The Namibia women's national cricket team, nicknamed the Capricorn Eagles, represents Namibia in international women's cricket. The team is organised by Cricket Namibia, which has been a member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) since 1992.
History Namibia made its international debut at the 2004 ICC Africa Women's Twenty20 Championship in Tanzania, but failed to win a match.Other women's matches played by Namibia – CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 March 2016. The team's closest result came in the opening match against Kenya, where they were bowled out for 106, and eventually lost by five wickets.Kenya Women v Namibia Women, Africa Women's Championship 2004 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 March 2016. In the second game, against Uganda, they lost by 152 runs,Namibia Women v Uganda Women, Africa Women's Championship 2004 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 March 2016. while in the final game, against Tanzania, they were bowled out for just 29, and lost by ten wickets.Tanzania Women v Namibia Women, Africa Women's Championship 2004 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 March 2016. After their debut, Namibia did not compete in another Africa-wide tournament until the 2011 ICC Africa Women's Twenty20 Championship in Uganda. They have since regularly competed in ICC Africa competitions, without much success. Namibia also play in regional competitions against other southern African teams, and in the past have appeared in South African provincial competitions (as the national men's team does)."Namibia to host women's cricket tourney" – The Namibian. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
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 Namibia women and other ICC members since 1 July 2018 have the full WT20I status.
Namibia's first WT20I matches were contested as part of the Botswana 7s tournament in August 2018 against Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Sierra Leone and Zambia (Zambia's matches were not classified as WT20Is as they had a Botswanan player in their squad). Namibia finished top of the table, winning all five group stage matches and won the final against Sierra Leone by a margin of nine wickets.
In July 2019, the International Cricket Council (ICC) suspended Zimbabwe Cricket, with the team barred from taking part in ICC events. The following month, with Zimbabwe banned from taking part in international cricket tournaments, the ICC confirmed that Namibia would replace them in the 2019 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament.
In December 2020, the ICC announced the qualification pathway for the 2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup. Namibia were named in the 2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier regional group, alongside ten other teams.
In March 2024, Cricket Namibia awarded professional contracts to members of the women's team for the first time, with 10 players receiving a contract. As a result, Cricket Namibia became the first sporting body in Namibia to award central contracts to both men and women.
Tournament history
Women's ODI World Cup
Women's Cricket World Cup recordsHostYearRoundPositionGPWLTNR 1973 Did not qualified 1978 1982 1988 1993 1997 2000 2005 2009 2013 2017 2022 2025Total0/130 Titles00000
Women's World T20
Twenty20 World Cup recordsHostYearRoundPositionGPWLTNR 2009 Did not qualify 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2023 2024 2026To be determinedTotal–0 Titles00000 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier ICC Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier recordHostYearRoundPositionGPWLTNR 2003Did not participate 2008Group stage–31200 2011Group stage10/1040400 2017Group stage–41300 2021Group stage–31200 2025Did not qualify Total4/50 Title1431100
ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier recordsHostYearRoundPositionGPWLTNR 2013Group stage6/731200 20153rd place3/853200 2018Did not participate 2019 2022 2024Total2/60 Titles84400 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier ICC Women's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier recordsYearRoundPositionGPWLTNR 2019Group stages–41300 2021Group stages–42200Total2/2– 83500
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 20233rd place3/852201 2027To be determined 2031Total1/10 Title52201 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier recordsYearRoundPositionGPWLTNR 2013Did not qualify 2015 2018 2019 Did not qualify8/830300 2022Did not qualify 2024 2025To be determined Total1/60 Title 30300
ICC Women's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier recordsYearRoundPositionGPWLTNR 2019QualifiedRunners-up2/943100 2021DNQRunners-up2/1154100 2023DNQ–52201Total3/30 Title149401 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier Division One ICC Women's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier Division One recordsYearRoundPositionGPWLTNR 2023Group stages–52201 2025QualifiedRunners-up2/853200Total2/20 Title 105401
Kwibuka Women's T20 Tournament Kwibuka T20 Tournament recordsYearRoundPositionGPWLTNR 2014 Did not participate 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021Runners-up2/554100 2022Did not participate 2023 2024 2025Total1/110 Title54100
Records and statistics
International Match Summary — Namibia Women
Last updated 30 July 2026 Playing Record Format M W L T NR Inaugural Match Twenty20 Internationals 124 67 55 1 1 20 August 2018
Twenty20 International
Highest team total: 228/1 v Sierra Leone, 3 September 2025 at High Performance Oval, Windhoek. Highest individual score: 93*, Sune Wittmann v Botswana, 8 June 2021 at Gahanga International Cricket Stadium, Kigali. Best individual bowling figures: 5/6, Wilka Mwatile v Cameroon, 14 September 2021 at Botswana Cricket Association Oval 2, Gaborone.
