Nigeria’s female U-19 cricket team, the Junior Female Yellow Greens, have been pumped up by their two runs win over 2023 semi-finalists, New Zealand, as they marked their ICC U-19 Women’s T20 World Cup debut in style yesterday.
Having seen their first game, which was supposed to be against Samoa, washed out on Saturday, Nigeria’s buzzing stars finally got a taste of the action in a reduced 13-over game due to the wet surface.
Player of The Match, Lucky Piety, who hit 18 runs off 22 balls plus a sharp bowling spell of one wicket for just eight runs in three overs described the win as special.