Nigeria 271 for 4 (Salau 112, Okpe 65*, Runsewe 50, Dimitri 1-45) won Ivory Coast 7 (Useni 3-0, Danladi 3-2, Aho 2-0) by 264 runs
Ivory Coast have entered the record books for the lowest total in a men’s T20I, going down for just 7 in a 264-run defeat to Nigeria in a Group C match of the Africa Sub-Regional Qualifier for the Men’s T20 World Cup. the ICC on Sunday in Lagos.
Batting first after winning the toss, Nigeria took advantage of Man of the Match Selim Salau’s 53-ball 112 (retired) and half-centuries from Sulaimon Runsewe (50 off 29) and Isaac Okpe (65* off 23) to reach 271 for 4. After that it was carnage. Left-arm spinner Isaac Danladi and left-arm quick Prosper Useni picked up three wickets each, right-arm quick Peter Aho got two and Sylvester Okpe got one, with one batsman exhausted, as Ivory Coast were dismissed for 7, 3 overs. Opener Ouattara Mohamed was the top scorer with 4 off six balls. The batters’ scores read: 4, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0* and 0.
This was the first instance of a single-digit team total in a men’s T20I, and surpassed the previous lowest total in the format, 10 in all, which was recorded twice: Mongolia vs Singapore in September this year and Isla de Man vs Spain. last year.
The victory was Nigeria’s second in as many games in the group, and Ivory Coast’s second defeat in as many games: they had been bowled out for 21 to lose by 168 runs to Sierra Leone in their opening match. Nigeria tops the six-team table, while Ivory Coast is last.
