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Cricket: Nigeria wins second game against Cameroon
Nigeria has won her second game of the ongoing Nigeria Cricket Federation (NCF) Women’s Invitational by 7 wickets against Cameroon.
The game at the Tafawa Balewa Square (TBS) Cricket oval on Tuesday, saw Cameroon win 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, vice captain of the Nigerian side, Favour Eseigbe, did the damage against the opponents with 3/4 in 3 overs.
Nigeria came in to chase in the second innings, needing only 7.4 overs to beat the target.
Usual suspect Salome Sunday 17(17) helped Nigeria reach 60 runs for the loss of three in 7.4 overs. Nigeria won by 7 wickets.
After the game, Blessing Etim, captain of the Nigerian team, said the team had to use its spinners to weaken the strength of their opponent.
“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 bat 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,” Etim added.
On her part, captain of the Cameroonian side, Ekani, lauded her team’s efforts adding that they will come up stronger in their subsequent 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 but I appreciate the efforts of my team in showing the world that we play good cricket in Cameroon,” Ekani said.
Eseigbe, from Nigeria, emerged player of the match for her outstanding bowling statistics in the game.
Culled from NAN
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