The Nigeria Cricket Federation (NCF), says it is satisfied with the quality and level of participation at the just concluded NCF/PwC national U-17 zonal qualifiers.
Obalola told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Wednesday that the tournament, which ran concurrently at the weekend in some states of the federation, had helped discover more talents for the sport.
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He said the feat was evident in the federation’s grassroots developmental programme.
“We have a record of 31 states presenting male teams and 25 for females, it wasn’t so before now. Presently, we are having states which were not participating before now getting involved,’’ Obalola said.
The NCF official also thanked Pricewaterhouse Coopers (PwC) for sponsoring the event since its inception four years ago.
Meanwhile, Team Kwara won both male and female events in the North Central finals, while Team Edo became champions also in male and female events ahead of the South South states.
In South West, Lagos were champions in the male event while Ekiti lifted the trophy in the female event. Team Kaduna snatched the trophy in both male and female events for North West.
For South East, Imo state won the tournament for male and Ebonyi took the gold medals for female, while Gombe claimed the trophies in both male and female events for North East.
The best players in each state of the region would be selected to represent the region in the finals of the event on Feb15 in Abuja. (NAN).
