Wilka Mwatile

Wilka Mwatile
Personal information
Full name
Wilka Mwatile
Born (2000-07-18) 18 July 2000 (age 24)
Eshakeno, Ohangwena, Namibia
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm offbreak
International information
National side
T20I debut (cap 5)20 August 2018 v Malawi
Last T20I14 September 2024 v Zimbabwe
Career statistics
Competition WT20I
Matches 64
Runs scored 503
Batting average 11.97
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 33
Balls bowled 1,146
Wickets 55
Bowling average 15.67
5 wickets in innings 1
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 5/6
Catches/stumpings 23/–
Source: Cricinfo, 7 October 2024

Wilka Mwatile (born 18 July 2000) is a Namibian cricketer.[1] She made her Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) debut for the Namibia women's cricket team on 20 August 2018, against Malawi, in the 2018 Botswana Cricket Association Women's T20I Series.[2] It was the first WT20I match to be played by Namibia.[3]

In August 2019, she was named in Namibia's squad for the 2019 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament in Scotland.[4][5] She played in Namibia's opening match of the tournament, on 31 August 2019, against Ireland.[6] She was the leading wicket-taker for Namibia in the tournament, with five dismissals in five matches.[7] In May 2021, she was named in Namibia's squad for the 2021 Kwibuka Women's T20 Tournament in Rwanda.[8]

In September 2021, in the 2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier match against Cameroon, Mwatile took a five-wicket haul.[9]

References

  1. ^ "Wilka Mwatile". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
  2. ^ "2nd Match, Botswana Cricket Association Women's T20I Series at Gaborone (Oval 2), Aug 20 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
  3. ^ "Botswana 7s tournament: A complete round-up". Women's Criczone. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
  4. ^ "Match official appointments and squads announced for ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier 2019". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
  5. ^ "Namibia announces women's cricket World Cup qualifier squad". Xinhua News. Archived from the original on 22 August 2019. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  6. ^ "4th Match, ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier at Arbroath, Aug 31 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
  7. ^ "ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier, 2019 - Namibia Women: Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
  8. ^ "Irene van Zyl backs Namibia batting to come good in Kwibuka T20 Tournament". Women's CricZone. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  9. ^ "Fatuma Kibasu, Wilka Mwatile star as Tanzania, Namibia register huge wins in Africa Qualifier". Women's CricZone. Retrieved 14 September 2021.