Botswana women's national cricket team

For the men's team, see Botswana national cricket team.

Botswana

Association	Botswana Cricket Association
Personnel
Captain	Laura Mophakedi
Coach	Karabo Motlhanka
International Cricket Council
ICC status	Associate member (2005) Affiliate member (2001)
ICC region	Africa
ICC Rankings Current [1] Best-ever T20I 46th 28th (4 Jan 2019)
T20 Internationals
First T20I	v   Lesotho at Botswana Cricket Association Oval 1, Gaborone; 20 August 2018
Last T20I	v   Malawi at Botswana Cricket Association Oval 1, Gaborone; 26 July 2025
T20Is Played Won/Lost Total [2] 75 25/49 (1 tie, 0 no results) This year [3] 12 7/5 (0 ties, 0 no results)
As of 26 July 2025

The Botswana women's national cricket team represents the country of Botswana in women's cricket matches. The team is currently coached by Karabo Motlhanka. ^[4]

In April 2018, the International Cricket Council (ICC) granted full Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between Botswana women and another international side since 1 July 2018 have the full WT20I status. ^[5]

Botswana's first WT20I matches were contested as part of the Botswana 7s tournament in August 2018 against Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Sierra Leone and Zambia (Zambia's matches were not classified as WT20Is as they had a Botswanan player in their squad). ^[6] Botswana finished third on the table with three wins and two losses ^[7] and won the third place play off against Mozambique by a margin of nine wickets. ^[8]

In December 2020, the ICC announced the qualification pathway for the 2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup. ^[9] The Botswana women's team are scheduled to make their debut at an ICC women's event when they play in the 2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier group. ^[10]

Squad

Updated on 26 April 2024

This lists all the players who played for Botswana in the past 12 months or were named in the most recent squad.

Name	Age	Batting style	Bowling style	Notes
Batters
Oratile Kgeresi	23	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Pako Mapotsane	20	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Merapelo Phiase	21	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Wendy Moutswi	21	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
Tebogo Moitoi	22	Right-handed
Aliya Motorwala	18	Right-handed
All-rounders
Tuelo Shadrack	24	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Goabilwe Matome	26	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Amantle Mokgotlhe	23	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Florence Samanyika	23	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Shameelah Mosweu	29	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break
Goitseone Setshwane	20	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
Wicket-keeper
Laura Mophakedi	27	Right-handed		Captain
Bowlers
Onneile Keitsemang	23	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Kesego Inakale	20	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Lesego Kooagile	18	Right-handed	Right-arm medium

Records and statistics

International Match Summary — Botswana Women ^[11]

Last updated 26 July 2025

Playing Record
Format	M	W	L	T	NR	Inaugural Match
Twenty20 Internationals	75	25	49	1	0	20 August 2018

Twenty20 International

• Highest team total: 224/2 v. Eswatini, 9 September 2021, at Botswana Cricket Association Oval, Gaborone. ^[12]
• Highest individual score: 86*, Shameelah Mosweu v. Lesotho on 3 September 2023 at Botswana Cricket Association Oval 2, Gaborone. ^[13]
• Best individual bowling figures: 6/1, Goabilwe Matome v. Lesotho on 3 September 2023 at Botswana Cricket Association Oval 2, Gaborone. ^[14]

Most T20I runs for Botswana Women [15] Player Runs Average Career span Laura Mophakedi 1,134 16.20 2018–2025 Goabilwe Matome 621 14.78 2018–2025 Shameelah Mosweu 589 14.72 2018–2024 Florence Samanyika 569 13.87 2018–2023 Amantle Mokgotlhe 428 12.22 2018–2025

Most T20I wickets for Botswana Women [16] Player Wickets Average Career span Goabilwe Matome 71 13.38 2018–2025 Tuelo Shadrack 55 17.03 2018–2025 Shameelah Mosweu 38 16.55 2018–2024 Florence Samanyika 26 19.92 2018–2023 Amantle Mokgotlhe 25 29.20 2018–2025

T20I record versus other nations ^[11]

Records complete to WT20I #2426. Last updated 26 July 2025.

