N.C.F in the last 242 days driven by passion, purpose and commitment

When the new board of the Nigeria Cricket Federation was inaugurated in October 2021, there were mixed reactions from various sectors and angles of the game though mainly clouded with joy and excitement, there were some people who chose to take the back seat to observe and watch how things unfolded before expressing any ... More

Edo State Cricket Association Association on the News for the right reason once again

Like a fairytale, the Edo State Cricket Family awakened to a soothing and refreshing news once again on the surprise August gift in July. The Ground authority received with delight 2 brand new Mowers and Medium sized motorized roller donated by state Association Chairman, Mr. Uyi Akpata. The machines were donated to the ... More

Nigeria finished 5th at the Kwibuka Women’s tournament in Rwanda

The Nigeria Women’s senior team A.K.A Female Yellow Greens confirmed their position at 5th overall in the just concluded tournament when they beat Brazil for the second time in less than 1 week. The tournament began with 3 straight victories for Nigeria with Brazil, Germany and Botswana all falling to the sword in the ... More

Iyoba College is Champion of Patreli Secondary School Competition in Benin

The 4th edition of the Patreli secondary school girls competition held from Monday 16th to Friday 20th of May 2022, featured seven schools from Benin City and one school from Ekpoma in Edo state. The schools were seeded into two groups. Group A comprised of Ohonre Grammar School, Glorious Crown Group of Schools, ... More

4th Edition of the Templars Secondary School league ends in Benin

The 4th edition of the Templars secondary school boys cricket competition began on Monday 23rd of May 2022, featuring ten schools from Benin City and one school from Ekpoma in Edo state. Three new schools were added to the eight schools that featured in the last edition of the competition with over 170 participants in ... More

South West, fail to qualify from the group stage in both Boys and Girls categories of the PwC U-17 Championship 3rd edition finals

The 3rd edition of the National Under-17 Cricket Championship powered by PricewaterhouseCoopers PwC, looked from the beginning that it is going to be the best yet to be organized and enjoyed by fans and lovers of the game. A total of 31 States featured Boys and 25 States for girls across the 6 geo-political zones of the ... More

Final Women’s team for ICC T-20 World Cup Africa Qualifier announced

The Nigeria Cricket Federation has announced the final Women’s list that will be participating at the ICC Women’s T-20 World Cup Africa Qualifier, scheduled to take place from 7th – 20th September 2021 in Botswana. A total of 20 ladies were invited to camp which took place in Benin City, and was later pruned to 14 ... More

Cricket National Women’s Team Pays Courtesy Visit to Edo State Governor

The Nigeria National Women’s Cricket Team AKA ‘Female Yellow Greens’ on Tuesday 17th August 2021, paid a courtesy visit to his Excellency, Godwin Obaseki, the Executive Governor of Edo State. The visit which was led by the State Cricket Association Chairman, Mr Uyi Akpata had in attendance state association delegat... More

All set for the National Women’s Camp in Benin City

As preparations for the ICC T-20 Women’s World Cup Africa Qualifier in Botswana draws closer, The Nigeria Cricket Federation is putting steps in place to ensure a smooth camp and training process is achieved. It is no longer News that the ladies will be camping in Benin City with arrival date set at 7th August 2021. ... More

Accelerated Growth Program, Edo State in focus

The Edo State Cricket Association over the last 30 days have taken the Accelerated Growth Program on a much higher scale with a view to increase and expand the number of schools playing the game across the state. A program titled ‘’Edo State Cricket outreach’’ was embarked upon by the Edo State Cricket Association ... More