# Kuwait women's national cricket team

The Kuwait women's national cricket team represents the country of 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.
Kuwait made its international debut at the 2009 ACC Women's Twenty20 Championship in Malaysia. The team failed to win any of its matches in the group stage, and also lost to Qatar in the eleventh-place play-off, thus finishing twelfth and last overall. 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. 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. 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. They lost to the United Arab Emirates, and did not return for the following year's tournament, owing to scheduling conflict.
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.

## 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 | 38 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg spin | |
| Siobhan Gomez | 32 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Zeefa Jilani | 18 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Maryyam Ashraf | 26 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Glenda Menezes | 40 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Raelyn D'Souza | 17 | Right-handed | | |
| All-rounders |||||
| Priyada Murali | 31 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Amna Sharif Tariq | 35 | Right-handed | Right-arm off spin | Captain |
| Khadija Khalil | 30 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Maryam Omar | 31 | Right-handed | Right-arm off spin | |
| Wicket-keepers |||||
| Suchitha D'Sa | 34 | Right-handed | | |
| Iqra Ishaq | | Right-handed | | |
| Bhavani Yekkeli | 29 | Right-handed | | |
| Spin Bowler |||||
| Mariamma Hyder | 40 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | |
| Pace Bowlers |||||
| Maria Jasvi | 23 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Candice Dias | 16 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Madeeha Zuberi | 24 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
Updated on 30 Oct 2024.

## Records and statistics

International Match Summary — Kuwait Women
Last updated 30 October 2024
Playing Record :
| Format | M | W | L | T | NR | Inaugural Match |
| Twenty20 Internationals | 47 | 16 | 29 | 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 #2117. Last updated 30 October 2024.
| Opponent | M | W | L | T | NR | First match | First win |
| ICC Associate members ||||||||
| Bahrain | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 25 March 2020 | |
| Bhutan | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22 November 2021 | 21 June 2022 |
| China | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 February 2019 | 31 August 2023 |
| Hong Kong | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 25 February 2019 | |
| Malaysia | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 18 February 2019 | |
| Myanmar | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 September 2023 | 6 September 2023 |
| Nepal | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 27 February 2019 | |
| Oman | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18 January 2020 | 18 January 2020 |
| Qatar | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 January 2020 | 19 January 2020 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 March 2020 | 20 March 2022 |
| Singapore | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 February 2024 | 10 February 2024 |
| Thailand | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 24 February 2019 | |
| United Arab Emirates | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19 February 2019 | |