19th July, 2013
The president of the Nigeria Cricket Federation, NCF, Emeka Onyeama says there is no cause for alarm as Nigeria prepare ahead of the ICC –World Division 6 Cricket League in Jersey later this month.
Onyeama said the team’s tour of England was a warning for other countries who see Nigeria as walk-over, noting that they played five friendlies, won three and lost two.
Onyeama further hinted that everything they learnt at the tour would be taken into consideration at the ICC World Division 6 proper, pointing out that success come with a lot of perseverance and concentration not with carelessness .
“There is no cause for alarm, out of five friendly matches our team played, we won three and lost two, the losses we had were lessons to us that nothing comes easy and success come with much perseverance and concentration but not with carelessness.
“The team will be crossing over to Jersey from England after a pleasant tour. The tour has made us to know our weak points and we were able to acclimatize with the weather and the training in UK is a warning to other countries who believed that Nigeria will be a walk over at the tournament,” the president said.
The one time chairman of Abuja Cricket Association and former cricketer explained that Nigeria’s first match against Vanuatu in Jersey would be a tough one but the edge Nigeria had against them during the division 7 qualifier to division 6 in Botswana will be of advantage on Sunday in Jersey.
“Meeting Vanuatu is going to be tough , we met twice in Botswana early this year, we qualified ahead of them and emerged as overall winners. Our aim in Jersey is to qualify for Division 5 of the league,” he said.