Botswana national cricket team
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| Nickname | Baggy Blues | |||||||||
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| Association | Botswana Cricket Association | |||||||||
| Personnel | ||||||||||
| Captain | Thatayaone Tshose | |||||||||
| Coach | Stanley Timoni | |||||||||
| International Cricket Council | ||||||||||
| ICC status | Associate member (2005) | |||||||||
| ICC region | Africa | |||||||||
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| International cricket | ||||||||||
| First international | 2 September 2002 v Zambia at Lusaka, Zambia | |||||||||
| T20 Internationals | ||||||||||
| First T20I | v Uganda at Lugogo Stadium, Kampala; 20 May 2019 | |||||||||
| Last T20I | v Lesotho at Botswana Cricket Association Oval 1, Gaborone; 15 March 2026 | |||||||||
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| T20 World Cup Qualifier appearances | 1 (first in 2025) | |||||||||
| Best result | 8th place (2025) | |||||||||
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| As of 15 March 2026 | ||||||||||
The Botswana national cricket team is the men's team that represents Botswana in international cricket. They have been an associate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) since 2005, after previously being an affiliate member since 2001 and an associate member in 2017. They are in Division Five of the World Cricket League and are ranked at joint 29th in the world by the ICC. They are the 5th-highest ranked non-Test team in the African region. The team's coach is former Kenyan ODI player Joseph Angara, who was appointed in July 2015.