The organising committee of the fifth version of the Nigeria Cricket Federation Girls’s T20 Invitational Match has unveiled Tanzania to take part within the four-nation occasion scheduled to carry from February twenty third to March third in Lagos.
Ranked nineteenth on the planet, the Tanzania ladies’s workforce could be making their first look on the occasion that has shared its winnings thus far between Nigeria and Rwanda.
Chairman of the organising committee of the event, Chuma Anosike, describes the Tanzanian ladies’s workforce on the occasion as a serious achievement, stressing that they’re ranked higher than any of the groups taking part.
“Nigeria, the host and defending champion are ranked twenty ninth within the World, Rwanda are three steps forward of us at 26, whereas Sierra Leone are thirty ninth.
“Their inclusion raises the bar for the occasion, and the potential for an elevated variety of eyeballs that can watch the matches globally,” he stated.
The occasion will run for eight days on the Tafawa Balewa Cricket Oval in Lagos.
The Nigerian workforce, the Feminine Yellow-Greens, have been in camp since final week and hope to place up a commanding efficiency at their floor to defend the occasion they received final yr.
The coach of the workforce, Leke Oyede, has requested for help from the house followers, stressing that his wards would recognize supporters popping out to cheer them on match days when the occasion begins.
The event’s first ball will likely be on Sunday, February twenty fifth, with Tanzania squaring off with 2022 champion Rwanda, by 10 am, earlier than Nigeria’s encounter together with her West African rivals Sierra Leone by 2:15 later within the afternoon.
Nigeria’s workforce will likely be led by long-standing captain and the most-capped feminine cricketer within the nation, Blessing Etim.
