2022 Nigeria Invitational Women's T20I Tournament
The 2022 Nigeria Invitational Women's T20I Tournament was a women's T20I cricket (WT20I) tournament that was held in Nigeria from 28 March to 3 April 2022. The venue for all of the matches was the Tafawa Balewa Square Cricket Oval in Lagos. Along with the hosts Nigeria, the tournament featured the national teams of Gambia, Ghana, Rwanda and Sierra Leone. Cameroon were also originally scheduled to take part.
| Dates | 28 March – 3 April 2022 |
|---|---|
| Administrator(s) | Nigeria Cricket Federation |
| Cricket format | Women's Twenty20 International |
| Tournament format(s) | Round-robin |
| Host(s) | Nigeria |
| Champions | Rwanda (1st title) |
| Runners-up | Nigeria |
| Participants | 5 |
| Matches | 12 |
| Player of the series | Margueritte Vumiliya |
| Most runs | Gisele Ishimwe (162) |
| Most wickets | Margueritte Vumiliya (12) |
Nigeria were the defending champions, having won the inaugural edition in 2019. As the two highest ranked sides in the tournament, Nigeria and Rwanda were seeded in the draw. Originally, Nigeria were placed in group A with Ghana and Gambia, while Rwanda were placed in group B with Sierra Leone and Cameroon. However, Cameroon withdrew from the tournament and the format was changed to a round-robin followed by a third-place play-off and a final.
Nigeria beat Rwanda by three runs to finish top of the round-robin stage after both sides had won their first three matches. However, the following day, the Rwandans defeated Nigeria by 53 runs in the final to win the tournament.