Nigeria Cricket Federation (NCF) has acknowledged the importance of the upcoming continental under-17 championship in Kigali, Rwanda and expressed confidence in the ability of the country’s team to emerge from the competition with top marks, Sports247 reports.
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The vote of confidence came as the countdown gets tighter towards the commencement of healthy hostilities at the ICC U19 Men’s Cricket World Cup Africa Qualifiers Division 2, which will take place from August 9th to August 15th, as confirmed by International Cricket Council (ICC).
Games of the six-nation tournament will take place across two venues – Gahanga Cricket Stadium Grounds and RP-Kigali Oval – and the Nigerian squad will tango five other African nations for a place in the next stage of the ICC U19 Men’s Cricket World Cup qualification series.
Uganda, Mozambique, Sierra Leone, Ghana and hosts Rwanda are the countries Nigeria will have to overcome, while aiming to continue their impressive rise in African cricket, as they seek qualification for the next phase en route to the ICC U19 Men’s Cricket World Cup.
While highlighting Nigeria’s preparations for the competition, a statement by the NCF noted in part, “The tournament is an important step on the road to the U-19 Men’s Cricket World Cup, with the top three teams advancing from the Africa Division 2 Qualifier to the next stage of the qualification pathway.”
Sports247 gathered further that Nigeria’s clash with Rwanda on Wednesday, August 12th at Gahanga Main Oval is expected to be one of the competition’s toughest games, with both sides eager to strengthen their qualification hopes.
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