The
Sierra Leone cricket team
The Sierra Leone national cricket team is the men's team that represents Sierra Leone in international cricket. They became an affiliate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 2002 and an ICC members, associate member in 2017.
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toured Nigeria in October 2021 to play six
Twenty20 International
A Twenty20 International (T20I) is a form of cricket, played between two of the international members of the International Cricket Council (ICC), in which each team faces a maximum of twenty overs. The matches have top-class status and are the ...
(T20I) matches at the
University of Lagos (Unilag) Cricket Oval in the
Akoka
Akoka is a suburb of Yaba in Lagos State. It is known to be the hub of major tertiary institutions in Lagos including the University of Lagos
The University of Lagos, popularly known as UNILAG, is a public research university located in L ...
suburb of
Lagos
Lagos (Nigerian English: ; ) is the largest city in Nigeria and the List of cities in Africa by population, second most populous city in Africa, with a population of 15.4 million as of 2015 within the city proper. Lagos was the national ca ...
.
The series provided both sides with preparation for the
T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier in November 2021. The series also saw a resumption of the long-running cricketing rivalry between the two north-west African nations.
Sierra Leone stunned the hosts by winning the first match with a single scored off the last ball of their twenty overs. Nigeria levelled the series after another close finish in the second game, winning by just six runs. The third game was a more one-sided affair, with the hosts claiming a 69-run victory to lead the series 2–1 at the halfway stage. The fourth game resulted in another comfortable win for the hosts, this time by nine wickets.
Nigeria sealed the series after winning the fifth game, during which
Peter Aho
Peter Aho (born 2 March 2003) is a Nigerian cricketer. In March 2019, he was part of the Nigeria national under-19 cricket team that qualified for the 2020 Under-19 Cricket World Cup. It was the first time that Nigeria had qualified for a Crick ...
took six wickets for just five runs, a world record for the best bowling figures in a T20I.
Squads
T20I series
1st T20I
2nd T20I
3rd T20I
4th T20I
5th T20I
6th T20I
References
External links
Series home at ESPN Cricinfo
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sierra Leonean national cricket team in Nigeria in 2021-22
Associate international cricket competitions in 2021–22