The Nigerian Male National Cricket Team, the Yellow-Green, extended their winning streak at the ongoing International Cricket Council Men’s T20 World Cup Sub Regional Africa Qualifier C when they subdued Cote D’Ivoire 264 run victory on Sunday.
The win now puts Nigeria atop the points table for the event and gives them a 9.55 net run rate after two matches.
The team had defeated St. Helena by 118 in their opening game on Saturday, with Ridwan Abdulkareen taking three wickets in succession (totalling four for the game) to emerge man of the match.
Captain of the Yellow-Green, Sylvester Okpe, said that the team’s match plan had gone according to plan, noting that the team was taking each match on its merit and would go and analyse their performance despite the win to cut down on their errors.
“This is a team event and we are taking every game one at a time. We might have won our matches; we want to go back and see where we need to improve on despite the…