2022 Kwibuka Women's T20 Tournament

The 2022 Kwibuka Women's T20 Tournament is a women's T20I (WT20I) cricket tournament scheduled to be held in Rwanda from 9 to 18 June 2022.[1] This will be the eighth edition of the annual Kwibuka tournament,[2] first played in 2014 in remembrance of the victims of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi.[3] Matches will be played at two venues in the city of Kigali – the Gahanga International Cricket Stadium and the IPRC Cricket Ground.[4] Kenya are the defending champions, having won the 2021 edition.[5] This was the fourth time that Kenya had won the tournament.[6]

2022 Kwibuka Women's T20 Tournament
Dates9 – 18 June 2021
Administrator(s)Rwanda Cricket Association
Cricket formatWomen's Twenty20 International
Tournament format(s)Round-robin and play-offs
Host(s) Rwanda
Participants11

Eleven teams are confirmed to participate this year, compared to five in 2021, highlighting the continued growth in size and reputation of the Kwibuka tournament. Teams confirmed so far are hosts Rwanda, defending champions Kenya, previous winners Tanzania and Uganda, as well as Botswana, Nigeria and, making their first appearances at the Kwibuka tournament, Brazil, Germany, Ghana, Sierra Leone and Zimbabwe.[4][7] This will be the first edition of the Kwibuka tournament to feature teams from outside of Africa.[8]

References
  1. "Cricket: Zimbabwe to participate in Kwibuka Women T20". The New Times. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
  2. "Lameck Onyango Ngoche appointed Kenya head coach". Women's Criczone. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
  3. "Rwanda Cricket Association embarks on Kwibuka T20 preparations". The New Times. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  4. "Cricket: 11 countries set for Kwibuka Women T20 tourney". The New Times. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
  5. "Cause for optimism as Kenya women win Kwibuka T20 title". The Standard. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  6. "Wetoto floors Namibia as allround Kenya romp to yet another Kwibuka T20 triumph". Women's CricZone. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
  7. "Zim to participate in Rwanda Women T20". News Day. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
  8. "Rwanda Cricket to host 10-nation women's T20I tournament for Kwibuka memorial". Czarsportz. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
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