Nema Pius, the Captain of Tanzania team to the Nigeria Cricket Federation Women T20i invitational tournament on Monday attributed the win over the host Nigeria to a plot to make use of their batsmen more.
Pius spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on the sidelines of the first match of the Match Day 2 of the ongoing NCF Women T20i invitational tournament.
NAN reports that the NCF Women T20i invitational tournament bat off on Sunday at the Tafawa Balewa Oval Square with four countries in attendance.
The countries in attendance include host Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Rwanda, and Tanzania.
In the first game of the Match Day 2, Tanzania won by unassailable 39 runs win over the Yellow Green of Nigeria.
Nigeria only afforded 85 runs on the board during their batting, dropping eight wickets in 20 overs, while Tanzania got 134 runs dropping only four wickets in 20 overs
While giving the secret of the team having an edge over Nigeria, the Captain of Tanzanian team, Pius, said they also needed to atone for the loss the team recorded in the Match Day 1 against Rwanda.
“We are the highest ranked team in the tournament which is an edge, but away from that, we have more better batsmen in our team.
“We believe in our batsmen about 15 of them in the team that are good in batting, so if anyone is out, we can have a good replacement.
“We also have other good players behind the batsmen.
“Our goal is to win the tournament and also to learn from other team how they are playing as well, which is a good experience for us, ” she said.
Perice Kamunga, from Tanzania, the winners of the “Players of the Match” a N150, 000 prize, told NAN that she was ecstatic about the award.
“I am very happy for the award as the player of the match, it’s not an easy feat to be a stand out player, you have to be consistent.
“We have to play better against Nigeria because we lose our first match yesterday and we must be stronger now and not repeat the yesterday’s mistakes but learn from them.
“I won the award because I am more determined to make impact, ” she said.
NAN reports that Nigeria won the first match of the NCF Women T20i invitational tournament with 54 runs win over Sierra Leone.
The Female Yellow Greens batting saw them coast to 137 runs for the loss of two wickets in 20 overs.
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However, Nigeria’s conqueror at the Match Day 2, Tanzania lost their first game to Rwanda in a 33 runs defeat.
The Tanzanian team could only manage 86 runs all out in 16.4 overs.
NAN also reports that the four-nation tournament will be played till March 4 in a round-robin format, while the team with the highest point will go home with the title. (NAN)
