Patrick Botha

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Patrick Botha (born 23 January 1990) is a South African first-class cricketer.{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/381033.html |title=Patrick Botha |accessdate=6 September 2015 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}} He was included in the Free State cricket team squad for the 2015 Africa T20 Cup.[http://www.espncricinfo.com/africa-t20-cup-2015-16/content/squad/910899.html Free State Squad / Players] – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 August 2015.

He was the leading run-scorer in the 2017–18 CSA Provincial One-Day Challenge tournament for Free State, with 276 runs in nine matches.{{cite web |url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/averages/batting_bowling_by_team.html?id=12120;team=3273;type=tournament |title=CSA Provincial One-Day Challenge, 2017/18 Free State: Batting and bowling averages |accessdate=8 April 2018 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}} He was also the leading run-scorer in the 2017–18 Sunfoil 3-Day Cup for Free State, with 716 runs in ten matches.{{cite web |url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/averages/batting_bowling_by_team.html?id=12114;team=3273;type=tournament |title=Sunfoil 3-Day Cup, 2017/18 Free State: Batting and bowling averages |accessdate=13 April 2018 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}

In September 2018, he was named in Free State's squad for the 2018 Africa T20 Cup.{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/squad/1158607.html |title=Free State Squad |work=ESPN Cricinfo |accessdate=12 September 2018}} He was the leading run-scorer for Free State in the 2018–19 CSA 3-Day Provincial Cup, with 544 runs in ten matches.{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/averages/batting_bowling_by_team.html?id=12621;team=3273;type=tournament |title=CSA 3-Day Provincial Cup, 2018/19 - Free State: Batting and bowling averages |work=ESPN Cricinfo |accessdate=30 March 2019}} He was the leading wicket-taker for Free State in the 2018–19 CSA Provincial One-Day Challenge, with eleven dismissals in ten matches.{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/averages/batting_bowling_by_team.html?id=12597;team=3273;type=tournament |title=CSA Provincial One-Day Challenge, 2018/19 - Free State: Batting and bowling averages |work=ESPN Cricinfo |accessdate=6 April 2019}}

In September 2019, he was named as the captain of Free State's squad for the 2019–20 CSA Provincial T20 Cup.{{cite web|url=https://cricket.co.za/news/31632/Free-State-Announces-Provincial-T20-Squad |title=Free State Announces Provincial T20 Squad |work=Cricket South Africa |accessdate=10 September 2019}} In April 2021, he was named in Free State's squad, ahead of the 2021–22 cricket season in South Africa.{{cite web|url=https://cricket.co.za/news/38184/CSA-reveals-Division-One-squads-for-2021-22 |title=CSA reveals Division One squads for 2021/22 |work=Cricket South Africa |access-date=20 April 2021}}