Rwandan cricket team in Tanzania in 2022–23

International cricket tour

Rwandan cricket team in Tanzania in 2022–23

	Tanzania	Rwanda
Dates	31 October – 6 November 2022
Captains	Abhik Patwa^{[n 1]}	Clinton Rubagumya^{[n 2]}
Twenty20 International series
Results	Tanzania won the 5-match series 5–0
Most runs	Ivan Selemani (117)	Orchide Tuyisenge (99)
Most wickets	Yalinde Nkanya (9)	Kevin Irakoze (7)
Player of the series	Ally Kimote (Tan)

The Rwandan men's cricket team toured Tanzania in October and November 2022 to play a five-match Twenty20 International (T20I) series and a 50-over match against the hosts Tanzania.^[1]^[2] The series was part of both teams' preparation before they participated in the 2022–23 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier in Rwanda later in November.^[3] Tanzania, captained by Abhik Patwa, won the five-match series 5-0, securing victory in each of the matches with ease.

Squads

Tanzania^[4]	Rwanda^[5]
Abhik Patwa (c) Kassim Nassoro (vc) Abduramani Akida Akhil Anil Harsheed Chohan Jatinkumar Darji Mohamed Issa Abdallah Jabiri (wk) Salum Jumbe Ally Kimote Riziki Kiseto Omary Kitunda (wk) Yalinde Nkanya Johnson Nyambo Amal Rajeevan (wk) Ivan Selemani Jitin Singh SanjayKumar Thakor	Clinton Rubagumya (c) Martin Akayezu Zappy Bimenyimana Eric Dusingizimana Jean Hakizimana Kevin Irakoze Eric Kubwimana Oscar Manishimwe (wk) Yvan Mitari Aime Mucyodusenge (wk) Didier Ndikubwimana (wk) Wilson Niyitanga Ignace Ntirenganya Emmanuel Sebareme Orchide Tuyisenge

T20I series

1st T20I

31 October 2022
09:30
Scorecard

Tanzania 137 (19.2 overs)	v	Rwanda 83 (18.2 overs)
Ally Kimote 32 (21) Kevin Irakoze 3/15 (4 overs)		Orchide Tuyisenge 22 (18) Akhil Anil 3/15 (4 overs)

Tanzania won by 54 runs
Annadil Burhani Ground, Dar es Salaam
Umpires: Hozaiph Bhalloo (Tan) and Isaac Oyieko (Ken)
Player of the match: Ally Kimote (Tan)

Rwanda won the toss and elected to field.
Jean Hakizimana, Eric Kubwimana, Oscar Manishimwe and Ignace Ntirenganya (Rwa) all made their T20I debuts.

2nd T20I

1 November 2022
09:30
Scorecard

Tanzania 130/6 (20 overs)	v	Rwanda 109/6 (20 overs)
Ivan Selemani 33 (23) Eric Kubwimana 2/22 (3 overs)		Clinton Rubagumya 28 (33) Yalinde Nkanya 3/9 (4 overs)

Tanzania won by 21 runs
Annadil Burhani Ground, Dar es Salaam
Umpires: Charles Kariuki (Ken) and Isaac Oyieko (Ken)
Player of the match: Yalinde Nkanya (Tan)

Tanzania won the toss and elected to bat.
Abdallah Jabiri (Tan) made his T20I debut.

3rd T20I

4 November 2022
09:00
Scorecard

Tanzania 168/9 (20 overs)	v	Rwanda 91/5 (20 overs)
SanjayKumar Thakor 42 (16) Martin Akayezu 3/44 (4 overs)		Emmanuel Sebareme 32* (28) Salum Jumbe 2/11 (3 overs)

Tanzania won by 77 runs
Annadil Burhani Ground, Dar es Salaam
Umpires: Charles Kariuki (Ken) and Isaac Oyieko (Ken)
Player of the match: SanjayKumar Thakor (Tan)

Tanzania won the toss and elected to bat.

4th T20I

5 November 2022
14:00
Scorecard

Rwanda 96 (18.3 overs)	v	Tanzania 97/7 (18 overs)
Wilson Niyitanga 18 (17) Yalinde Nkanya 3/11 (2.3 overs)		Abhik Patwa 28 (29) Clinton Rubagumya 3/14 (4 overs)

Tanzania won by 3 wickets
Annadil Burhani Ground, Dar es Salaam
Umpires: Charles Kariuki (Ken) and Isaac Oyieko (Ken)
Player of the match: Yalinde Nkanya (Tan)

Rwanda won the toss and elected to bat.

5th T20I

6 November 2022
14:00
Scorecard

Rwanda 83 (19.1 overs)	v	Tanzania 84/0 (7.1 overs)
Orchide Tuyisenge 42 (52) SanjayKumar Thakor 3/10 (4 overs)		Ivan Selemani 44* (23)

Tanzania won by 10 wickets
Annadil Burhani Ground, Dar es Salaam
Umpires: Charles Kariuki (Ken) and Adil Kassam (Tan)
Player of the match: Ivan Selemani (Tan)

Rwanda won the toss and elected to bat.
Aime Mucyodusenge (Rwa) made his T20I debut.

50-over match

2 November 2022
09:00
Scorecard

Tanzania 314/7 (50 overs)	v	Rwanda 243 (47.3 overs)
Omary Kitunda 89 (80) Yvan Mitari 3/59 (8 overs)		Aime Mucyodusenge 83* (93) Johnson Nyambo 3/50 (10 overs)

Tanzania won by 71 runs
Annadil Burhani Ground, Dar es Salaam
Player of the match: Aime Mucyodusenge (Rwa)

Tanzania won the toss and elected to bat.

Notes

^ Kassim Nassoro captained Tanzania in the 50-over match and the second T20I.
^ Kevin Irakoze captained Rwanda in the 50-over match and the fifth T20I.

References

^ "Rwanda, Tz set up series of games ahead of ICC Men T20 World Cup qualifiers". The New Times. 30 October 2022. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
^ @TanzaniaCricket (October 28, 2022). "Tanzania - Rwanada bilateral series 2022 fixtures" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
^ "Tanzania Cricket host Rwanda Men for T20I/OD series in November 2022". Czarsportz. 26 October 2022. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
^ "TANZANIA-RWANDA BILATERAL SERIES 2022 It's time to know our team for the series!". Tanzania Cricket Association (via Facebook). Retrieved 31 October 2022.
^ @RwandaCricket (October 28, 2022). "Here is the Squad to represent Rwanda in Tanzania" (Tweet) – via Twitter.