Botswana women's national cricket team

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 41st 28th (4 Jan 2019)
Women's Twenty20 Internationals
First WT20Iv  Lesotho at Botswana Cricket Association Oval 1, Gaborone; 20 August 2018
Last WT20Iv  Kenya at Gahanga International Cricket Stadium, Kigali; 8 June 2024
WT20Is Played Won/Lost
Total[2] 63 18/44
(1 tie, 0 no results)
This year[3] 0 0/0
(0 ties, 0 no results)
As of 8 June 2024

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]

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 the full WT20I status.[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

Updated on 26 April 2024

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

Name Age Batting style Bowling style Notes
Batters
Oratile Kgeresi 22 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Pako Mapotsane 20 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Merapelo Phiase 20 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Wendy Moutswi 20 Right-handed Right-arm off break
Tebogo Moitoi 21 Right-handed
Aliya Motorwala 18 Right-handed
All-rounders
Tuelo Shadrack 24 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Goabilwe Matome 25 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Amantle Mokgotlhe 22 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Florence Samanyika 23 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Shameelah Mosweu 29 Right-handed Right-arm leg break
Goitseone Setshwane 20 Right-handed Right-arm off break
Wicket-keeper
Laura Mophakedi 26 Right-handed Captain
Bowlers
Onneile Keitsemang 22 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Kesego Inakale 19 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Lesego Kooagile 17 Right-handed Right-arm medium

Records and statistics

International Match Summary — Botswana Women[11]

Last updated 8 June 2024

Playing Record
Format M W L T NR Inaugural Match
Twenty20 Internationals 63 18 44 1 0 20 August 2018

Twenty20 International

T20I record versus other nations[11]

Records complete to WT20I #1916. Last updated 8 June 2024.

Opponent M W L T NR First match First win
ICC Full members
 Zimbabwe 2 0 2 0 0 12 September 2021
ICC Associate members
 Brazil 1 0 1 0 0 12 June 2022
 Cameroon 1 1 0 0 0 31 May 2024 31 May 2024
 Eswatini 1 1 0 0 0 9 September 2021 9 September 2021
 Germany 2 1 1 0 0 14 June 2022 14 June 2022
 Kenya 14 1 12 1 0 2 December 2019 3 December 2019
 Lesotho 4 4 0 0 0 20 August 2018 20 August 2018
 Malawi 3 3 0 0 0 20 August 2018 20 August 2018
 Mozambique 5 5 0 0 0 21 August 2018 21 August 2018
 Namibia 7 0 7 0 0 24 August 2018
 Nigeria 5 1 4 0 0 10 June 2021 15 June 2023
 Rwanda 9 0 9 0 0 6 June 2021
 Sierra Leone 2 1 1 0 0 23 August 2018 6 September 2023
 Tanzania 3 0 3 0 0 16 September 2021
 Uganda 4 0 4 0 0 16 June 2022

See also

References

  1. ^ "ICC Rankings". International Cricket Council.
  2. ^ "WT20I matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  3. ^ "WT20I matches - 2025 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.
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  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.