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September 2, 2023 No Responses

Stallion NMN Excites Cricket Fans With World Cup Trophy Tour

Stallion NMN, the official Nissan representative in Nigeria, has completed hosting the Nigeria leg of the International Cricket Council (ICC)’s World Cup trophy tour in association with the Nigeria Cricket Federation (NCF). The cup was displayed to the public on...

October 3, 2022 No Responses

Cricket: Nigeria Wins Second Game, Beat Botswana By 10 Wickets

Nigeria’s U-19 cricket team continues to show dominance at the ongoing ICC U-19 World Cup Africa Division Two Qualifiers in Abuja. The Daniel Gim-tutored side had defeated Rwanda in the opening game on Friday as well as Botswana on Sunday,...

September 4, 2022 No Responses

Nigeria Lose Opening Game To Rwanda At Cricket World Cup Qualifiers

Nigeria lost their opening game at the Under-19 Women’s Cricket World Cup qualifiers to Rwanda by nine runs on Saturday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the tournament is the first ever to be organised by the International...

June 8, 2022 No Responses

Cricket: Team Nigeria Arrives Kigali For KwibukaT20

Team Nigeria has arrived Kigali for KwibukaT20 Women’s Cricket tournament, with 24-man contingent, comprising 16 players and officials. Nigeria joins Uganda, Botswana and Brazil to arrive in Rwanda for the tournament scheduled to begin on Thursday to June 18...

September 14, 2021 No Responses

Cricket W/Cup Qualifiers: Nigeria Defeats Cameroon By 10 wickets

Nigeria has won her last group B game against Cameroon by 10 wickets with 84 balls left in the International Cricket Council (ICC) T20 Women’s World Cup qualifiers. The game at the Botswana Cricket Oval Gaborone on Monday, saw the...

September 11, 2021 No Responses

Cricket W/Cup Qualifiers: Nigeria Loses To Namibia By 59 Runs

Team Nigeria on Friday lost her second game to Namibia by 59 runs at the ongoing International Cricket Council (ICC) T20 Women’s World Cup qualifiers in Botswana. The game at the Botswana Cricket Association (BCA) oval in Gaborone saw Namibia...

September 5, 2021 No Responses

Nigeria’s Female Cricket Team Departs For Botswana Monday

Nigeria’s senior female cricket team will depart the country for Botswana on Monday ahead of the Women’s T20 World Cup qualifiers. The 22-member contingent comprises 14 players and eight officials. Taiwo Oriss, Secretary of the Nigeria Cricket ...

May 28, 2021 No Responses

Cricket Federation Distributes Equipment To 14 Schools

The Nigeria Cricket Federation (NCF) on Thursday in Abuja distributed cricket equipment to 14 schools in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to enhance the sport’s development. Yahaya Ukwenya, Chairman of NCF Caretaker Committee, said the distrib...

April 6, 2021 No Responses

Edo Win Two Gold Medals In Cricket

Team Edo on Monday evening won the gold medals in the male and female six-a-side cricket event at the ongoing 20th National Sports Festival (NSF) in Benin. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Edo male team won...

February 7, 2021 No Responses

U-17 Cricket: South South, North West To Clash In Finals

Defending champions Team North West and South South have qualified for the finals of the U-17 National Boys Cricket championship to hold on Sunday. The tournament sponsored by Pricewaterhouse Coopers (PwC) is ongoing at the Edo Boys High School, Adolor,....

February 1, 2021 No Responses

PwC Reiterates Three Years Support For U-17 Cricket Championship

PChioma Giwa-Amu, a representative of PwC, presenting an award to Rejoice Assan of South South as the Best Bowler of the tournament Price Waterhouse Coopers (PwC), sponsors of the National U-17 Cricket championship, on Sunday in Benin, Edo State pledged....

January 30, 2021 No Responses

U-17 Cricket Finals: South South defeats South West By 126 Runs

Team South South on Friday defeated defending champions, South West by 126 runs in the National U-17 Cricket Girls Finals in Benin-City. The tournament, organised by the Nigeria Cricket Federation (NCF) and sponsored by Pricewaterhouse Coopers (PwC...

January 25, 2021 No Responses

Asanka: PwC U-17 Championships Critical For Cricket Development

Asanka Gurusinha, the Head Coach and High-Performance Manager of Cricket in Nigeria, has described the ongoing regional finals of the PwC National U-17 Cricket Championships as very important for development pathway of the sport. Asanka in a statement issued b...

January 15, 2021 No Responses

PwC Nigeria To Sponsor National U-17 Cricket Tournament

Foremost professional services firm, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Nigeria has announced that it would once again be sponsoring this year’s edition of the National Under 17 Cricket Championship organised by the Nigeria Cricket Federation. The tourn...