Botswana cricketer
Karabo Motlhanka (born 17 April 1992) is a Botswana cricketer .[ 1] He played in the 2015 ICC World Cricket League Division Six tournament.[ 2]
Motlhanka was appointed captain of Botswana at the age of 23.[ 3] In October 2018, he captained the Botswana team in the Southern sub region group in the 2018–19 ICC World Twenty20 Africa Qualifier tournament.[ 4] In the opening match of the tournament, he scored an unbeaten fifty and was named the man of the match.[ 5] He was the leading run-scorer for Botswana in the tournament, with 196 runs in six matches.[ 6]
In May 2019, he was named as the captain of Botswana's squad for the Regional Finals of the 2018–19 ICC T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier tournament in Uganda.[ 7] [ 8] [ 9] He made his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut against Uganda on 20 May 2019.[ 10] In October 2021, he was named as the captain of Botswana's squad for their matches in Group B of the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier tournament in Rwanda.[ 11]
He made his first-class debut on 17 January 2022, playing for the Tuskers in the 2021–22 Logan Cup in Zimbabwe.[ 12] [ 13] He had been called up to play in Zimbabwe, after several of the Tuskers' squad were part of Zimbabwe's tour of Sri Lanka during January 2022.[ 14]
References
^ "Karabo Motlhanka" . ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 7 September 2015 .
^ "ICC World Cricket League Division Six, Botswana" . ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 10 October 2019 .
^ "Motlhanka, an embodiment of the present, future of cricket" . Mmegi Online . Retrieved 8 February 2022 .
^ "World Twenty20 Africa C Qualifier off to a flying start" . International Cricket Council . Retrieved 28 October 2018 .
^ "1st Match, ICC World Twenty20 Africa Region Qualifier C at Gaborone, Oct 28 2018" . ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 28 October 2018 .
^ "ICC World Twenty20 Africa Region Qualifier C, 2018/19 - Botswana: Batting and bowling averages" . ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 3 November 2018 .
^ "Six teams looking to keep T20 World Cup dreams alive in Africa final" . International Cricket Council . Retrieved 14 May 2019 .
^ "Cricket team in Uganda for World Cup qualifiers" . Mmegi Online . Retrieved 18 May 2019 .
^ "African men in Uganda for T20 showdown" . International Cricket Council . Retrieved 18 May 2019 .
^ "6th Match, ICC Men's T20 World Cup Africa Region Final at Kampala, May 20 2019" . ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 20 May 2019 .
^ "Botswana Cricket Association are proud to announce the traveling squad to take part in the ICC Men's T20 world cup Africa Sub regional qualifiers in Rwanda, Kigali" . Botswana Cricket Association (via Facebook) . Retrieved 27 October 2021 .
^ "9th Match, Harare, Jan 17 - 20 2022, Logan Cup" . ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 17 January 2022 .
^ "Botswana captain Motlhanka makes first class debut in Logan Cup" . 3-Mob . Retrieved 17 January 2022 .
^ "Motlhanka makes impressive first class debut" . Mmegi Online . Retrieved 23 January 2022 .
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