The North West team at the National under 17 Championship yesterday emerged winners at the maiden event with eight points from five matches at a net run rate of 4.86 at the Cricket Oval of the National Stadium in Abuja. The event is sponsored by Price WaterHouse Coopers (PwC).
Captain of the team, Boniface Oche, who is also a member of the national under 19 team led the youthful side to an easy run until the team got ditched by the South West team in their last match, losing by six wickets.
Professor Yahaya Ukwenya, President of the Nigeria Cricket Federation said the event is a very brilliant way of discovering and growing talent in the country.
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“We are very glad at the level of talents on display here and we are also appreciative of the support gotten from PwC. This perhaps is the deepest we have gone in exposing all the youths across the nation to competitive event. I believe the players discovered from the effort are nationalistic,” he said.