Nigeria on Sunday beat Rwanda to win the third edition of the Nigeria Cricket Federation (NCF) Women’s T20 Invitational Tournament in Lagos.
The match, which was a repeat of the final game in the previous edition as expected, kept spectators and both teams on their toes at the Tafawa Balewa Square cricket oval.
Both sides, undoubtedly the favourites in the tournament, showed great skills and ability going into the final game on Sunday.
Nigeria won the toss and elected to bat.
Salome Sunday 48(58) and Piety Lucky 11(17) were great with the bat, as they were the top batting performers for the hosts to race to 99 runs for the loss of four wickets in 20 overs.
The second innings meant Nigeria would defend the total with good fielding strategy.
Rwanda came on to bat with Gisele Ishimwe 31(48) and captain Diane Bimenyimana 15(19) contributing to the score of the side.
But Lucky and Racheal Samson did the most damage to the East African team, claiming three wickets each.
The defending champions…
