National Men’s Cricket Championship begins in Benin

Following on the heels of the South South Women Championship, which ended at the weekend in Benin, Edo State, the city is ready once again to host another major cricket championship, this time involving the men.

According to the Nigeria Cricket Federation (NCF), eight teams will be on parade from today to March 31 at the National Cricket Men’s Championship billed for Edo Boys High School, sports betting Cricket High Performance Centre.

NCF President, Yahaya Ukwenya, said the 10-day championship is a key event on the federation’s calendar given the weight of international commitments that the country is committed to later in the year.

“The National Men’s Championship for us, is the first on the list of activities that will form the molding of a stronger national team both for the Under 19 and more importantly the Senior Men’s team.

“We have three World Cup tickets to vie for later in the year, premier league odds hoping that the Covid-19 Pandemic’s tide will continually be stemmed as it is presently being done now. The Under 19 World Cup, The Senior Men’s T-20 World and the Women’s World Cup Qualifier,” he said.

Nigeria will host two of the World Cup qualifiers in October and November and Ukwenya believes the National Men’s Championship will serve as a key preparatory event for the challenges ahead.

Lagos, Edo, Anambra and Kwara are drawn in the Pool A that will open the championship tomorrow. bet predictions today The second group, Pool B has Kaduna, Rivers, Delta and Oyo slugging it out.

Endurance Ofem, who is players’ representative on the NCF board, is also the tournament coordinator. He corroborates Ukwenya’s assertions that the event will be the first test for any player willing to pick a shirt in the national team later in the year, adding, “This event is very crucial to future engagements both locally and internationally. sporting bet We have provided the best condition for the top teams to thrive and shop bet we believe the venue too will help us better in allowing the players express their latent talents as well.”

The National Coach, Sri-Lankan Asanka Gurusinha will be on hand with his Nigerian assistants to watch the event and perhaps extend trial invites to deserving players for the national team he’s been building

The first ball will be bowled at 9:30 am in a promising tie between seeded Lagos and hard-fighting Anambra while the second match of the opening day will feature host state Edo against Kwara State by 1:30 p.m.