Nigeria qualify for the U19 Women’s Cricket World Cup
Nigeria’s junior women’s cricket team secured a place at the ICC U19 Women’s T20 World Cup in Tanzania. In the final of the African first-division qualifying tournament, the team defeated Zimbabwe by four runs. This will be the Junior Female Yellow Greens’ second appearance at the world championship.
98 runs in 20 overs
Nigeria won the toss and chose to bat first. The team scored 98 runs for six wickets in 20 overs. Captain Christabel Chukwuonye was the top scorer with 21 runs from 19 balls. Beauty Oguayi added 19 runs, while Jessica Biieni scored 15.
At the end of the innings, Deborah Bassey scored 10 runs from four balls, helping Nigeria set a target for their opponents. Premium Times Nigeria reports on the course of the match.
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Decisive over
In reply, Zimbabwe scored 94 runs and lost all their wickets in 19.5 overs. Nigeria’s best bowler was Peace Usen, who took three wickets for 19 runs in four overs. Jennifer Godwin took two wickets, while Shola Adekunle claimed one more.
For Zimbabwe, Salem Princess Museka scored 27 runs from 32 balls. Before the final over, Zimbabwe needed six runs and had already lost nine wickets. Anointed Ahigbe, who had earlier dismissed Museka, bowled Vanessa Nyasha Maedzu with the fifth ball of the decisive over. Ahigbe finished the match with two wickets for 15 runs in 2.5 overs.
