NCF Prepares For U-17 African Championship Qualifiers

The Nigeria Cricket Federation in conjunction with Pricewaterhouse, sponsors of the U-17 cricket competition have commenced preparation for the Under 17 male/female Cricket Championship, scheduled to hold January, 2021.
Head Coach of the Rivers State Cricket Association, Tonye   Timinadi, disclosed this yesterday in an interview with Tidesports, in Port Harcourt.
According to him, the registration has begun for the competition, saying that  deadline for registration of the championship is 22 December, 2020.
He also said that players eligibility would be decided on 13 December, this year, saying that, the organisers would not condone any ineligible athletes  participating  at the competition.
While, the Under 17  male and female  qualifiers, will commence on 14th and end 17th, January, 2021.
Also, the national female qualifiers will begin  21st and end 24th  January, while the male  National finals  start 27th and end 31st January, 2021.
It would be recalled that the Nigeria Cricket Federation has invited 36 players and officials to camp last week to prepare ahead of the Africa Cricket Qualifiers (ACQ) scheduled to hold next year in Kenya.

By: Nancy Briggs