Christo Botma

{{Short description|South African-born Danish cricketer (born 1991)}}

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| fullname = Christo Johannes Botma

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| birth_place = South Africa

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| bowling = Right-arm lightning

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| date = 17 November

| year = 2013

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/683327.html Cricinfo

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Christo Johannes Botma (born 6 April 1991) is a South African-born Danish cricketer. Botma is a left-handed batsman bowls right-arm medium pace.

Botma made his debut for Denmark in a warm-up match for the 2013 European T20 Championship Division One in England, by playing against the British Army,{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/1458/1458566/Miscellaneous_Matches.html|title=Miscellaneous Matches played by Christo Botma|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=17 November 2013}} though he wasn't a part of Denmark's main squad for the tournament. Having finished as runners-up in that tournament, Denmark qualified for the 2013 World Twenty20 Qualifier,{{cite web|url=http://www.icc-cricket.com/news/2013/news/71936/denmark-and-italy-qualify-for-icc-world-twenty20-qualifier|title=Denmark and Italy qualify for ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier|date=14 July 2013|publisher=International Cricket Council|accessdate=17 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130912210150/http://www.icc-cricket.com/news/2013/news/71936/denmark-and-italy-qualify-for-icc-world-twenty20-qualifier|archive-date=12 September 2013|url-status=dead}} with Botma selected as part of Denmark's fourteen man squad.{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc-world-twenty20-qualifier-2013/content/squad/683285.html|title=Denmark Squad / ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier, 2013/14 / Cricket Squads|date=24 October 2013|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|accessdate=17 November 2013}} It was during the tournament that he made his Twenty20 debut in a five wicket loss to Nepal.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/1458/1458566/Twenty20_Matches.html|title=Twenty20 Matches played by Christo Botma|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=17 November 2013}}