Most WT20I runs for Namibia Women PlayerRunsAverageCareer spanYasmeen Khan 2,052 21.60 2018–2026Sune Wittmann 1,937 19.96 2019–2026Kayleen Green 1,375 17.18 2018–2026Jurriene Diergaardt 1,004 13.56 2018–2026Wilka Mwatile 984 14.05 2018–2026
Most WT20I wickets for Namibia Women PlayerWicketsAverageCareer spanWilka Mwatile 91 17.26 2018–2026Kayleen Green 83 15.97 2018–2026Victoria Hamunyela 64 15.87 2018–2026Jurriene Diergaardt 57 21.75 2018–2026Sylvia Shihepo 55 14.94 2018–2026
T20I record versus other nations
Records complete to T20I #2940. Last updated 30 July 2026. Opponent M W L T NR First match First win ICC Full members 1 0 1 0 0 22 January 2026 2 0 2 0 0 31 August 2019 17 4 13 0 0 5 January 2019 20 April 2022 ICC Associate members 7 7 0 0 0 24 August 2018 24 August 2018 1 1 0 0 0 14 September 2021 14 September 2021 1 1 0 0 0 5 December 2024 5 December 2024 3 3 0 0 0 2 July 2022 2 July 2022 7 6 1 0 0 25 April 2023 25 April 2023 3 2 1 0 0 5 May 2019 5 May 2019 1 1 0 0 0 23 August 2018 23 August 2018 1 1 0 0 0 20 August 2018 20 August 2018 3 3 0 0 0 10 December 2024 10 December 2024 1 1 0 0 0 23 August 2018 23 August 2018 7 2 5 0 0 3 September 2019 28 June 2022 2 2 0 0 0 8 March 2025 8 March 2025 6 5 1 0 0 6 June 2021 6 June 2021 3 0 3 0 0 15 November 2025 15 November 2025 2 2 0 0 0 7 June 2021 7 June 2021 3 0 3 0 0 5 September 2019 5 5 0 0 0 21 August 2018 21 August 2018 7 4 2 0 1 17 September 2021 17 September 2021 5 0 5 0 0 1 September 2019 22 11 10 1 0 6 May 2019 6 May 2019 12 6 6 0 0 27 April 2023 27 April 2023 2 0 2 0 0 7 September 2019
Current squad This lists all the players who played for Namibia in the past 12 months or were named in the most recent squad.
Name Age Batting style Bowling style Notes Batters Yasmeen Khan Right-handed - Vice-captain Arrasta Diergaardt Right-handed Right-arm medium Edelle van Zyl Right-handed Bianca Manuel Right-handed All-rounders Wilka Mwatile Right-handed Right-arm medium Kayleen Green Right-handed Right-arm off break Sylvia Shihepo Right-handed Right-arm medium Sune Wittmann Right-handed Right-arm medium Captain Mekelaye Mwatile Right-handed Slow left-arm unorthodox Wicket-keeper Merczerly Gorases Right-handed Spin Bowler Victoria Hamunyela Right-handed Right-arm off break Pace Bowlers Irene van Zyl Right-handed Right-arm medium Naomi Benjamin Right-handed Right-arm medium Saima Tuhadeleni Right-handed Right-arm medium
Updated as on 14 September 2024
See also List of Namibia women Twenty20 International cricketers
References