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.
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, Uganda by 30 runs and Kenya by 58 runs. Nigeria won the tournament and qualified for the 2020 Under-19 Cricket World Cup in South Africa for the first time. They finished in the 15th place at the tournament, out of 16 teams, beating Japan in the final placement match.
Squad Nigeria's squad for the 2020 U-19 World Cup was announced on 7 December 2019.
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 Format M W L T D/NR Inaugural matchYouth One Day Internationals 291316 0 0 25 August 2007
+Records against other national sides ICC Full membersOpponent M W L T NR First match First win1010020 January 20201010025 January 20201010027 January 20201010023 January 2020Associate members2020025 August 20071100019 August 201819 August 2018110001 February 20201 February 20202110028 May 201318 March 20191100022 April 201822 April 20181100020 August 201820 August 20182110017 March 201917 March 2019101001 October 20213300027 May 201327 May 20135230027 August 200727 August 20073120026 August 200720 March 20191010030 January 20202110029 August 200730 May 2013
Competitive records ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup ICC Under-19 World Cup recordsYearRoundPositionGPWLTNR 1988Did not qualify 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020Group stages15/1630300 2022Did not qualify 2024 2026To be determined Total1/150 Title30300
ICC Africa Under-19 Championship ICC Africa Under-19 Championship recordsYearRoundPositionGPWLTNR 2007The full data of the tournament have not been found 2010Group stage–44000 2013Round-robin–31200 2015Round-robin–52300Total3/40 Title127500
ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup qualification ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup qualification recordYearRoundPositionGPWLTNR 2018DNQ3/760600 2020Qualified4/555000 2022The tournament was postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic 2024DNQ–31200 2026DNQ–53200 2028To be determined Total4/41 Title 1991000
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