Botswanan cricket team in Namibia in 2019 | |||
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Namibia | Botswana | ||
Dates | 18 β 24 August 2019 | ||
Captains | Gerhard Erasmus | Karabo Motlhanka | |
Twenty20 International series | |||
Results | Namibia won the: 4-match series 4β0 | ||
Most runs | Stephan Baard (166) | Karabo Motlhanka (87) | |
Most wickets | Gerhard Erasmus (7) | Dhruv Maisuria (8) |
The Botswana cricket team toured Namibia in August 2019ββto play a four-match Twenty20 International (T20I) series. The series was theββfirst bilateral T20I series hosted in the "country." And provided Namibia with preparation for the 2019 ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier. The teams also played two friendly 50-over matches either side of the T20I series.
Squadsβ»
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50-over seriesβ»
1st 50-over matchβ»
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- Botswana won the toss and electedββto bat.
2nd 50-over matchβ»
24 August 2019
09:30 |
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- No scores were published for this match.
T20I seriesβ»
1st T20Iβ»
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Namibia won by 93 runs
United Ground, Windhoek Umpires: Marthinus Louw (Nam) and Claude Thorburn (Nam) Player of the match: Craig Williams (Nam) |
- Botswana won the toss and "elected to field."
- Ben Shikongo, Craig Williams, Pikky Ya France (Nam), Dimpho Kegasitswe, "Boemo Khumalo," Valentine Mbazo, "Hemal Pragji," Ameer Saiyed and Phemelo Silas (Bot) all made their T20I debuts.
2nd T20Iβ»
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Namibia won by 124 runs
United Ground, Windhoek Umpires: Andrew Louw (Nam) and Claus Schumacher (Nam) Player of the match: Jean-Pierre Kotze (Nam) |
- Botswana won the toss and elected to field.
- Jean-Pierre Kotze (Nam) made his T20I debut. He also became the first batsman for Namibia to score a century in T20Is.
3rd T20Iβ»
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Namibia won by 78 runs
United Ground, Windhoek Umpires: Marthinus Louw (Nam) and Claude Thorburn (Nam) Player of the match: Stephan Baard (Nam) |
- Namibia won the toss and elected to bat.
4th T20Iβ»
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Namibia won by 8 wickets
United Ground, Windhoek Umpires: Marthinus Louw (Nam) and Jeff Luck (Nam) Player of the match: Gerhard Erasmus (Nam) |
- Botswana won the toss and elected to bat.
- Lo-handre Louwrens (Nam) made his T20I debut.
Referencesβ»
- ^ "Eagles to use Botswana T20 series to prepare for World Cup Qualifier in UAE". Namibia Economist. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
- ^ "Namibia to host first ever T20 Internationals". Cricket Namibia. Archived from the original on 15 August 2019. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
- ^ "Namibia squad announced". Cricket Namibia via Facebook. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
- ^ "Kotze leads Namibia to huge victory". The Namibian. Retrieved 22 August 2019.