Nigeria Cricket Federation (NCF) will organize the third edition of National U-17 Cricket Championship in the months of January/February 2022 to develop the next generation of cricketers, who will represent Nigeria in domestic and international tournaments in the coming future. PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) continue their support for the event as they have done in the previous edition of the Championships held in 2021.
States across the six regions in the country will battle in the zonal championships, from which the regional champions will advance to the national final slated for Abuja. FCT will host the North Central zone, Kaduna State will host the North West zone, Gombe State will host the North East Zone, Ebonyi State will host the South East Zone, Edo State will host the South-South zone and Finally, Oyo State will host the South West Zone from 28th – 30th January 2022. The regional teams will be selected for the National Final scheduled to take place from the 15th -20th February 2022. Team South South are the winners of the boys championships from the 2021 edition, with them securing the title in the Final against Team North West.
The second edition of the tournament saw the emergence of 14-years old Piety Lucky, who went to become the youngest female to ever make the Nigeria Senior Women’s team, and also created milestones of her own by becoming the first female cricketer to score a century for the country. There has been a massive growth in participation levels in the previously held editions and it continues this year as well, with 31 states going to feature in the Boys category and 25 states in the Girls category respectively in the Championships.
