Botswana women's national cricket team

{{short description|Cricket team from Botswana}}

{{EngvarB|date=August 2021}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}}

{{For|the men's team|Botswana national cricket team}}

{{Infobox cricket team

| name = Botswana

| image = Botswanacri.jpg

| alt =

| caption =

| nickname =

| association = Botswana Cricket Association

| captain = Laura Mophakedi

| coach = Karabo Motlhanka

| icc_status = Associate member

| icc_member_year = 2005

| icc_status2 = Affiliate member

| icc_member_year2 = 2001

| icc_region = Africa

| wt20i_rank = 41st

| wt20i_rank_best = 28th (4 Jan 2019)

| first_wt20i = v {{crw|LES}} at Botswana Cricket Association Oval 1, Gaborone; 20 August 2018

| most_recent_wt20i = v {{crw|SLE}} at Botswana Cricket Association Oval 1, Gaborone; 30 April 2025

| num_wt20is = 70

| num_wt20is_this_year = 7

| wt20i_record = 22/47
(1 tie, 0 no results)

| wt20i_record_this_year = 4/3
(0 ties, 0 no results)

| asofdate = 30 April 2025

}}

The Botswana women's national cricket team represents the country of Botswana in women's cricket matches. The team is currently coached by Karabo Motlhanka.{{cite news|first=Mqondisi|last=Dube|title=Motlhanka, an embodiment of the present, future of cricket|url=http://www.mmegi.bw/index.php?aid=78710&dir=2018/november/30|newspaper=Mmegi|date=30 November 2018|access-date=4 January 2019|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181203202439/http://www.mmegi.bw/index.php?aid=78710&dir=2018%2Fnovember%2F30|archive-date=3 December 2018}}

In April 2018, the International Cricket Council (ICC) granted full Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between Botswana women and another international side since 1 July 2018 have the full WT20I status.{{cite web|title=T20s between all ICC members to have international status|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/23324980/t20s-all-icc-members-international-status|work=ESPNcricinfo|date=27 April 2018|access-date=3 January 2019|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116163436/http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/23324980/t20s-all-icc-members-international-status|archive-date=16 November 2018}}

Botswana's first WT20I matches were contested as part of the Botswana 7s tournament in August 2018 against Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Sierra Leone and Zambia (Zambia's matches were not classified as WT20Is as they had a Botswanan player in their squad).{{cite web|title=Botswana 7s tournament: A complete round-up|url=https://www.womenscriczone.com/report/botswana-7s-tournament-a-complete-round-up/|publisher=womenscriczone.com|date=30 August 2018|access-date=4 January 2019|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190104110756/https://www.womenscriczone.com/report/botswana-7s-tournament-a-complete-round-up/|archive-date=4 January 2019}} Botswana finished third on the table with three wins and two losses{{cite web|title=Botswana Cricket Association Women's T20I Series Table - 2018|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/table/series/18920/bca-women's-t20i-series|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=4 January 2019|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190104110922/http://www.espncricinfo.com/table/series/18920/bca-women's-t20i-series|archive-date=4 January 2019}} and won the third place play off against Mozambique by a margin of nine wickets.{{cite web|title=3rd Place Play-off, Botswana Cricket Association Women's T20I Series at Gaborone, Aug 25 2018|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/18920/scorecard/1158360/botswana-women-vs-mozambique-women-3rd-place-play-off-botswana-cricket-association-womens-t20i-series-2018|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=4 January 2019|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190104111424/http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/18920/scorecard/1158360/botswana-women-vs-mozambique-women-3rd-place-play-off-botswana-cricket-association-womens-t20i-series-2018|archive-date=4 January 2019}}

In December 2020, the ICC announced the qualification pathway for the 2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup.{{cite web|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/media-releases/1932353 |title=Qualification for ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2023 announced |work=International Cricket Council |access-date=12 December 2020}} The Botswana women's team are scheduled to make their debut at an ICC women's event when they play in the 2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier group.{{cite web|url=https://www.thecricketer.com/Topics/womenscricket/icc_announce_qualification_process_for_2023_women%27s_t20_world_cup.html |title=ICC announce qualification process for 2023 Women's T20 World Cup |work=The Cricketer |access-date=12 December 2020}}