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Peter Aho

Peter Aho

Nigerian cricketer


Peter Aho (born 2 March 2003) is a Nigerian cricketer.[1][2] In March 2019, he was named in the Nigeria national under-19 cricket team that qualified for the 2020 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.[3] It was the first time that Nigeria had qualified for a Cricket World Cup tournament.[4][5]

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In September 2021, Aho featured in Nigeria's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for the 2021–22 Uganda Tri-Nation Series tournament.[6] He made his T20I debut on 11 September 2021 against Kenya.[7] The following month, he was also named in Nigeria's T20I squad for their home series against Sierra Leone.[8] In the fifth match of the series, Aho took six wickets for five runs to record the best ever bowling figures in a T20I match.[9][10] He also became the first bowler for Nigeria to take a five-wicket haul[11] and a hat-trick in a T20I match.[12]

In October 2021, he was named in Nigeria's squad for the Regional Final of the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier tournament in Rwanda.[13]


References

  1. "Peter Aho". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  2. "Peter Aho - 17-year-old prodigy from Nigeria". CricView. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  3. "Nigeria make history after sealing U-19 WC spot". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  4. "Nigeria qualifies for first U-19 Cricket World Cup". Premium Time SNG. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  5. "How Nigeria's cricket team 'shocked the world'". BBC News. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  6. "Nigeria Senior Men's team set to feature in tri-series in Uganda". Nigeria Cricket Federation. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
  7. "3rd Match, Entebbe, Sep 11 2021, Uganda T20 Tri-Series". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  8. "Five-wicket hauls in T20I matches – Innings by innings". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
  9. "N.C.F announces 14 man squad for T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier in Rwanda". Nigeria Cricket Federation. Retrieved 29 October 2021.

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