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 | 17 April 1992 Gaborone, Botswana | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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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| 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]
References
edit- ^ "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.