2023 Nigeria Invitational Women's T20I Tournament

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2023 Nigeria Invitational Women's T20I Tournament
Dates27 March – 2 April 2023
Administrator(s) Nigeria Cricket Federation
Cricket format Twenty20 International
Tournament format(s) Round-robin and final
Host(s)Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
ChampionsFlag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria (1st title)
Runners-upFlag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda
Participants5
Matches12
Most runs Flag of Rwanda.svg Gisele Ishimwe (128)
Most wickets Flag of Rwanda.svg Henriette Ishimwe (10)
Flag of Sierra Leone.svg Alice Fillie (10)
Flag of Sierra Leone.svg Janet Kowa (10)
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The 2023 Nigeria Invitational Women's T20I Tournament was a women's Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket tournament that took place in Nigeria from 27 March to 2 April 2023. [1] The venue for all of the matches was the Tafawa Balewa Square Cricket Oval in Lagos. [2] This was the second edition of the tournament with WT20I status, with Rwanda returning to defend the title. [3] In the 2022 tournament, Rwanda defeated the hosts Nigeria in the final. [4]

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In addition to the 2022 finalists, Ghana and Sierra Leone also returned this year, while Cameroon made their debut in the tournament. [5] Gambia, who competed in 2022, withdrew for personal reasons. [1]

Rwanda finished on top of the round-robin table after defeating Nigeria in the last match. [6] However, Nigeria then defeated Rwanda by 9 runs in the final to win the tournament. [7] [8] [9] Sierra Leone beat Cameroon in the third-place play-off. [10]

Squads

Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon [11] Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana [12] Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria [13] Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda [14] Flag of Sierra Leone.svg  Sierra Leone [15]
  • Michelle Ekani (c, wk)
  • Sonita Akenji
  • Marguerite Bessala
  • Maeva Douma
  • Edwige Guehoada
  • Elsa Kana
  • Tchouabo Leslie
  • Clemence Manidom
  • Bernadette Mbida
  • Jeanne Ngono
  • Sandra Nono
  • Olive Ranedoumoun
  • Madaleine Sissako
  • Brenda Waluma
  • Rhyda Ofori (c)
  • Rozabel Asumadu (vc)
  • Elizabeth Annor
  • Ellen Asante
  • Kate Awuah
  • Miriam Eshun
  • Komalpreet Grewal
  • Jacqueline Kokam
  • Cynthia Konadu
  • Emmanuella Nyaaba
  • Christiana Nyameke
  • Beatrice Oduro
  • Rashidatu Salia
  • Ivy Yeboah (wk)
  • Blessing Etim (c)
  • Favour Eseigbe (vc)
  • Rukayat Abdulrasak
  • Adeshola Adekunle
  • Peculiar Agboya
  • Sarah Etim (wk)
  • Chinyenum George
  • Abigail Igbobie (wk)
  • Agatha Obulor
  • Lucky Piety
  • Rachael Samson
  • Esther Sandy
  • Salome Sunday
  • Lillian Udeh
  • Fatmata Parkinson (c)
  • Celina Bull
  • Fatu Conteh (wk)
  • Alice Fillie
  • Emma Kamara
  • Fatu Kamara
  • Zainab Kamara (wk)
  • Isatu Koroma
  • Janet Kowa
  • Fatu Pessima
  • Isha Quee
  • Hassanatu Sawaneh
  • Hussainatu Sawanneh
  • Marie Turay

Round-robin

Points table

PosTeamPldWLNRPts NRR
1Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda 440084.458
2Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 431061.424
3Flag of Sierra Leone.svg  Sierra Leone 42204−0.209
4Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon 41302−2.345
5Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 40400−3.322
Source: ESPNcricinfo [16]

