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.
The Kuwait women's cricket team made its international debut at the 2009 ACC Women's Twenty20 Championship in Malaysia.Other women's matches played by Kuwait – CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 March 2016. The team failed to win any of its matches in the group stage,Table: Asian Cricket Council Women's Twenty20 Championship 2009 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 March 2016. and also lost to Qatar in the eleventh-place play-off, thus finishing twelfth and last overall.Kuwait Women v Qatar Women, Asian Cricket Council Women's Twenty20 Championship 2009 (11th Place Play-off) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 March 2016. 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.Kuwait Women v Bhutan Women, Asian Cricket Council Women's Twenty20 Championship 2010/11 (7th Place Play-off) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 March 2016. 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.Kuwait Women v Singapore Women, Asian Cricket Council Women's Championship 2012/13 (Group B) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 March 2016. 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.(11 December 2014). "Gulf women gather" – Asian Cricket Council. Retrieved 17 March 2016. They lost to the United Arab Emirates, and did not return for the following year's tournament, owing to scheduling conflict.(6 December 2015). "UAE women retain Gulf T20 cricket title" – Emirates 24/7. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
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. Kuwait made their Twenty20 International debut against Malaysia in the 2019 ICC Women's Qualifier Asia at Bangkok on 18 February 2019.
In December 2020, the ICC announced the qualification pathway for the 2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup. Kuwait were named in the 2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier regional group, alongside seven other teams.
Tournament history ICC Women's World Cup
World Cup recordYearRoundPositionGPWLTNR 1973 Did not qualify/No women's ODI status 1978 1982 1988 1993 1997 2000 2005 2009 2013 2017 2022 2025To be determined Total0/120 Titles00000
ICC T20 World Cup
ICC T20 World Cup recordsYear/HostRoundPositionGPWLTNR 2007Did not qualify 2009 2010 2012 2014 2016 2021 2022 2024 2026To be determined Total0/9000000 ACC Women's Premier Cup
ACC Women's Premier Cup recordsYearRoundPositionGPWLTNR 2024 Quarter-finals8/1642200Total1/10 Titles 42200 ACC Women's T20 Championship
ACC Women's T20 Championship recordsYearRoundPositionGPWLTNR 2009Group stages12/1260600 2011Group stages7/1052300 2013Group stages11/1151400 2022Group stages–41201Total4/40 Titles 2041501
Cricket at Summer Olympics Games Cricket at Summer Olympics records HostYearRoundPositionGPWLTNR 2028To be determined 2032Total–0 Title00000 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Asia Qualifier ICC Women's World Twenty20 Asia Qualifier recordsYearRoundPositionGPWLTNR 2017 Did not participate 2019Round-robin7/760600 2021Round-robin6/650500 2023Group stages–42101 2025Group stages–41201Total4/40 Titles1931402
Current squad
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 Shanti Right-handed Right-arm leg spin Siobhan Gomez Right-handed Right-arm medium Zeefa Jilani Right-handed Right-arm medium Maryyam Ashraf Right-handed Right-arm medium Glenda Menezes Right-handed Right-arm medium Raelyn D'Souza Right-handed All-rounders Priyada Murali Right-handed Right-arm medium Amna Sharif Tariq Right-handed Right-arm off spin Captain Khadija Khalil Right-handed Right-arm medium Maryam Omar Right-handed Right-arm off spin Wicket-keepers Suchitha D'Sa Right-handed Iqra Ishaq Right-handed Bhavani Yekkeli Right-handed Spin Bowler Mariamma Hyder Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox Pace Bowlers Maria Jasvi Right-handed Right-arm medium Candice Dias Right-handed Right-arm medium Madeeha Zuberi Right-handed Right-arm medium
Updated on 30 Oct 2024.
Records and statistics International Match Summary — Kuwait Women
Last updated 6 June 2026 Playing Record Format M W L T NR Inaugural Match Twenty20 Internationals 63 21 40 0 2 18 February 2019
Twenty20 International
Highest team total: 136/9 v. Myanmar on 22 October 2024 at Singapore National Cricket Ground, Singapore. Highest individual score: 77, Zeefa Jilani v. Myanmar on 22 October 2024 at Singapore National Cricket Ground, Singapore. Best individual bowling figures: 5/6, Maria Jasvi v. Saudi Arabia on 20 March 2022 at Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 2, Muscat.
T20I record versus other nations
Records complete to WT20I #2826. Last updated 6 June 2026. Opponent M W L T NR First match First win ICC Associate members 3 1 1 0 1 25 March 2020 13 December 2025 4 2 2 0 0 22 November 2021 21 June 2022 2 1 1 0 0 21 February 2019 31 August 2023 6 0 6 0 0 25 February 2019 1 0 1 0 0 4 June 2026 8 0 8 0 0 18 February 2019 8 5 3 0 0 6 September 2023 6 September 2023 5 0 5 0 0 27 February 2019 5 2 3 0 0 18 January 2020 18 January 2020 4 3 1 0 0 17 January 2020 19 January 2020 2 2 0 0 0 20 March 2020 20 March 2022 5 5 0 0 0 10 February 2024 10 February 2024 5 0 4 0 1 24 February 2019 5 0 5 0 0 19 February 2019
See also List of Kuwait women Twenty20 International cricketers
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