Some of Africa’s best cricketers will gather in Nigeria in April as the nation is to host the North-West African Cricket Championship (NWACC).
The Championship, which is a 10 day-tournament, will kick off on Tuesday, April 1 and will run till Friday, April 11. It will feature Nigeria, Morocco, Ghana, Gambia, Ghana, Mali and Sierra Leone.
Within this period, the game of cricket will take centre stage ahead of other more prominent sports such as football, tennis and basketball, which hitherto enjoy large followership and robust sponsorship.
The NWACC was formerly an all-Anglophone West Africa Cricket event known as West African Cricket Championship (WACC) comprising Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and The Gambia. The last WACC was hosted by The Gambia in 2007 where Nigeria powered to the title to emerge as the champions.
Today, the number of participating countries has increased notably with the inclusion of the North African country of Morocco.
Three venues will play host to the NWACC. They are the Tafawa Balewa Square Cricket Oval, Onikan, Lagos; University of Lagos Cricket Pitch, and the MKO Abiola Stadium, Abeokuta in Ogun State.
According to Mr. Kwesi A. Sagoe, Chairman of the Nigerian Cricket Federation NCF, and former captain of the national cricket team, arrangements are in place to put on a good hosting befitting a tourney of this magnitude, so as to project Nigeria as one of Africa’s ideal destinations.
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