NCF plans Junior Female Yellow Greens W’Cup camp

The Nigeria Cricket Federation has mapped out plans for the Junior Female Yellow Greens to have their final camping ahead of the 2025 ICC U-19 Women’s World Cup in India, The PUNCH reports. Nigeria qualified for the tournament which will be played in Malaysia from January 18 to February 2, by winning the Africa Qualifier Division 1 title in Kigali, Rwanda, in September. The U-19 girls have had the first phase of their preparations at the NCF’s high-performance centre in Benin City, Edo State.

According to the NCF, the team will resume training in Lagos on December 27 before proceeding to India for a 10-day camping. It’s 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. Ahead of Nigeria’s second appearance at the global level, the NCF has announced a strong 15-player squad for the tournament in Malaysia.



Related News Cricket: Nigeria’s opponents arrive for W’Cup qualifiers NCF braces for T20 W’Cup qualifiers — Akpata NCF fetes Junior Female Yellow Greens In an unchanged squad from the qualifiers in Kigali, captain Lucky Piety will lead 14 other players including Shola Adekunle, Peculiar Agboya, Anointed Aikigbe, Lillian Ude and Christabel Chukwuonye. Other players are Kehinde Amusa, wicketkeeper Deborah Bassey, Bieni Jessica, Omosigbo Eguakun, Victory Igbinedion, Naomi Memeh, Beauty Oguai, Inyene Umoh and super bowler Peace Usen. In Malaysia, the Junior Yellow Greens will play in Group C at the tournament alongside New Zealand, South Africa, and Samoa.

Their first match will be against Samoa on January 18, 2025, before facing New Zealand two days later and South Africa on January 22, 2025. The 2025 ICC U-19 Women’s T20 World Cup is the second edition of the tournament with India as the defending champions. The team will be led by Kenyan coach Sarah Bakhita and will be assisted by former Yellow Greens captain Blessing Etim.

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