Nigeria 271 for 4 (Salau 112, Okpe 65*, Runsewe 50, Dimitri 1-45) beat Ivory Coast 7 (Useni 3-0, Danladi 3-2, Aho 2-0) by 264 runs
Ivory Coast have entered the report books for the lowest whole in a males’s T20I, rolling over for simply 7 in a 264-run defeat to Nigeria in an ICC Males’s T20 World Cup Sub-Regional Africa Qualifier Group C sport on Sunday in Lagos.
Batting first after successful the toss, Nigeria rode on Participant-of-the-Match Selim Salau‘s 53-ball 112 (retired out) and half-centuries from Sulaimon Runsewe (50 in 29) and Isaac Okpe (65* in 23) to place up 271 for 4. It was carnage after that. Left-arm spinner Isaac Danladi and left-arm fast Prosper Useni picked up three wickets every, right-arm fast Peter Aho bought two, and Sylvester Okpe bought one, with one batter run out, as Ivory Coast had been dismissed in 7.3 overs. Opener Ouattara Mohamed was the top-scorer with 4 from six balls. The batters’ scores learn: 4, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0* and 0.
This was the primary occasion of a single-digit group whole in a males’s T20I, and beat the sooner lowest whole within the format, 10 all out, which has been recorded twice: Mongolia vs Singapore in September this yr and Isle of Man vs Spain final yr.
The win was Nigeria’s second in as many video games within the group, and Ivory Coast’s second loss in as many video games – they’d been bowled out for 21 to lose by 168 runs to Sierra Leone of their first match. Nigeria are high of the six-team desk, whereas Ivory Coast are backside.
