Cricket Association Selects 12 players for Nigeria

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The Technical Committee of the Sierra Leone Cricket Association (SLCA) has selected 12 players for the ACA-ICC U-15 tournament to be played in Ibadan, Nigeria slated for December 4 7, 2010. The 12 players were selected among 30 players that were invited for trials from various secondary schools that participated in the last school league. The list of the selected players was approved by the Executive of the Association and it was also agreed at an Executive meeting to write letters to the parents and Schools of the selected players to grant them release. Five Countries from the North-West Africa region are to participate in the tournament. The five countries are Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Gambia, Cameroon and Mali. Ghana and Morocco are not participating in this tournament as they have been suspended by the International Cricket Committee (ICC) According to the association the players were selected from School going children based on the ICC and Ministry of Youth and Sports criteria which was accepted by the SLCA Executive. Also among the 12 players selected 7 are from the Government Rokel Secondary School the champion of the past cricket School League. One player each from the Prince of Wales, Albert Academy, United Muslim Secondary School (UMASS) W.A.M Collegiate and Government Senior Secondary Schools. The 14 man Sierra Leone delegation for the game is expected to depart Freetown on the 3rd December 2010.

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