University of Lagos Cricket Oval
Unilag Cricket Oval
Ground information
LocationAkoka, Nigeria
Establishment2021
International information
First T20I19 October 2021:
 Nigeria v  Sierra Leone
Last T20I26 October 2021:
 Nigeria v  Sierra Leone
As of 19 October 2021
Source: Cricinfo

The University of Lagos Cricket Oval is a cricket ground, in Akoka, Nigeria.[1]

In the year 2020,the Vice Chancellor of the University Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe held a sod cutting ceremony to rebuild the Cricket Pitch and promised to build it to international standards. The pitch was redeveloped by the school's Alumni in honor of their couch Prof. Adebols Kukoyi who clocked 80years old then.[2]

In October 2021, the ground was the venue for the bilateral series between the hosts Nigeria and Sierra Leone which were the first T20Is played in Nigeria and was the first-ever T20Is for Sierra Leone cricket team.[3] The series provided both sides with preparation for the T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier in November 2021.[3] The series also saw resumption of the long-running cricketing rivalry between the two north-west African nations.[4]

Records

In October 2021, the fifth match against Sierra Leone, Peter Aho took six wickets for five runs to record the best ever bowling figures in a T20I match,[5] alongside taking a hat-trick, becoming the first Nigerian bowler to take a hat-trick.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "UNILAG VC RECEIVES NIGERIA SENIOR MEN'S CRICKET TEAM". University of Lagos. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  2. ↑ Grace Edema (4 July 2020). "UNILAG to rebuild cricket pitch". Punch Nigeria.
  3. 1 2 "Nigeria to host Sierra Leone for T20I series before T20 World Cup Africa qualifiers". Czarsportz. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  4. ↑ "Nigeria/Sierra Leone bilateral series, old titans clash in renewed rivalry". Nigeria Cricket Federation (via Facebook). Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  5. ↑ "Peter Aho breaks world record as the dest bowling figures in a T20I series". Wild Flower. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  6. ↑ "Records, Twenty20 Internationals, Bowling records, Hat-tricks". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 October 2021.


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