{"id":82996,"date":"2026-02-24T07:26:30","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T07:26:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=82996"},"modified":"2026-02-24T07:26:30","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T07:26:30","slug":"female-yellow-greens-set-for-womens-t20i-invitational-return-in-lagos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2026\/02\/24\/female-yellow-greens-set-for-womens-t20i-invitational-return-in-lagos\/","title":{"rendered":"Female Yellow Greens Set for Women\u2019s T20I Invitational Return in Lagos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Samuel Adeola<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Nigeria Cricket Federation (NCF), has confirmed the return of the Women\u2019s T20I Invitational Tournament, scheduled to take place at the Tafawa Balewa Cricket Oval in Lagos from March 18 to 29.<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria\u2019s Female Yellow Greens will host a competitive field including Ghana, Sierra Leone, Rwanda, and the debuting South Africa U-19 women\u2019s team.<\/p>\n<p>The NCF aims to use this expanded five-team competition as a high-performance platform to provide elite and emerging players with vital match exposure ahead of major international engagements.<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria previously clinched the title in 2023 but surrendered it to Tanzania in 2024, while Rwanda emerged as champions in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>After a hiatus last year due to a congested schedule, the federation is positioning this year\u2019s event to attract strong regional competition.<\/p>\n<p>The return of Ghana and the consistent participation of Rwanda and Sierra Leone underscore the tournament&#8217;s growing significance in the African cricket calendar.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the invitational, the NCF is preparing for the seventh National U-17 Championship, with zonal qualifiers running from February 10 to 23 across the six geopolitical zones.<\/p>\n<p>This championship remains a critical development pathway, having already produced talents who represented Nigeria at the ICC Women\u2019s U-19 T20 World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>The federation views these grassroots qualifiers as essential for testing young players in high-pressure environments and identifying the next generation of global competitors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Samuel Adeola The Nigeria Cricket Federation (NCF), has confirmed the return of the Women\u2019s T20I Invitational Tournament, scheduled to take place at the Tafawa Balewa Cricket Oval in Lagos from March 18 to 29. Nigeria\u2019s Female Yellow Greens will host a competitive field including Ghana, Sierra Leone, Rwanda, and the debuting South Africa U-19 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":82997,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172,175],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-82996","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-sports","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82996","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82996"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82996\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82998,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82996\/revisions\/82998"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}