Julius OkorieNigeria is to fly Africa’s flag at the Women U-19 Cricket World Cup to be held in Malaysia next year, after emerging champions in the Africa qualifiers concluded in Kigali, Rwanda on Sunday.
Nigeria was declared the winner of the final match against Zimbabwe after the match was washed out in the second inning. Officials adjudged Nigeria the winner for being the only participant unscathed at the qualifier and had also topped its group.
Join our WhatsApp ChannelInternational Cricket Council’s official handle announced: “The finals has been washed out at Gahanga 2 Oval, Kigali, and Nigeria qualifies for the 2025 ICC Women’s World Cup in Malaysia as they topped the group and remained unbeaten.”
This will be the second time Nigeria will qualify for any cricket World Cup, the first being the men’s U-19 team, who also defied the odds to qualify for their World Cup in South Africa in 2019.
Nigeria will play in Group C at the tournament alongside New Zealand, South Africa, and Samoa.
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The 2025 ICC U-19 Women’s T20 World Cup, which will be played from January 18 to February 2, 2025, is the second edition of the tournament with India as the defending champions.
Speaking on the qualification of the Nigerian ladies, President of Nigeria Cricket Federation, Uyi Akpata, said that the qualification was a reward for the hard work and tenacity that everyone involved had committed to it.
“First, I must thank the players, for their boldness and dedication to this project. The board members too have been very supportive, and I will not forget the Coaches and the technical team behind them, ” he said, adding that what will follow next is to begin early preparations.
Julius Okorie is Chief Sports and Entertainment Correspondent for Prime Business Africa. He began his journalism career with the Champion Newspaper and Sporting Champion and later moved on to Daily Independent and the Nation Newspapers. Okorie joined Prime Business Africa in 2024 bringing on board 20 years of experience in writing investigative news on Sports and Entertainment. His well researched and highly informative articles on Sports Business and general entertainment are followed by a wide range of audience.
