Botswana women's national cricket team

The Botswana women's national cricket team represents the country of Botswana in women's cricket matches. The team is currently coached by Karabo Motlhanka.[4]

For the men's team, see Botswana national cricket team.
Botswana
AssociationBotswana Cricket Association
Personnel
CaptainLaura Mophakedi
CoachKarabo Motlhanka
International Cricket Council
ICC statusAssociate member (2005)
Affiliate member (2001)
ICC regionAfrica
ICC Rankings Current[1] Best-ever
WT20I 39th 28th (4 Jan 2019)
Women's Twenty20 Internationals
First WT20Iv  Lesotho at Botswana Cricket Association Oval, Gaborone; 20 August 2018
Last WT20Iv  Germany at Gahanga International Cricket Stadium, Kigali; 17 June 2022
WT20Is Played Won/Lost
Total[2] 33 8/25
(0 ties, 0 no results)
This year[3] 0 0/0
(0 ties, 0 no results)
As of 2 January 2023

In April 2018, the International Cricket Council (ICC) granted full Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between Botswana women and another international side since 1 July 2018 have been full WT20Is.[5]

Botswana's first WT20I matches were contested as part of the Botswana 7s tournament in August 2018 against Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Sierra Leone and Zambia (Zambia's matches were not classified as WT20Is as they had a Botswanan player in their squad).[6] Botswana finished third on the table with three wins and two losses[7] and won the third place play off against Mozambique by a margin of nine wickets.[8]

In December 2020, the ICC announced the qualification pathway for the 2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup.[9] The Botswana women's team are scheduled to make their debut at an ICC women's event when they play in the 2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier group.[10]

Squad

This lists all the players who played for Botswana in the past 12 months or were named in the most recent squad. Updated on 17 Jun 2022.

Name Age Batting style Bowling style Notes
Batters
Olebogeng Batisani24Right-handedRight-arm medium
Thapelo Modise22Right-handedRight-arm off break
Oratile Kgeresi20Right-handedRight-arm medium
All-rounders
Florence Samanyika21Right-handedRight-arm medium
Shameelah Mosweu27Right-handedRight-arm off break
Thandiwe Legabile25Right-handedRight-arm medium
Tebogo Motlhabaphuti24Right-handedRight-arm medium
Goabilwe Matome23Right-handedRight-arm medium
Wicket-keeper
Laura Mophakedi25Right-handedCaptain
Spin Bowlers
Amantle Letuba17Right-handedRight-arm off break
Pace Bowlers
Tuelo Shadrack22Right-handedRight-arm medium
Onneile Keitsemang21Right-handedRight-arm medium
Mimmie Ramafifi25Right-handedRight-arm medium

Records and statistics

International Match Summary — Botswana Women[11]

Last updated 17 June 2022

Playing Record
FormatMWLTNRInaugural Match
Twenty20 Internationals338250020 August 2018

Twenty20 International


T20I record versus other nations[11]

Records complete to WT20I #1125. Last updated 17 June 2022.

OpponentMWLTNRFirst matchFirst win
ICC Full members
 Zimbabwe 1010012 September 2021
ICC Associate members
 Brazil 1010012 June 2022
 Eswatini 110009 September 20219 September 2021
 Germany 2110014 June 202214 June 2022
 Kenya 716002 December 20193 December 2019
 Lesotho 1100020 August 201820 August 2018
 Malawi 1100020 August 201820 August 2018
 Mozambique 3300021 August 201821 August 2018
 Namibia 7070024 August 2018
 Nigeria 2020010 June 2021
 Rwanda 303006 June 2021
 Sierra Leone 1010023 August 2018
 Tanzania 2020016 September 2021
 Uganda 1010016 June 2022

See also

References
  1. "ICC Rankings". International Cricket Council.
  2. "WT20I matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  3. "WT20I matches - 2023 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  4. Dube, Mqondisi (30 November 2018). "Motlhanka, an embodiment of the present, future of cricket". Mmegi. Archived from the original on 3 December 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  5. "T20s between all ICC members to have international status". ESPNcricinfo. 27 April 2018. Archived from the original on 16 November 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
  6. "Botswana 7s tournament: A complete round-up". womenscriczone.com. 30 August 2018. Archived from the original on 4 January 2019. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  7. "Botswana Cricket Association Women's T20I Series Table - 2018". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 4 January 2019. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  8. "3rd Place Play-off, Botswana Cricket Association Women's T20I Series at Gaborone, Aug 25 2018". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 4 January 2019. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  9. "Qualification for ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2023 announced". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  10. "ICC announce qualification process for 2023 Women's T20 World Cup". The Cricketer. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  11. "Records / Botswana Women / Twenty20 Internationals / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo.
  12. "Records / Botswana Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Highest totals". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  13. "Records / Botswana Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Top Scores". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  14. "Records / Botswana Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Best Bowling figures". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  15. "Records / Botswana Women / Twenty20 Internationals / Most runs". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  16. "Records / Botswana Women / Twenty20 Internationals / Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
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