Karabo Motlhanka

Karabo Motlhanka
Personal information
Born (1992-04-17) 17 April 1992 (age 32)
Gaborone, Botswana
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingUnknown
RoleOccasional wicket-keeper
International information
National side
T20I debut (cap 7)20 May 2019 v Uganda
Last T20I12 December 2023 v Ghana
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2021/22Matabeleland Tuskers
Career statistics
Competition T20I FC T20
Matches 22 2 25
Runs scored 559 89 575
Batting average 27.95 29.66 25.00
100s/50s –/4 –/– –/4
Top score 74 41 74
Balls bowled 65 0 65
Wickets 7 – 7
Bowling average 11.71 – 11.71
5 wickets in innings – – –
10 wickets in match – – –
Best bowling 4/30 – 4/30
Catches/stumpings 9/4 9/– 9/4
Source: Cricinfo, 9 June 2023

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]

  1. ^ "Karabo Motlhanka". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
  2. ^ "ICC World Cricket League Division Six, Botswana". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
  3. ^ "Motlhanka, an embodiment of the present, future of cricket". Mmegi Online. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  4. ^ "World Twenty20 Africa C Qualifier off to a flying start". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
  5. ^ "1st Match, ICC World Twenty20 Africa Region Qualifier C at Gaborone, Oct 28 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
  6. ^ "ICC World Twenty20 Africa Region Qualifier C, 2018/19 - Botswana: Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
  7. ^ "Six teams looking to keep T20 World Cup dreams alive in Africa final". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
  8. ^ "Cricket team in Uganda for World Cup qualifiers". Mmegi Online. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
  9. ^ "African men in Uganda for T20 showdown". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
  10. ^ "6th Match, ICC Men's T20 World Cup Africa Region Final at Kampala, May 20 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
  11. ^ "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.
  12. ^ "9th Match, Harare, Jan 17 - 20 2022, Logan Cup". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  13. ^ "Botswana captain Motlhanka makes first class debut in Logan Cup". 3-Mob. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  14. ^ "Motlhanka makes impressive first class debut". Mmegi Online. Retrieved 23 January 2022.