Nigeria was on Wednesday announced as the winner of the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) Cricket Initiative of The Year 2023 in Africa, with the PwC National U-17 Championship, which has ran for five years. The country was among the 21 nations celebrated by the ICC following another ground-breaking effort on and off the field in the year under review. “The …

Nigeria’s U-19 female cricket team have started preparations ahead of the 2025 International Cricket Council Women’s U-19 World Cup qualifiers, which will be played in Rwanda in August. Handled by a former Kenya International, Sarah Bhakita, the first phase of the team’s camping commenced in Ibadan last week and will continue at the high-performance centre in Benin City in May. …

Hosts Uganda handed Nigeria a six-wicket defeat with 30 balls remaining and sent the Female Yellow Greens crashing out of the 2024 T20 World Cup qualifiers. Nigeria’s 63 runs for the loss of nine wickets in 20 overs was chased by the hosts who had five overs to spare to make 66 runs for the loss of four wickets. Uganda …

In search for a first-ever ICC T20 World Cup ticket, Nigeria will hope to take a step closer by reaching the semi-finals of the ongoing Africa qualifiers for UAE and Bangladesh 2024 when they come up against hosts Uganda in their last group game at the Entebbe Cricket Oval on Thursday (today). It’s the third meeting between both teams this …

Nigeria has been named as one of the three African countries for the trophy tour of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup on 29 and 30 August, ahead of this year’s championship in India. The trophy is expected to arrive in Abuja on 29th August, and will be received by the board of the Nigeria Cricket Federation (NCF) before being …