Botswana national cricket team

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Botswana
Flag of Botswana
Flag of Botswana
ICC membership granted 2001
ICC member status Associate Member
ICC development region Africa
Captain Tshepo Mhozya
World Cricket League division Five
World Cricket League Africa Region division Two
First recorded match 2 September 2002 v Zambia at Lusaka, Zambia
World ranking 29th (equal with four other teams)
Regional non-test ranking 5th
As of 3 August

The Botswana national cricket team is the team that represents the country of Botswana in international cricket matches. They have been an associate member of the International Cricket Council since 2005, after previously being an affiliate member since 2001.[1] They are in Division Five of the World Cricket League[2] and are ranked at joint 29th in the world by the ICC, the 5th highest ranked non-test team in the African region.[3]

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Cricket was started in the country by expatriates from South Africa and the Indian subcontinent.[4] Botswana was elected to the ICC as an affiliate member in 2001,[1] and played in the Africa Cup in Zambia the following year. After winning all their first round matches against Namibia, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe, they beat Kenya in the semi-final before losing by 270 runs to South Africa in the final.[5]

In March 2004, they won the African affiliates qualifying tournament for the 2005 ICC Trophy, qualifying them for the next stage of qualification, the Africa Cricket Association Championships. They beat Nigeria and Tanzania in that tournament in Zambia in August, finishing fourth, thus missing out on qualification for their first ICC Trophy.[6] They were rewarded for their performance in this tournament by being promoted to associate membership of the ICC in 2005.[1]

In 2006, they took part in Division Two of the African region of the World Cricket League, finishing second behind Tanzania.[7] This qualified them for Division Five of the World Cricket League, and they will play that tournament in Jersey in 2008.[2]

  • 2006: Division Two runners up

  1. ^ a b c Botswana at Cricket Archive
  2. ^ a b Jersey to host World Cricket League Division Five, ICC Media Release
  3. ^ ICC's one-day rankings
  4. ^ History of cricket in Botswana
  5. ^ 2002 Africa Cup at CricketEurope
  6. ^ 2005 ICC Trophy African qualifying at the tournament's official website
  7. ^ 2006 WCL Africa Region Division Two at CricketEurope
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1 For Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago, the national team is the West Indies; for Wales, the national team is England; for Northern Ireland, the national team is Ireland.
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