The Nigeria Cricket Federation (NCF) on Wednesday named the Junior Female Yellow Greens final squad for the 2025 ICC U-19 Women’s T20 World Cup set to be held in Malaysia in January, Afrosport reports. The NCF has called upon 15 young cricketers for the tournament, which is slated to run from 18 January 2025 until 2 February. Lucky Piety has been selected as the Junior Female...
Nigeria women’s under-19 cricket team, the Junior Female Yellow Greens, made history on Sunday, as they emerged victorious in the International Cricket Council (ICC) U19 Women’s T20 World Cup Africa qualifying tournament in Kigali, Rwanda. The Junior Female Yellow Greens were unbeaten throughout the just-concluded tournament in East Africa, beating Zimbabwe in Sunday’s final at the Gahanga 2 Oval, as they sealed qualification for next year’s...
Nigeria U19 Women’s team made history on Monday, beating Zimbabwe by one wicket at the ongoing Africa U19 World Cup Qualifiers in Rwanda, Afrosport reports The victory marks the first time the women’s cricket team defeated any of the International Cricket Council (ICC) 10 test playing nations, who are usually regarded as the elite cricket playing nations. In the game played at Gahanga B Cricket oval...
The Nigerian women’s cricket team claimed the first-ever bronze medal at the African Games after overcoming Uganda by three wickets at the Achimota Oval in Accra on Wednesday. The Yellow Greens opted to bowl first after wining the toss and were able to restrict Uganda to a total of 76 runs for the loss of eight wickets in 20 overs. The solid partnership between Salome Sunday...
Africa is bracing up for the 13th edition of the African Games that will take place in Ghana from March 8. The continental sports festival has been a traditional event organised by the Africa Union in partnership with the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa and the Association of African Sports Confederations. All 54 countries on the continent are expected to participate in the quadrennial...
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