NCF Announces 15-Player Squad For U19 Women’s World Cup
The Nigeria Cricket Federation (NCF) on Wednesday announced a 15-player squad for the International Cricket Council (ICC) Under-19 Women’s World Cup slated for January.
The Junior Female Yellow Greens would be led by Piety Lucky with Peculiar Agboya as her assistant in the team which makes its debut in the tournament in Malaysia.
Squad Announcement Alert!
The Nigeria Cricket Federation is proud to unveil the squad for the ICC U19 Women’s T20 World Cup 2025 in Malaysia! 🇳🇬🏏
This is a historic moment as our Junior Female YellowGreens take their place on the global stage, ready to showcase their talent… pic.twitter.com/aslQJPM9en
— Nigeria Cricket Federation (@cricket_nigeria) December 18, 2024
The team had picked Africa’s sole ticket in the qualifying series in Rwanda in October. It will however contend in Group C with South Africa which gained automatic qualification based on its ICC rankings.
Nigeria will begin its campaign against Samoa on January 18th, before meeting New Zealand two days later and South Africa on January 22nd.
The 16 nation-tournament, now in its second edition, begins on January 18th and is expected to end on February 2nd.
List of the full squad:
Adekunle Adeshola
Agboya Peculiar
Akhigbe Anointed
Amusa Kehinde
Bassey Deborah (wicket keeper)
Bieni Jessica
Chukwuonye Christabel
Eguakun Omosigho
Igbinedion Victory
Piety Lucky (Captain)
Naomi Memeh
Beauty Oguai
Lilian Ude
Peace Usen
Inyene Umoh.
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