  Advanced to the final
  Advanced to the 3rd place play-off

Fixtures

27 March 2023
09:30
Scorecard
Sierra Leone  Flag of Sierra Leone.svg
65/9 (19 overs)
v
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
67/4 (14.1 overs)
Zainab Kamara 13 (25)
Rukayat Abdulrasak 2/6 (4 overs)
Lucky Piety 22* (24)
Alice Fillie 2/15 (4 overs)
Nigeria won by 6 wickets
Tafawa Balewa Square Cricket Oval, Lagos
Umpires: Sharon Athuola (Uga) and Gaston Niyibizi (Rwa)
Player of the match: Lucky Piety (Nga)
  • Nigeria won the toss and elected to field.
  • The match was reduced to 19 overs per side due to rain.
  • Celina Bull, Fatu Conteh, Alice Fillie, Emma Kamara, Fatu Kamara, Isha Quee and Hassanatu Sawaneh (Sle) all made their WT20I debuts.
27 March 2023
13:50
Scorecard
Rwanda  Flag of Rwanda.svg
158/3 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana
41 (16.3 overs)
Sarah Uwera 60* (61)
Emmanuella Nyaaba 1/26 (4 overs)
Elizabeth Annor 8 (12)
Henriette Ishimwe 4/4 (2.3 overs)
Rwanda won by 117 runs
Tafawa Balewa Square Cricket Oval, Lagos
Umpires: Olumide Akintokun (Nga) and Deborah Imobighe (Nga)
Player of the match: Henriette Ishimwe (Rwa)
28 March 2023
09:30
Scorecard
Cameroon  Flag of Cameroon.svg
58 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
60/3 (7.4 overs)
Madaleine Sissako 15 (26)
Favour Eseigbe 3/4 (3 overs)
Salome Sunday 17* (17)
Edwige Guehoada 2/18 (3 overs)
Nigeria won by 7 wickets
Tafawa Balewa Square Cricket Oval, Lagos
Umpires: Deborah Imobighe (Nga) and Gaston Niyibizi (Rwa)
Player of the match: Favour Eseigbe (Nga)
  • Cameroon won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Adeshola Adekunle (Nga), Edwige Guehoada, Elsa Kana and Olive Ranedoumoun (Cmr) all made their WT20I debuts.
28 March 2023
13:50
Scorecard
Ghana  Flag of Ghana.svg
67 (19.3 overs)
v
Flag of Sierra Leone.svg  Sierra Leone
68/3 (12.2 overs)
Komalpreet Grewal 19* (34)
Alice Fillie 3/9 (4 overs)
Celina Bull 18* (14)
Emmanuella Nyaaba 1/15 (2 overs)
Sierra Leone won by 7 wickets
Tafawa Balewa Square Cricket Oval, Lagos
Umpires: Temitope Onikoyi (Nga) and Marvelous Oyivwi (Nga)
Player of the match: Alice Fillie (Sle)
  • Ghana won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Hussainatu Sawanneh (Sle) made her WT20I debut.
29 March 2023
09:30
Scorecard
Sierra Leone  Flag of Sierra Leone.svg
56 (19.1 overs)
v
Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda
57/5 (9.1 overs)
Fatu Pessima 12* (34)
Belise Murekatete 4/17 (4 overs)
Henriette Ishimwe 17 (13)
Alice Fillie 3/19 (3.1 overs)
Rwanda won by 5 wickets
Tafawa Balewa Square Cricket Oval, Lagos
Umpires: Deborah Imobighe (Nga) and Marvelous Oyivwi (Nga)
Player of the match: Belise Murekatete (Rwa)
  • Sierra Leone won the toss and elected to bat.
29 March 2023
13:50
Scorecard
Cameroon  Flag of Cameroon.svg
95/9 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana
56 (12.2 overs)
Madaleine Sissako 22 (40)
Rashidatu Salia 3/19 (4 overs)
Komalpreet Grewal 15 (24)
Madaleine Sissako 3/14 (4 overs)
Cameroon won by 39 runs
Tafawa Balewa Square Cricket Oval, Lagos
Umpires: Olumide Akintokun (Nga) and Temitope Onikoyi (Nga)
Player of the match: Madaleine Sissako (Cmr)
  • Cameroon won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Jacqueline Kokam and Christiana Nyameke (Gha) both made their WT20I debuts.
31 March 2023
09:30
Scorecard
Nigeria  Flag of Nigeria.svg
120/4 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana
58/8 (20 overs)
Salome Sunday 27* (18)
Kate Awuah 2/18 (4 overs)
Rashidatu Salia 20 (29)
Rachael Samson 4/18 (4 overs)
Nigeria won by 62 runs
Tafawa Balewa Square Cricket Oval, Lagos
Umpires: Olumide Akintokun (Nga) and Sharon Athuola (Uga)
Player of the match: Rachael Samson (Nga)
  • Ghana won the toss and elected to field.
31 March 2023
13:50
Scorecard
Rwanda  Flag of Rwanda.svg
155/9 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon
29 (10.3 overs)
Henriette Ishimwe 43 (33)
Edwige Guehoada 3/21 (4 overs)
Marguerite Bessala 6 (4)
Henriette Ishimwe 5/6 (2.3 overs)
Rwanda won by 126 runs
Tafawa Balewa Square Cricket Oval, Lagos
Umpires: Temitope Onikoyi (Nga) and Marvelous Oyivwi (Nga)
Player of the match: Henriette Ishimwe (Rwa)
1 April 2023
09:30
Scorecard
Cameroon  Flag of Cameroon.svg
81/9 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Sierra Leone.svg  Sierra Leone
82/5 (15 overs)
Michelle Ekani 14 (20)
Emma Kamara 2/3 (1 over)
Celina Bull 25 (40)
Bernadette Mbida 2/17 (4 overs)
Sierra Leone won by 5 wickets
Tafawa Balewa Square Cricket Oval, Lagos
Umpires: Gaston Niyibizi (Rwa) and Temitope Onikoyi (Nga)
Player of the match: Janet Kowa (Sle)
  • Cameroon won the toss and elected to bat.
1 April 2023
13:50
Scorecard
Rwanda  Flag of Rwanda.svg
100/7 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
61 (16.4 overs)
Gisele Ishimwe 29 (34)
Adeshola Adekunle 3/10 (4 overs)
Salome Sunday 29 (37)
Josiane Nyirankundineza 3/19 (3.4 overs)
Rwanda won by 39 runs
Tafawa Balewa Square Cricket Oval, Lagos
Umpires: Sharon Athuola (Uga) and Deborah Imobighe (Nga)
Player of the match: Margueritte Vumiliya (Rwa)
  • Rwanda won the toss and elected to bat.

