For the women's team, see Nigeria women's national cricket team.
Nigeria
Nickname(s)
Yellow Greens[1]
Association
Nigeria Cricket Federation
Personnel
Captain
Sylvester Okpe
Coach
Steve Tikolo[2]
History
Twenty20 debut
Nigeria v. North West (Boland Park, South Africa; 14 September 2018)
International Cricket Council
ICC status
Associate member (2002)
ICC region
Africa
ICC Rankings
Current[3]
Best-ever
T20I
36th
36th (25 May 2019)
International cricket
First international
Lagos Colony v. Gold Coast (Lagos, 25 May 1904)
Twenty20 Internationals
First T20I
v Kenya at Kyambogo Cricket Oval, Kampala; 20 May 2019
Last T20I
v Namibia at Achimota Oval B, Accra; 18 March 2024
T20Is
Played
Won/Lost
Total[4]
52
26/24 (0 ties, 2 no results)
This year[5]
2
1/1 (0 ties, 0 no results)
T20 World Cup Qualifier appearances
2[a] (first in 2019)
Best result
5th (2023)
As of 18 March 2024
The Nigeria national cricket team is the men's team that represents the country of Nigeria in international cricket. Cricket has been played in Nigeria since the late 19th century, and the national team played their first match in 1904, when a team representing the Lagos Colony played the Gold Coast Colony.[6] The Nigeria Cricket Association has been an associate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) since 2002.[7]
^"Team Nigeria set for the ICC T-20 World Cup Africa finals in Uganda". Nigeria Cricket. 14 May 2019. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
^"N.C.F unveils Steve Tikolo as the new Head Coach and High Performance Manager". www.nigeriacricket.com.ng. 23 October 2022. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
^"ICC Rankings". International Cricket Council.
^"T20I matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
^"T20I matches - 2024 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
^Encyclopedia of World Cricket by Roy Morgan, Sportsbooks Publishing, 2007
^Nigeria at CricketArchive
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Nigeria v. North West
Lagos Colony v. Gold Coast 
Kenya at Kyambogo Cricket Oval, Kampala; 20 May 2019
Namibia at Achimota Oval B, Accra; 18 March 2024