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| 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 Kenya at Sikh Union Club Ground, Nairobi; 17 July 2024 | |||||||||
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| T20 World Cup Qualifier appearances | 3[a] (first in 2019) | |||||||||
| Best result | 4th (2021) | |||||||||
| As of 17 July 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]
- ^ "Team Nigeria set for the ICC T-20 World Cup Africa finals in Uganda". Nigeria Cricket. 14 May 2019. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "ICC Rankings". International Cricket Council.
- ^ "T20I matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ "T20I matches - 2024 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ Encyclopedia of World Cricket by Roy Morgan, Sportsbooks Publishing, 2007
- ^ Nigeria at CricketArchive
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