Lagos Tackles Kaduna In Men’s Cricket S/Finals Championship

As the on-going National Men’s Cricket Championship enters the semi-final stage, Lagos and Kaduna would clash today for a spot in the final of the event.
Both teams will parade players with national caps under their belt and are both nursing sores from their last match defeats in the preliminaries of the championship.
The ODI series (fifty overs) that the matches assume from the semi-final leaves room for a new look and different approach at the championship holding at the Edo Boys High School in Benin.
For starters, the Kaduna team will field the National U-19 Captain Sylvester Ameh Okpe as its Captain, while the Lagos team will field the past and current National Captain, Ademola Onikoyi and Joshua Ayannike.
The Kaduna’s team will also field Jimoh Mohammed, Daniel Gim, Gershon Yusuf, Simeon Samson, Danladi Isaac and Joel Tabat Joseph who have all played for the country.
On team Lagos list, Leke Oyede, Mustapha Yussuff, Femi Oduyebo, Sesan Adedeji, Taiwo Mohammed, Mohammed Moshood and Ayinde Tunde will all put their reputation at stake for the epic match.
Uyi Akpata, Vice-President of the Nigeria Cricket Federation (NCF), said both teams would put up a good fight, describing them as well experienced teams.
“These are two teams with experience on their sides as against the two other semi finalists, Oyo and Edo.
“This makes this match one to watch and we will have a number of our technical team members on the sidelines to see these players’ performance.
“We hope that they won’t disappoint their state and hence give us cause to cheer,”Akpata said in a statement.
Oyo and Edo States will lock-horns on Tuesday for the second semi-final match, while the winner of each match will meet in the final slated for March 31.