[13] As the number of Europeans working in the country reduced, the quality of the African players increased and cricket began to be organised on multi-racial lines in 1956.

Cricket began a process of decline, and when Tanzania toured in 1974, Nigeria lost two of the three matches and drew the other.

[15] Nigeria still continued to play on their own on occasion,[6] though they sometimes withdrew from tournaments, as at the 1998 Africa Cricket Association Championship.

[16] The West African Cricket Conference ceased to exist in 2002,[6] and Nigeria became an associate member of the ICC in their own right the same year.

[17] They finished 5th in the Africa Cricket Association Championships in 2004, their only win coming against the last-placed Tanzania, thus failing to qualify for the 2005 ICC Trophy.

[18] In August 2006, Nigeria took part in Division Two of the World Cricket League Africa Region in Tanzania,[19] finishing last.

[28] Nigeria's first T20I match was against Kenya on 20 May 2019, after finishing second in the North-Western sub-region qualification group, advancing to the Regional Final of the 2018–19 ICC World Twenty20 Africa Qualifier tournament.

[31] The 2,000-capacity Tafawa Balewa Square Oval in Lagos is the largest cricket stadium in Nigeria.

2, Gaborone on 9 April 2013 Olajide Bejide – 106 vs Tanzania at Royal Selangor Club, Kuala Lumpur on 13 March 2014 Segun Olayinka – 94* vs Argentina at Grainville, St Saviour on 28 July 2013 Endurance Ofem – 90 vs Cayman Islands at Kinrara Academy Oval, Kuala Lumpur on 9 March 2014 Best bowling figures Oluseye Olympio – 6/23 vs Argentina at Grainville, St Saviour on 28 July 2013 Saeed Akolade – 6/27 vs Bahrain at Farmers CC, St Martin on 25 July 2013 Joshua Ogunlola – 5/28 vs Botswana at BCA Oval No.

1, Gaborone on 8 May 2011 This lists all the players who have played for Nigeria in the past 12 months or has been part of the latest T20I squad.