Female Yellow Greens Fall Agonisingly Short Against Rwanda
Nigeria’s Female Yellow Greens suffered a heartbreaking two-run loss to hosts Rwanda in their latest match at the 2026 Kwibuka Women’s T20I Tournament in Kigali on Thursday.
The Nigerian side went into the game full of confidence after a strong display in their previous outing, but they were unable to get over the line in a tightly fought contest.
Backed by their home crowd, Rwanda held on in the closing stages to claim a hard-earned victory and hand Nigeria a painful defeat.
The result leaves the Female Yellow Greens with two wins and two losses from their first four matches of the tournament.
Nigeria will now look to put the setback behind them and return to winning ways in their remaining games as they continue their push for a place in the next stage of the competition.
The Kwibuka Women’s T20I Tournament is held every year in Rwanda to remember the victims of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi and to support the development of women’s cricket in Africa and other parts of the world.
