CRICKET

Playoffs for the 2010 National Cricket Club Champions in the three Zones will hold next weekend September 4th.The South-East,South-South and North-West Zones will be engaged in matches to determine who joins the South-West Champions,Ibeju Lekki Cricket Club in the finals to be played in Abuja from 10TH TO 12th September 2010.
ILCC are the tournament champions having won the trophy back to back in the last two seasons and again Qualified to represent the South-West Zone by topping the Club Cricket Committee CCC,League in Lagos.
In the South- East Zone,the Champion Club of Anambra,Imo and Enugu States will lock horns at the University of Nigeria,Nsuka Cricket Oval to determine who will fly the flag of the Zone.In the South-South,F-16 Cricket Club of Benin,winners of the Edo League this season will lock horns with the River State Whales Cricket Club to determine will represent the zone in a one match Playoff in Benin on Saturday.
In the North West,Kaduna Crocodiles,Cricket Club of Abuja (CCA) and the Kebbi State Champion Club will engage themselves in a Round Robin series at the Muritala Mohammed Square Cricket Oval,Kaduna.The Nigeria Cricket Federation have disclosed that this year,s finals in Abuja will be played in line with the One Day International (ODI)standards with participating club donning coloured clothing and a white Cricket ball.