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- ↑ "When opportunity meets the prepared; Nigeria T20 World Cup Qualifier preview". Emerging Cricket. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
- ↑ "Nigeria announce squad list for Sierra Leone bilateral series (via Facebook)" . Retrieved 17 October 2021.
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