| Dates | 18 – 23 June 2019 |
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| Administrator | Rwanda Cricket Association |
| Cricket format | Women's Twenty20 International |
| Tournament format | Double round-robin |
| Host |  Rwanda |
| Champions |  Tanzania (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  Uganda |
| Participants | 4 |
| Matches | 12 |
| Player of the series | Marie Bimenyimana[1] |
| Most runs | Rita Musamali (189) |
| Most wickets | Joyce Apio (10) |
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The2019 Kwibuka Women's T20 Tournament was awomen's T20I cricket (WT20I) tournament held inRwanda from 18 to 23 June 2019.[2] This was the sixth edition of the annualKwibuka T20 Tournament,[3] first organised in 2014 in remembrance of the victims of the 1994Genocide against theTutsi.[4]
The participants were the women's national sides ofRwanda,Uganda,Mali andTanzania, with the latter two teams making their first appearance in the tournament while defending championsKenya withdrew due to a lack of funding.[5] This was the first time in the tournament's history that the matches were recognised as official Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) games as perICC's announcement to grant full WT20I status to all the matches played between the associate teams after 1 July 2018.[6] All the matches were played at theGahanga International Cricket Stadium inKigali.[7] Kenya had previously won the title three times (2015, 2017, 2018) while Uganda had won it twice, the inaugural edition in 2014 and also in 2016.[3] Tanzania Women won this year's edition by winning all of their matches and thus remaining unbeaten, while two Ugandan players,Rita Musamali andJoyce Apio became the highest run scorer and wicket taker respectively.[8][9][10]
In the 2nd match of the tournament, the Mali women's team was bowled out for six runs in nine overs by the hosts Rwanda, making itthe lowest team total in a completed WT20I match. The Rwandan side chased down the target of seven runs in just four balls to win the match by ten wickets with 116 balls to spare.[11] In the fifth match of the tournament against Mali, Uganda went on to score 314/2 in 20 overs,[12] making itthe highest team total in Women's Twenty20 internationals.[13] It was the first time in a T20 international cricket match, male or female, that a team had scored 300 runs.[13] The Mali team were bowled out for 10 runs in 11.1 overs, the second lowest team total in WT20Is. The margin of victory (304 runs) was also the biggest ever in a WT20I match.[14][13]
The seventh edition of the tournament was scheduled to take place in June 2020, but was postponed until the following year due to theCOVID-19 pandemic.[15]
 Mali | Rwanda | Tanzania | Uganda[16] |
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| Team[17] | P | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
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| Tanzania | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | +4.304 |
| Uganda | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | +4.178 |
| Rwanda | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | +1.565 |
| Mali | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –13.314 |
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Monica Pascal 53 (53) Joyce Apio 2/19 (4 overs) | Esther Iloku 38* (26) Perice Kamunya 3/14 (4 overs) |
Tanzania won by 5 runs Gahanga International Cricket Stadium,Kigali Umpires: John Mayeku (Uga) and Vicky Prajapati (Rwa) Player of the match: Monica Pascal (Tan) |
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Mariam Samake 1 (6) Josiane Nyirankundineza 3/0 (2 overs) | Josiane Nyirankundineza 5* (2) |
Rwanda won by 10 wickets Gahanga International Cricket Stadium,Kigali Umpires: Jackson Nzayisenga (Rwa) and Vicky Prajapati (Rwa) Player of the match: Josiane Nyirankundineza (Rwa) |
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Oumou Sow 3 (18) Nuru Tindo 2/1 (3.4 overs) | Monica Pascal 11* (3) |
Tanzania won by 10 wickets Gahanga International Cricket Stadium,Kigali Umpires: John Mayeku (Uga) and Vicky Prajapati (Rwa) Player of the match: Nuru Tindo (Tan) |
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Diane Dusabemungu 13 (27) Stephani Nampiina 3/17 (4 overs) |
Uganda won by 30 runs Gahanga International Cricket Stadium,Kigali Umpires: John Mayeku (Uga) and Jackson Nzayisenga (Rwa) Player of the match:Rita Musamali (Uga) |
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Prosscovia Alako 116 (71) Aicha Kone 1/59 (4 overs) | Tenin Konate 4 (14) Mildred Anyigo 3/1 (1.1 overs) |
Uganda won by 304 runs Gahanga International Cricket Stadium,Kigali Umpires: Jackson Nzayisenga (Rwa) and Vicky Prajapati (Rwa) Player of the match: Prosscovia Alako (Uga) |
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Monica Pascal 40 (41) Henriette Ishimwe 2/25 (4 overs) | Cathia Uwamahoro 28 (25) Fatuma Kibasu 2/22 (4 overs) |
Tanzania won by 14 runs Gahanga International Cricket Stadium,Kigali Umpires: John Mayeku (Uga) and Vicky Prajapati (Rwa) Player of the match: Monica Pascal (Tan) |
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Mariam Samake 9* (24) Diane Dusabemungu 4/5 (4 overs) |
Rwanda won by 216 runs Gahanga International Cricket Stadium,Kigali Umpires: Vicky Prajapati (Rwa) and John Mayeku (Uga) Player of the match:Marie Bimenyimana (Rwa) |
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Tanzania won by 6 wickets Gahanga International Cricket Stadium,Kigali Umpires: Gasana Christian (Rwa) and John Mayeku (Uga) Player of the match: Fatuma Kibasu (Tan) |
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Fatuma Kibasu 106* (71) Youma Sangare 1/54 (4 overs) | Mariam Samake 4* (6) Nasra Saidi 5/0 (2.2 overs) |
Tanzania won by 268 runs Gahanga International Cricket Stadium,Kigali Umpires: Jackson Nzayisenga (Rwa) and Vicky Prajapati (Rwa) Player of the match: Fatuma Kibasu (Tan) |
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Marie Bimenyimana 36 (50) Evelyn Anyipo 2/7 (2 overs) | Gloria Obukor 33 (42) Immaculee Muhawenimana 1/10 (overs) |
Uganda won by 8 wickets Gahanga International Cricket Stadium,Kigali Umpires: John Mayeku (Uga) and Jackson Nzayisenga (Rwa) Player of the match: Prosscovia Alako (Uga) |
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Balkissa Coulibaly 1 (18) Joyce Apio 4/2 (4 overs) | Prosscovia Alako 9* (8) |
Uganda won by 10 wickets Gahanga International Cricket Stadium,Kigali Umpires: John Mayeku (Uga) and Jackson Nzayisenga (Rwa) Player of the match:Joyce Apio (Uga) |
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Neema Pius 38 (37) Marie Bimenyimana 3/8 (4 overs) | Gisele Ishimwe 19 (44) Nuru Tindo 2/7 (4 overs) |
Tanzania won by 70 runs Gahanga International Cricket Stadium,Kigali Umpires: John Mayeku (Uga) and Jackson Nzayisenga (Rwa) Player of the match: Neema Pius (Tan) |