2022 Nigeria Invitational Women's T20I Tournament

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2022 Nigeria Invitational Women's T20I Tournament
Dates28 March – 3 April 2022
Administrator(s) Nigeria Cricket Federation
Cricket format Women's Twenty20 International
Tournament format(s) Round-robin
Host(s)Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
ChampionsFlag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda (1st title)
Runners-upFlag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
Participants5
Matches12
Player of the series Flag of Rwanda.svg Margueritte Vumiliya
Most runs Flag of Rwanda.svg Gisele Ishimwe (162)
Most wickets Flag of Rwanda.svg Margueritte Vumiliya (12)
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The 2022 Nigeria Invitational Women's T20I Tournament was a women's T20I cricket (WT20I) tournament that was held in Nigeria from 28 March to 3 April 2022. [1] [2] The venue for all of the matches was the Tafawa Balewa Square Cricket Oval in Lagos. [3] Along with the hosts Nigeria, the tournament featured the national teams of Gambia, Ghana, Rwanda and Sierra Leone. [4] Cameroon were also originally scheduled to take part. [5]

Contents

Nigeria were the defending champions, having won the inaugural edition in 2019. [6] As the two highest ranked sides in the tournament, Nigeria and Rwanda were seeded in the draw. [7] Originally, Nigeria were placed in group A with Ghana and Gambia, while Rwanda were placed in group B with Sierra Leone and Cameroon. [8] However, Cameroon withdrew from the tournament and the format was changed to a round-robin followed by a third-place play-off and a final. [9]

Nigeria beat Rwanda by three runs to finish top of the round-robin stage after both sides had won their first three matches. [10] However, the following day, the Rwandans defeated Nigeria by 53 runs in the final to win the tournament. [11]

Squads

Flag of The Gambia.svg  Gambia [12] Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana [13] Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria [14] Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda [15] Flag of Sierra Leone.svg  Sierra Leone
  • Fatou Faye (c)
  • Maimuna Sano (vc)
  • Hawa Badjie
  • Kumba Bah
  • Awa Bobb
  • Fatou Ceesay (wk)
  • Secka Dibba
  • Tida Kassama
  • Catherine Mendy
  • Marie Mendy
  • Marie Sambou
  • Sosseh Sano
  • Fatoumata Singhateh
  • Haddy Wally (wk)
  • Rhyda Ofori (c)
  • Rozabel Asumadu (vc)
  • Janet Alaare
  • Elizabeth Annor
  • Ellen Asante
  • Kate Awuah
  • Fati Bawa (wk)
  • Miriam Eshun
  • Cynthia Konadu
  • Emmanuella Nyaaba
  • Beatrice Oduro
  • Rashidatu Salia
  • Felicia Serwaa
  • Ivy Yeboah (wk)
  • Blessing Etim (c)
  • Omonye Asika (vc)
  • Kehinde Abdulqadri
  • Taiwo Abdulqadri
  • Peculiar Agboya
  • Mary Desmond
  • Favour Eseigbe (wk)
  • Abigail Igbobie (wk)
  • Miracle Imimole
  • Agatha Obulor
  • Oseyende Omonkhobio
  • Lucky Piety
  • Racheal Samson
  • Salome Sunday
  • Lillian Udeh
  • Aminata Kamara (c)
  • Linda Bull (vc)
  • Ann Marie Kamara
  • Zainab Kamara (wk)
  • Ramatu Kassim
  • Mabinty King
  • Isatu Koroma
  • Janet Kowa
  • Fatmata Parkinson
  • Fatu Pessima
  • Mabinty Sankoh
  • Mary Sheriff
  • Nancy Squire
  • Marie Turay

The Nigeria Cricket Federation invited 36 women to a training camp in Benin City ahead of the tournament. [16] On 10 March 2022, the squad was reduced to 18 players for the final stage of the training camp. [8]

Round-robin

Points table

PosTeamPldWLNRPts NRR
1Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 440082.862
2Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda 431062.989
3Flag of Sierra Leone.svg  Sierra Leone 422040.903
4Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 41302−1.495
5Flag of The Gambia.svg  Gambia 40400−6.352
Source: ESPN Cricinfo [17]

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  Advanced to the third-place play-off

