tt15820 itt3500	Botswana v Malawi
	ICC Men's T20 World Cup Africa Regional Final 2025/26 (7th Place Play-off)
Venue	Takashinga Sports Club, Highfield, Harare on 4th October 2025 (20-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Malawi won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Malawi won by 56 runs
Umpires	A Louw (Namibia), L Rusere
Referee	GH Pienaar (South Africa)
Reserve Umpire	C Schumacher (Namibia)
Player of the Match	MA Baig
Ball-by-ball	Innings 1, Innings 2

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Malawi innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots	S-Rate
A Limdawala	b Perera	12	12	34	2	-	8	100.00
C Tchale	c Balakrishnan b Piet	18	20	36	2	-	12	90.00
Sami Sohail	c Kasselman b Keganne	30	23	4	4	1	12	130.43
G Kansonkho	run out (Balakrishnan->Kasselman)	20	14	30	-	-	2	142.86
+SY Nihute	not out	29	24	52	1	-	5	120.83
*MA Baig	c Kasselman b Keganne	7	7	2	1	-	4	100.00
SZ Vayani	not out	30	21	21	1	1	6	142.86
D Jakiel	did not bat
Kazim Somani	did not bat
K Thuchila	did not bat
T Makaya	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	5
Total	(5 wickets, innings closed, 20 overs)	151
Fall of wickets:
1-23 (Limdawala, 3.3 ov), 2-60 (Tchale, 8.4 ov), 3-66 (Sami Sohail, 9.4 ov), 4-101 (Kansonkho, 13.4 ov), 5-112 (Baig, 15.2 ov)

Botswana bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s	S-Rate	Econ
Kgosiemang	4	0	29	0	-	-	11	2	1	-	7.25
Perera	4	0	28	1	-	1	12	2	-	24.00	7.00
Tshose	4	0	22	0	-	-	10	2	-	-	5.50
Maisuria	2	0	28	0	-	-	2	3	1	-	14.00
Keganne	3	0	15	2	-	-	9	1	-	9.00	5.00
Piet	3	0	26	1	1	-	5	1	-	18.00	8.67

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Botswana innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots	S-Rate
K Modise	b Thuchila	16	16	32	2	-	7	100.00
VP Balakrishnan	c Tchale b Thuchila	7	11	31	1	-	7	63.64
*KM Motlhanka	c Limdawala b Baig	2	6	3	-	-	4	33.33
T Perera	c Kansonkho b Makaya	19	20	25	2	-	8	95.00
+M Kasselman	c and b Vayani	18	18	21	1	-	6	100.00
T Tshose	c Nihute b Baig	14	15	20	1	-	5	93.33
K Piet	c and b Vayani	2	6	1	-	-	5	33.33
D Maisuria	lbw b Baig	4	13	14	-	-	9	30.77
B Keganne	b Baig	4	7	10	-	-	4	57.14
B Kgosiemang	not out	2	7	10	-	-	5	28.57
AL Motshegetsi	not out	0	1	1	-	-	1	0.00
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb, 5 w)	7
Total	(9 wickets, innings closed, 20 overs)	95
Fall of wickets:
1-26 (Balakrishnan, 4.1 ov), 2-29 (Modise, 4.6 ov), 3-29 (Motlhanka, 5.3 ov), 4-65 (Kasselman, 11.3 ov), 5-67 (Perera, 12.3 ov), 6-70 (Piet, 13.4 ov), 7-87 (Maisuria, 17.1 ov), 8-88 (Tshose, 17.5 ov), 9-95 (Keganne, 19.5 ov)

Malawi bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s	S-Rate	Econ
Sami Sohail	2	0	14	0	2	-	6	2	-	-	7.00
Thuchila	4	0	23	2	1	-	10	1	-	12.00	5.75
Baig	4	0	10	4	-	-	17	1	-	6.00	2.50
Jakiel	2	0	11	0	-	-	5	1	-	-	5.50
Vayani	4	0	17	2	-	-	12	1	-	12.00	4.25
Makaya	4	0	18	1	1	-	11	1	-	24.00	4.50

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Notes
--> Malawi powerplay 1: overs 1 to 6 (46/1)
--> Botswana powerplay 1: overs 1 to 6 (34/3)
--> Malawi innings: 50 in 7.5 overs
--> Malawi innings: 100 in 13.4 overs
--> Malawi innings: 150 in 19.6 overs
--> Botswana innings: 50 in 8.4 overs
--> SZ Vayani equalled his previous highest score of 30 in International Twenty20 matches
--> SZ Vayani equalled his previous highest score of 30 in Twenty20 matches
--> T Makaya made his debut in Zimbabwe in International Twenty20 matches
--> T Makaya made his debut in Zimbabwe in Twenty20 matches

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