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Botswana cricketer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Karabo Motlhanka (born 17 April 1992) is a Botswana cricketer.[1] He played in the 2015 ICC World Cricket League Division Six tournament.[2]
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Born | Gaborone, Botswana | 17 April 1992||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Occasional wicket-keeper | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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T20I debut (cap 7) | 20 May 2019 v Uganda | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last T20I | 12 December 2023 v Ghana | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021/22 | Matabeleland Tuskers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 9 June 2023 |
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]
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