Nigeria national cricket team

Nigeria
Nickname(s)Yellow Greens[1]
AssociationNigeria Cricket Federation
Personnel
CaptainSylvester Okpe
CoachSteve Tikolo[2]
History
Twenty20 debutNigeria Nigeria v. North West
(Boland Park, South Africa; 14 September 2018)
International Cricket Council
ICC statusAssociate member (2002)
ICC regionAfrica
ICC Rankings Current[3] Best-ever
T20I 37th 36th (25 May 2019)
International cricket
First international Lagos Colony v. Gold Coast Gold Coast (British colony)
(Lagos, 25 May 1904)
Twenty20 Internationals
First T20Iv  Kenya at Kyambogo Cricket Oval, Kampala; 20 May 2019
Last T20Iv  Ivory Coast at Tafawa Balewa Square Cricket Oval, Lagos; 24 November 2024
T20Is Played Won/Lost
Total[4] 59 30/27
(0 ties, 2 no results)
This year[5] 9 5/4
(0 ties, 0 no results)
T20 World Cup Qualifier appearances3[a] (first in 2019)
Best result4th (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]

  1. ^ "Team Nigeria set for the ICC T-20 World Cup Africa finals in Uganda". Nigeria Cricket. 14 May 2019. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
  2. ^ "N.C.F unveils Steve Tikolo as the new Head Coach and High Performance Manager". www.nigeriacricket.com.ng. 23 October 2022. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  3. ^ "ICC Rankings". International Cricket Council.
  4. ^ "T20I matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  5. ^ "T20I matches - 2024 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  6. ^ Encyclopedia of World Cricket by Roy Morgan, Sportsbooks Publishing, 2007
  7. ^ Nigeria at CricketArchive


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