Fixtures

28 March 2022
09:30
Scorecard
Rwanda  Flag of Rwanda.svg
135/9 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana
54 (14.2 overs)
Gisele Ishimwe 37 (29)
Miriam Eshun 3/20 (2 overs)
Ellen Asante 12 (19)
Margueritte Vumiliya 4/7 (4 overs)
Rwanda won by 81 runs
Tafawa Balewa Square Cricket Oval, Lagos
Umpires: Patric Makumbi (Uga) and Temitope Onikoyi (Nga)
Player of the match: Margueritte Vumiliya (Rwa)
  • Ghana won the toss and elected to field.
  • Elizabeth Annor, Ellen Asante, Rozabel Asumadu, Kate Awuah, Fati Bawa, Miriam Eshun, Cynthia Konadu, Emmanuella Nyaaba, Rhyda Ofori, Rashidatu Salia and Felicia Serwaa (Gha) all made their WT20I debuts.
28 March 2022
13:50
Scorecard
Nigeria  Flag of Nigeria.svg
131/3 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Sierra Leone.svg  Sierra Leone
90/6 (20 overs)
Salome Sunday 61* (63)
Janet Kowa 2/37 (4 overs)
Mabinty King 33 (49)
Blessing Etim 2/16 (4 overs)
Nigeria won by 41 runs
Tafawa Balewa Square Cricket Oval, Lagos
Umpires: Taiwo Oladunjoye (Nga) and Isaac Oyieko (Ken)
Player of the match: Blessing Etim (Nga)
  • Sierra Leone won the toss and elected to field.
  • Lillian Udeh (Nga) made her WT20I debut.
29 March 2022
09:30
Scorecard
Gambia  Flag of The Gambia.svg
20 (10.1 overs)
v
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
21/0 (1.5 overs)
Awa Bobb 8 (8)
Favour Eseigbe 3/7 (3 overs)
Lucky Piety 14* (8)
Nigeria won by 10 wickets
Tafawa Balewa Square Cricket Oval, Lagos
Umpires: Olumide Akintokun (Nga) and Itangishaka Olivier (Rwa)
Player of the match: Lillian Udeh (Nga)
  • Gambia won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Hawa Badjie, Kumba Bah, Awa Bobb, Fatou Ceesay, Secka Dibba, Fatou Faye, Marie Mendy, Marie Sambou, Maimuna Sano, Fatoumata Singhateh and Haddy Wally (Gam) all made their WT20I debuts.
29 March 2022
13:50
Scorecard
Sierra Leone  Flag of Sierra Leone.svg
136/2 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana
49 (12.5 overs)
Mabinty King 59* (63)
Cynthia Konadu 1/22 (4 overs)
Kate Awuah 16 (15)
Fatu Pessima 4/14 (4 overs)
Sierra Leone won by 87 runs
Tafawa Balewa Square Cricket Oval, Lagos
Umpires: Deborah Imobighe (Nga) and Patric Makumbi (Uga)
Player of the match: Fatu Pessima (Sle)
  • Sierra Leone won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Ivy Yeboah (Gha) made her WT20I debut.
30 March 2022
09:30
Scorecard
Sierra Leone  Flag of Sierra Leone.svg
71/8 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda
72/1 (11.5 overs)
Zainab Kamara 12* (22)
Sifa Ingabire 2/14 (4 overs)
Immaculee Muhawenimana 2/14 (4 overs)
Gisele Ishimwe 41 (38)
Zainab Kamara 1/10 (0.5 overs)
Rwanda won by 9 wickets
Tafawa Balewa Square Cricket Oval, Lagos
Umpires: Deborah Imobighe (Nga) and Patric Makumbi (Uga)
Player of the match: Gisele Ishimwe (Rwa)
  • Sierra Leone won the toss and elected to bat.
30 March 2022
13:50
Scorecard
Ghana  Flag of Ghana.svg
149/6 (20 overs)
v
Flag of The Gambia.svg  Gambia
43 (11 overs)
Felicia Serwaa 28 (28)
Sosseh Sano 3/28 (4 overs)
Catherine Mendy 12 (14)
Janet Alaare 3/9 (3 overs)
Ghana won by 106 runs
Tafawa Balewa Square Cricket Oval, Lagos
Umpires: Olumide Akintokun (Nga) and Taiwo Oladunjoye (Nga)
