Junior Female Yellow Greens take U-19 Cricket W’Cup by storm

Following Nigeria’s win over New Zealand at the ICC U-19 Women’s T20 World Cup on Monday, ABIODUN ADEWALE writes on the prospect of the team as the sport gains attention in the country

In a football-mad country like Nigeria, it could be difficult for other sports to gain attention.

But when a sport like cricket, which is relatively unknown among the over 200 million population, wakes the country up on a Monday morning, it means there could be more potential behind the victory that is being celebrated.

Nigeria’s female U-19 cricket team, the Junior Female Yellow Greens, became the toast of the country on Monday after upsetting test-playing nation New Zealand by two runs to secure a historic win in their first game at the 2025 ICC U-19 Women’s T20 World Cup in Malaysia.

It was a delayed debut for the team, having seen their first game, which was supposed to be against Samoa washed out on Saturday.

Despite another rain delay at…