8th November, 2010
Nigeria Cricket Federation, NCF has released the names of invited players to the national U-15 team for camping ahead of the ICC-ACA North-West Africa Tournament, which holds in Nigeria next month.
General Manager of the federation, George Wiltshire, said the players were selected for a close camping after four days of screening at the Tafawa Balewa Square Cricket oval, Lagos, Southwest, Nigeria.
The former Nigerian international said 24 players were invited for screening, while 16 scaled the hurdles of the exercise.
According to him, “24 players were invited for the screening exercise. 10 each from Lagos and Ogun States, Anambra has 2, while Rivers and Kaduna States have one player each,†he said.
“We had trials for them on Friday, where we screened their birth certificates and international passports to ensure that no player is above the required age limit approved for the competition, said Wiltshire.
“These 16 players will be camped in Ibadan, but the list will later be pruned to 12 players, who will represent the country. We expect them to resume for camping on 18 November,†he said.
The names of the players, according to Wiltshire, are Afeez Obisesan, Teslim Owolabi, Daniel Ajekun, Mojeed Adiamo, Olumide Adeleke, Samuel Adeleke, Sesan Adedeji, Ayomide Adesina, Samson Emmanuel and Kunle Awosanmi.
Others are Rilwan Oyenuga, Mustapha Yusuf, Kelechi Duru, Henry Oko-jaja, Chisom Adaogu and Seun Ekundayo.
Wiltshire disclosed that six North-West African countries will take part in the tournament slated for 4 through 7 December.
The countries participating are Nigeria, Ghana, Gambia, Sierra-Leone, Cameroon, Mali and Morocco.
—Wale Joseph
