Women’s U19 T20 WC: Not a single run in 58 balls, yet this team won T20 match, created history

Rahul Tiwari

khelja|29-01-2025

The Nigeria team may not reach the semi -finals of the Women's Under -19 T20 World Cup, but this tournament has been historic for it. For the first time, the Nigeria women's team playing in the Under -19 World Cup has won two wins in this tournament. The Nigeria team first defeated New Zealand and now this team defeated Ireland on Wednesday. Nigeria defeated Ireland by just 6 runs in an exciting match. This victory of Nigeria is special because he had scored just 94 runs while batting first, despite he won this match.

Nigeria's victory

Nigeria had to defend only 94 runs and this work was not easy for him. But the Nigerian bowlers tied the Irish batsmen while bowling with amazing line-length. Opener Alice Walsh settled without opening an account. But after this, Frayya Sergeant and Rebecca took up Ireland by adding 30 runs. However, in the last over of the powerplay, Fraya was dismissed for 14 runs and after that the Irish middle order was shattered like cards. Within the next 14 runs, Nigeria settled 6 Ireland batsmen. In the end, Ireland tried his best to get closer to the target but Nigeria won.

Nigeria's innings

Nigeria's batting was also not good as this team could score 94 runs in 20 overs. The team's best batsman was Crystable to score the most 25 runs. But he played this innings in 42 balls. Apart from them, Egukun and Agaboya scored 17-17 runs. Nigeria did not score any runs in about 10 overs in their innings. That is, the team played 58 balls dot. Despite such a poor performance, Nigeria made an amazing end of her journey in the T20 World Cup.

Semi -final lineup fixed

The Super 6 matches of the Under -19 Women's T20 World Cup are also over. The semi -final lineup has been fixed. There will be a semi -final match between India and England on 31 January. At the same time, Australia and South Africa will compete in the second semi -finals.

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