The Nigeria women’s senior cricket team, known as the Female Yellow Greens, have commenced a 14-day open training camp at the High-Performance Centre in Benin City as they gear up for the 2026 ICC Women’s T20 World Cup Africa Qualifiers, scheduled to take place next month in Namibia.
The Nigeria Cricket Federation has invited 22 players to participate in the intensive camp ahead of the Division 1 qualifiers, which will run from August 28 to September 7.
The squad features a blend of promising talents from Nigeria’s participation in the ICC U-19 Women’s T20 World Cup earlier this year in Malaysia, as well as senior team regulars and newly invited players.
Among those called up are captain Favour Eseigbe, Salome Sunday, Esther Sandy, Sarah Etim, Lucky Piety, Peculiar Agboya, Kehinde Amusa, Victory Igbinedion, Christabel Chukwuonye, Shola Adekunle, Rachael Samson, Lillian Ude, Anointed Akhigbe, and Peace Usen.
Also included are Omosigo Egunakun, Abigail Igbobie, Rukayat Abdulrasaq, Deborah Bassey, Habibat Oremeyi, Oseyande Omonkhobhio, Ayomide Abdulrasaq, and Urante Devine.
Head coach Leke Oyede will lead the team as they face off against Zimbabwe, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Namibia, and two additional teams emerging from Division 2.
Division 2 of the qualifiers will be held in Botswana from July 20 to 26, with the top two teams progressing to Division 1. From there, the top two finishers in the Africa Qualifiers will secure spots in the Global Qualifiers, scheduled for later this year. The 2026 ICC Women’s T20 World Cup will be hosted in England.
Meanwhile, the men’s senior national team, the Yellow Greens, are also in training camp in Lagos as they prepare for the 2026 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Africa Qualifiers.
The men’s qualifiers will be held in Zimbabwe from September 28 to October 4, while the main tournament is set for India and Sri Lanka between February and March 2026. Before then, the team will compete in the ILT20 Cup in Uganda from July 13 to 30.
Nigeria will take on Namibia, Kenya, Malawi, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, and Botswana in the final round of the qualifiers.
The Yellow Greens earned their place in the final phase by topping Group B of the Africa Qualifier last year. The top two teams from this stage will join the global tournament.
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