Nigeria national under-19 cricket team
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The Nigeria Under-19 cricket team represents Nigeria in Under-19 cricket at the international level. The team administrated by Nigeria Cricket Federation (NCF). The team made their debut world cup in 2020 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.
Botswana Willowmoore Park Benoni, South Africa; 25 August 2007 | |
| One Day name | Junior Yellow Greens[1] |
|---|---|
| Personnel | |
| Captain | Sylvester Okpe |
| Coach | Uthe Ogbimi |
| History | |
| List A debut | v. Botswana Willowmoore Park Benoni, South Africa; 25 August 2007 |
| International Cricket Council | |
| ICC status | Associate member (2005) |
| ICC region | Africa Cricket Association (ACA) |
History
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
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
Records & statistics
International match summary
As of 7 August 2024
| Playing records[10] | |||||||
| Format | M | W | L | T | D/NR | Inaugural match | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Youth One Day Internationals | 29 | 13 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 25 August 2007 | |
- As of 7 August 2024
| ICC Full members | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opponent | M | W | L | T | NR | First match | First win | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Australia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 January 2020 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
 England | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25 January 2020 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
 Sri Lanka | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27 January 2020 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
 West Indies | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 January 2020 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Associate members | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Botswana | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 25 August 2007 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
 Ghana | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 August 2018 | 19 August 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 Japan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 February 2020 | 1 February 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 Kenya | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 May 2013 | 18 March 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 Lesotho | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 April 2018 | 22 April 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 Mozambique | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 August 2018 | 20 August 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 Namibia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 March 2019 | 17 March 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 Rwanda | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 October 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
 Sierra Leone | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 May 2013 | 27 May 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 Tanzania | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 27 August 2007 | 27 August 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 Uganda | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 26 August 2007 | 20 March 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 United Arab Emirates | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 30 January 2020 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
 Zambia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29 August 2007 | 30 May 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Competitive records
ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup
ICC Africa Under-19 Championship
| ICC Africa Under-19 Championship records | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | L | T | NR | |
 2007 | The full data of the tournament have not been found | |||||||
| 2010 | Group stage | – | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2013 | Round-robin | – | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2015 | Round-robin | – | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 3/4 | 0 Title | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
