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The Men’s Cricket team of the island nation of St Helena are the first to arrive in Nigeria for the International Cricket Council (ICC), Sub-Regional World Cup Qualifiers C
Nigeria will welcome five other African nations - Botswana, Ivory Coast, Eswatini, St. Helena, and Sierra Leone during the sub-regional African Qualifier C in Abuja.
This will mark the commencement of Nigeria's men's cricket team's journey to the 2026 T20 World Cup in India and Sri Lanka.
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The President of the Nigeria Cricket Federation, Uyi Akpata, believes that the men’s T20 2026 World Cup Qualifier, hosted by Nigeria from November 23 to 28, will challenge the country's facilities and test the federation's personnel and event management skills.
The week-long tournament will feature 15 matches at the twin Oval of the Moshood Abiola National Stadium, with two finalists advancing to the next stage of the World Cup Qualifier.
“There is no doubt that we are making some advancement in talent development. We are at a point where we need to build competences across different facets of the game. Hosting the qualifiers allows us to show our visitors a different side of Nigeria through the game.
“Nigeria Cricket has been making a bit of buzz globally, and attention will be on us during the event. I think it is a good thing. And I believe it is our opportunity to show the world our brand of cricket and some bits of what makes us Nigeria,” Akpata said.
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St. Helena’s Cricket Team Arrives in Nigeria for WCQ
The Men’s Cricket team of the island nation of St Helena has arrived in Abuja, ahead of the scheduled International Cricket Council (ICC) Sub-Regional World Cup Qualifiers C scheduled to take place from November 23rd to 28th, 2024.
Host country Tournament Director, Emeka Igwilo said the arrival of the St. Helena team sets the event’s plan to full implementation mode.
“The St. Helena’s team arrived on Sunday, November 17, ahead of their schedule partly so they could acclimatize to the Nigerian climate ahead of the Qualifiers. And that has activated all the tournament operations plans.”
Igwilo said Nigeria’s team, which has been camped at the nation’s capital, will be joined by four other countries in the crucial encounters.
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“Now we have Botswana, Eswatini, and two other West African neighbors, Cote D’Ivoire and Sierra Leone to complete the list later in the week.”
The opening encounter of the 15-match qualifier will see Eswatini take on Botswana at the Oval 1 of the NCF Cricket Pitch inside the Moshood Abiola National Stadium in Abuja on Saturday, November 23rd, at 9:30 a.m.
Nigeria’s first test at the event will be against St Helena on Oval 2 later in the afternoon, while Cote D’Ivoire will simultaneously take on Sierra Leone at pitch one.
Igwilo said the event will see the two Ovals being put to maximum test.
“Our team has done a great deal of work to put the facilities in the best shape and we look forward to the great games that would be played on them.”
Over 200 players, officials, and ad-hoc workers will be at all week at the event that will put Nigeria at the center stage of global cricket action.
“The International Cricket Council Officials are superintending over qualifiers and that makes this event one of the most important cricket events going on globally” Igwilo added.
The event will round off on Thursday, November 28, 2024, with the best two teams from the series qualifying for the next stage of the 2025 Cricket T20 World Cup.
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