Cricket in Botswana was started by expatriates from South Africa and Indian Subcontinent. The team won the Pepsi ICC Africa World Cricket League in 2008.
History
Cricket was started in
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 Kalahar ...
by expatriates from
South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ...
and the
Indian subcontinent
The Indian subcontinent is a list of the physiographic regions of the world, physiographical region in United Nations geoscheme for Asia#Southern Asia, Southern Asia. It is situated on the Indian Plate, projecting southwards into the Indian O ...
. It has started to make strides in the game since becoming an Associate Member of the
ICC in 2005.
Performance
Its success in the Pepsi ICC Africa World Cricket League - runners up in 2006 and winners in 2008 - has paved the way to the international stage.
It has not found life easy since its elevation, however, being relegated from
ICC World Cricket League
The ICC World Cricket League (WCL) was a series of international one-day cricket tournaments for national teams without Test status (i.e., teams of Associate status) administered by the International Cricket Council. All Associate Members of t ...
Division Five and Six in successive years, hence its next participation was scheduled for World Cricket League Division Seven in March–April 2011.
See also
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Sports in Botswana
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Botswana cricket team
References
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