-arm medium Saum Borakambi Right-handed Right-arm medium
Records and statistics International Match Summary — Tanzania Women
Last updated 30 July 2026 Playing Record Format M W L T NR Inaugural Match Twenty20 Internationals 84 52 29 0 3 6 May 2019
Twenty20 International Highest team total: 285/1 v. Mali, 22 June 2019 at Gahanga International Cricket Stadium, Kigali. Highest individual score: 127*, Fatuma Kibasu v. Eswatini, 14 September 2021 at Botswana Cricket Association Oval, Gaborone. Best individual bowling figures: 5/0, Nasra Saidi v. Mali, 22 June 2019 at Gahanga International Cricket Stadium, Kigali.
Most T20I runs for Tanzania Women PlayerRunsAverageCareer spanFatuma Kibasu 1,623 28.47 2019–2025Saum Mtae 1,482 22.45 2019–2026Hudaa Omary 1,120 21.53 2021–2026Neema Pius 887 17.39 2019–2026Perice Kamunya 512 10.89 2019–2026
Most T20I wickets for Tanzania Women PlayerWicketsAverageCareer spanPerice Kamunya 96 12.35 2019–2026Nasra Saidi 61 13.37 2019–2026Agnes Qwele 53 13.60 2022–2026Sophia Jerome 48 13.02 2021–2026Mwanamvua Ushanga 35 14.85 2021–2025
T20I record versus other nations
Records complete to WT20I #2938. Last updated 30 July 2026. Opponent M W L T NR First match First win ICC Full members 3 0 3 0 0 6 May 2019 ICC Associate members 3 3 0 0 0 16 September 2021 16 September 2021 2 2 0 0 0 16 June 2022 16 June 2022 1 1 0 0 0 12 June 2025 12 June 2025 4 2 1 0 1 4 November 2025 5 November 2025 1 1 0 0 0 14 September 2021 14 September 2021 1 1 0 0 0 13 June 2022 13 June 2022 5 1 4 0 0 18 November 2023 30 July 2026 1 1 0 0 0 16 November 2023 16 November 2023 7 5 2 0 0 12 June 2022 12 June 2022 1 1 0 0 0 4 June 2025 4 June 2025 2 2 0 0 0 19 June 2019 19 June 2019 2 2 0 0 0 9 May 2019 9 May 2019 7 2 4 0 1 17 September 2021 10 March 2024 1 1 0 0 0 15 November 2023 15 November 2023 1 0 1 0 0 23 November 2025 6 4 1 0 1 8 May 2019 8 May 2019 1 0 1 0 0 30 November 2025 3 3 0 0 0 14 December 2022 14 December 2022 11 9 2 0 0 11 May 2019 11 May 2019 1 0 1 0 0 21 November 2025 3 3 0 0 0 28 February 2024 28 February 2024 1 0 1 0 0 25 November 2025 14 7 7 0 0 18 June 2019 18 June 2019 2 1 1 0 0 19 April 2023 19 April 2023
Tournament history ICC Women's ODI World Cup
Women's Cricket World Cup recordsHostYearRoundPositionGPWLTNR 1973 Did not qualify/No Women's ODI status 1978 1982 1988 1993 1997 2000 2005 2009 2013 2017 2022 2025Total0/130 Titles00000 ICC Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier ICC Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier recordsHostYearRoundPositionGPWLTNR 2003Did not qualify/No ODI status 2008 2011 2017 2021 2025Total0/60 Title00000
ICC Women's World T20
Twenty20 World Cup recordsHostYearRoundPositionGPWLTNR 2009 Did not qualify 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2023 2024 2026To be determinedTotal0/90 Titles00000
ICC Women's Twenty20 Global Qualifier ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier recordsHostYearRoundPositionGPWLTNR 2013Did not qualify 2015 2018 2019 2022 2024Total0/60 Titles00000 ICC Women's T20 Champions Trophy ICC Women's T20 Champions Trophy recordsHostYearRoundPositionGPWLTNR 2027To be determined 2031Total–0 Title00000
ICC Women's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier ICC Women's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier recordsYearRoundPositionGPWLTNR 2019Group stage–43100 2021Semi-finals–74300Total2/20 Title 117400
ICC Women's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier Division One ICC Women's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier Division One recordsYearRoundPositionGPWLTNR 2023Semi-finals–42200 2025DNQ3/854100Total2/20 Title 96300
ICC Women's T20 Champions Trophy ICC Women's T20 Champions Trophy recordsHostYearRoundPositionGPWLTNR 2027To be determined 2031Total–0 Title00000
Cricket at the African Games Cricket at the African Games recordsHostYearRoundPositionGPWLTNR 2023Group stages–31200 2027To be determined 2031Total1/10 Title31201
See also List of Tanzania women Twenty20 International cricketers
References
External links Fixtures for African World Cup qualifiers