This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Botswana women's national cricket team.
Botswana
Botswana Cricket Association logo
Nickname(s)
Baggy Blues[1]
Association
Botswana Cricket Association
Personnel
Captain
Karabo Motlhanka
Coach
Stanley Timoni
International Cricket Council
ICC status
Associate member[2] (2005)
ICC region
Africa
ICC Rankings
Current[3]
Best-ever
T20I
49th
30th (2 May 2019)
International cricket
First international
2 September 2002 v Zambia at Lusaka, Zambia
Twenty20 Internationals
First T20I
v Uganda at Lugogo Stadium, Kampala; 20 May 2019
Last T20I
v Malawi at Willowmoore Park, Benoni; 19 December 2023
T20Is
Played
Won/Lost
Total[4]
39
15/23 (0 ties, 1 no result)
This year[5]
0
0/0 (0 ties, 0 no results)
As of 1 January 2024
The Botswana national cricket team is the men's team that represents Botswana in international cricket. They have been an associate member of the International Cricket Council since 2005, after previously being an affiliate member since 2001[6] and an associate member in 2017.[2] They are in Division Five of the World Cricket League[7] and are ranked at joint 29th in the world by the International Cricket Council (ICC). They are the 5th-highest ranked non-Test team in the African region.[8] The team's coach is former Kenyan ODI player Joseph Angara, who was appointed in July 2015.[9]
^"icc-t20-world-cup-africa-final-unique-trophy-shoot-leaves-captains-in-awe". Cricket Uganda. Archived from the original on 16 July 2019. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
^ ab"Ireland and Afghanistan ICC newest full members amid wide-ranging governance reform". International Cricket Council. 22 June 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
^"ICC Rankings". International Cricket Council.
^"T20I matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
^"T20I matches - 2024 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
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^Deepak Madangarli (19 August 2015). BCA Activities Update Archived 1 September 2018 at the Wayback Machine – Botswana Cricket Association. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
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Uganda at Lugogo Stadium, Kampala; 20 May 2019
Malawi at Willowmoore Park, Benoni; 19 December 2023