The earliest cricketing history which can be substantiated relates to a paragraph contained in the publication "The White Tide" by David Sinclair, Modern Press, Gweru 2000 wherein it is recorded that a cricket match was played in the late 1870s in a village named Shoshong between "Home-Born" and the "Colonials". The game was started in the main by expatriates from Britain, South Africa, India, Pakistan and Sri-Lanka who were on various assignments in the country soon after independence in September 1966. The game was initially played in the two main centres viz Gaborone and Francistown. However, with the discovery of diamonds on 1 March 1967 at Orapa. The Botswana Cricket Association was founded on 8 February 1983.[2]
botswana, cricket, association, official, governing, body, sport, cricket, botswana, headquarters, gaborone, botswana, affiliated, with, botswana, national, sports, council, bnsc, botswana, national, olympic, committee, bnoc, established, 1979, been, member, i. The Botswana Cricket Association BCA is the official governing body of the sport of cricket in Botswana Its headquarters is in Gaborone Botswana It is affiliated with Botswana National Sports Council BNSC and the Botswana National Olympic Committee BNOC Established in 1979 the BCA has been a member of the International Cricket Council ICC since 2002 and was also a founding member of the Africa Cricket Association 1 Botswana Cricket AssociationSportCricketJurisdictionBotswanaFounded1979AffiliationInternational Cricket CouncilAffiliation date2002 affiliate member 2005 associate member Regional affiliationICC AfricaHeadquartersGaboroneOfficial websitecricketbotswana wbr org Contents 1 History 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksHistory editThe earliest cricketing history which can be substantiated relates to a paragraph contained in the publication The White Tide by David Sinclair Modern Press Gweru 2000 wherein it is recorded that a cricket match was played in the late 1870s in a village named Shoshong between Home Born and the Colonials The game was started in the main by expatriates from Britain South Africa India Pakistan and Sri Lanka who were on various assignments in the country soon after independence in September 1966 The game was initially played in the two main centres viz Gaborone and Francistown However with the discovery of diamonds on 1 March 1967 at Orapa The Botswana Cricket Association was founded on 8 February 1983 2 See also editBotswana national cricket teamReferences edit About BCA Archived 4 January 2019 at the Wayback Machine cricketbotswana org Retrieved 15 April 2016 Botswana Cricket History Archived from the original on 12 August 2016 Retrieved 11 August 2016 External links editOfficial website nbsp Cricinfo Botswana nbsp This article related to cricket administration is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Botswana Cricket Association amp oldid 1221550504, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
