{"id":54568,"date":"2023-10-07T14:25:33","date_gmt":"2023-10-07T14:25:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/cricket-rwanda-picks-first-win-in-west-africa-trophy-tour-tournament"},"modified":"2023-10-07T15:02:06","modified_gmt":"2023-10-07T15:02:06","slug":"cricket-rwanda-picks-first-win-in-west-africa-trophy-tour-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/cricket-rwanda-picks-first-win-in-west-africa-trophy-tour-tournament","title":{"rendered":"Cricket: Rwanda picks first win in West Africa Trophy Tour Tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"

Edmund Okai Gyimah<\/b><\/p>\n

Africa-Press – Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>Rwanda defeated Sierra Leone by 154\/8 to 121\/5 in the ongoing West Africa Trophy Tour Cricket Tournament in Lagos, Nigeria.<\/p>\n

The game at Tafawa Balewa Square Cricket Oval saw Rwanda being dominant throughout the encounter.<\/p>\n

Hamza Khan of Rwanda who had 59 (44) was superb in the game and was named best player on the day.<\/p>\n

This was Rwanda’s first win in the competition after losing to Ghana by 3 runs and Nigeria by 57 runs in the opening two games.<\/p>\n

Rwanda is the only country outside West Africa invited for the tournament which started on October 4 and will end on October 11.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Rwanda<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Edmund Okai Gyimah Africa-Press – Rwanda. Rwanda defeated Sierra Leone by 154\/8 to 121\/5 in the ongoing West Africa Trophy Tour Cricket Tournament in Lagos, Nigeria. The game at Tafawa Balewa Square Cricket Oval saw Rwanda being dominant throughout the encounter. Hamza Khan of Rwanda who had 59 (44) was superb in the game and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":54567,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[760,763,1931,711,206,254,758,3807,3734,3808],"class_list":["post-54568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-rwanda","tag-cricket","tag-ghana","tag-lagos","tag-nigeria","tag-rwanda","tag-sierra-leone","tag-tafawa-balewa-square-cricket-oval","tag-west-africa-trophy-tour-tournament"],"yoast_head":"\nCricket: Rwanda picks first win in West Africa Trophy Tour Tournament - Rwanda<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Rwanda defeated Sierra Leone by 154\/8 to 121\/5 in the ongoing West Africa Trophy Tour Cricket Tournament in Lagos, Niger ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/cricket-rwanda-picks-first-win-in-west-africa-trophy-tour-tournament\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Cricket: Rwanda picks first win in West Africa Trophy Tour Tournament\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Rwanda defeated Sierra Leone by 154\/8 to 121\/5 in the ongoing West Africa Trophy Tour Cricket Tournament in Lagos, Niger ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/cricket-rwanda-picks-first-win-in-west-africa-trophy-tour-tournament\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Rwanda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-10-07T14:25:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-10-07T15:02:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2023\/10\/sm_1696678219.077683.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"650\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/cricket-rwanda-picks-first-win-in-west-africa-trophy-tour-tournament#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/cricket-rwanda-picks-first-win-in-west-africa-trophy-tour-tournament\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Cricket: Rwanda picks first win in West Africa Trophy Tour Tournament\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-10-07T14:25:33+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-10-07T15:02:06+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/cricket-rwanda-picks-first-win-in-west-africa-trophy-tour-tournament\"},\"wordCount\":123,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/cricket-rwanda-picks-first-win-in-west-africa-trophy-tour-tournament#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2023\/10\/sm_1696678219.077683.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Rwanda\",\"Cricket\",\"Ghana\",\"Lagos\",\"Nigeria\",\"Rwanda\",\"Sierra Leone\",\"Tafawa Balewa Square Cricket Oval\",\"West Africa Trophy Tour Tournament\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/cricket-rwanda-picks-first-win-in-west-africa-trophy-tour-tournament#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/cricket-rwanda-picks-first-win-in-west-africa-trophy-tour-tournament\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/cricket-rwanda-picks-first-win-in-west-africa-trophy-tour-tournament\",\"name\":\"Cricket: Rwanda picks first win in West Africa Trophy Tour Tournament - 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