By Akanimo Kufre
Nigeria’s Men’s Cricket team, the Yellow Greens lost to Uganda by 66 runs in the playoff match for 5th position in the ICC World Cup, Africa Qualifiers series.
Uganda batted 196 runs and lost 7 wickets in their innings. Riazat Ali played ‘not out’ and posted 66 runs for Uganda.
The Yellow Greens’ chase on target of 197
runs was cut short at 130 runs and loss of 7 wickets. Captain Sylvester Okpe gave an exceptional performance scoring the highest individual runs of 26 and dismissed 2 wickets for his team.
Nigeria, the West African Cricket powerhouse prosecuted 5 games in the series. While Nigeria defeated Malawi and Botswana, they lost to Namibia, Kenya and Uganda.
The quest for two ICC Men’s T20 World Cup tickets for Africa was won by Zimbabwe and Namibia. Both countries will join South Africa as the cricket world cup takes off in 2026.
