By Gracious Akujobi Preparatory to the African Cricket Championship, the Nigeria Cricket Federation (NCF) has announced a sponsor for the U-19 Cricketers.
General Manager of NCF, Joshua Eshua told Prompt News that John Abebe has graciously agreed to sponsor them for a training tour of Dubai in preparation for the championship which will now be hosted by Tanzania.
“We have got a sponsor, John Abebe has confirmed that he wants to sponsor a tour to Dubai for the Under-19 to prepare for that tournament
“With the arrangement I have made with our contact in Dubai, we are set to be in Dubai on January 26 till February 5.
“From there, we will depart for the championship; so with this confirmation from John Abebe, we don’t have to hold back anymore.
“We have barely two weeks to the departure date to Dubai for pre tournament.
“We have to proceed into camp where we will be able to select 14 people out of the 24 invited boys for the under-19 camp” he said
The Dubai tour, he said was in addition to the camping of the team which is expected to resume this weekend in Ilorin following the adjustment in the date for the tournament.
