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Nigeria closer to 2024 Cricket World Cup with victories in Kigali

Nigeria, yesterday, in Kigali, enhanced its chances of qualifying for the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) World Cup with its fourth victory in the sub-regional Africa Qualifier B.

Coached by Steve Tikolo, the country defeated Eswatini and Gambia to complement its earlier victories over Mozambique and their West African rival Sierra Leone, in their opening encounters.

Captain of the side, Sylvester Okpe, said his team is confident of qualification with their run so far in the first stage of the 2024 Cricket World Cup.

“We had a plan coming to this event and we are on course with it. Barring any major injury and distractions, I am very confident we will pick one of the two tickets here for the next stage,” he said.

In the win against Eswatini, the team set three new international records, including the highest T20i score for Nigeria in any international game (221/7), the highest runs by a Nigerian batter in T20i (Ashmit Shreshta: 76 runs in 49 balls) and fastest ever T20i half century for the country (Isaac Okpe: 53/17).

Excited by the team’s feat, Nigeria Cricket Federation (NCF) President, Uyi Akpata, said the boys are living up to the investment in them, adding that he is confident the senior national male team still has a lot to offer on the international stage.

“We are proud of the team’s performance so far and the pace at which they have conducted themselves has been very commendable, especially improvements in the batting department, which we have been working on and can now see practical improvements,” he said.

Nigeria had beaten Mozambique by eight wickets and ran over Sierra Leone on Friday by six wickets. The record- breaking victory over Eswatini was with 118 runs, while the Gambian victory was with nine runs.

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