Women’s Cricket: Nigeria’s women’s cricket team has confirmed its place in the 2027 Under-19 T20 World Cup by defeating Zimbabwe by 4 runs in a very thrilling match. Nigeria became the only team from Africa to qualify without losing a match throughout the tournament. Now this team will represent its continent along with South Africa in the World Cup. Bangladesh and Nepal are hosting this big tournament.
Nigeria batted first and scored 98 runs.
Batting first in the match, Nigeria scored 98 runs on a difficult pitch, in which captain Christabel Chukwuonye contributed 21 runs, Beauty Oguiyi 19 and Jessica Biyeni contributed 15 runs. For Zimbabwe, Christine Mutasa took two wickets and Tadivanashe Garutsa took one wicket. In response, the Nigerian bowlers bowled brilliantly and accurately and restricted Zimbabwe to 94 runs on the fifth ball of the last over and won.
Nigerian bowlers created pressure
Chasing the target of 99 runs, the Zimbabwe team maintained control of the match till the end. For the team, Salem Museka scored the highest score of 27 runs, while Bethel Jinyama contributed 21 runs and Nicolette Nyika contributed 18 runs. Nigeria’s bowlers maintained the pressure by taking wickets at the right time. In the end the Zimbabwe women’s team remained away from victory. Usain Peace was most successful in bowling, he took 3 wickets. At the same time, Jennifer Godwin and Anointed Akhigbe took 2-2 wickets and helped their team defend this small score and give the team victory.
tanzania beat kenya
In the playoff matches, Tanzania defeated Kenya by 29 runs in the match for fifth place. Batting first, Tanzania scored 106 runs and then bowled out Kenya for just 77 runs in 19 overs. In the seventh place match, Namibia registered a one-sided victory over Malawi by 9 wickets. The entire Malawi team was out after scoring only 38 runs, which Namibia easily achieved in 5.1 overs.