ICC T20 African World Cup Qualifier: NCF Releases Final List Of Female Yellow Greens

ICC T20 African World Cup Qualifier: NCF Releases Final List Of Female Yellow Greens

Sampson Adedeji

Ahead of the International Cricket Council African World Cup qualifier, the Nigeria Cricket Federation (NCF) has released the final list of players of the Female Yellow Greens, BSNSports.com.ng reports.

Head coach of the team, Leke Oyede, announced the final squad after inviting 18 players to camp in one of the Nigeria Cricket Federation’s high-performance centres in Benin, Edo State.

Blessing Etim will lead the team as captain and she is joined by other familiar names including Sunday Salome, Esther Sandy, Lucky Piety, Victory Igbinedion, Favour Eseigbe and Christabel Chukwuonye.

Others include wicketkeepers Sarah Etim and Abigail Igbobie, batting sensation Lilian Udeh, Rukayat Abdulrasaq, Peculiar Agboya, Adekunle Adeshola and Rachael Samson. The standby players are Esther Odunayo and Anointed Akhigbe.

Nigeria are in Group B of the qualifying series along with Namibia, hosts Uganda and arch-rivals Rwanda.

The team will arrive in Lagos on Tuesday ahead of their departure to Kampala Uganda the venue of the qualifier.