NIGERIA VS CANADA.
BY ADEYEMI ROBINSON-ADEFIOYE LAGOS
Canada won the toss and elected to bat first at the ZAYED CRICKET STADIUM, ABU DHABI.
Canada started brightly racing to a decent 10 runs per over run rate. slowly, the YELLOW GREENS clawed back with quick wickets from CHIMA AKACHUKWU and the spin pair of AJEKUN DANIEL and SYLVERSTER OKPE reduced the run rate to just over 6 runs per over. However, a late onslaught from HAMZA TARIQ saw Canada finish at 159 runs for the loss of 7 wickets in 20 overs.
NITISH KUMAR scored 57 runs off 36 balls with a strike rate of 158.3 strongly supported by HAMZA TARIQ with 33 runs off 16 balls with a strike rate of 206.25.
ABIODUN ABIOYE got 2 wickets for 26 runs in 3 overs, CHIMA AKACHUKWU with 2 wickets for 34 runs in 4 overs.
In the second innings, Nigeria struggle in the early stages to piece together a decent partnership losing 2 wickets in only the second over.
CHIMEZIE ONWUZILIKE and SULEIMON RUNSEWE steadied the ship for a while before it all came crashing down. Nigeria finally settled for 109 for the loss of 8 wickets in 20 overs.
CHIMEZIE ONWUZILIKE scored 39 runs off 31 balls and SULAIMON RUNSEWE with 27 runs off 27 balls were the best performer with the bat for Nigeria
DILONG HEYLINGER got 3 wickets for 16 runs in 4 overs while SAAD ZAFAR got 2 wickets for 25 runs in 3 overs for Canada.
Canada won by 50 runs.
Nigeria next fixture will come up Wednesday 23rd October 2019 against OMAN.
