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The Yellow Female Greens of Nigeria has recorded two wins from two games
Nigeria has continued its impressive performance at the ongoing Nigeria Cricket Federation (NCF) Women’s Invitational tournament.
The Yellow Female Greens defeated Cameroun in the second game on Tuesday.
The five-country tournament started on Monday at the Tafawa Balewa Square (TBS) Cricket Oval in Lagos.
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Nigeria won by seven wickets against Cameroon, which won the toss and opted to bat.
Cameroon, who are making a debut at the event, scored 58, all out in 20 overs.
The team had to rely on Madeleine Nseke 15(26) and captain Michele Ekani 14(24) to shore up runs on the board.
Although the vice-captain of the Nigerian side, Favor Eseigbe, did the damage against the opponents with 3/4 in 3 overs.
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Nigeria came in to chase in the second innings, needing only 7.4 overs to beat the target.
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The Female Yellow Greens won with Six wickets.
Usual suspect Salome helped Nigeria reach 60 runs for the loss of three in 7.4 overs. Nigeria won by seven wickets.
How we defeat Cameroun - Nigeria's captain
The Yellow Female Greens, captain, Blessing Etim, claimed that to reduce their opponent's strength, the team had to deploy their spinners.
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She said, “We observed the batters, they were flashing the bats at us, so we brought in the spinners because they are a little bit slow, and even if the batters are flashing their bats at the ball, it will not move as fast as it ought to when the fast bowlers are bowling.
“So, the spinners did a lot of work, and that is why we could limit them to that low total that they scored."
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On her part, the captain of the Cameroonian side, Ekani, praised her team's efforts and said they would improve in their upcoming games.
“This is just our first game, and we played against a big side like Nigeria. Although we made some errors that we look to correct, I appreciate the efforts of my team in showing the world that we play good cricket in Cameroon,” Ekani said.
Nigerian Eseigbe won player of the match for her outstanding bowling statistics in the game.
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