Nigeria vs Botswana, 5th place play-off at Harare, Africa Final, Oct 02 2025 - Full Scorecard

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Sulaimon Runsewe	retired hurt	5	7	-	1	0	71.42
Solomon Chilemanya †	c Maisuria b Kgosiemang	2	3	-	0	0	66.66
Isaac Danladi	b Maisuria	19	22	-	2	0	86.36
Sesan Adedeji	b Maisuria	41	43	-	3	0	95.34
Sylvester Okpe (c)	c Motlhanka b Tshose	7	4	-	1	0	175.00
Vincent Adewoye	b Perera	42	18	-	4	3	233.33
Prosper Useni	c Perera b Kgosiemang	21	11	-	0	1	190.90
Isaac Okpe	c Tshose b Perera	11	7	-	0	1	157.14
Ridwan Abdulkareem	not out	4	3	-	0	0	133.33
Peter Aho	b Kgosiemang	6	2	-	0	1	300.00
Extras	(lb 6, w 2)	8
Total	20 Ov (RR: 8.30)	166/8
Did not bat: Joshua Asia
Fall of wickets: 1-3 (Solomon Chilemanya, 0.5 ov), 1-8* (Sulaimon Runsewe, retired not out), 2-45 (Isaac Danladi, 8.4 ov), 3-62 (Sylvester Okpe, 9.6 ov), 4-123 (Sesan Adedeji, 15.6 ov), 5-123 (Vincent Adewoye, 16.1 ov), 6-150 (Isaac Okpe, 18.3 ov), 7-160 (Prosper Useni, 19.4 ov), 8-166 (Peter Aho, 19.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Boemo Kgosiemang	4	0	26	3	6.50	11	1	1	1	0
0.5 to S Chilemanya, . 3/1 19.4 to P Useni, . 160/7 19.6 to P Aho, . 166/8
Tharindu Perera	4	0	27	2	6.75	12	2	1	1	0
16.1 to VD Adewoye, . 123/5 18.3 to IO Okpe, . 150/6
Thatayaone Tshose	4	0	29	1	7.25	8	3	0	0	0
9.6 to SA Okpe, . 62/3
Dhruvkumar Maisuria	4	0	31	2	7.75	8	3	1	0	0
8.4 to I Danladi, . 45/2 15.6 to S Adedeji, . 123/4
Katlo Piet	2	0	22	0	11.00	3	2	1	0	0
Botlhe Keganne	2	0	25	0	12.50	2	0	2	0	0

Botswana (T: 167 runs from 20 ovs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Karabo Modise	b SA Okpe	1	5	-	0	0	20.00
Vinoo Balakrishnan	c Danladi b Useni	20	18	-	3	0	111.11
Karabo Motlhanka (c)	b Joshua Asia	22	32	-	2	0	68.75
Monroux Kasselman †	c †Chilemanya b Abdulkareem	15	15	-	1	1	100.00
Tharindu Perera	c †Chilemanya b Joshua Asia	19	7	-	1	2	271.42
Thatayaone Tshose	c Aho b Joshua Asia	3	10	-	0	0	30.00
Katlo Piet	not out	22	20	-	1	1	110.00
Dhruvkumar Maisuria	c †Chilemanya b Joshua Asia	0	2	-	0	0	0.00
Jack Richards	not out	7	12	-	0	0	58.33
Extras	(b 4, lb 2, nb 1, w 6)	13
Total	20 Ov (RR: 6.10)	122/7
Did not bat: Botlhe Keganne, Boemo Kgosiemang
Fall of wickets: 1-6 (Karabo Modise, 1.2 ov), 2-37 (Vinoo Balakrishnan, 6.2 ov), 3-58 (Monroux Kasselman, 9.4 ov), 4-81 (Tharindu Perera, 11.3 ov), 5-85 (Karabo Motlhanka, 13.1 ov), 6-92 (Thatayaone Tshose, 15.3 ov), 7-92 (Dhruvkumar Maisuria, 15.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Peter Aho	4	0	24	0	6.00	13	3	0	3	0
Sylvester Okpe	3	1	15	1	5.00	13	1	1	0	0
1.2 to K Modise, . 6/1
Prosper Useni	2	0	14	1	7.00	6	2	0	0	1
6.2 to V Balakrishnan, . 37/2
Isaac Okpe	3	0	28	0	9.33	6	1	2	1	0
Ridwan Abdulkareem	4	0	24	1	6.00	13	1	1	1	0
9.4 to M Kasselman, . 58/3
Joshua Asia	4	0	11	4	2.75	15	0	0	1	0
11.3 to T Perera, . 81/4 13.1 to K Motlhanka, . 85/5 15.3 to T Tshose, . 92/6 15.5 to D Maisuria, . 92/7

Match Flow

Match Details

Takashinga Sports Club, Highfield, Harare
Toss	Nigeria, elected to bat first
Series	ICC Men's T20 World Cup Africa Region Final
Season	2025/26
Player Of The Match	Joshua Asia
Series result	Nigeria advanced
Match number	T20I no. 3492
Match days	2 October 2025 - day (20-over match)
Umpires	Claus Schumacher Iknow Chabi
Reserve Umpire	Stephen Harris
Match Referee	Gerrie Pienaar

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Botswana Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
P Aho	4	0	24	0	6
SA Okpe	3	1	15	1	5
P Useni	2	0	14	1	7 (1 nb)
IO Okpe	3	0	28	0	9.33
R Abdulkareem	4	0	24	1	6
Joshua Asia	4	0	11	4	2.75

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