Kenyan women's cricket team in Botswana in 2019–20

Kenyan women's cricket team in Botswana in 2019–20
	Botswana women	Kenya women
Dates	2 December – 7 December 2019
Captains	Goabilwe Matome	Daisy Njoroge
Twenty20 International series
Results	Kenya women won the 7-match series 4–1
Most runs	Florence Samanyika (85)	Mary Mwangi (92)
Most wickets	Tuelo Shadrack (5)	Queentor Abel (7)

The Kenya women's cricket team toured Botswana in December 2019 to play a seven-match Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) series.^[1] The venue for all of the matches was the Botswana Cricket Association Oval in Gaborone.^[1] Originally the tour was scheduled to be a tri-series, however Namibia withdrew prior to the series.^[2] The bilateral series was won 4–1 by Kenya, with two games abandoned due to rain.

Squads[]

Botswana	Kenya
Goabilwe Matome (c) Botho Freeman Banyana Gaanamong Onneile Keitsemang Bontle Madimabe (wk) Precious Modimo Thapelo Modise Amantle Mokgotlhe Laura Mophakedi Shameelah Mosweu Botsogo Mpedi Mimmie Ramafifi Florence Samanyika Tuelo Shadrack	Daisy Njoroge (c) Queentor Abel Veronica Abuga Lavendah Idambo Sharon Juma (wk) Sylvia Kinyua Faith Mutua Mary Mwangi Margaret Ngoche Flavia Odhiambo Venasa Ooko Esther Wachira Edith Waithaka Sarah Wetoto

WT20I series[]

1st WT20I[]

2 December 2019 09:30 Scorecard

Botswana  105/6 (20 overs)	v	Kenya 108/2 (15.3 overs)
Thapelo Modise 47* (56) Daisy Njoroge 2/14 (4 overs)		Sylvia Kinyua 38* (42) Tuelo Shadrack 1/11 (3 overs)

Kenya Women won 8 wickets Botswana Cricket Association Oval 1, Gaborone Umpires: Justine Muzungu (Bot) and Reginald Nehonde (Bot)

• Kenya women won the toss and elected to field.
• Botho Freeman (Bot), Flavia Odhiambo and Sarah Wetoto (Ken) all made their WT20I debuts.

2nd WT20I[]

3 December 2019 09:30 Scorecard

Botswana  61 (15.2 overs)	v	Kenya 62/1 (9 overs)
Laura Mophakedi 15 (23) Queentor Abel 3/13 (4 overs)		Sharon Juma 31* (31) Tuelo Shadrack 1/23 (3 overs)

Kenya Women won by 9 wickets Botswana Cricket Association Oval 1, Gaborone Umpires: Logan Msemburi (Bot) and Imran Zakir (Bot)

• Kenya Women won the toss and elected to field.
• The match was originally scheduled to be played on 2 December but was moved to the following morning.
• Faith Mutua (Ken) made her WT20I debut.

3rd WT20I[]

3 December 2019 14:30 Scorecard

Botswana  107/8 (20 overs)	v	Kenya 100/7 (20 overs)
Laura Mophakedi 34 (45) Edith Waithaka 3/20 (4 overs)		Sharon Juma 19 (22) Botsogo Mpedi 1/11 (2 overs)

Botswana Women won by 7 runs Botswana Cricket Association Oval 1, Gaborone Umpires: Wycliff Chimoga (Bot) and Logan Msemburi (Bot) Player of the match: Laura Mophakedi (Bot)

• Botswana Women won the toss and elected to bat.

4th WT20I[]

5 December 2019 09:30 Scorecard

Botswana	v	Kenya

Match abandoned Botswana Cricket Association Oval 1, Gaborone Umpires: Wycliff Chimoga (Bot) and Logan Msemburi (Bot)

• No toss.
• No play was possible due to rain.

5th WT20I[]

5 December 2019 14:30 Scorecard

Kenya  78/4 (13 overs)	v	Botswana 67/5 (13 overs)
Sarah Wetoto 23 (15) Florence Samanyika 2/13 (3 overs)		Thapelo Modise 18 (28) Daisy Njoroge 1/16 (3 overs)

Kenya Women won by 11 runs Botswana Cricket Association Oval 1, Gaborone Umpires: Wycliff Chimoga (Bot) and Justine Muzungu (Bot)

• Kenya Women won the toss and elected to bat.
• The match was reduced to 13 overs per side due to rain.

6th WT20I[]

6 December 2019 09:30 Scorecard

Kenya  123/7 (20 overs)	v	Botswana 73 (19.1 overs)
Mary Mwangi 26 (29) Mimmie Ramafifi 2/27 (4 overs)		Florence Samanyika 21 (35) Flavia Odhiambo 3/0 (1 over)

Kenya Women won by 50 runs Botswana Cricket Association Oval 1, Gaborone Umpires: Wycliff Chimoga (Bot) and Reginald Nehonde (Bot) Player of the match: Flavia Odhiambo (Ken)

• Kenya Women won the toss and elected to bat.

7th WT20I[]

7 December 2019 14:30 Scorecard

Botswana	v	Kenya

Match abandoned Botswana Cricket Association Oval 1, Gaborone Umpires: Justine Muzungu (Bot) and Reginald Nehonde (Bot)

• No toss.
• No play was possible due to rain.

References[]

External links[]

• Series home at ESPN Cricinfo