Group Edo have been the clear winners in each the lads’s and ladies’s T20 cricket on the 2024 Nationwide Sports activities Competition. The finals occurred on Saturday on the cricket oval of the MKO Abiola Sports activities Advanced in Abeokuta.
The ladies’s crew efficiently defended their title from the final pageant, beating Lagos State by eight wickets within the closing. In the meantime, the lads’s crew received gold by defeating the defending champions, Kaduna State, additionally by eight wickets.
The ladies’s closing was held within the morning on the primary oval. Edo’s crew, led by captain Favour Eseigbe, bowled out Lagos for simply 52 runs in 19.3 overs. Edo then reached the goal of 53 runs in simply 10 overs, shedding solely two wickets.
Within the males’s closing, Kaduna batted first however managed solely 72 runs earlier than all their wickets fell in 19 overs. Edo’s males chased the goal comfortably, reaching 73 runs in simply 9 overs with solely two wickets misplaced.
Within the third-place matches, Ogun State missed out on bronze medals in each males’s and ladies’s occasions. The ladies misplaced to Akwa Ibom by 12 runs, whereas the lads have been overwhelmed by Oyo State by 10 wickets.
The cricket competitors will proceed with six-a-side and One Day Worldwide (ODI) matches, performed concurrently on the three ovals on the MKO Abiola Sports activities Advanced in Abeokuta.
