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The Female Yellow-Green beat the host, Rwanda, Botswana, and Kenya, in their first three matches at the tournament.
Nigeria's Women National Cricket team, the Female Yellow-Green presently tops the leaderboard of the ongoing Kwibuka T20 Women Cricket Tournament hosted in Rwanda.
In their first three games of the competition, they defeated the host nation, Rwanda, Botswana, and Kenya.
The team led by Coach Leke Oyede defeated their opponent by six wickets in their debut game on Saturday at the Gahanga Cricket Stadium in Kigali.
The home team failed to finish off the game in 18.2 overs after leaving an 87-run inning for the Nigerian ladies to chase, and Salome Sunday was named the game's top performer.
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On Sunday, the team beat Botswana by Six wickets (Botswana 97/6, Nigeria 98/4), before humbling the three-time winner of the title; Kenya later in the afternoon by three wickets.
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Kenya batting first had set a target of 95/4 (20 overs) that set the team up for a hard-fought 98/7 (16.4 overs) to secure the needed 3-wicket victory, with 16-year-old Lucky Piety picking the player of the match for both Sunday games.
Our first win against Rwanda gave us confidence.
Nigeria Coach Leke Oyede revealed that their win in the first game against Rwanda gave his team the confidence in the championship.
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According to Oyede, “I think the opening victory against the host, Rwanda, pumped up the girls' confidence. Naturally, Nigeria and Rwanda's encounters at this level have evolved into a friendly rivalry and, since we beat them to win the last tournament in April, in Lagos, I know we will need to work harder anytime we meet them again.
“These wins put us on top of the leaderboard and unbeaten, ahead of our game on Monday morning encounter with Uganda, one of the top teams here, who are also unbeaten after two wins against Botswana and host Rwanda as well.”
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22:37 - 02.04.2023
Nigeria wins NCF Women’s Invitational tournament in Lagos
The Yellow Female Greens won the toss and opted to bat, winning by 9 runs.
The ongoing 9th Kwibuka Women’s T20 Tournament is featuring Nigeria, Uganda, Kenya, Botswana, and host Rwanda where the Gahanga and the Kicukiro Cricket Ovals in Kigali are playing host.
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