Wilka Mwatile

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Wilka Mwatile
Personal information
Full nameWilka Mwatile
Born (2000-07-18) 18 July 2000 (age 21)
Eshakeno, Ohangwena, Namibia
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm offbreak
International information
National side
T20I debut(cap  5)20 August 2018 v  Malawi
Last T20I26 April 2022 v  Zimbabwe
Career statistics
Competition WT20I
Matches37
Runs scored196
Batting average 8.16
100s/50s0/0
Top score26
Balls bowled600
Wickets 26
Bowling average 16.84
5 wickets in innings 1
10 wickets in match0
Best bowling5/6
Catches/stumpings 11/–
Source: Cricinfo, 26 April 2022

Wilka Mwatile (born 18 July 2000) is a Namibian cricketer. [1] She made her Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) debut for the Namibia women's cricket team on 20 August 2018, against Malawi, in the 2018 Botswana Cricket Association Women's T20I Series. [2] It was the first WT20I match to be played by Namibia. [3]

In August 2019, she was named in Namibia's squad for the 2019 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament in Scotland. [4] [5] She played in Namibia's opening match of the tournament, on 31 August 2019, against Ireland. [6] She was the leading wicket-taker for Namibia in the tournament, with five dismissals in five matches. [7] In May 2021, she was named in Namibia's squad for the 2021 Kwibuka Women's T20 Tournament in Rwanda. [8]

In September 2021, in the 2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier match against Cameroon, Mwatile took a five-wicket haul. [9]

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References

  1. ↑ "Wilka Mwatile". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
  2. ↑ "2nd Match, Botswana Cricket Association Women's T20I Series at Gaborone (Oval 2), Aug 20 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
  3. ↑ "Botswana 7s tournament: A complete round-up". Women's Criczone. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
  4. ↑ "Match official appointments and squads announced for ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier 2019". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
  5. ↑ "Namibia announces women's cricket World Cup qualifier squad". Xinhua News. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  6. ↑ "4th Match, ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier at Arbroath, Aug 31 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
  7. ↑ "ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier, 2019 - Namibia Women: Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
  8. ↑ "Irene van Zyl backs Namibia batting to come good in Kwibuka T20 Tournament". Women's CricZone. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  9. ↑ "Fatuma Kibasu, Wilka Mwatile star as Tanzania, Namibia register huge wins in Africa Qualifier". Women's CricZone. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
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