tt15809 itt3493	Botswana v Nigeria
	ICC Men's T20 World Cup Africa Regional Final 2025/26 (5th Place Semi-Final)
Venue	Takashinga Sports Club, Highfield, Harare on 2nd October 2025 (20-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Nigeria won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Nigeria won by 44 runs
Umpires	I Chabi, C Schumacher (Namibia)
Referee	GH Pienaar (South Africa)
Reserve Umpire	SD Harris (South Africa)
Player of the Match	J Asia
Ball-by-ball	Innings 1, Innings 2

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Nigeria innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots	S-Rate
SI Runsewe	retired hurt	5	7	2	1	-	5	71.43
+S Chilemanya	c Maisuria b Kgosiemang	2	3	1	-	-	2	66.67
I Danladi	b Maisuria	19	22	6	2	-	11	86.36
JO Adedeji	b Maisuria	41	43	9	3	-	17	95.35
*SA Okpe	c Motlhanka b Tshose	7	4	2	1	-	1	175.00
VD Adewoye	b Perera	42	18	5	4	3	3	233.33
P Useni	c Perera b Kgosiemang	21	11	4	-	1	3	190.91
IO Okpe	c Tshose b Perera	11	7	2	-	1	1	157.14
R Abdulkareem	not out	4	3	2	-	-	0	133.33
P Aho	b Kgosiemang	6	2	1	-	1	1	300.00
J Asia	did not bat
Extras	(6 lb, 2 w)	8
Total	(8 wickets, innings closed, 20 overs)	166
Fall of wickets:
1-3 (Chilemanya, 0.5 ov), 2-45 (Danladi, 8.4 ov), 3-62 (SA Okpe, 9.6 ov), 4-123 (Adedeji, 15.6 ov), 5-123 (Adewoye, 16.1 ov), 6-150 (IO Okpe, 18.3 ov), 7-160 (Useni, 19.4 ov), 8-166 (Aho, 19.6 ov)

Botswana bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s	S-Rate	Econ
Kgosiemang	4	0	26	3	1	-	11	1	1	8.00	6.50
Perera	4	0	27	2	1	-	12	2	1	12.00	6.75
Tshose	4	0	29	1	-	-	8	3	-	24.00	7.25
Maisuria	4	0	31	2	-	-	8	3	1	12.00	7.75
Piet	2	0	22	0	-	-	3	2	1	-	11.00
Keganne	2	0	25	0	-	-	2	-	2	-	12.50

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Botswana innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots	S-Rate
K Modise	b SA Okpe	1	5	2	-	-	4	20.00
VP Balakrishnan	c Danladi b SA Okpe	20	18	4	3	-	10	111.11
*KM Motlhanka	b Asia	22	32	7	2	-	18	68.75
+M Kasselman	c Chilemanya b Abdulkareem	15	15	2	1	1	8	100.00
T Perera	st Chilemanya b Asia	19	7	2	1	2	2	271.43
T Tshose	c Aho b Asia	3	10	4	-	-	7	30.00
K Piet	not out	22	20	6	1	1	9	110.00
D Maisuria	c Chilemanya b Asia	0	2	1	-	-	2	0.00
JB Richards	not out	7	12	3	-	-	6	58.33
B Keganne	did not bat
B Kgosiemang	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb, 1 nb, 6 w)	13
Total	(7 wickets, innings closed, 20 overs)	122
Fall of wickets:
1-6 (Modise, 1.2 ov), 2-37 (Balakrishnan, 6.2 ov), 3-58 (Kasselman, 9.4 ov), 4-81 (Perera, 11.3 ov), 5-85 (Motlhanka, 13.1 ov), 6-92 (Tshose, 15.3 ov), 7-92 (Maisuria, 15.5 ov)

Nigeria bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s	S-Rate	Econ
Aho	4	0	24	0	3	-	13	3	-	-	6.00
SA Okpe	4	1	19	2	-	-	15	1	1	12.00	4.75
Useni	1	0	10	0	-	1	4	2	-	-	10.00
IO Okpe	3	0	28	0	1	-	6	1	2	-	9.33
Abdulkareem	4	0	24	1	1	-	13	1	1	24.00	6.00
Asia	4	0	11	4	1	-	15	-	-	6.00	2.75

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Notes
--> Nigeria powerplay 1: overs 1 to 6 (32/2)
--> Botswana powerplay 1: overs 1 to 6 (36/1)
--> Nigeria innings: 50 in 8.6 overs
--> Nigeria innings: 100 in 14.3 overs
--> Nigeria innings: 150 in 18.2 overs
--> Botswana innings: 50 in 8.1 overs
--> Botswana innings: 100 in 17.6 overs
--> P Aho made his last appearance in International Twenty20 matches
--> P Aho made his last appearance in Twenty20 matches
--> JB Richards made his last appearance in Twenty20 matches
--> JB Richards made his last appearance in International Twenty20 matches
--> VD Adewoye passed his previous highest score of 41 in International Twenty20 matches
--> VD Adewoye passed his previous highest score of 41 in Twenty20 matches
--> K Piet passed his previous highest score of 13 in International Twenty20 matches
--> K Piet passed his previous highest score of 13 in Twenty20 matches
--> J Asia made his debut in Zimbabwe in International Twenty20 matches
--> J Asia made his debut in Zimbabwe in Twenty20 matches
--> S Chilemanya made his debut in Zimbabwe in International Twenty20 matches
--> S Chilemanya made his debut in Zimbabwe in Twenty20 matches
--> B Kgosiemang achieved his best innings bowling analysis in International Twenty20 matches when he dismissed P Aho in the Nigeria innings (previous best was 2-22)
--> B Kgosiemang achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Twenty20 matches when he dismissed P Aho in the Nigeria innings (previous best was 2-22)
--> J Asia achieved his best innings bowling analysis in International Twenty20 matches when he dismissed D Maisuria in the Botswana innings (previous best was 3-5)
--> J Asia achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Twenty20 matches when he dismissed D Maisuria in the Botswana innings (previous best was 3-5)
--> SI Runsewe retired hurt in the Nigeria innings having scored 5 (team score 8/1)

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