Nigeria’s male national cricket team the Yellow Greens have arrived in Zimbabwe for a week-long training tour ahead of their T20 Regional B World Cup Qualifier series billed for Rwanda.
The Nigerian team have lined up some warm-up games against Zimbabwe club, Mid-West Rhinos, as the team continues its preparation for the qualifiers.
In the two warm-up games at the Touchwood Lodges and Kwekwe Sports Club, the Yellow Greens lost the first by 126 – 122 runs while they hit the pace in the second game with a comfortable 102 – 59 runs victory in the second game.
The team will continue its training session at the same centre before filing out in two more warm up games on Saturday 26 and Sunday 27 November to wrap up the training tour.
Nigeria will depart Zimbabwe on Monday November 28 and join their adversaries in Rwanda for the qualifiers.
