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Oyo State Wins Bademosi U-19 Cricket Tourney

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Oyo state cricket team yesterday won the first Jide Bademosi U-19 cricket tournament after beating Ogun by 78 runs in a nail-biting final played at the Liberty Stadium Cricket Oval, Ibadan.

The victorious Oyo State team were made to sweat for the top prize as they were pushed to the limit in the match that attracted a large turnout of cricket enthusiast­s from Lagos, Ogun, Osun and neighbouri­ng Ekiti.

Ogun state won the toss but elected to field first. Oyo scored an impressive 191 for the loss of 5 in 40 overs.

The star act for Team Oyo was Olaleye Elijah who scored 93 runs not out. He was effectivel­y assisted by Vincent Adewoye 28 and Akachukwu Chima 26.

In the second innings, Team Ogun who exhibited a lot of discipline in their fielding showed initial stability in their batting but soon began to lose wickets in quick succession. They lost 4 wickets as early as the 12th over.

The introducti­on of captain Ajekwu Daniel stabilised play for them. In the 22nd over, Ogun batsmen recorded 64 for 4.

proved to be even a tougher nut for Team Oyo bowlers as they attacked every ball thrown at them.

At the end Ogun scored 113 all out giving Oyo a healthy victory.

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