…As Team Oyo won the tournament for the keep
By Adeyemi Robinson-Adefioye, Ibadan
Oyo State emerged the winner of the third edition of the under 19, Professor Jide Bademosi South West Cricket Tournament over the weekend as Team Oyo defeated Lagos State by 18 runs at the Obafemi Awolowo Stadium Cricket Pitch Ibadan.
Oyo won the toss and selected to bat first and scored 125 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in 20 overs.
Joseph Daniel scored 23 runs off 43 balls ;Kayode Komolafe scored 22 runs off 9 balls,Elijah Monday had 18 runs off 11 balls, Femi Oresanwo scored 17 runs off 24 balls while Kofoworola Lukmon had 10 runs off 24 balls.
Team Lagos’ Abdulkareem Rildwane took 2 wickets in 3 overs while Kareem Ayokun and Djande Hussein all took 1 wicket each.
In the second innings Team Lagos played 107 runs for the loss of 7 wickets in 20 overs.
Enigmatic batman Abdulkareem Rildwane batted 42 runs off 34 balls, Mueez Animashaun batted 16 runs off 24 balls, Fatai Fawaz played 12 runs off 33 while Dada Toluwalashe scored 12 runs off 8 balls.
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Ogunnaike Folajuwon took 2 in 3 overs to sealed the victory for The Oyo for the third time.
The tournament Sponsor, EMR promised to continues it relationship in term of supporting the Under 19 South-West Cricket Tournament tagged Jide Bademosi Cup.
EMR Subsurface Manager, Mr Collins Ibekwe said the company share the game of Cricket as a gentleman sports and also share what Professor Jide Bademosi stands for in developing the youths through the game.
Ibekwe said beyond sports EMR see the under 19 South West Cricket Tournament as a tool of getting the youths out of the streets and giving them the future.
‘we at EMR shares in the ideas of cricket as a sports and we share in the ideas which Professor Jide Bademosi who himself as a Cricketer stands for.
“Cricket as a sports and beyond just a sports, we see it as a sports and technique for developing the mind and the body of the youths. We see it as an instrument of getting the youths out of the streets and giving them a future which is one of the major interest of EMR.
“We in EMR see it as an honour to be associated with this tournament because we believe it’s important we continue to give back to the society and invest in bringing up youths that have some talents in the tournament which also an important channel to develop and migrate these tools to higher goal in the future”. Ibekwe emphasised.
In the third place match Team Ogun beat Team Osun by 7 wickets.
Team Lagos Rildwane Abdulkareem won the Most Valuable Player and batman of the series, the Bowler of the series went to Omotayo Oridota of Team Ogun, Kofoworola Lokmon of Oyo State got the wicket Keeper of the series while Idowu Taiwo of Team Ogun went home with Fielder of the series.
The 2023 edition of Jide Bademosi Cup South- West Cricket Tournament will take place at the University of Ibadan Sports Complex.
