25 October 2022 | Cricket

Former Cricket Cranes head coach Steve Tikolo has been appointed high-performance manager and head coach of Nigeria Cricket men's national team.

Nigeria Cricket Federation (NCF) in an announcement confirmed that the former Tanzanian and Uganda cricket team head coach signed an initial two-year contract.

"Following the restructuring of the coaching department in the Federation, Tikolo will head the Senior Men’s team to be assisted by our National Coach Mr. Uthe Clive Ogbimi, while other coaching structures will remain the same," the federation said.

This is yet another spectacular milestone for Tikolo who began in 2012 when he was contracted with the Cricket Cranes.

He immediately gets to work with next month’s ICC T20 World Cup Africa Sub-regional qualifiers in Rwanda on the cards for him to impress.

Nigeria will be in Group B alongside Ghana, Mozambique, The Gambia, Sierra Leone, Cameroon, and Eswatini.

"He will meet with other indigenous coaches and the Technical Director as he continues to familiarize himself with his new environment.

"His initial contract will run for 2 years with his first opportunity to meet with the senior team players when they resume camp on the 31st of October 2022," the federation added.

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