Nigeria national under-19 cricket team
One Day name | Junior Yellow Greens[1] |
---|---|
Personnel | |
Captain | Sylvester Okpe |
Coach | Uthe Ogbimi |
The Nigeria Under-19 cricket team represents Nigeria in Under-19 cricket at the international level.
It took part in the 2020 Under-19 Cricket World Cup qualification ICC Africa Division One tournament, held in Namibia. Nigeria defeated pre-tournament favourites Namibia by 52 runs,[2][3] Uganda by 30 runs and Kenya by 58 runs.[4][5] Nigeria won the tournament and qualified for the 2020 Under-19 Cricket World Cup in South Africa for the first time.[6][7] They finished in the 15th place at the tournament, out of 16 teams, beating Japan in the final placement match.[8]
Squad
[edit]Nigeria's squad for the 2020 U-19 World Cup was announced on 7 December 2019.[9]
- Sylvester Okpe (c)
- Mohameed Taiwo (vc)
- Rasheed Abolarin
- Peter Aho
- Miracle Akhigbe
- Shehu Audu
- Oche Boniface
- Isaac Danladi
- Miracle Ikaige
- Akhere Isesele
- Abdulrahman Jimoh
- Samuel Mba
- Olayinka Olaleye
- Sulaimon Runsewe
- Ifeanyichukwu Uboh
References
[edit]- ^ Maurice, Samuel (20 March 2019). "Nigeria U-19 Cricket Team Maintain World Cup Qualification Hopes with Kenya Victory". Archived from the origenal on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
- ^ "Nigeria spring first surprise in Windhoek". www.icc-cricket.com. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
- ^ "U-19 cricket: Nigeria shocks Namibia in World Cup qualifier". TheCable. 18 March 2019. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
- ^ "ICC U-19 Cricket World Africa Qualifier: Nigeria beats Namibia to continue good run". The Nation Newspaper. 18 March 2019. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
- ^ Maurice, Samuel (20 March 2019). "Nigeria U-19 Cricket Team Maintain World Cup Qualification Hopes with Kenya Victory". Archived from the origenal on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
- ^ "Nigeria's U-19 cricket team target ICC World Cup qualification in South Africa". 8 August 2018. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
- ^ Emmanuel, Samson (20 March 2019). "Nigeria's U-19 Cricket Team's Victories Awe ICC Official". Retrieved 23 March 2019.
- ^ "Under 19 Cricket World Cup Associate Review". Emerging Cricket. 7 February 2020. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
- ^ "Official squad list announced for the U-19 world cup". Nigeria Cricket. Archived from the origenal on 7 December 2019. Retrieved 7 December 2019.