The Botswana Cricket Association (BCA) is the official

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of the sport of

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Botswana Botswana (, ), officially the Republic of Botswana ( tn, Lefatshe la Botswana, label= Setswana, ), is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Botswana is topographically flat, with approximately 70 percent of its territory being the Kal ...

. Its headquarters is in

Gaborone Gaborone ( , , ) is the capital and largest city of Botswana with a population of 246,325 based on the 2022 census, about 10% of the total population of Botswana. Its agglomeration is home to 421,907 inhabitants at the 2011 census. Gaboron ...

. It is affiliated with

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(BNSC) and the

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(BNOC). Established in 1979, the BCA has been a member of the

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(ICC) since 2002, and was also a founding member of the

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History

The earliest cricketing history which can be substantiated relates to a paragraph contained in the publication "The White Tide" by David Sinclair, Modern Press, Gweru 2000 wherein it is recorded that a cricket match was played in the late 1870s in a village named Shoshong between "Home-Born" and the "Colonials". The game was started in the main by expatriates from Britain, South Africa, India, Pakistan and Sri-Lanka who were on various assignments in the country soon after independence in September 1966. The game was initially played in the two main centres viz Gaborone and

Francistown Francistown is the second largest city in Botswana, with a population of about 103,417 and 147,122 inhabitants for its agglomeration at the 2022 census. and often described as the "''Capital of the North''" or as the natives would have it “''T ...

. However, with the discovery of diamonds on 1 March 1967 at

Orapa Orapa is a town located in the Central District of Botswana. It is the site of the Orapa diamond mine, the largest diamond-producing mine in the world, and is considered to be the diamond capital of the country. Nearby is another kimberlite mi ...

. The Botswana Cricket Association was founded on 8 February 1983.

References

External links

Official website
Cricket administration Cricket in Botswana

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