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- ↑ "ICC World Cricket League Division Six, 2015 - Botswana: Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
- ↑ "1st T20I, Botswana tour of Namibia at Windhoek, Aug 19 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
