Nigeria national under-19 cricket team

Nigeria
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 15th place in the tournament, out of 16 teams, beating Japan in the final placement match.[8]

Squad

Nigeria's squad 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

Maurice, Samuel (20 March 2019). "Nigeria U-19 Cricket Team Maintain World Cup Qualification Hopes with Kenya Victory". 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". 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". 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. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
"Official squad list announced for the U-19 world cup". Nigeria Cricket. Archived from the original on 7 December 2019. Retrieved 7 December 2019.

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[1] Maurice, Samuel (20 March 2019). "Nigeria U-19 Cricket Team Maintain World Cup Qualification Hopes with Kenya Victory". Retrieved 23 March 2019.

[2] "Nigeria spring first surprise in Windhoek". www.icc-cricket.com. Retrieved 23 March 2019.

[3] "U-19 cricket: Nigeria shocks Namibia in World Cup qualifier". TheCable. 18 March 2019. Retrieved 23 March 2019.

[4] "ICC U-19 Cricket World Africa Qualifier: Nigeria beats Namibia to continue good run". 18 March 2019. Retrieved 23 March 2019.

[5] Maurice, Samuel (20 March 2019). "Nigeria U-19 Cricket Team Maintain World Cup Qualification Hopes with Kenya Victory". Retrieved 23 March 2019.

[6] "Nigeria's U-19 cricket team target ICC World Cup qualification in South Africa". 8 August 2018. Retrieved 23 March 2019.

[7] Emmanuel, Samson (20 March 2019). "Nigeria's U-19 Cricket Team's Victories Awe ICC Official". Retrieved 23 March 2019.

[8] "Under 19 Cricket World Cup Associate Review". Emerging Cricket. Retrieved 7 February 2020.

[9] "Official squad list announced for the U-19 world cup". Nigeria Cricket. Archived from the original on 7 December 2019. Retrieved 7 December 2019.