Wilka Mwatile
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| Full name | Wilka Mwatile | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 18 July 2000 Eshakeno, Ohangwena, Namibia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm offbreak | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| T20I debut (cap 5) | 20 August 2018 v Malawi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 14 September 2024 v Zimbabwe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 7 October 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wilka Mwatile (born 18 July 2000) is a Namibian cricketer.[1] She made her Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) debut for the Namibia women's cricket team on 20 August 2018, against Malawi, in the 2018 Botswana Cricket Association Women's T20I Series.[2] It was the first WT20I match to be played by Namibia.[3]
In August 2019, she was named in Namibia's squad for the 2019 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament in Scotland.[4][5] She played in Namibia's opening match of the tournament, on 31 August 2019, against Ireland.[6] She was the leading wicket-taker for Namibia in the tournament, with five dismissals in five matches.[7] In May 2021, she was named in Namibia's squad for the 2021 Kwibuka Women's T20 Tournament in Rwanda.[8]
In September 2021, in the 2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier match against Cameroon, Mwatile took a five-wicket haul.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ "Wilka Mwatile". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
- ^ "2nd Match, Botswana Cricket Association Women's T20I Series at Gaborone (Oval 2), Aug 20 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
- ^ "Botswana 7s tournament: A complete round-up". Women's Criczone. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
- ^ "Match official appointments and squads announced for ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier 2019". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
- ^ "Namibia announces women's cricket World Cup qualifier squad". Xinhua News. Archived from the original on 22 August 2019. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
- ^ "4th Match, ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier at Arbroath, Aug 31 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
- ^ "ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier, 2019 - Namibia Women: Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
- ^ "Irene van Zyl backs Namibia batting to come good in Kwibuka T20 Tournament". Women's CricZone. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
- ^ "Fatuma Kibasu, Wilka Mwatile star as Tanzania, Namibia register huge wins in Africa Qualifier". Women's CricZone. Retrieved 14 September 2021.