The 2022 Nigeria Invitational Women's T20I Tournament was a

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(T20I) tournament that was held in

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from 28 March to 3 April 2022. The venue for all of the matches was the

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. Along with the hosts

, the tournament featured the national teams of

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and

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were also originally scheduled to take part. Nigeria were the defending champions, having won the inaugural edition in 2019. As the two highest ranked sides in the tournament, Nigeria and Rwanda were seeded in the draw. Originally, Nigeria were placed in Group A with Ghana and Gambia, while Rwanda were placed in Group B with Sierra Leone and Cameroon. 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. Nigeria beat Rwanda by three runs to finish top of the round-robin stage after both sides had won their first three matches. However, the following day, the Rwandans defeated Nigeria by 53 runs in the final to win the tournament.

Squads

The

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invited 36 women to a training camp in

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ahead of the tournament. On 10 March 2022, the squad was reduced to 18 players for the final stage of the training camp.

Round-robin

Points table

Advanced to the

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Advanced to the 3rd place play-off

Fixtures

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3rd place play-off

Final

References

External links

Series home at ESPNcricinfo
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