Nickname(s) | Yellow Greens[1] | |||||||||
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Association | Nigeria Cricket Federation | |||||||||
Personnel | ||||||||||
Captain | Sylvester Okpe | |||||||||
Coach | Steve Tikolo[2] | |||||||||
History | ||||||||||
Twenty20 debut | Nigeria v. North West (Boland Park, South Africa; 14 September 2018) | |||||||||
International Cricket Council | ||||||||||
ICC status | Associate member (2002) | |||||||||
ICC region | Africa | |||||||||
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International cricket | ||||||||||
First international | Lagos Colony v. Gold Coast (Lagos, 25 May 1904) | |||||||||
Twenty20 Internationals | ||||||||||
First T20I | v Kenya at Kyambogo Cricket Oval, Kampala; 20 May 2019 | |||||||||
Last T20I | v Ivory Coast at Tafawa Balewa Square Cricket Oval, Lagos; 24 November 2024 | |||||||||
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T20 World Cup Qualifier appearances | 3[a] (first in 2019) | |||||||||
Best result | 4th (2021) | |||||||||
As of 24 November 2024 |
The Nigeria national cricket team is the men's team that represents the country of Nigeria in international cricket. Cricket has been played in Nigeria since the late 19th century, and the national team played their first match in 1904, when a team representing the Lagos Colony played the Gold Coast Colony.[6] The Nigeria Cricket Association has been an associate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) since 2002.[7]
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