Archives Tag: cricket

SPORTS

April 19, 2022

  Nigeria’s national Under-19 Cricket team, the Junior Yellow-Green, has landed in Kigali, Rwanda in quest of a ticket to the ICC U-19 Cricket Championship in 2022. The Junior Yellow-Green will be looking to defend the title that earned Nigeria its first Cricket World Cup outing. Read more about Sports After a 10-day pre-tournament tour … Continue reading ICC U-19: Nigeria Lands In Rwanda

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SPORTS

April 19, 2022

Nigerian and Namibian cricket teams are set to replace the recently banned Zimbabwe Cricket Federation and compete in the in ICC Men’s and Women’s T20 World Cup qualifiers. The Namibian women team join the tournament’s hosts, Scotland, USA, Bangladesh, Ireland, Thailand, Netherlands, and Papua New Guinea to vie for the two remaining spots at the … Continue reading Nigeria And Namibia Set To Replace Suspended Zimbabwe At The ICC T20 World Cup Qualifiers

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SPORTS

April 19, 2022

It was a monumental first for Nigeria as the country’s under 19 Cricket Team, the “Junior Yellow Green”, qualified for their first ever Cricket World Cupry. Emotions were high at the arena when Team Nigeria, having put up quite the impressive display, qualified as the first team in West Africa to book a spot at … Continue reading U-19 Cricket: Team Nigeria Qualify For First Ever Cricket World Cup!

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SPORTS

April 19, 2022

The Kwara Cricket Federation is concluding plans to host the Easter Holiday Cricket tournament for secondary schools in the state. The event, which will feature several teams from different schools across the state, is part of the cricket body’s objective to discover, equip and develop young players at the grassroots. To ensure the success of … Continue reading Kwara Cricket Association to Organize School Tourney

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SPORTS

April 19, 2022

About 200 primary and secondary school students have received first-rate cricket training in Nasarawa state. The orientation program, which was sponsored by the Cricket Federation of Nigeria in partnership with Price House Water, was made available to pupils across ten schools in the state — to start them on the path to becoming cricketing masters. … Continue reading 200 Students Trained By Nigeria Cricket Federation In Nasarawa

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SPORTS

April 19, 2022

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two opposing teams of eleven players each on a cricket field, at the centre of the field sits a 20-metre rectangular strip with a target at each end called the wicket (a set of three wooden stumps upon which two bails sit). The first ever international cricket game … Continue reading Did You Know: Cricket Is As Old As Football in Nigeria?

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