Tanzania Cricket Association (TCA) have announced their 16-member Women’s national squad for the upcoming ICC Women’s T20 World Cup Africa regional qualifiers in Botswana from September 07th – 20th, 2021. Tanzania Women will be part of the 11-nation tournament, from which the winner will advance directly to the global qualifiers, but the 2nd place finish in the tournament will have equal importance, as the best 2nd placed finish among all the regional qualifiers (Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe and East Asia-Pacific) in terms of team rankings at the cut-off date will take the final spot in the 10-nation global qualifiers.
Botswana Cricket Association (BCA) will be hosting Women’s teams from Zimbabwe, Namibia, Rwanda, Tanzania, Sierra Leone, Uganda, Cameroon, Mozambique, Nigeria and Swaziland during the tournament, which will be live streamed by ICC (ICC TV), in collaboration with IMG Media on their digital channels.
Group A includes host’s Botswana, Swaziland, Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania and Zimbabwe, while Group B includes Cameroon, Namibia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Uganda. The selected players have played in both Regional and National Women’s T20 tournaments in May and June 2021.
Tanzania Women’s Squad
Hudaa Mrisho (Captain), Nasta Said, Neema Pius, Monica Iddi, Fatima Kibasu, Mwanaidi Swedi, Nuru Tindo, Linda Massawe, Saum Mtae, Mwanaidi Shakim, Sophia Jerome, Zinaida Jeremiah, Perice Kamunya, Shufaa Mohamed, Mwanamvua Ushanga and Jennifer Kimaro
Tanzania Women Performances (National T20)
Hudaa Mrisho (255 runs in 8 matches), Fatima Kibasu (236 runs and 12 wickets in 8 matches), Mwanaidi Shakim (210 runs in 9 matches), Linda Massawe (155 runs in 7 innings), Neema Pius (97 runs in 9 innings), Mwanamvua Ushanga (7 wickets in 8 matches), Perice Kamunya (6 wickets in 8 matches), Sophia Jerome (5 wickets in 8 matches)
