{"id":59623,"date":"2025-01-15T17:35:42","date_gmt":"2025-01-15T17:35:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=59623"},"modified":"2025-01-15T17:35:42","modified_gmt":"2025-01-15T17:35:42","slug":"nigerias-u-19-women-stun-scotland-in-world-cup-warm-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/01\/15\/nigerias-u-19-women-stun-scotland-in-world-cup-warm-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria\u2019s U-19 Women Stun Scotland in World Cup Warm-Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Njoku Chijioke<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nigeria\u2019s Under-19 Women\u2019s Cricket team made a bold statement ahead of the ICC U-19 Women\u2019s World Cup, overpowering Scotland by 7 wickets in a dominant warm-up match on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Playing at the Royal Selangor Club, Kuala Lumpur, Nigeria won the toss and opted to field first\u2014a decision that proved decisive.<\/p>\n<p>Spearheaded by pace bowler Lilian Ude (3\/15) and spinner Adekunle Adeshola (2\/15), Nigeria dismantled Scotland\u2019s batting lineup, bundling them out for 67 runs in just 18.2 overs.<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria\u2019s chase was swift and ruthless.<\/p>\n<p>Captain Piety Lucky led the charge with an explosive 28 off 16 balls, smashing three sixes, while Victory Igbinedion (25 off 41) provided stability. In just 11.3 overs, Nigeria sealed a commanding victory at 64\/3.<\/p>\n<p>With this morale-boosting win, Nigeria heads into their World Cup campaign brimming with confidence.<\/p>\n<p>Placed in Group C, they will open against Samoa on Saturday, followed by clashes with New Zealand (Jan 20) and South Africa (Jan 22).<\/p>\n<p>The 16-nation tournament, running until February 2, marks Nigeria\u2019s debut on the global stage\u2014and they\u2019ve already shown they mean business.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Njoku Chijioke Nigeria\u2019s Under-19 Women\u2019s Cricket team made a bold statement ahead of the ICC U-19 Women\u2019s World Cup, overpowering Scotland by 7 wickets in a dominant warm-up match on Wednesday. Playing at the Royal Selangor Club, Kuala Lumpur, Nigeria won the toss and opted to field first\u2014a decision that proved decisive. Spearheaded by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":59624,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[175],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-59623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59623","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59623"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59623\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59625,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59623\/revisions\/59625"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}