Botswana improves but go down to Namibia

Improvement: The women's team fought hard but lost to Namibia
Improvement: The women's team fought hard but lost to Namibia

Botswana improved significantly with the bat in their third match at the Kwibuka women's T20 cricket tournament on Tuesday but still fell to a 65-run defeat to Namibia at the Gahanga Cricket Stadium in Kigali, Rwanda.

Botswana suffered heavy losses in their two opening matches against Rwanda and Kenya and were looking for redemption against their neighbours Namibia yesterday.

But there was no neighbourly love from Namibia as Botswana suffered a third consecutive defeat, despite scoring their highest total of 90-7. Namibians, who won the toss and opted to bat, found the boundary at regular intervals on their way to 155-1 in their allotted 20-overs.

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