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Coach sees silver lining after World Cup exit

The Botswana women's cricket team finished third out of eight nations that had gathered in Gaborone over the past week PIC. BCA.
The Botswana women's cricket team finished third out of eight nations that had gathered in Gaborone over the past week PIC. BCA.

National cricket team coach, Stanley Timoni, picked a lot of positives despite Botswana failing to progress in the 2026 T20 World Cup qualifiers held recently locally.

The Botswana women's team finished third out of eight nations that had gathered in Gaborone over the past week in search of two slots in the next stage of the World Cup qualifiers.

The hosts had started their campaign in the ICC T20 Division Two qualifiers brightly, beating Eswatini and Mozambique.

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