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May 4, 2019
TheNigeria Cricket Senior Men’s team, the Yellow Greens, will on Saturday departthe country to participate in the International Cricket Council,Africa Division1 qualifier in Uganda.
Accordingto a statement by the Nigeria Cricket Federation, the qualifiers will hold fromMay 15 to May 23.
Priorto the qualifiers, the Yellow Greens will embark on a pre-tournament tour toZimbabwe before heading to Uganda for the tournament.
Itsaid the Zimbabwe Cricket body extended a test nation invitation to Nigeria,adding that it will provide the most appropriate preparation pathway for theNational team.
Theteam will play 10 friendly T-20 matches over the tour period against club sidesand franchise teams in Zimbabwe.
Kenyaand Uganda will represent the East Africa region, while Namibia and Botswanawill represent the Southern Africa Region, and Ghana and Nigeria will representthe West Africa Region.The tournament has been scheduled in a roundrobin format, while the top two teams will slug it out in the finals to pickthe only qualification slot.