Nigeria's senior ladies's cricket group, the Feminine Yellow Greens, began their title protection of the Nigeria Cricket Federation Girls T20i invitational match with an emphatic 54-run win over Sierra Leone of their first match of the match on the Tafawa Balewa Sq. Oval in Lagos on Sunday , PUNCH Sports activities Additional stories.
Captain Blessing Etim received the toss for Nigeria, electing to bat first, and their guests had been unable to resist their firepower within the first innings.
The feminine Yellow Greens batting noticed them hunch to 137 runs for the lack of two wickets in 20 overs, leaving their opponents with a mountain to climb within the second innings. Favor Eseigbe contributed 44 runs from 48 balls whereas Peculiar Agboya and Esther Sandy left 33 and 30 balls every within the inning.
Sierra Leone might solely put 83 runs on the board throughout their batting, dropping eight wickets in 20 overs.
Earlier within the first match, Tanzania, newcomers and the best ranked group on the match, fell to a shock 33 factors on their debut on the match towards former champions Rwanda.
Like Nigeria, Rwanda additionally received the toss and opted to bat first, posting 119 runs for the lack of 4 wickets in 20 overs, whereas Tanzania might solely make 86 runs all out in 16.4 overs.
The motion continues on Monday (right now) with Nigeria taking over Tanzania within the first match of the day earlier than Rwanda and Sierra Leone conflict on the identical venue.
The four-nation match might be performed in a round-robin format till March 4 and the group with the best level will take dwelling the title.
Chairman of the NCF, Uyi Akpata, stated the occasion was a part of the various alternatives the federation had designed to advertise the sport, and it was gratifying to see the rising worldwide curiosity within the match.
“The Nigeria Cricket Federation Girls T20 Invitational Match is on the rise, and the standard of matches has helped Nigeria rise to prominence as we now rank twenty ninth on the planet, up from the thirty eighth we occupied in 2021,” stated Akpata.
“Nigeria has made sensible use of the achievements and exposures that occasions like these have supplied to turn out to be a power in ladies's cricket on the continent.”