Nigeria’s senior men’s cricket team, the Yellow Greens, defended their crown in style at Abuja’s Moshood Abiola Stadium, smashing 157/5 before bundling Rwanda out for 117/9 to clinch the 2025 West Africa Trophy by 40 runs—perfect revenge after Rwanda’s earlier league upset.
Captain Sulaimon Runsewe set the tone with a powerplay blitz alongside Rahmon Ali, Selim Salau’s gritty 25 pushing to 93, and middle-order fireworks from Isaac Danladi, Vincent Adewoye and Sylvester Okpe maintaining a blistering 7.85 run rate—Rwanda’s chase fizzled despite a 50-openers stand, crushed by Nigeria’s bowling trio Isaac Okpe, Joshua Asia and Elochukwu Ndudubem grabbing two wickets each.
Dominating with 8 league wins from 9 (only loss to Rwanda), Nigeria swept individual gongs too: Danladi best batter (324 runs), Rwanda’s Muhammad Nadir top bowler (15 wickets), Runsewe best fielder (11 dismissals), Zambia’s Zoyeb Chand MVP—Zambia grabbed bronze over Sierra Leone.
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