Preview
Hosts Nigeria (NIG) take on Cameroon (CAM) in the 3rd game of the Nigeria Invitational Women’s T20I Tournament. Every game of this tournament will be played at the Tafawa Balewa Oval in Lagos. Nigeria are ranked 29th on the ICC WT20I Rankings, while Cameroon are new to the format having played just the 4 T20Is before
H2H
Nigeria have a 1:0 lead, having secured a comfortable 10 wicket win in the only prior H2H fixture between these 2
Top Performers at Venue
Salome Sunday (NIG), Batter- RHB
Inns- 4 | Runs- 135 | Avg- 45
Blessing Etim (NIG), All Rounder- RHB/RAM
Inns- 4 | Wkts- 4 | Avg- 17 | Runs- 31 | Avg- 31
Favour Eseigbe (NIG), All Rounder- RHB/RALB
Inns- 6 | Wkts- 9 | Avg- 8 | SR- 15
Lilian Ude (NIG), Bowler- RAM
Inns- 6 | Wkts- 9 | Avg- 11 | SR- 13
Top Picks
Michele Ekani Ngono (CAM), Bowler- RAM
- She registered figures of 3.3-0-12-3 in her last T20I outing
- She’s Cameroon’s leading wicket-taker in T20Is: Inns- 4 | Wkts- 4 | Avg- 17 | SR- 16
Lucky Piety (NIG), All Rounder- RHB/OS
- In the previous game, she bowled for the very 1st time in T20Is & ended up with impressive figures of 4-1-8-2
- She was the highest scorer in the previous game with her unbeaten knock of 22*
- Cameroon being one of the most inexperienced teams in the tournament, will find it tough to tackle her spin
Madaleine Nseke Sissako (CAM), All Rounder- LHB/LAM
- She’s CAM’s leading run-getter in the format with 39 runs at an average of 13
- She’s one of the only 2 Cameroon batters to have crossed the 20 run mark in a game
- She’s one of the only 3 Cameroon bowlers to have picked a wicket or more in T20Is
Salome Sunday (NIG), Batter- RHB
- She’s Nigeria’s all time leading run-getter in T20Is: Inns- 26 | Runs- 486 | Avg- 23
- She’s Nigeria’s leading run-getter at the venue: Inns- 4 | Runs- 135 | Avg- 45
Differential Picks
Peculiar Abgoya (NIH), Bowler- RAM
- She took her maiden T20I wicket in the previous game
- She’ll open the bowling, and then will operate during the death overs too
- She returned with figures of 3-1-10-1 in the previous game
Maeva Douma Devora (CAM), Bowler- RAM
- She’s Cameroon’s 2nd highest wicket-taker with 2 wickets at a SR of 24
- She registered figures of 2-0-11-1 in her previous T20I outing
Chinyenum George (NIG), All Rounder- RHB/RAM
- She registered figures of 2-0-18-1 in the previous game
- She’s yet to wicketless in her T20I career
- Her overall T20I record with the ball being: Inns- 5 | Wkts- 7 | Avg- 11 | SR- 11
Lilian Ude (NIG), Bowler- RAM
- She registered figures of 2-0-15-1 in the previous game
- She’s Nigeria’s joint highest wicket-taker at the venue: Inns- 6 | Wkts- 9 | Avg- 11 | SR- 13
Safe Captaincy Pick
Favour Eseigbe (NIG), All Rounder- RHB/RALB
- She registered figures of 4-0-6-1 in the previous game
- She’s picked the joint most wickets for Nigeria at this venue: Inns- 6 | Wkts- 9 | Avg- 8 | SR- 15
- She’s the 3rd highest wicket-taker for Nigeria in this format: Inns- 22 | Wkts- 24 | Avg- 14 | SR- 20
Differential Captaincy Pick
Rukayat Abdulrasaq (NIG), Bowler- RAM
- She had the best bowling figures in the previous game: 4-1-6-2
- She registered figures of 3.2-0-9-4 on her T20I debut last year
- She’s been brilliant in her short T20I career so far: Inns- 9 | Wkts- 12 | Avg- 9 | SR- 17
Base Team
WK: Lucky Piety
BAT: Blessing Etim, Salome Sunday
AR: Favour Eseigbe, Michele Ekani Ngono, Madeline Nseke Sissako
BOWL: Rukayat Abdulrasaq, Lilian Ude
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