Player of the match: Felicia Serwaa (Gha)
  • Ghana won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Catherine Mendy, Sosseh Sano (Gam), Janet Alaare and Beatrice Oduro (Gha) all made their WT20I debuts.
1 April 2022
09:30
Scorecard
Ghana  Flag of Ghana.svg
58/8 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
61/1 (9.5 overs)
Elizabeth Annor 11 (21)
Lillian Udeh 3/8 (4 overs)
Kehinde Abdulqadri 34* (36)
Beatrice Oduro 1/10 (2 overs)
Nigeria won by 9 wickets
Tafawa Balewa Square Cricket Oval, Lagos
Umpires: Patric Makumbi (Uga) and Isaac Oyieko (Ken)
Player of the match: Lillian Udeh (Nga)
1 April 2022
13:50
Scorecard
Gambia  Flag of The Gambia.svg
42 (15.5 overs)
v
Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda
43/0 (3.5 overs)
Catherine Mendy 11 (20)
Sifa Ingabire 3/9 (4 overs)
Rwanda won by 10 wickets
Tafawa Balewa Square Cricket Oval, Lagos
Umpires: Itangishaka Olivier (Rwa) and Temitope Onikoyi (Nga)
Player of the match: Sifa Ingabire (Rwa)
  • Gambia won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Tida Kassama (Gam) and Merveille Uwase (Rwa) both made their WT20I debuts.
2 April 2022
09:30
Scorecard
Sierra Leone  Flag of Sierra Leone.svg
67/5 (9 overs)
v
Flag of The Gambia.svg  Gambia
14/6 (9 overs)
Mabinty Sankoh 16 (15)
Kumba Bah 1/11 (2 overs)
Fatoumata Singhateh 1/11 (2 overs)
Fatoumata Singhateh 7 (15)
Fatu Pessima 2/3 (2 overs)
Sierra Leone won by 53 runs
Tafawa Balewa Square Cricket Oval, Lagos
Umpires: Olumide Akintokun (Nga) and Itangishaka Olivier (Rwa)
Player of the match: Mabinty Sankoh (Sle)
  • Sierra Leone won the toss and elected to bat.
  • The match was reduced to 9 overs per side due to rain.
2 April 2022
13:50
Scorecard
Nigeria  Flag of Nigeria.svg
117/6 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda
114/6 (20 overs)
Salome Sunday 63 (58)
Alice Ikuzwe 1/7 (2 overs)
Gisele Ishimwe 53 (48)
Lillian Udeh 2/8 (4 overs)
Nigeria won by 3 runs
Tafawa Balewa Square Cricket Oval, Lagos
Umpires: Patric Makumbi (Uga) and Isaac Oyieko (Ken)
Player of the match: Salome Sunday (Nga)
  • Nigeria won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Peculiar Agboya (Nga) made her WT20I debut.

Third-place play-off

3 April 2022
09:30
Scorecard
Ghana  Flag of Ghana.svg
90/9 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Sierra Leone.svg  Sierra Leone
91/0 (13.4 overs)
Rhyda Ofori 24 (20)
Fatu Pessima 4/14 (4 overs)
Aminata Kamara 48* (45)
Sierra Leone won by 10 wickets
Tafawa Balewa Square Cricket Oval, Lagos
Umpires: Deborah Imobighe (Nga) and Temitope Onikoyi (Nga)
Player of the match: Fatu Pessima (Sle)
  • Ghana won the toss and elected to bat.

Final

3 April 2022
13:50
Scorecard
Rwanda  Flag of Rwanda.svg
129/5 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
76 (17.1 overs)
Sarah Uwera 34 (54)
Miracle Imimole 2/8 (3 overs)
Favour Eseigbe 25* (46)
Margueritte Vumiliya 4/17 (4 overs)
Rwanda won by 53 runs
Tafawa Balewa Square Cricket Oval, Lagos
Umpires: Patric Makumbi (Uga) and Isaac Oyieko (Ken)
Player of the match: Margueritte Vumiliya (Rwa)
  • Rwanda won the toss and elected to bat.

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