Opponent	M	W	L	T	NR	First match	First win
ICC Full members
Zimbabwe	2	0	2	0	0	12 September 2021
ICC Associate members
Brazil	1	0	1	0	0	12 June 2022
Cameroon	1	1	0	0	0	31 May 2024	31 May 2024
Eswatini	4	4	0	0	0	9 September 2021	9 September 2021
Germany	2	1	1	0	0	14 June 2022	14 June 2022
Kenya	14	1	12	1	0	2 December 2019	3 December 2019
Lesotho	4	4	0	0	0	20 August 2018	20 August 2018
Malawi	4	4	0	0	0	20 August 2018	20 August 2018
Mozambique	8	8	0	0	0	21 August 2018	21 August 2018
Namibia	7	0	7	0	0	24 August 2018
Nigeria	5	1	4	0	0	10 June 2021	15 June 2023
Rwanda	10	0	10	0	0	6 June 2021
Sierra Leone	6	1	5	0	0	23 August 2018	6 September 2023
Tanzania	3	0	3	0	0	16 September 2021
Uganda	4	0	4	0	0	16 June 2022
Total	72	24	47	1	0	20 August 2018	20 August 2018

Tournament history

Women's ODI World Cup

Women's Cricket World Cup records
Host Year	Round	Position	GP	W	L	T	NR
1973	Did not qualify/No Women's ODI status
1978
1982
1988
1993
1997
2000
2005
2009
2013
2017
2022
2025
Total	0/13	0 Titles	0	0	0	0	0

Women's World T20

Twenty20 World Cup records
Host Year	Round	Position	GP	W	L	T	NR
2009	Did not qualify
2010
2012
2014
2016
2018
2020
2023
2024
2026	To be determined
Total	–	0 Titles	0	0	0	0	0

ICC Women's T20 Champions Trophy

ICC Women's T20 Champions Trophy records
Host Year	Round	Position	GP	W	L	T	NR
2027	To be determined
2031
Total	–	0 Title	0	0	0	0	0

ICC Women's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier

ICC Women's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier records
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	L	T	NR
2019	Did not participate
2021	Group stages	–	5	2	3	0	0
2023	Div 1 Group stage	–	6	2	4	0	0
2025	To be determined
Total	2/3	–	8	2	6	0	0

See also

• Botswana national cricket team
• List of Botswana women Twenty20 International cricketers

References

1. "ICC Rankings". International Cricket Council.
2. "WT20I matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
3. "WT20I matches - 2025 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
4. Dube, Mqondisi (30 November 2018). "Motlhanka, an embodiment of the present, future of cricket". Mmegi . Archived from the original on 3 December 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
5. "T20s between all ICC members to have international status". ESPNcricinfo . 27 April 2018. Archived from the original on 16 November 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
6. "Botswana 7s tournament: A complete round-up". womenscriczone.com. 30 August 2018. Archived from the original on 4 January 2019. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
7. "Botswana Cricket Association Women's T20I Series Table - 2018". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 4 January 2019. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
8. "3rd Place Play-off, Botswana Cricket Association Women's T20I Series at Gaborone, Aug 25 2018". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 4 January 2019. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
9. "Qualification for ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2023 announced". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
10. "ICC announce qualification process for 2023 Women's T20 World Cup". The Cricketer. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
11. "Records / Botswana Women / Twenty20 Internationals / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo .
12. "Records / Botswana Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Highest totals". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
13. "Records / Botswana Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Top Scores". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
14. "Records / Botswana Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Best Bowling figures". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
15. "Records / Botswana Women / Twenty20 Internationals / Most runs". ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 25 April 2019.
16. "Records / Botswana Women / Twenty20 Internationals / Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 25 April 2019.

External links

• Official website