The coach of the Nigeria’s Women Cricket team, Leke Oyede has said his goal is to win enough match to climb a new height on the International Cricket Council’s ranking with the team at the Kwibuka Tournament.
While having their final training session at the Tafawa Balewa Square in Lagos, Oyede, said through the team has had setbacks in the number of players that withdrew to write exams, he is assured of result when the event gets underway on Thursday on Kigali.
“I am very encouraged at the way the team is responding to training and we are not perturbed that some few players that featured at the Women T20 in Lagos didn’t make it. We have quality replacements and we have all been together for close to a month. We are counting on the teamwork, fitness, strategy and the chemistry we have built during the period we were in camp.”
He said, he reckoned the Nigeria Women are only ranked above Botswana at the event, but with the spirit in the team and amount of works done, he expects to return from the event with enough win that will lift Nigeria’s ranking from the 37th place it presently occupies.
“Our collective goal is to win matches, especially against teams above us, so we can move up and attain for the country a new height in ranking.”
He said his technical crew had obtained data of the teams they are playing and they are ready to apply themselves to the discipline that will keep them focused and win the games.
“The team has shown improvement since the last time they were together, it came through hard work and I believe all these would be justified from the first match, when we file out against Brazil in Kigali on Thursday.”
