The Nigerian senior women’s cricket team, popularly known as the Female Yellow Greens, touched down in Kigali, Rwanda on Sunday to compete in the 2024 Kwibuka T20 Tournament. This year’s edition is scheduled to take place from June 3 to June 14.
This will be Nigeria’s sixth appearance at the annual event, which commemorates the victims of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi ethnic group in Rwanda.
Nigeria is set to face off against eight other participating nations, including hosts Rwanda, as well as Uganda, Tanzania, and Brazil.
The Nigeria Cricket Federation (NCF) on Saturday unveiled a 14-player squad for the tournament’s 11th edition. Leading the team is Favour Eseigbe, the captain of Edo State’s team at the National Sports Festival. Also making a return is Rukayat Abdulrasaq.
Notably, two promising talents from the Junior Female Yellow Greens, Amusa Kehinde and Omosigho Eguakun, have earned their first senior team call-ups after their impressive performances at the U-19 Women’s T20 World Cup in Malaysia earlier this year.
Nigeria will kick off their campaign on Tuesday against defending champions Uganda, followed by a clash with Brazil on Wednesday.
The competition adopts a round-robin format, with each of the nine teams playing one another. The top four teams will advance to the semi-finals.
The Kwibuka T20 Tournament, established in 2014, has steadily grown in prestige. Kenya has won the event four times, while Rwanda has clinched the trophy once. Uganda, the defending champions, won the most recent edition in 2024, finishing ahead of runners-up Zimbabwe.
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