Botswanan cricket team in Namibia in 2019

The Botswana cricket team toured Namibia in August 2019 to play a four-match Twenty20 International (T20I) series.[1][2] The series was the first bilateral T20I series hosted in the country and provided Namibia with preparation for the 2019 ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier.[1][2] The teams also played two friendly 50-over matches either side of the T20I series.[1][2]

Botswanan cricket team in Namibia in 2019
 
  Namibia Botswana
Dates 18 – 24 August 2019
Captains Gerhard Erasmus Karabo Motlhanka
Twenty20 International series
Results Namibia won the 4-match series 4–0
Most runs Stephan Baard (166) Karabo Motlhanka (87)
Most wickets Gerhard Erasmus (7) Dhruv Maisuria (8)

Squads
 Namibia[3]  Botswana

50-over series

1st 50-over match
18 August 2019
09:30
Scorecard
Botswana 
92 (35.1 overs)
v
 Namibia
93/3 (21.2 overs)
Reginald Nehonde 41 (72)
Tangeni Lungameni 3/11 (4.1 overs)
Stephan Baard 34 (52)
Mmoloki Mooketsi 2/16 (5 overs)
Namibia won by 7 wickets
United Ground, Windhoek
  • Botswana won the toss and elected to bat.

2nd 50-over match
24 August 2019
09:30
v
Namibia won
United Ground, Windhoek
  • No scores were published for this match.

T20I series

1st T20I
19 August 2019
14:00
Scorecard
Namibia 
193/4 (20 overs)
v
 Botswana
100/7 (20 overs)
Craig Williams 68* (31)
Dhruv Maisuria 3/23 (4 overs)
Valentine Mbazo 27* (27)
Tangeni Lungameni 2/16 (3 overs)
Namibia won by 93 runs
United Ground, Windhoek
Umpires: Marthinus Louw (Nam) and Claude Thorburn (Nam)
Player of the match: Craig Williams (Nam)

2nd T20I
20 August 2019
14:00
Scorecard
Namibia 
240/3 (20 overs)
v
 Botswana
116/2 (20 overs)
Karabo Motlhanka 59 (55)
Ben Shikongo 1/20 (4 overs)
Namibia won by 124 runs
United Ground, Windhoek
Umpires: Andrew Louw (Nam) and Claus Schumacher (Nam)
Player of the match: Jean-Pierre Kotze (Nam)

3rd T20I
22 August 2019
14:00
Scorecard
Namibia 
174/8 (20 overs)
v
 Botswana
96 (18.1 overs)
Stephan Baard 92 (58)
Dhruv Maisuria 4/28 (4 overs)
Tharindu Perera 24 (18)
Craig Williams 3/9 (2 overs)
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 T20I
23 August 2019
10:00
Scorecard
Botswana 
85/8 (20 overs)
v
 Namibia
86/2 (11.1 overs)
Tharindu Perera 30 (32)
Ben Shikongo 2/4 (2 overs)
Gerhard Erasmus 46* (33)
Mmoloki Mooketsi 1/22 (4 overs)
Namibia won by 8 wickets
United Ground, Windhoek
Umpires: Marthinus Louw (Nam) and Jeff Luck (Nam)
Player of the match: Gerhard Erasmus (Nam)
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References
  1. "Eagles to use Botswana T20 series to prepare for World Cup Qualifier in UAE". Namibia Economist. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  2. "Namibia to host first ever T20 Internationals". Cricket Namibia. Archived from the original on 15 August 2019. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  3. "Namibia squad announced". Cricket Namibia via Facebook. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
  4. "Kotze leads Namibia to huge victory". The Namibian. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
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