(ACA) Africa Cup Nigeria 2018 Match updates, Results and Points Table
- Ghana makes early statement with two wins from 2 games
- Gambia records first win against Cameroon
- Nigeria T20 dilemma against Ghana continues
Day 2. Match 3. Cameroon vs Gambia
Cameroon won the toss and elected to field sending in Gambia to bat.
Gambia scored a total of 140 runs for the loss of 9 wickets in 20 overs.
Abubakar Kuyateh (Gambia) scored 36 runs off 28 balls with a strike rate of 128.57 to top the scores for his team.
Nicola Cherry supported with 31 runs off 18 balls (not out) with a strike rate of 172.22.
Nyoma Abega Bienvenue (Cameroon) took 4 wickets supported by Solefack W James Calleghan with 3 wickets.
In the second innings, Cameroon chased but managed to score 65 runs, all out, in 16.4 overs.
Tchakou Idris (Cameroon) was top scorer for his team with 12 runs off 11 balls.
Abubacarr Kuyateh (Gambia) had a field day taking 4 wickets in 4 overs, conceding just 11 runs with 1 maiden.
Abubakar Kuyateh won player of the match.
Gambia won the match by 75 runs.
Day 2. Match 4. Nigeria vs Ghana
Nigeria won the toss and elected to field sending Ghana to bat. Ghana scored a total of 151 runs for the loss of 4 wickets in 20 overs.
James Kwaku Vifah (Ghana) topped the batting scores with 63 runs off 47 balls with the strike rate of 134.04 strongly supported by David Nii Ashong Ankrah with 51 runs off 29 balls with a strike rate of 175.86.
In the second innings, Nigeria put up a decent chase but fell short of the required total to post a total score of 136 for the loss of 7 wickets in 20 overs.
Chimezie Onwuzulike (Nigeria) scored 45 runs off 43 balls with the strike rate of 104.65 while Joshua Ayannike supported with 30 runs off 33 balls with a strike rate of 90.1.
David Nii Ashong Gankrah (Ghana) took 4 wickets in 3 overs conceding 10 runs. Micheal Aboagye took 2 wickets for 19 runs in 4 overs.
Ghana won by 15 runs.
David Nii Ashong Gankrah won the Player of the Match.
POINT TABLE DAY 1 (23/04/2018).
| S/N | TEAMS | PLAYED | WIN | TIED | LOSS | RUNS FOR | RUNS AGAINST | RUN RATE FOR | RUN RATE AGAINST | NET RUN RATE | POINT |
| 1. | GHANA | 1 | 1 | – | – | 163 | 83 | 4.075 | 2.075 | + 2.00 | 2 |
| 2. | NIGERIA | 1 | 1 | – | – | 148 | 89 | 3.70 | 2.225 | + 1.475 | 2 |
| 3. | SIERRA LEONE | 1 | – | – | 1 | 89 | 148 | 4.45 | 7.40 | – 2.95 | – |
| 4. | GAMBIA | 1 | – | – | 1 | 83 | 163 | 4.15 | 8.15 | – 4.00 | – |
| 5. | CAMEROON | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
POINT TABLE DAY 2 (24/04/2018).
| S/N
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TEAMS | PLAYED | WIN | TIED | LOSS | RUNS FOR | RUNS AGAINST | RUN RATE FOR | RUN RATE AGAINST | NET RUN RATE | POINT |
| 1. | GHANA | 2 | 2 | – | – | 314 | 219 | 7.85 | 5.40 | + 2.45 | 4 |
| 2. | NIGERIA | 2 | 1 | – | 1 | 284 | 240 | 7.10 | 6.00 | + 1.10 | 2 |
| 3. | GAMBIA | 2 | 1 | – | 1 | 223 | 228 | 5.575 | 5.70 | – 0.125 | 2 |
| 4. | SIERRA LEONE | 1 | – | – | 1 | 89 | 148 | 4.45 | 7.40 | – 2.95 | – |
| 5. | CAMEROON | 1 | – | – | 1 | 65 | 140 | 3.25 | 7.00 | – 3.75 | – |
FIXTURES
WEDNESDAY -APRIL 25
MATCH 5 – 09:00 CAMEROON vs GHANA
MATCH 6 – 13:00 GAMBIA vs SIERRA LEONE
THURSDAY –APRIL 26
MATCH 7 -09:00 SIERRA LEONE vs CAMEROON
MATCH 8 -13:00 GAMBIA vs NIGERIA
FRIDAY – APRIL 27
MATCH 9 – 09:00 CAMEROON vs NIGERIA
MATCH10 -13:00 GHANA vs SIERRA LEONE
SATURDAY – APRIL 28 SEMI- FINALS
Semi Final 1- 09:00 QUALIFIER1 vs QUALIFIER 4
Semi Final 2- 13:00 QUALIFIER2 vs QUALIFIER 3
SUNDAY – APRIL 29 – FINAL
FINAL – 10:00 WINNER MATCH 1 vs WINNER MATCH2