3rd place play-off

2 April 2023
09:30
Scorecard
Cameroon  Flag of Cameroon.svg
84 (17.2 overs)
v
Flag of Sierra Leone.svg  Sierra Leone
85/1 (13.2 overs)
Bernadette Mbida 33 (36)
Janet Kowa 3/14 (4 overs)
Fatmata Parkinson 30* (44)
Olive Ranedoumoun 1/14 (2 overs)
Sierra Leone won by 9 wickets
Tafawa Balewa Square Cricket Oval, Lagos
Umpires: Sharon Athuola (Uga) and Marvelous Oyivwi (Nga)
Player of the match: Janet Kowa (Sle)
  • Sierra Leone won the toss and elected to field.
  • Sonita Akenji (Cmr) made her WT20I debut.

Final

2 April 2023
13:50
Scorecard
Nigeria  Flag of Nigeria.svg
99/4 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda
90/9 (20 overs)
Salome Sunday 48* (58)
Josiane Nyirankundineza 1/9 (3 overs)
Gisele Ishimwe 31 (48)
Rachael Samson 3/13 (3 overs)
Nigeria won by 9 runs
Tafawa Balewa Square Cricket Oval, Lagos
Umpires: Olumide Akintokun (Nga) and Gaston Niyibizi (Rwa)
Player of the match: Salome Sunday (Nga)
  • Nigeria won the toss and elected to bat.

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