Cricket Federation births Nigeria-Ghana Cricket Series

To aid the development of women’s cricket in the country, the Nigeria Cricket Federation (NCF) has put together a maiden age-grade international tournament featuring Nigeria’s U-19 national team, and their Ghanaian counterparts.

Known as the Nigeria-Ghana U-19 Women Series, the event, a four-team invitational event, kicked off on September 8, 2024, at the University of Lagos Cricket Oval.
 
Participating teams in the competition are Ghana’s U-19 national team, the South-West female team, a select national women’s team, and Nigeria’s U-19 women’s team.
 
According to NCF President, Uyi Akpata, the event is meant to test the federation’s development effort for women’s Cricket.
“Apart from getting the women’s U-19 team in shape for the Division One World Cup qualifier starting on September 22, in Kigali, this event allows us to test the depth of our women’s development. For the first time, we are parading three teams of national team quality, and also invited Ghana’s Under 19 Women to join.”

Akpata said that the strategic objective of the Federation is to attain gender equality in its developmental effort.

“We have had our school outreaches focused a bit more on girl-child initiatives, and it has been yielding results. The impact is beginning to resonate for the country already,” he added.