Africa: Nigeria’s U19 Women Defeat Zimbabwe in Cricket WCQ in Kigali

The Nigerian Under-19 women campaigning for the sole World Cup slot, upset bookmakers’ favourite Zimbabwe in a hard-fought one-wicket victory yesterday in Kigali, Rwanda.

The Piety Lucky led teenagers had shoved Tanzania aside in their opening match on the heroics of Lillian Ude, who took out five wickets in three overs to emerge the Player-of-the-Match.

The Zimbabwean U19 women who also opened their campaign with an impressive 144 runs victory against Malawi, had shored up their pedigree as the…