Peter Aho (born 2 March 2003) is a Nigerian cricketer.[1][2] In March 2019, he was part of 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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| Born | (2003-03-02) 2 March 2003 (age 19) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium-fast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| T20I debut (cap 19) | 11 September 2021 v Kenya | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 20 November 2021 v Tanzania | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 15 December 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In September 2021, Aho was named 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, for Nigeria 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]